KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Vincentian-Canadian Nailah John, the coordinator of a Facebook group aimed at fighting crime and violence here, hopes that its 2,300 members will respond when called upon to act. “I hope that Facebook will be my first tool. My website is in the process of being built. That is my other tool and addressing the people in the newspaper and on the radio is one of my other tools,” John told I-Witness News. Clink link below... 

Bandits are knocking over more city banks without getting caught — and FBI sources are blaming the NYPD for pulling out of a task force that investigated armed robberies as a reason why. The latest statistics show the number of armed bank heists in the city shot up 69% between 2010 and 2011, from a record low of 26 to 44. About a third of last year’s bank jobs have been solved, while about 80% of the previous year’s cases were closed, the data... 

Crime rates rose in New York City in 2011 for the fist time in 19 years. The jump in felonies an serious criminal activity isn’t official yet, but by Christmas day there had already been 105,361 serious crimes reported — just 272 fewer than all of last year. New York City averages 2,000 serious crimes a week, meaning the rate is almost certain to go up when the final tally is made. Additionally, the New York Post reported, cops add hundreds... 

Ambulances reached patients in life-threatening emergencies faster than ever this year — and there were also near-record lows in murders and fire deaths, authorities said Wednesday. With the year nearly over, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly gathered at City Hall to announce public safety achievements — what Bloomberg called the “safest decade” in city history. Most notably,... 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – This country’s consul general in New York this week asked Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to reassure Vincentians in that North American state that his government has a handle on the crime situation here. The request by former government minister under Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party administration, Selmon Walters came two days after dental technician Ewart “Ells” King was killed by an intruder into his Pembroke...