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UWI Lecturer says time to scrap Religious Studies in schools
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, WI – Cut out the religious mumbo jumbo!
Netherlands moves forward to annex Caribbean dependencies
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES REVIEW
Open Letter to the President of the 1st Chamber, Mrs. Broekrs- Knol and the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, R.H.A. Plasterk, Kingdom of the Netherlands.
November 24, Grenada's new referendum date
CARIB UPDATE NEWS
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Less than 24 hours after Attorney General Cajeton Hood announced that the Grenadians will no longer be voting in a referendum for a new constitution on October 27, 2016 the Supervisor of Elections, Alex Phillip Wednesday named November 24 as the new date.
Digicel work permits revoked in TCI
TURKS & CAICOS SUN
The Turks and Caicos Islands Government, through the Immigration Board, has revoked the work permits of six expatriate workers at Digicel, after the telecommunications company made a number of Belongers redundant in a move that has sparked national outrage.
Convicted drug lord Barry Dataram arrives in Guyana; obtained Guyanese passports
GUYANA, Demerarawave - Convicted drug baron, Barry Dataram, and his wife, Anjanie Boodnarine, are back home and they had in their possession bogus Guyanese passports.
Hurricane Matthew victims loot food trucks at Haiti UN base during Ban Ki-moon visit
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Desperate for food and other necessities, some victims of Hurricane Matthew that battered Haiti a week ago looted UN trucks on Saturday (15 October) when UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was on his visit to one of the hard-hit towns. The UN chief has promised more aid for the hurricane victims, who are also facing a cholera outbreak.
Mountain View Explosion! - Residents Mum After Five Hurt In Fire At Illegal Cooking Gas Operation
THE GLEANER, Jamaica: The unwillingness of residents to provide any information has stymied the investigation of firefighters who responded to a call at 2:40 yesterday afternoon about a house on fire at 3 Jacques Avenue (off Jacques Road) in eastern Kingston.
Hurricane Matthew death toll nears 900 in Haiti
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti- Hurricane Matthew's trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 877, tens of thousands left homeless and outbreaks of cholera already claiming more lives.
BVI Airways acquires first jet
CARIBBEAN JOURNAL
BVI Airways has acquired its first aircraft ahead of its planned launch of nonstop flights from Miami, the carrier announced.
Hurricane Matthew now a Category 5, on path to Jamaica
USA TODAY
Matthew strengthened to a Category 5 major hurricane in the Caribbean late Friday night and remains a dangerous threat to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas over the next few days. The storm could still impact the U.S. East Coast by next week after its rampage through the Caribbean.
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