Press Conference PROVIDENCE, R.I- In honor of International Walk to School Day, City Council President Luis Aponte today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new park that provides students at Mary Fogarty Elementary School with a safe, welcoming route to Prairie Avenue and the South Providence Library. Aponte worked with City officials to acquire […]readmore
UNITED NATIONS — The race for the next U.N. Secretary-General enters a decisive phase on Wednesday, as the U.N. Security Council moves to the next level of voting. The 15-member council is tasked with recommending a candidate for endorsement by the 193-member General Assembly. Since late July, the council has held five rounds of “straw […]readmore
VOA News A National Security Agency contractor has been arrested and is being investigated for taking «highly classified» information, according to a statement by the Department of Justice. The suspect, 51-year-old Harold Thomas Martin III of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was arrested in late August, the statement said, adding that he had a top secret national […]readmore
The United States spent billions of dollars in military aid to help the Colombian government combat FARC and bring it to the negotiating table. Colombian officials met Tuesday in Cuba with representatives from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for talks to try and save a peace deal, but it is unclear how willing […]readmore
HAVANA/BOGOTA — Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board in Havana Tuesday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over four years was rejected in a referendum result. In a vote, which confounded opinion polls and was a disaster for President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombians narrowly rebuffed the pact Sunday as too […]readmore
VOA News The Haitian government has not yet been able fully assess the damage because most of the affected areas have been cut off. Haitian President Jocelerme Privert and other senior members of his administration will personally assess the damage when the weather permits them to tour the stricken areas. The U.S. Agency for International […]readmore
Seven Projects Awarded Funding to Improve Commercial Districts PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo on Thursday will highlight the Main Street Rhode Island Streetscape Improvement Fund as part of her continued commitment to creating jobs, spurring economic growth, and making the state an even better place to live, work, and visit. The funding is […]readmore
NEWS RIDOT Director Peter Alviti, Jr. RI – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it has executed 13 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a central piece of RhodeWorks implementation. These MOUs make clear that the federal government agrees with Rhode Island’s program to implement bridge tolls […]readmore
RI – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it has executed 13 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a central piece of RhodeWorks implementation. These MOUs make clear that the federal government agrees with Rhode Island’s program to implement bridge tolls on large commercial vehicles or «tractor […]readmore
INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY NEWS Providence – Family Service of Rhode Island celebrated «International Walk to School Day» on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, with the non-profit’s «Walking School Bus» program. Children and volunteers on a «Walking School Bus» route serving Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School in Providence had balloons and wore «Walking School Bus» […]readmore