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I often view the following online resources to gain information about the Caribbean Basin region: One Caribbean Television The PR Newswire CaribPR Wire Cayman Compass (Cayman Islands) Cayman Netnews (Cayman Islands) News Americas Now Caribbean Lifestyle Communications of Trinidad WINN FM of St. Kitts South Florida Caribbean Caribseek Antigua Tribune The Daily Observor (Antigua) Bahamas Spectator Barbados Gazette British Caribbean News Caribbean ET Roundup Caribbean Financials Cuba Chronicle Get to know Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster in the Caribbean. First 3 online episodes are free! Dominica Gazette Dominican Republic Post Dominican Today Dutch Caribbean News French Caribbean News Grenada Chronicle Guyana Inquirer Haiti Gazette Jamaica Inquirer Puerto Rico Tribune St. Kitts Gazette St. Lucia Chronicle Trinidad Tribune The Bajan Reporter The Bahamas Weekly.   Robert Morton, M.Ed., Ed.S . is a member of the Association Of Former Intellige

Photo from JIATFS        A little-known organization to the American public helped the US Coast Guard to seize 317-pounds of cocaine valued at just under US$5 million and to apprehend two smugglers following an at-sea interdiction in the Caribbean. The interdiction and arrest took  place about 80 nautical miles south of the Dominican Republic. Let me discuss this critical organization a bit more. Photo from JIATFS        It's name is the Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF) and on Wednesday (10/01/14), the Coast Guard reported that during a routine patrol the crew of a Canadian aircraft, patrolling on behalf of the JIATF detected a 30-foot go-fast vessel travelling towards the Dominican Republic. The JIATF aircraft notified Coast Guard officials, who searched the go-fast boat and recovered the illegal drug shipment of six bales of cocaine. Two men onboard were arrested and handed over to special agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) for

Predator drone      Just in from St. George's, Grenada. The island nation has joined a number of countries that have signed a United Nations resolution against terrorism sponsored by the United States. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said he was horrified at the atrocities committed by members of the Islamic State who have taken responsibility for the beheading of at least three Western journalists in Syria. Enjoy the Caribbean islands? Like spy thriller novels and TV series? Journey through the Caribbean with CIA spymaster Corey Pearson in the online spy series. First 3 complementary episodes emailed to you immediately! “You cut off somebody neck with a knife. I have seen fowls been killed with a knife and I have difficulty watching it and for a human being to go through that process it is quite frightening,” Mitchell said.      Trinidad and Tobago co-sponsored the US resolution with Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar noting that her country is a “firm believer in