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Skills Revolution Needed To Underwrite Future Caribbean Growth: OP-ED Column
It is no exaggeration to say that education has made the Caribbean what it is today. From rebellion, through emancipation, to the creation of unions and political parties, in revolution and the thirst for independence, education has been the common stream that enabled the flood of
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Tropical Depression To Form In Caribbean; West U.S. Gulf Coast, Mexico Should Watch
A low-pressure area that is expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean sea over the next day has a 40 percent chance of becoming a hurricane over the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said today. 'Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Seeks To Increase Awareness Of Elder Abuse On WEAAD Day
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated an Elder Justice Initiative which seeks to combat elder abuse and financial fraud targeted at seniors. Elder abuse is an intentional or negligent act by any person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to an older adult.
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Why Is The Caribbean Letting Others Shape Its Future? OP-ED By David Jessop
A few days ago, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, delivered a speech marking the anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar. In it he argued that the time has come for “a new coexistence among all the countries of the Americas” as “the model imposed more than
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Beat The Bull Market In Q4 With Covesting Copy Trading
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the stock market, even oil and natural gas; All of these assets have now set a higher high in the last quarter of the year, suggesting that we’ve not seen anything yet in terms of what the bull market is capable of. However, at the same
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New USVI COVID-19 Protocol For Cruise Ships Improves Royal Caribbean’s Safety
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Royal Caribbean International said the territory won't allow cruise ships to visit its ports unless all passengers ages 12 and up are vaccinated against COVID-19. The local government informed Royal Caribbean about its new policy on Monday, the cruise line said in
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CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP: Alaska Airlines Announces Non-Stop Flight To Belize
BELMOPAN — The Belize Tourism Board on Thursday announced Alaska Airlines confirmed new non-stop service from the West Coast of the United States to Belize, to begin later this year. According to a released statement from the Caribbean Tourism Association, Belize will become the fourth country that
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Paris Court tries Anti-Racism Activist for Statue Attack - Los Angeles Sentinel
A French activist for Black rights went on trial in Paris on Monday for defacing a statue of a historical figure from France's colonial, slave-trading past, calling the protest a political act to denounce deep-seated
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EXPLAINER: Why is Harry and Meghan's son not a prince? | The Atlanta Voice
One of the most dramatic claims in Prince Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey was the allegation that their son was denied a royal title, possibly because of his skin color. Harry and Meghan’s son, seventh in line to the British throne, is Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. In contrast, the
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2 Young Unvaccinated Passengers on RCCL Test Cruise Test Positive For COVID-19
NASSAU — Two young unvaccinated passengers on a Royal Caribbean International cruise out of the Bahamas tested positive for the coronavirus, the cruise line said. The passengers, who were younger than 16 and traveling in the same group, left Adventure of the Seas before the end of the cruise on
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Could COVID-19 Keep Cruise Lines Homeporting In The Caribbean Indefinitely?
Will the decision by several U.S. cruise lines to home port in the Caribbean this summer become a permanent fixture, or is it just a temporary workaround? The widespread suspicion that it is the latter, was succinctly voiced in one recent online posting on Tribune242’s website in The
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Latin America, Caribbean To Defend Beef Production at UN Food Summit
ASUNCIÓN — Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially big food producers in South America, will join forces to defend the region's livestock production at a United Nations' food summit this month amid concerns over the sector's environmental impact. Paraguay's farming and livestock
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NHC Tracking 3 Systems In Atlantic; Tropical Depression 10 Forms Today
MIAMI — Tropical Depression 10 formed in the Atlantic early this morning. It's expected to become a tropical storm later today. This would be our 10th named storm. The storm is expected to move into a less-favorable environment tomorrow as it turns northward. Disturbance 2: In the north Atlantic
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Tropical Storm Odette Off Nantucket, Tropical Storm Peter Expected To Form Today
BOSTON — The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Odette, located a couple of hundred miles south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the NHC also is monitoring a disturbance in the tropical Atlantic which could become Tropical Storm Peter and approach the
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Earthquakes Shake Up Haiti and Puerto Rico; No Tsunami Threat
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A series of earthquakes has rattled the Caribbean this week, including a moderate 4.6 which struck along western Haiti overnight Thursday night. Fortunately, none of the fifteen earthquakes that struck the Caribbean were strong enough to generate a tsunami; as such, there is no
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4 Santo Domingo Men With 1,146 Pounds Of Cocaine Face Drug Smuggling Charges
CHARLOTTE AMALIE —Four Santo Domingo men face federal drug smuggling charges after the U.S. Coast Guard seized 1,146 pounds of cocaine and two go-fast vessels off the southern coast of the Dominican Republic late last month. Carlos De La Rosa, 33, Alexis Sanchez Garcia, 32, Rafael Martinez, 29, and
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Hundreds Flee Honduran Resort Island After Fire At Caribbean’s Guanaja
TEGUCIGALPA — A huge fire destroyed or damaged at least 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety and ravaging the tourism-dependent resort, relief agencies said. Dramatic video footage shared on social media showed
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Tropical Depression Eighteen Forecast To Become Hurricane Sam This Weekend
MIAMI — Tropical Depression Eighteen has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and will become a hurricane by this weekend. However, it's uncertain whether it will strike the Leeward Islands next week. This new system is about 2,000 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands in the eastern
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Vincentian People Rise Up And Attack Accused Rapist Prime Minister Gonsalves
KINGSTOWN — The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was struck by an object on Thursday during COVID-19 related protests and was set to be flown to nearby Barbados for medical treatment, officials said. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves had been walking through a group of some 200
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United States and France Demonstrate Military Cooperation In The Caribbean
FORT-DE-FRANCE — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) executed a bilateral maritime exercise with the French Navy off the coast of Martinique while operating in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday. Sioux City with her embarked MH-60S Seahawk attached to the “Sea Knights” of
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Haiti’s History of Violence and Rebellion
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th century. But it has suffered cycles of violence, invasion and repression for most of its subsequent
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MAP QUEST: Researchers Complete First-Ever Detailed Map of Global Coral
HONOLULU — Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using at least two million satellite images from across the globe. The Allen Coral Atlas, named after late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will act as a reference for reef conservation, marine planning
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Sam Could Become A Monster Hurricane And Still Miss USVI, Puerto Rico, NHC Says
MIAMI — A tropical storm churning in the eastern Atlantic transformed into Hurricane Sam this morning and forecasters say it has a good chance of rapidly intensifying into a major hurricane within the next several days. Sam — the 18th named storm of the highly active 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
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Haiti's interim PM confirms request for US troops to country | The Atlanta Voice
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government said Friday that it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. “We definitely need
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Tropical Storm Larry Expected To Become A Category 3 Hurricane Won’t Stop Here
MIAMI — A rain system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea has a 30 percent chance of becoming a hurricane in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said this morning. 'Some slow development of this system remains possible over the next couple of days if it remains over
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Mexican President Defies U.S. Sanctions On Cuba, Saying They Are ‘Inhumane’
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president today asserted his country's right to send fuel to Cuba and said U.S. sanctions on the island were 'inhumane,' after a diesel cargo shipped by Mexico's state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos arrived in Cuba's Havana port. Mexico's left-leaning President Andres
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PAHO Warns That Only 25% Of Latin America, Caribbean Is Fully Vaccinated
CARACAS — Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa Etienne warned that 75 percent of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean has yet to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and reported that PAHO is accelerating its drive to expand vaccine access throughout the region. “Three
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Tropical Depression Expected To Form In The Atlantic In The Next 48 Hours: NHC
HOUSTON —Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early this morning as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, drenching storm-battered Louisiana, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and bringing the potential
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Israeli strike destroys Gaza building with AP, other media | The Atlanta Voice
An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. Hours later, Israel bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh, a top leader of Gaza’s ruling militant Hamas group. The Israeli military said
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Smugglers Used Kids’ Lunch Boxes to Ship Cocaine From Puerto Rico, Prosecutors Say
SAN JUAN — Five men were indicted Wednesday for allegedly running a “vast narcotics conspiracy” where they smuggled millions of dollars worth of cocaine into New York City — using children’s lunchboxes, prosecutors said. The zip-up lunchboxes — bearing popular cartoon characters from “My Little
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