Police pursuit ends in arrest after 7 cars damaged in GT
From RCIPS Tue Jan 7 2014 3:39 PM Following a pursuit by various units of the Police, including the Helicopter, a 34 year old male is currently in Custody for the Offences of Suspicion of Burglary, Dangerous Driving and a…
Former Turks And Caicos Islands Premier Michael Misick returns on Tuesday says T&C Sun
By Hayden Boyce – Publisher & Editor-in-Chief T&C Sun Michael Misick, the former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, will be extradited from Brazil tomorrow (Tuesday January 7th). This was confirmed just after 4 p.m. on Monday January 6th…
US politician files million dollar lawsuit for “Caribbean hex”
From Caribbean360 The losing candidate says her opponent targeted her East Harlem building as the canvas for a five-storey image of a bodiless rooster atop wooden poles. NEW YORK, United States, Monday January 6, 2014, CMC – A politician who…
Barbados students battle bullies’ detrimental impact in poster contest
Youngsters create artwork for UNICEF co-sponsored competition The attached poster by Lesleyann Downer, 14 of the Springer Memorial Secondary School on Barbados, won first place honors in the “Stop Bullying in Our Schools” poster competition. Primary and secondary school students…
Melaine Walker enters National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame
From Jamaica Observer NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Caribbean Olympians Alleyne Francique and Melaine Walker are among five new members inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Track and Field Hall of Fame. The decision was taken…
Consumer price index rises
CPI Records 2.8% Growth in the Third Quarter reports Cayman ESO Monday, 06 January 2014 13:38 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the third quarter ending September 2013 rose by 2.8 percent compared to the quarter ending September 2012. GRAND…
iNews Briefs
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…
