Caribbean rattled by 3 earthquakes Sunday

September 28, 2015 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Four earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.8 to 4.5 rattled the Caribbean on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI). It...

Let’s talk, Maduro tells Guyana president

September 25, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7932" align="alignleft" width="300"] Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro (right) wants a one-on-one discussion with President David Granger (left) of Guyana to settle their conflicts.[/caption] CARACAS, Venezuela, Thursday September 24, 2015 – Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro says he wants to have a discussion with his Guyanese counterpart...

Venezuelan president invites Granger to one-on-one meeting

September 25, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6495" align="alignleft" width="300"] President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro[/caption] GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has extended an invitation to President David Granger to a one on one meeting ahead of addressing world leaders at the 70th UN General Assembly meeting in New York...

Governments urged to use social media in crime fight

September 25, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7924" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr Daniel Isom, professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri, St Louis, United States, at Crime Stop’s 25th anniversary awards banquet at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Saturday. (PHOTO: COLLIN REID)[/caption] AN...

Antiguan court building evacuated following bomb scare

September 25, 2015 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Workers at the High Court and government officers were forced to evacuate their buildings on Friday after a man claimed he had placed explosive devices there. Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the man had phoned...