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Vehicle overturns @ Mayaba on Tortola
MAYABA, Tortola, VI- An accident has occurred in the area of Mayaba on Tortola.
Caribbean OT leaders object to Governor's request for additional powers in VI
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands- Heads of Government in the Caribbean Overseas Territories (OTs) have come in strong support of the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) objecting to additional powers being granted to the Governor of the [British] Virgin Islands to hasten the implementation of recommendations made by a retired United Kingdom judge following a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Tourism is bustling' with 995K tourists arrivals recorded in 2023– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) welcomed some 995,000 tourists in 2023, which is a record number in recent years, according to information from the Office of the Premier.
St Vincent steps up surveillance against leprosy
LOOP NEWS
St Vincent and the Grenadines has increased surveillance for leprosy as the disease has been detected in neighbouring islands.
Apple overtakes Samsung as world's biggest phonemaker
BBC NEWS
Apple now has the lion's share of the global smartphone market, knocking Samsung off the top spot for the first time in 12 years.
Is Gov Rankin a liar? Double standards & hypocrisy over CoP investigation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was about a year ago that Police Commissioner Mark Collins wrote to his friend Governor John J. Rankin asking him to send Commissioner of Customs Wade N. Smith on leave while he was being investigated.
New cloned monkey species highlights limits of cloning
CNN
BEIJING, China - Meet Retro, a cloned rhesus monkey born on July 16, 2020. He is now more than 3 years old and is “doing well and growing strong,” according to Falong Lu, one of the authors of a study published in the journal Nature Communications Tuesday that describes how Retro came to be.
Six school children rescued after boat sinks in Guyana
NEWSROOM
ETERINGBANG, Guyana - Six children were rescued on Tuesday after the canoe they were travelling in sank in the Cuyuni River near the Eteringbang Landing in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni).
Fake police murder 3 in Morvant T&T
MORBANT, Trinidad & Tobago - Three men died in the mass shooting in Morvant on Tuesday evening.
US passenger bites flight attendant forcing plane to return to Tokyo
CNN
TOKYO, Japan - An American airline passenger allegedly bit a female cabin crew member mid-flight on Tuesday, forcing an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Seattle to return to Tokyo, an airline spokesperson said.
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