The Bishops’ High School in Georgetown, Guyana, hosted its annual 9th Grade (3rd Form) CARICOM Project at the school on Friday, 13 April, 2018.
This year’s activity was observed under the theme, ‘Climate: Resilience and Mitigation – Safeguarding Our Physical and Cultural Integrity’
Two CARICOM Member States – Dominica, and Haiti – were featured this year. The other country featured was Puerto Rico.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says two men were arrested as they attempted to smuggle 38 bales of cocaine, totaling 2,432 pounds, with an approximate street value of US $27.5 million The interception and arrests took place on Monday evening at sea, south of the city of Ponce in the southern coast of Puerto Rico. CBP said the two-engine vessel was seized. Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, said US Magistrate Camille L.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Immigration and law enforcement (ICE) agency says a 21-year-old Puerto Rico man has been arrested at his home for production of child pornography. On Saturday ICE said its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents made the arrest after receiving a referral from the Puerto Rico Police Department. According to the criminal complaint, William Vergara-Alamo began text messaging with a 14-year-old girl, identified as Jane Doe, after she mistakenly called his cellphone.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC - The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and partners have made 116 criminal arrests, and seized 60 illegal firearms and 2,757 rounds of ammunition during the month of July as a part of Operation Caribbean Resilience.
ICE said the Caribbean initiative has also resulted in 676 arrests and the seizure of 630 illegal firearms and 33,885 rounds of ammunition since its inception in January 2012.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tropical Storm Chantal roared south of Puerto Rico early Wednesday on a path that will see it pass over the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where authorities warned of possible landslides and heavy flooding.
Chantal was becoming disorganized and a hurricane watch was discontinued for the Dominican Republic's southern coast, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. However, a tropical storm warning was in effect for the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard along with the Royal Netherlands Navy has seized 1,517 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of about US$24 million, from a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said as a result, three smugglers from the Dominican Republic have been detained.
The sea-interdiction stemmed from an “international multi-agency law enforcement effort” in support of Operation Unified Resolve, Operation Caribbean Guard and the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Caribbean will likely see a surge in drug-trafficking activity by 2015 as operations move slowly out of Central America due to an international crackdown, a top U.S. State Department official said Wednesday. William Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement, said he believes drug traffickers squeezed out of Mexico, Central America and South America will target the Caribbean because it's spacious and allows them to remain undercover and take advantage of weak law enforcement in certain countries.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC - The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says research in the Caribbean may result in better protection for depleted fish species. NOAA said the research is using the underwater sounds of reef fish, such as groupers, to identify areas where they gather to spawn “a behaviour that makes the fish easier to catch and susceptible to overfishing. “The research may lead to more precise measures to protect spawning locations and thereby allow a depleted fish population to rebuild,” it said in a statement issued here.
A High level delegation from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the first Oversees Commonwealth Territory of the USA, is due in the country next week to begin negotiating closer relations with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by way of establishing new lines of communication with its executive arm, the Secretariat.