Regional Action Plan: Strengthening the regional response to large-scale migration of Venezuelan migrants in South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean
REPORT from International Organization for Migration UN Migration Agency Launches Regional Action Plan to Strengthen Response to Venezuelan Outflows Buenos Aires – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, today (10/04) launches a Regional Action Plan, detailing its support to Governments hosting…
Cruise lines increase automatic ‘gratuities’ and call them something else now
By ROSEMARY MCCLURE From LA Times To tip or not to tip, that is the question. Actually, it’s not really a question. Many large cruise lines, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, add gratuities to passengers’ bills, saying the money…
Guyana: 98 years jail for mother who killed children
From News Room Gy A 25-year-old woman was on Monday afternoon sentenced to 98 years imprisonment by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court for killing her two children by instructing them to ingest a substance used to kill rats….
Venezuela reopens air, sea links to Caribbean islands
From Reuters VALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela on Monday reopened air and sea links to the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, three months after cutting them off in an attempt to curb smuggling. The move is a welcome relief…
Concacaf and FEMEXFUT announce the second edition of the Program of Referee Excellence
Program focuses on development to arm today’s referees with tools to deliver the best officiating performances across competitions within the region Miami, FL (Monday, April 9, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) and…
Jamaica: Local authorities challenged to become more self-sufficient
By Chris Patterson From JIS Story Highlights Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is calling on local authorities to become more self-sufficient, in order to reduce their dependency on central government. “If we speak about the…
Latin America’s 1st ever black female VP — A Jamaican?
BY VINETTE K. PRYCE From Caribbean Life On April 1, when jokesters, pranksters and April foolers of the day tricked family and friends with carefully constructed misdeeds, in the Central American nation of Costa Rica, Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr was…
Fitbit plans a ‘family’ of smartwatches in 2018
By Jon Fingas From engadget It doesn’t have much choice — it’s continuing to struggle. Fitbit knows it can’t lean on activity trackers forever, and it’s going to shake things up in 2018. As part of a call discussing its…
Sophie Lionnet’s alleged killer ‘would eat ex-partner raw’
From BBC Sophie Lionnet’s was found dead last September with her body showing signs of “significant violence” An alleged killer spoke of eating her celebrity ex-boyfriend “raw” as she interrogated her French nanny for hours, a court has heard. Sabrina…
Puzzles for April 11 2018 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword
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