Archive for August 25th, 2011

Some U.S. residents were forced to evacuate their homes Thursday and the military moved more than two dozen ships out to sea ahead of Hurricane Irene, a huge storm that could prove to be the biggest to strike the United States in six years.

The Category 3 storm was “pounding the northwestern Bahamas,” the National Hurricane Center said. It was centered 65 miles east-northeast of Nassau, and about 670 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Maximum sustained winds were at 115 ...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar said yesterday she intends to taking the “strongest, most aggressive approach possible” to rid Trinidad and Tobago of criminal elements as well as “those who direct, fund, influence or otherwise support these nefarious activities”.

Addressing a sod turning ceremony for a new police station in Arima, east of here, Persad Bissessar said that her administration has provided “lots of funds” in the fight against crime since it came to office 16   months ago.

She said in addition ...