25 years of cooperation in counterdrugs operations between Dutch and USA
From The Daily Herald St. Maarten PHILIPSBURG–Stopping the flow of illicit drugs in the Caribbean is a team effort. Twenty-five years ago, the Royal Netherlands Navy joined Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) in Key West, Florida. The Commander of…
A guide to 4th of July for non-Americans
By Erin Davis and Catherine Dillinger From CNN Facts you might not know about July 4th (CNN)All across America on July 4, men in red, white and blue tank tops dust off their grills, children chuck exploding paper wrappers in cul-de-sacs,…
Protesters, police fight pitched battles after historic ‘million-strong’ march against Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill turns violent
By Su Xinqi Alvin Lum Phila Siu Shirley Zhao Linda Lew From South China Morning Post Officers, protesters suffer injuries, some needing hospital treatment, as police use batons and pepper spray to beat back mob of masked demonstrators Hours earlier peaceful mass rally drew…
Concacaf announces Clear Bag Policy at all 15 United States venues for matches during this summer’s Gold Cup
Miami (Tuesday, June 11, 2019) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) announced today that a clear bag policy will be in place at all 15 US-based stadiums hosting Concacaf Gold Cup 2019 matches this…
Caribbean seeing robust growth so far in 2019
By Matt Turner From Travel Agent Central Led by a 24 percent rise in arrivals from the United States, the Caribbean recorded a robust 12 percent increase in tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2019, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). In an update to the…
OffshoreAlert Daily Digest for May 30, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019 Irish conman Mark Nichols and Almas Capital Management settle NFA action Read on OffshoreAlert / Share on Twitter Irish conman Mark Nichols and his commodity trading advisor Almas Capital Management – who were exposed by OffshoreAlert 13 months…
Meiling will be ‘Dressed Up’
Caribbean Fashion Icon Meiling to make NYC debut with ‘Dressed Up’ New York, NY (Sonique Solutions) – As anticipation builds for the launch of ‘Dressed Up’ (the soon to be opened dress-specialty shoppe), the buzz has gone into high gear…
Trinidadian arrested as US officials foil terror plot
From Caribbean360 MARYLAND, United States, Wednesday April 10, 2019 – A Trinidadian-born man has been accused in the United States of plotting to plow a stolen van into a crowd at a large shopping and entertainment compound outside of Washington, in…
54 shocking sleep statistics and trends for 2019
From The Sleep Advisor see: https://www.sleepadvisor.org/sleep-statistics/ One sleepless night, nothing to worry about, they said. This is what many Americans and people around the world say right before they are in a car crash or make a fatal mistake at…
Caribbean: in no one’s backyard
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Barbados Today P.J. Patterson, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, recently observed to an attentive audience in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, that: “We of the Caribbean should never allow our strategy…