Monthly Archives

March 2014

Tsunami Preparedness in St. Kitts Continues

(ZIZ)-- The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is continuing plans to make St. Kitts and Nevis ready to respond to a tsunami warning. They are planning a table top exercise later this week to simulate a tsunami strike and test the…

Global Climate Change Alliance Project Launched

(ZIZ)-- The official launch of the OECS Secretariat's Global Climate Change Alliance Project on Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Adaptability in the Caribbean took place on Monday (March 24th) at the Ocean Terrace Inn.…

Police Updates — 24th March 2014

(ZIZ)-- Raphael Wallace of New Castle was formally arrested and charged for Larceny, malicious damage and taking without the consent of the owner, which were committed between 22nd and 24th June 2013. Adorington Govia of Thibou…

528 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death in Egypt

(CNN) -- An Egyptian court sentenced at least 528 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death Monday on charges related to violent riots in the southern Egyptian city of Minya last August, including the murder of a police officer, the…

Taiwan police clash with students in protests over trade deal

(CNN) -- Riot police evicted scores of protesters from Taiwan's executive building early Monday morning as rallies over a controversial trade deal between Taiwan and mainland China entered their seventh day. Hundreds of protesters stormed…

30 injured in train derailment at Chicago’s O’Hare airport

(CNN) -- A commuter train derailed and hit a platform at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Monday, leaving 30 people with non-life-threatening injuries, Chicago police said. The front of the Chicago Transit Authority train moved…

Elderly man found wandering in Seaview Gardens, Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica -- An elderly man, who has given his name as George Reid, was Sunday night found wandering in Seaview Gardens, Kingston. He says he is 75 years old and from a Montgomery Avenue address. Reid is of dark complexion, slim…

Burnt human remains may be that of kidnapped victim

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago police are awaiting a forensic report to determine whether or not the burnt remains of a human being found in a forested area in Princess Town, south Port of Spain are that of 29-year-old…