April 28, 2015
President Obama says, ‘No Excuse’ for Riots in Baltimore
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday said there's “no excuse” for Monday night's violence in the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore and called for those who looted and burned buildings "to be treated as criminals." Riots erupted in the city after the…
April 28, 2015
Twitter reports disappointing sales
Twitter has reported lower than expected revenue for the first three months of the year, saying that new products sold less well than forecast. The micro blogging firm warned that it expected the negative impact on its revenue to continue for the…
April 28, 2015
US Official Confirms Iran Intercepted Cargo Ship
A senior U.S. official says Iranian naval ships and patrol craft fired shots at a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz before escorting it into Iranian territorial waters. The official said the container ship, the MV Maersk Tigris, was tansiting the…
April 28, 2015
TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Football Schedule Released Following Official Draw
The highly anticipated TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games football (soccer) schedule was determined today. The men's and women's soccer schedules were determined in a live draw by representatives of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean…
April 22, 2015
TCIFA’S Third Annual “FUN RUN WALK & BIKE-A-THON”
On Saturday, April 18th at 5:30am, the TCIFA hosted its third annual “Fun Run Walk & Bike-a-thon.” This year’s event was sponsored by Gordon’s Plumbing & Electrical Supplies, and included a biker’s route for the first time. All proceeds from the…
April 22, 2015
NBA to play first game in Africa
Britain's Luol Deng will captain Team Africa against Team World in the NBA's first game in Africa. The match will take place on 1 August at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa. Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers will captain Team…
April 22, 2015
178 Haitian migrants detained in Bahamas
The Bahamas says 178 Haitian migrants have been detained by local authorities over the last several days. In a Sunday statement, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said the archipelago off Florida’s east coast has been “dealing with a deluge of…
April 22, 2015
EU Must Help With Migrant Crisis says Italian PM
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday pressed the European Union to help shoulder the burden of curbing migrant trafficking in African countries, after more than 800 migrants drowned when a ship capsized Sunday in the Mediterranean Sea.…
April 22, 2015
Actor Ben Affleck: ‘Embarrassed’ by Slave-owning Ancestor
Actor Ben Affleck said Tuesday he regretted asking a PBS documentary show profiling his ancestors to exclude a relative who'd owned slaves, saying he was embarrassed by the revelation. Affleck's ancestry was traced by Harvard scholar Henry Louis…
April 22, 2015
CARICOM task force on climate change meets in St Lucia
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Climate Change meets here on Tuesday ahead of the May 9 summit in Martinique to be attended by French President Francois Hollande. The meeting here is being convened by the Belize based Caribbean…