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CTO: Challenging year for tourism

From Guardian TT BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Hugh Riley has described 2016 as an impressive, yet challenging year for Caribbean tourism. “We have seen a rise in tourist arrivals when compared to our record year…

Anger on Princess Diana’s favorite paradise island

By SARAH DEAN FOR MAILONLINE Anger on Princess Diana’s favorite paradise island as residents oppose $250m plans by Robert De Niro and James Packer to re-open Barbuda K Club where she took Wills and Harry Princess Diana holidayed at the…

ECLAC: A&B fastest growing C’bean economy for 2016

From Antigua Observer Antigua & Barbuda was the fastest growing economy in the Caribbean region in 2016 and resisted a wave of accelerating inflation, according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean…

Disneyland’s secret hotel suite

See the secret hotel suite hidden above Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride By Sophie-Claire Hoeller From Insider disneyland dream suite Flickr/davebloggs007 You may have heard about the secret Cinderella Castle Suite inside Disney’s Magic Kingdom, but turns out that…

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The winter solstice triggers an extraordinarily rare and fascinating event in hundreds of Spanish missions

By Rubén G. Mendoza, The Conversation From Business Insider On Wednesday, Dec. 21, nations in the Northern Hemisphere will mark the winter solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. For thousands of years people have marked…

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An enormous volcano under the Italian city of Naples is showing signs of reawakening

AFP From Business Insider PARIS (AFP) — A slumbering Campi Flegrei volcano under the Italian city of Naples shows signs of “reawakening” and may be nearing a critical pressure point, according to a study published Tuesday. Italian and French scientists…

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Caribbean children victims of human trafficking

By Nelson A. King A new United Nations report says that a significant number of children in the Caribbean and Central America are victims of human trafficking. The report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), released…

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North Pole warms to near melting point: 50 degrees above normal

BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable A buoy located within about 100 miles of the North Pole recorded a temperature of 0.4 degrees Celsius, or 32.7 degrees Fahrenheit, on Dec. 22, 2016. This confirms the computer model projections for unusually high…

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Death toll rises in Russian bath lotion drinking case

MOSCOW — Russian health officials say at least 58 people have died in a Siberian city from methanol poisoning after consuming counterfeit bath lotion. The death toll in Irkutsk, Russia’s six-largest city with a population of 1.1 million, has been…

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Former teacher shows love for her students with a literal billboard

BY SOPHIE HIRSH From Mashable Can you imagine loving a group of people so much that you would put it on a billboard? Marian Sims, a former teacher from Lexington, Kentucky, who is nearly 70 years old, did just that….