January 3, 2014
Preliminary South Sudan Peace Talks Under Way
Talks to end weeks of deadly violence in South Sudan are under way, as the United States moves to evacuate more staff from the troubled African country. Delegates of the South Sudanese government and rebels trying to overthrow it have each met…
January 3, 2014
Italy Rescues 1,000 Migrants in 24 Hours
The Italian navy says it has rescued, in a 24-hour period, more than 1,000 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean by boat in rough winter seas. The navy said Friday 832 migrants were rescued in one operation, while…
January 3, 2014
Kerry Heads to Ramallah for More Peace Negotiations
Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. The Secretary of State said a framework deal would be a "significant breakthrough," though it would be less ambitious than his initial goal of reaching a comprehensive peace deal…
January 3, 2014
Route Canapé Vert renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue
Route du Canapé Vert will now be called Nelson Mandela Avenue an executive order dated December 13, 2013 announced. It should be noted that the road was given the name of Haitian hero, Jean Price-Mars, a leader of Haiti's Negritude movement, when it…
January 3, 2014
CARICOM leaders clueless on Dominican reality: Roundtable president
The head of the Roundtable of Commonwealth Countries in the Dominican Republic, Fernando Gonzalez Nicolas affirms that CARICOM leaders don't understand Dominican reality to question its Constitutional Court ruling and propose penalties. He said the…
January 2, 2014
Clippers pull away from Bobcats
Blake Griffin scored 13 of his 31 points in the final 7:05 and Jared Dudley got 11 of his 20 points in the third quarter, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 112-85 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night. Dudley faced his second…
January 2, 2014
Helicopter Rescue Delayed for Stranded Antarctic Ship
The latest attempt to rescue dozens of passengers stranded aboard a Russian research ship stuck in the Antarctic ice has been delayed. A helicopter had been expected Thursday to evacuate the passengers, 12 at a time, from the MV Akademik Shokalskiy,…
January 2, 2014
Oil spill spreading north, says Aboud
The Gulf of Paria will become a toxic dead zone if thick crude is not vacuumed from the ocean floor before Petrotrin begins its underwater seismic surveys, president of Fishermen and Friends of the Sea Gary Aboud warned yesterday. Aboud made the…
January 2, 2014
‘2013 was not good year for Caribbean’ according to IDB
The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) says 2013 has been marked by an external context that did not encourage a strong economic performance in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB said that the high degree of volatility that rattled…
January 2, 2014
‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ actor James Avery dies
The American actor James Avery has died aged 65, his publicist has said. He was best known for his role as Phil Banks in US television series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Will Smith. His fellow cast member in the show Alfonso Ribeiro, who…