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Cruise ship returns to Bermuda
CMC
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda tourism officials had double reason to celebrate over the weekend — the opening of a new luxury hotel in St George's and the arrival of the first cruise ship in more than a year.
Investigation launched into conch contamination in The Bahamas
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
The Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority’s (BAHFSA) is urging consumers not to purchase or consume any raw conch because of a contamination scare.
Atlantis Bahamas fires almost 10% of staff
LOOP NEWS
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - Staff at Atlantis Paradise Island woke up to some grim news on Tuesday Morning, May 18, 2021, with the announcement that 700 of its 7,300 staff will be terminated.
Trinidad shuts down Lotto outlets
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago - All National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) operations have been suspended until further notice.
Carifta Games cancelled over COVID-19
CMC
HAMILTON, Bermuda – The off-again, on-again Carifta Games, the region’s annual junior athletics showpiece set to be staged in Bermuda this year, are now officially off because of coronavirus pandemic regulations, organisers have announced.
Belizean Carla N. Barnett is new Caricom Secretary-General
DEMERARA WAVES
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Prominent Belizean economist, Dr. Carla N. Barnett was Tuesday confirmed as the new Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), leaving Suriname’s candidate Manorma Soeknandan out in the cold.
Trinidad man charged with raping 13-year-old seven times
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T - A man who allegedly raped a 13-year-old runaway girl seven times has been placed on $300,000 bail.
Antigua launches campaign to reward citizens who get vaccinated
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
The Antigua and Barbuda government has entered into a partnership with a local company in a campaigned designed at getting nationals vaccinated as part of the efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Younger people dying from COVID in Trinidad -CMO
TRINIDAD GUARDIAN
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T - Younger, healthier people with no co-morbidities are now dying from the COVID-19 virus in T&T and the Health Ministry is now testing them to determine if the more deadly Brazilian (P1) strain was responsible for their deaths.
Judge to sentence man who killed Barbadian friend in occult ceremony
CMC
ROSEAU, Dominica – A High Court judge will on June 21 sentence Sherman Webb, who pleaded guilty to the murder of a 23-year-old University of the West Indies (UWI) student from Barbados more than 10 years ago.
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