Philadelphia’s top cop apologizes to black men arrested at Starbucks
By Ray Sanchez and Olivia Kiely, CNN (CNN) Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross apologized Thursday totwo black men who were arrested while waiting for a business meeting at Starbucks, saying he made the situation worse by initially defending his officers’…
Trump Confirms: Secretary of State nominee Pompeo met with NKorea’s Kim
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday morning that CIA Director Mike Pompeo had a top-secret meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to discuss denuclearization of the rogue state. “Meeting went very smoothly and a good…
NT plaque unveils family story
National Trust plaque unveils family story on Cayman Brac A plaque unveiled by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands on Cayman Brac last week has revealed a fascinating family story linked to Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly. The plaque marks the…
Trump administration calls on Latin America, Caribbean ‘to do more’ about Venezuela
BY FRANCO ORDOÑEZ From McClatchy DC Bureau The Trump administration challenged partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to do more to address the economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela during this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru….
New storm forecasting methods mark ‘huge leap forward’: U.S. official
By Isabelle Gerretsen From Reuters LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center said new ways of forecasting extreme weather events, including identifying storms before they fully develop, mark a “huge leap forward in the…
US report challenged by Antigua-Barbuda government
By Seb Kelly From WIC News The government of Antigua and Barbuda has challenged the findings of the United States 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). The document publicly labelled all member-states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as “major…
World’s biggest sports stadiums 3
The 30 biggest sports stadiums in the world, ranked by crowd capacity Part 3 By Alan Dawson From Business Insider The world is home to some truly gigantic sports venues, covering much-loved sports like football, soccer, and rugby. To work…
Caribbean countries named in US report on drugs
From St Lucia Times At least four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been named by the United States as major illicit drug producing countries. In its 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, the State Department noted that the Bahamas, Belize,…
World’s biggest sports stadiums
The 30 biggest sports stadiums in the world, ranked by crowd capacity Part 1 By Alan Dawson The world is home to some truly gigantic sports venues, covering much-loved sports like football, soccer, and rugby. To work out which non-racing…
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Fighting gentrification by making Little Haiti great again
From VOA MIAMI — On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, tropical music fills the air as two friends sip from a freshly cut coconut outside the Caribbean Marketplace. Nearby, two men are savoring grilled meat and…
