The upstate New York native tapped to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as acting director was honored for deporting nearly a million undocumented immigrants during a three-year span.

President Trump quietly promoted Thomas D. Homan to relieve Daniel Ragsdale of acting director duties since taking over the agency’s top post on Jan. 20. The shuffle was announced without fanfare late Monday as the White House sacked former acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to defend Trump’s travel ban.

Ragsdale oversaw ICE for 10 days as its parent agency – the Department of Homeland Security – struggled to carry out Trump’s executive order preventing travelers from seven banned predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detained more than a hundred people at international airports nationwide, sparking a whirlwind of protests and condemnations from U.S. allies.(nydailynews)…[+]

Willemstad  Curaçao, one of the Caribbean’s best kept secret is the location of CANTO’s 33rd Annual General Meeting. The event is co-hosted by United Telecommunication Services and Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post and is being held at the Renaissance Resort & Casino, Curacao.

From the 29th -31st January, top executive telecommunication operators and suppliers from over 34 countries will focus on the theme: “Reimagining ICT as a Tool for National Growth and Development”. Reimagining ICT is high on CANTO’s agenda and focuses on ICT connectivity beyond the modernization of societies as a catalyst for real economic change.

CANTO commenced its meeting with an Opening Ceremony on Sunday 29th with a distinguished line up of officials. The speakers included the Prime Minister of Curaçao, Hon. Hensley Koeiman; Franklin Sluis, Managing Director of Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post; Paul de Geus, CEO of United Telecommunication and Services; Julian Wilkins, Chairman of CANTO; Rachel Cameron Director of CANTO and Teresa Wankin, Secretary General of CANTO.

Mrs. Wankin in her welcome remarks to the delegates pointed out that: ‘”This is the first time we have a member teaming up with a regulator to host the AGM which underscores that when it comes to collaborating on matters of common concern, our members always put the region first”. She elaborated by advising the members of the importance of CANTO and its membership as CANTO provides a platform that gives the telecoms industry a voice on the issues facing the region…[+]

The first U.S. citizen casualty of President Trump’s military is an 8-year-old girl — who died six years after her big brother was killed in a raid ordered by former President Barack Obama.

Little Nawar al-Awlaki — the daughter of U.S.-born Yemeni preacher and Al Qaeda ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki  — was shot and killed during a Sunday raid targeting militants in southern Yemen, her grandfather said. “She was hit with a bullet in her neck and suffered for two hours,” Nasser al-Awlaki told Reuters. “Why kill children? This is the new (U.S.) administration — it’s very sad, a big crime.” Medics on the scene said at least nine other women and children were killed in the raid.(nydailynews)…[+]

A suspected mob associate accused of hiding from cops wasn’t trying to avoid arrest on federal gambling charges — he just wanted to wait until after the Super Bowl to turn himself in, his lawyer said. Anthony (The Kid) Camisa is one of 46 suspected East Coast mobsters and associates hit with racketeering charges in early August.

While most were collared when the charges came down, Camisa was one of three who remained on the lam. Authorities nabbed Camisa in late December — some four months after the high-profile indictment — and have since pushed for him to remain behind bars until trial. Prosecutors have argued that his apparent disappearing act makes him a flight risk.(Nydailynews)…[+]