Police were searching for a lone gunman who shot and killed a senior police officer in the presence of his daughter near a Junior High School in the western district of New providence. The police said that Inspector Carlis Blatch, who served as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to...
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says its executive secretary, Alicia Bárcena, has met with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Liu Zhenmin, in strengthening cooperation in order...
[caption id="attachment_6495" align="alignleft" width="300"] President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro[/caption] CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro departed Wednesday for China in search of agreements to bolster the oil-exporting country's collapsing economy. Maduro said the trip was "very necessary, very opportune and full of great expectations." "We are...
A weakening tropical storm Isaac was inching towards the Lesser Antilles on Wednesday as hurricane watches were lifted for a number of Caribbean countries. The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said that Isaac is expected to continue weakening over the next few days as it makes...
Three Caribbean countries now make up the top ten list of nations with the most gun deaths per 100,000 people, from firearms globally while four others rank in the top 20. That’s according to data compiled by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and...