Hurricane Dorian is now expected to hit Florida even harder than previously thought, prompting a widened state of emergency. The storm is on track to make landfall early Monday as a powerful Category 4 hurricane — it could be the strongest direct hit to Florida’s east coast since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. President Trump on Thursday […]
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FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, BIS – — The Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in Grand Bahama has been activated, as a potentially category three storm rolls towards the Northern Bahamas. Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson met with all members of the Grand Bahama Disaster Preparedness Committee, along with representatives from the National Emergency […]
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A new permanent logo to be used for subsequent CARIFESTAs was unveiled at the closing of CARIFESTA XIV. The ceremony was held at the Queens Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. The logo was approved at a meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) with the CARICOM Ministers of Culture in June […]
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Dorian, which passed the Eastern Caribbean earlier this week as a Tropical Storm was Wednesday upgraded to a hurricane near the British and US Virgin Islands. Forecasters on Wednesday afternoon placed it at latitude 18.3 North, longitude 65.0 West or directly over St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. It is expected to impact the […]
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SSgt Latasha Andrew and Husband Delton Andrew BARKSDALE AFB, La. (KSLA) — Before you end up in a dental chair in the Barksdale Air Force Base dental clinic, you have to see Staff Sgt. Latasha Andrew. “We have 5,300 active-duty personnel here,” she says. “I make sure that everybody comes in on time to get […]
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LIAT wishes to advise passengers that due to the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian that several destinations within the LIAT network will be affected. In the interest of passenger and crew safety as well as the early closure of Grantley Adams International Airport, several flights have been cancelled. Please note that the following flights have […]
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NEW YORK (WABC) — The Connecticut man who says he killed a hotel worker while protecting his family in Anguilla spoke out Tuesday afternoon, describing the ordeal as “a nightmare.” Scott Hapgood held a news conference in Manhattan before he returns to the island to go before a judge. “On April 13, my family’s life […]
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LONDON, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/– The Financial Times’ Professional Wealth Management (PWM) magazine has published the newest edition of the CBI Index. The special report is at its third anniversary and ranks all the active citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes around the world against seven pillars deemed most important to investors seeking second citizenship. A total of 13 […]
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The President of the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT) has been elected to serve as President of the Caribbean Union of Teachers. Ashworth Azille takes control of the regional body from Julian Monrose.Azille’s executive… Read more
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Queen’s College student Dominique Lafond hopes to follow in the footsteps of her obstetrician/gynaecologist father who himself was a star student in his native Dominica. Dr Geoffrey Lafond was a Dominican island scholar, and last Friday his daughter was announced as a Government Exhibition winner for excelling in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). This […]
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