US To Step Up Deportations Of Haitians

September 23, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14223" align="alignright" width="300"] Haitians who arrive at the border without visas will be put into expedited removal proceedings[/caption] The United States government, responding to an extraordinary wave of Haitian migrants seeking to enter the United States, said today that it would fully resume deportations of...

Fake Vaccine

September 23, 2016 in Regional

A strong word of caution has been issued to the public not to buy what is being touted as a vaccine for the dreaded Zika virus. There have been several international reports about an experimental vaccine for the virus, with many volunteers flooding hospitals in the...

Petrojam Dilemma

September 23, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14204" align="alignleft" width="300"] An aerial view of the Petrojam refinery.[/caption] Jamaica and Venezuela could well be headed for a confrontation next month over the ownership of the Petrojam refinery in Kingston. Petrojam’s General Manager Winston Watson told a meeting of the House of Representatives’ Economy and...

INDECOM says 340 killed in police operations over 30-month period

September 22, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14189" align="alignright" width="300"] INDECOM Commissioner, Terrence Williams[/caption] THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), in a report tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said 340 civilians were killed in various police operations between July 2013 and December 2015. The information was included in INDECOM’s Quarterly...

Dominica PM calls on LIAT to show more compassion to passengers

September 21, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, to improve its services to passengers saying “there must be a greater sense of humanism” in the way the airline conducts its operations. Skerrit, speaking on...