Tensions mount in Venezuela

October 31, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14981" align="alignleft" width="300"] Street movements in Venezuela appear to mark the beginning of impassioned demonstrations against the government's refusal to hold a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro. Image: Detail from a photograph taken by María Alejandra Mora during the marches in Maracaibo in...

St Vincent PM announces prisoners’ release, permanent jobs

October 28, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3691" align="alignleft" width="300"] St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph GonsalvesRead more: http://www.caribbean360.com/news/gonsalves-knows-date-for-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines-general-election#ixzz3Vy52Rnsd[/caption] KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he will soon order the release of a number of young prisoners, and make permanent the appointment of 100...

Mosquito Army Released In Zika Fight

October 28, 2016 in Regional

Scientists are planning to release an army of millions of modified mosquitoes in areas of Brazil and Colombia. They say the unusual approach is an attempt to provide “revolutionary protection” against mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and chikungunya. The mosquitoes are infected with a bug called...

Angry JC students urged to pray after schoolmate killed on bus

October 28, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14925" align="alignleft" width="300"] Nicholas Francis’ desk decorated with tributes from his classmates[/caption] ANGER and grief gripped Jamaica College in St Andrew yesterday as students grappled with the death of one of their schoolmates late Wednesday at the hands of a savage, knife-wielding robber. Fourteen-year-old Nicholas Francis,...