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Police Stay Alive Campaign Ends The RCIPS festive road safety drive STAY ALIVE which commenced on the 29th November concluded on the 5th January 2014. A total of 49 persons were arrested. 32 persons were arrested for Driving under…
Public utility building under construction collapses in Mexico City, scores Injured
January 4, 2014 From Hispanically Speaking News Photo: Building collapse in Mexico At least one worker died Saturday and 17 more were injured when a building under construction collapsed in the Mexican capital, officials said. The accident occurred on a…
Sonia Gill, new Secretary General of Caribbean Broadcasting Union
From RJR newsonine Sonia Gill, a journalist, media regulator, and attorney at law, is the new Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union. Her appointment will take effect on January 20, 2014. Ms Sonia Gill is a graduate of the…
Eastern Caribbean Flood Disaster Relief
The call is still out for relief supplies needed in rain and flood-damaged St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and St. Lucia. “We are appealing to CACCI members from the corporate and small business communities to join in the recovery…
6 Mexico police officers detained in US man’s death in Caribbean resort city
From The Republic Columbus Indiana CANCUN, Mexico — Mexican authorities say they have detained six police officers in the death of a U.S. man who died after being arrested for disorderly conduct in the resort city of Playa del Carmen….
Possible closure looms over Caribbean Press – Culture Minister [Guyana]
BY KNEWS The controversial Caribbean Press will face a possible “shut down” if the proposal for money for the establishment of an editorial board is not approved. This is according to Culture Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony. The Minister made this…
FURTHER UPDATES: 2 suspects named – Robbery on North Church Street – 2 charged, 1 bailed & appeal for witnesses
From RCIPS Mon Jan 6 2014 2:21PM Two men charged in Connection with the Robbery at Diamonds International Jewellery Store appeared in Summary Court today. The men were identified as Christopher Julian Myles and James Herbert Mclean. Both were remanded…
Fidelity Group & Western Union Foundation donate to assist victims of Typhoon Haiyan in The Philippines
By Kimberley Miller From thebahamasweekly Nassau, Bahamas – Fidelity Group in cooperation with The Western Union Foundation, today announced a donation of $19,060 to Save the Children Federation, Inc., to provide disaster relief and recovery support for communities and families…
Dow Travers leads Cayman’s Winter Olympics team
Downhill skier, Dow Travers, leads Cayman’s delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, in Sochi, Russia that takes place from February 7-23. Travers was the first athlete to represent the Cayman Islands in a Winter Olympics when in 2010 he…
Welsh scientists declare bio war on SBV midges [and mosquitoes]
By Andrew Forgrave From Daily Post Welsh scientists aim to deploy biological warfare to counter the threat of Schmallenberg Virus (SBV). Researchers in Aberystwyth and Swansea hope to control midges, which carry the virus, by spraying them with a fungus….
