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...

Caribbean countries pledge to empower women, girls

September 21, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have pledged their “resolve” to achieve positive outcomes for empowering women and girls in the Caribbean as part of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s global-inspired movement and as a celebration of...

Antigua & Barbuda among the first to access climate fund

September 21, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14146" align="alignleft" width="300"] United Nations representatives after the signing of the 2015 Paris agreement[/caption] Antigua & Barbuda, one of the first nations to have applied to the newly created Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub and along with other regional countries, is expected to benefit from...