Daily Archives: Apr 24, 2017
Bendals Man Fined 45k on Drug Charges
A Bendals man was fined $45,000 on drug charges in the St. John’s Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Anti-corruption groups meeting in Jamaica
The Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-corruption Bodies (CCAICACB) began a five-day conference here on Monday that the organisers said provides an opportunity to share best practices and develop mechanisms for tackling corruption regionally.
St. Lucia seeking to reduce disaster risks
The St. Lucia government says it is undertaking a project that would lead to an improvement in hydrological and meteorological data and forecasts to help reduce disaster risks.
Police say body of German national discovered on drifting yacht
Grenada police Monday said the decomposing body found on a yacht drifting seven miles south of here is that of German national, Bernd Ludwig Ottogottel.
At 'sit-ins' and barricades, Venezuela protesters try to keep momentum
Venezuelans erected barricades with garbage and even bathtubs on Monday and snarled traffic with mass "sit-ins" along major thoroughfares to press their demand for early elections as anti-government protests entered a fourth week.
Hollande urges French to reject Le Pen in presidential runoff vote
France's outgoing president, Francois Hollande, on Monday urged people to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a vote to choose his successor next month and reject far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose place in the runoff represented a "risk" for France.
Afghan defense chief quits over attack; U.S. warns of 'another tough year'
Afghanistan's defense minister and army chief of staff resigned on Monday after the deadliest Taliban attack on a military base, and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he was "under no illusions" about the problems facing the country.
U.S., Philippines scale back next month's military drills, no more 'war games'
About 5,000 American and Philippine troops will hold humanitarian exercises next month instead of annual war games, scaling back military drills in response to President Rodrigo Duterte's disdain for their longstanding defense alliance.
Trump: Time to remove 'blindfolds'; U.N. must ready new North Korea sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.N. Security Council must be prepared to impose new sanctions on North Korea, amid escalating tensions over its missile and nuclear programs, saying people had acted as if "blindfolded" for decades on a big problem that finally needed to be solved.
Premature hippo a happy hit for Ohio zoo after death of Harambe
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A prematurely born hippo in Ohio has been providing regular doses of happiness for animal lovers, in a show of public...