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Caribbean gun trafficking tied to hubs in Florida & Georgia, study finds
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti- Organised crime in the Caribbean is being fuelled by arms trafficking that can be traced largely to a handful of areas in the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia, a study by Geneva-based Small Arms Survey has found.
S Hotel building one-bedroom houses for hurricane victims in time for holidays
JAMAICA OBSERVER
MONTEGO BAY, St. James, Jamaica- S Hotel has launched an ambitious humanitarian drive to construct 60 one-bedroom houses, valued at more than $21 million in total, for people in western Jamaica who lost their homes during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
UWP rejects Chastanet’s resignation for second time
ST. LUCIA TIMES
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia- For the second time in four years, the United Workers Party’s (UWP) National Council has rejected a resignation from its political leader, Allen Chastanet.
Winair expands with new St. Kitts-Barbados route
THE DAILY HERALD
SIMPSON BAY, Sint Maarten- Winair has announced that it will be flying a new route between Barbados and St. Kitts, a move the St. Maarten government-owned airline calls “another milestone in Winair’s strategic growth”.
Jamaica: Melissa adds $29B to 2025-26 budget
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The third supplementary estimates of expenditure for the 2025-26 fiscal year, tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, sees the Government increasing its planned spending to $29.3 billion.
Bird flu detected in Cayman Islands
CAYMAN COMPASS
The Cayman Islands government has implemented a rapid, multi-agency response after H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, was detected in birds in Grand Cayman, prompting what officials called “immediate coordinated action” to contain the virus and limit wider public risk.
Ralph Gonsalves unfazed by HDC probe
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad--Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves remains undisturbed by a Housing Development Corporation probe into the acquisition by three members of his family of apartments at Victoria Keyes in Diego Martin.
Gov’t allocates $10m per constituency to kick-start national clean-up campaign
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has announced that $10 million will be allocated to each of the island’s 63 constituencies to kick-start the national clean-up exercise post-Hurricane Melissa.
Police officer detained for ‘links to criminal group’
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
SANTA ROSA, Trinidad and Tobago- A police officer has been detained after a Preventive Detention Order (PDO) was issued for his alleged association with an Organised Crime Group (OCG).
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CARICOM leaders visit hurricane ravaged Jamaica
NEWS SOURCE
President of Guyana Irfaan Ali joined Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, Antigua’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne and CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett on a special CARICOM mission to Jamaica on November 17, 2025, for a first-hand look at the damage left behind by Hurricane Melissa.
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