Police have arrested a group of con men they say arranged counterfeit tourist visas for dozens of Israeli youths currently in the United States illegally. Police believe the men were working for a company that publicized online commercials to help Israelis secure tourist visas to the United States. Inspector Tsurin Bar, head of the Tel Aviv branch of the police anti-fraud taskforce said police believe young people contacted the company, after seeing these adverts. They said the company worked in collaboration with a US company that employs young, post-army Israelis to sell cosmetic supplies at kiosks at malls across America. Read article
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Netherlands who work at Cape Town International Airport for a foreign Airplane company and who lives in SA with his Afrikaans girlfriend lost his eye after a black man threw a rock from a passing train through the window and hit Jorrit de Vries (26) against his right eye. His eye is completely burst. The […]
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TORONTO (Reuters) – The union representing 8,300 Air Canada machinists said on Monday it will take the Canadian government to court over a law preventing a strike or lockout at the airline, on the grounds that the law is unconstitutional. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), which represents mechanics, baggage handlers and […]
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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are using a recorded phone call from the jail as evidence against a teen accused in last year’s slayings of two British tourists in Florida. SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are using a recorded phone call from the jail as evidence against a teen accused in last year’s slayings of […]
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The union representing Air Canada’s ground crew claimed Friday that a wildcat strike was sparked after three workers were suspended for “slow clapping” federal labour minister Lisa Raitt at Toronto’s Pearson Airport and sarcastically telling her she was doing a “great job.”Late Thursday night about 150 ground crew workers walked off the job in Toronto, […]
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A wildcat strike by Air Canada ground workers that started in Toronto and spread to other airports ended Friday, several hours after Canada’s largest airline was forced to cancel more than two dozen flights. At least 50 Air Canada flights and some from other airlines to Canadian and U.S. destinations were delayed or canceled after […]
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SARASOTA — Some key witnesses took the stand Monday in the murder trial for the Sarasota teen accused of killing two British tourists last year.Shawn Tyson, 17, is accused of killing two men from England as they walked through his neighborhood in the middle of the night, April 16, 2011. Read article
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Air Canada’s customers are becoming collateral damage in a labour standoff between the country’s largest carrier and its biggest unions. Even after the federal government rushed to Air Canada’s aid with a back-to-work bill, passengers still faced flight cancellations as ground-crew employees staged wildcat strikes on March 23. Read article
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BATON ROUGE- At least one Christian organization on LSU’s campus canceled a mission trip to Mexico after the State Department issued a travel warning to Americans earlier this year. Read article
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An Orange County (CA) jury found Akeem Jelani Johnson, 28, of Tustin, CA on Friday (March 9) guilty of raping an intoxicated Australian tourist, 47, and dumping her in an alley behind a Tustin bar. Johnson was convicted of one count of felony rape of an intoxicated woman and faces a maximum sentence of eight […]
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