Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
A top post on CNN, updated at approximately 7 PM Friday 07 March, reported that another Farc member has been killed.
The artcle reads:
As South American officials tried to ease tensions sparked by Colombia’s killing of a rebel leader inside Ecuador, the Colombian army announced the death of another top militant Friday.
Ivan Rios, whose [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Joydel Trail reports on the upcoming Commonwealth Day that promises a broadcast of parliamentary debates and a message from the Queen.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Deandrea Hamilton reports on the recent PDM Rally held on Thursday 06 March.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Deandrea Hamilton reports on the Turks and Caicos Islands’ first Farmer’s Market coming to Provo’s Downtown.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
British Collegiate Students donated over $20,000 to the Turks and Caicos National Cancer Foundation. WIV4’s Angie Toussaint tells us how they did it.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Joydel Trail reports from Grand Turk where staff-members of HJ Robinson High School participated in workshops to assist their facilitating skills.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Willah Gray reports from the Osetta Jolly Primary School Crazy Sports Day where teachers competed against eachother and students were the spectators. Also, an update on the start of the Inter-Island Basketball Tournament.
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
The top story on Caribbean Net News reports the recent and unrelated convictions of “drug kingpins” Leebert Ramcharan from Jamaica and Samuel Knowles from the Bahamas in the Miami courts.
The story reads:
Jamaican Leebert Ramcharan led a sophisticated drug smuggling organization that received as many as 15,000 kilos of cocaine from the north coast of Colombia [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
A top story on Caribbean Net News reports that Columbia’s Pesident Francisco Santos is condemning Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for his support of leftist Farc rebels, calling it a “bomb on the verge of exploding.”
The article reads:
[Santos] said the alliance between the Venezuelan government and FARC constituted a threat to the region and was at [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by wiv4
“…No one will be relocated and no existing building will be touched,” Said Premier Hon. Michael Misick in a press statement responding to the upset Salt Cay Residents who voiced their concerns with development of a new five-star resort on the island. WIV4’s Deandrea Hamiton has the full report.
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