Jamaica’s tourism to play greater role in reducing crime
From South Florida Caribbean News KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says, though the destination is not at risk, his Ministry will increase efforts to tackle the issue of crime affecting the people of Jamaica. Addressing delegates at…
Saint Vincent PM: ‘We must not allow trojan horses to enter Caracas!’
By Earl Bousquet From telesur The longest-serving CARICOM prime minister expressed solidarity with both Cuba and Venezuela. Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has called on Caribbean governments and regional credit unions to loudly condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s reversal…
Senator Marco Rubio to address Caribbean American Legislative Forum on Capitol Hill
From South Florida Caribbean News WASHINGTON, D.C . – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will meet with Caribbean American Diaspora Leaders at the 19th Annual Caribbean American Legislative Forum taking place from June 21st-22ndon Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The roundtable is scheduled…
Man jailed for Facebook post of London fire victim
Indo Asian News Service From Yahoo News London, June 18 (IANS) Posting horrifying pictures of a Grenfell Tower victim on Facebook has landed a man in jail in Britain. Omega Mwaikambo, 43, was sentenced to three months at Westminster Magistrates’…
Bahamas wins new business aviation award
From South Florida Caribbean News NASSAU, Bahamas —The Bahamas was presented the 2016 Caribbean Sapphire Pegasus Business Aviation Award for Outstanding Country Promotion, the first award of its kind for the region. The Sapphire Pegasus Award is a symbol of…
McCain: Warmbier ‘Murdered by the Kim Jong Un Regime’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared the Monday death of former North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier – just days after the comatose Ohio student was flown home – a murder by the Kim Jong Un regime….
The OAS, which has faced criticism for its unbalanced stance on Venezuela, is meeting for its annual assembly.
From telesurtv Two opposing resolutions submitted at the Organization of American States to discuss the situation in Venezuela prior to its annual meeting has again led to the failure of interventionist moves by U.S.-backed forces, as both proposals put forth…
French police find weapons cache in home of Champs Elysees attacker
By Emmanuel Jarry, Reuters From Business Insider PARIS (Reuters) – Investigators found a cache of weapons at the home of the 31-year-old man who rammed his car into a police van on the Champs Elysees avenue on Monday, a judicial…
US: Police say road rage, not hate crime behind murder of Virginia Muslim teen
From WN.com Fairfax County police said on Monday that a man who was charged with murder over the death of a Muslim Virginia teen became “enraged” over a traffic argument with one of the girl’s friends near their mosque and…
Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas rescues two Caribbean sailors
By Susan Young From Travel Agent Central Royal Caribbean International’s Adventure of the Seas, a Voyager-class ship similar to Explorer of the Seas shown attached, rescued two sailors adrift in the Caribbean last week. Last week, as Royal Caribbean International’s…