NEW YORK, USA — JetBlue announced on June 27, it intends to grow its already expansive footprint in the Caribbean with new nonstop seasonal winter service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Guadeloupe’s Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport (PTP). A three times weekly service is expected to launch in February 2020 with seats […]
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HOUSTON, USA — Geo-data specialist company Fugro is embarking on a coastal mapping project in Jamaica and Haiti to support, the investment plan for the Caribbean regional track of the pilot program for climate resilience. The work, which comprises approximately 2,000 square kilometres of integrated shallow water and land-based elevation data, was awarded to Fugro […]
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By Caribbean News Now contributor NASSAU, Bahamas – An American tourist died following a shark attack in The Bahamas Wednesday, according to a representative for the Royal Bahamas police force. Jordan Lindsay, 21, of Torrance, California, was snorkelling at the time near Rose Island, It’s a 30-minute boat ride away from the capital, Nassau. Moments […]
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –The United Kingdom (UK) on Monday 24 June 2019, updated its travel advisory for Trinidad and Tobago, reflecting its assessment of a decreased terrorism threat in this country. The terrorist attack advisory for Trinidad and Tobago was downgraded from “very likely”. The UK informed Minister of National Security, Stuart R. Young […]
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ST JOHNS, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda is deeply concerned that the long-established process of building consensus in the decision-making of the Organisation of American States (OAS) is now being severely eroded. In its place is developing a trend by which a few powerful countries coerce 18 votes in a non-transparent technique, and then impose […]
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CASTRIES, St Lucia — The 40th meeting of the conference of heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 15 member States, will be held in Saint Lucia from July 3-5, 2019 under the chairmanship of prime minister Allen Chastanet. He will assume the chairmanship of CARICOM for the period July 1 to 31 December […]
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By Caribbean News Now contributor NASSAU, Bahamas — A Carnival Cruise tour bus transporting 32 passengers on a shore excursion crashed in the Bahamas Monday, sending five people to the hospital, four with severe injuries, authorities announced. According to the Coast Guard, three of the injured are US citizens. One was flown to Nassau’s Doctors […]
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has partnered with the Small Business Association (SBA) of Barbados to host a two-day workshop on leveraging the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Over 50 exporters from across the region gathered at the Radisson Aquatica Resort to hear from experts from the European Union, Caribbean […]
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) – The Cuban government Friday rejected the arbitrary inclusion of the island-nation in the worst category (level three) in a report on human trafficking for the year 2019. “More lies and calumnies from #USA when considering #Cuba in the worst category in its report on human trafficking, attacking Cuban medical collaboration, an […]
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By Caribbean News Now contributor SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – A Long Island pizzeria proprietor has reportedly become the 12th known case of an American traveller who has died in the Dominican Republic under strange conditions in the year – as one of the resorts at the centre of the mystery decides to remove liquor […]
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