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St Lucians to vote on July 26, 2021 in general election
JAMAICAN GLEANER,
CASTRIES, St Lucia - St Lucians will go to the polls on July 26, 2021 and Nomination Day is July 16.
Elsa weakens to tropical storm as it takes aim at Florida
AP
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Elsa weakened to a tropical storm as it threatened Florida’s northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday after raking past the Tampa Bay region with gusty winds and heavy rain.
Police yet to identify bodies found on boat floating off TCI
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
The Royal Turk and Caicos Islands Police Force says it is seeking to identify the 20 bodies that were found on a boat floating off the coast of the island last weekend.
Trinidad to reopen borders on July 17, 2021
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T - On July 17 the borders of Trinidad and Tobago will be opened for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to return home. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, who outlined the conditions under which people would be allowed into the country.
Increased demand for Jamaican ganja – licensing authority
JAMAICAN GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is reporting an increased demand for Jamaican ganja on the global market.
19 samples From USVI return positive for UK variant
VI CONSORTIUM
The V.I. Dept. of Health announced Monday that nineteen Covid-19 samples sent out for testing returned a preliminary positive result for the Covid-19 U.K. variant, the highly transmissible strain of the virulent disease that has since spread throughout the U.S. and other continents.
Grenada welcomes fully vaccinated fans for T20s
CMC
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Grenada has followed St Lucia’s lead and will allow fully vaccinated fans to attend the five-match Twenty20 International series between West Indies and South Africa starting Saturday.
CAL announces heavy losses, 450 jobs at risk
STABROEK NEWS
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2021, recording a loss of TT$172.7m (US$25.7m) and a 75% drop in revenue, compared to the same period in 2020.
Antigua & Barbuda awards first marijuana licence
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
The Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) says it is reviewing at least five applications for licences worth more than EC$30 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) as it awarded its first licence to Grow Antigua and Barbuda, a consortium that includes the Antigua and Barbuda government, the Rastafarian Movement and the private sector.
Major Guyana flooding among worst in country’s history
STABROEK NEWS
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said that the flooding currently occurring across Guyana is one of the worst disasters the country has ever faced and projected that it will take some time for the country to recover once the situation has abated.