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Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba
Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say.Jean...
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Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba hours after devastating Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever...
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Vincentians vote for a new government on November 27
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Tuesday night announced November 27 s the date for the general elections in...
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica
Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane...
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Roofs torn off hospitals, former senator says
Some hospitals on the south coast of Jamaica have had their roofs torn off, former Jamaican senator Imani...
Irma creates bittersweet travel bonus for luckier Caribbean islands
On Friday, a cruise ship carrying around 3 000 passengers will dock at St John’s harbour in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It will...
St Vincent and the Grenadines offers school places for children
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands — St Vincent and the Grenadines has offered to accommodate students from the British Virgins Islands (BVI), where schools...
Irma costing LIAT millions
HURRICANE IRMA will cost LIAT millions of dollars in financial losses.Chief executive officer Julie Reifer-Jones yesterday revealed that the regional airline’s current inability to...
Dominica cruise ship sector benefitting from Hurricane Irma
ROSEAU – Dominica tourism sector is set to benefit from the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma on the Leeward Islands after officials here confirmed...
Grenada confirms outbreak of Red Eye
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada is confirming an outbreak of conjunctivitis otherwise called Pink/Red Eye virus. “With respect to the current increased incidence of this...
St Lucia pleased with tourist arrivals
CASTRIES – St Lucia is recording an increase in visitor arrivals with the island reporting improvements in stayover visitors from all the major markets...

