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Crop Over 2024 ‘a success’
NATION NEWS
Although there were challenges with Flow Grand Kadooment, the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), police and some bandleaders are thrilled with the outcome of Monday’s official Crop Over climax, especially the new route.
Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez wins record 5th Olympic gold
LOOP NEWS
Mijain Lopez has gone out on top.
Vincies take up ganja planting jobs in Canada
IWITNESS NEWS
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - Some of the 130 Vincentians who left for Canada on Tuesday will take up jobs on marijuana farms. The marijuana cultivation is in addition to the usual fruit and vegetable production to which the Vincentians are accustomed.
14 coronavirus cases confirmed in Cayman Islands
CAYMAN COMPASS
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman - Public health officials have confirmed two new cases of coronavirus with no links to overseas travel.
Barbados Gov't warns against misuse of social media
NATION NEWS
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Government of Barbados has cautioned residents against the abuse of social media to spread false and malicious information designed to mislead the public.
Gastro outbreak forces Caribbean cruise ship to return to US
AP
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Caribbean Princess cruise was cut short following a gastrointestinal outbreak aboard the ship caused it to be denied entry to at least one island before it headed to its homeport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Monday.
Dominica, French Islands rattled by earthquake
CMC
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 rattled parts of Dominica and the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe on Monday, December 30, 2019, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has reported.
Cayman cruise numbers rise high over 2018
CNS
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman - The number of cruise passengers visiting the Cayman Islands in November 2019 passed those recorded in the same month in 2018, according to the Department of Tourism (DoT).
T&T man who accused top cop of abuse killed
TRINIDAD GUARDIAN
CHAGUANAS, Trinidad & Tobago - Cecil Skeete—the man who accused top cop Gary Griffith of choking, punching, and putting a gun to his head—has been shot dead.
Jamaica on brink of Heart Disease epidemic
JAMAICA GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Cardiovascular disease accounts for an average of 30 per cent of deaths in Jamaica annually, and according to at least one medical professional, the situation will worsen to epidemic proportions if locals do not adopt a healthier lifestyle.