Bahamas wins new business aviation award
From South Florida Caribbean News NASSAU, Bahamas —The Bahamas was presented the 2016 Caribbean Sapphire Pegasus Business Aviation Award for Outstanding Country Promotion, the first award of its kind for the region. The Sapphire Pegasus Award is a symbol of…
US: Police say road rage, not hate crime behind murder of Virginia Muslim teen
From WN.com Fairfax County police said on Monday that a man who was charged with murder over the death of a Muslim Virginia teen became “enraged” over a traffic argument with one of the girl’s friends near their mosque and…
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After being caught off-guard twice last year, Royal Caribbean hires a former Orlando meteorologist
By Ken Storey From Orlando Weekly After spending ten years at Fox 35, Jim Van Fleet moved to Tampa in late 2011 to become the Chief Meteorologist at WTSP CBS 10. Contract issues with Fox 35 blocked him from being…
USS Fitzgerald crash: Sailors found dead after Japan collision
From BBC Sailors missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan have been found dead, the US Navy and Japanese media says. Seven sailors were left missing and three injured after Saturday’s collision, which the US…
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UN urges Caribbean nations to see benefits from surge in refugees
The United Nations is urging countries around the Caribbean to view the recent surge in refugees, from near and far, as a long-term benefit and not just a short-term challenge. Ruben Barbado, with the United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR)…
Cayman Islands driving record needed to drive in Canada
Planning to Drive in Canada? Anyone seeking to drive in Canada (new immigrants as well as returning Canadians who have lived outside their country for some time), must have an official driving record of their time in the Cayman Islands…
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Tourism boom for Cuba as Americans flock to Caribbean nation
From CTV News AFP Some 300,000 Americans flocked to Cuba in the first five months of 2017, nearly the same number as for all of last year, officials in Havana said on Wednesday. Just two days before U.S. President Donald…
Leadership Cayman Islands class Sister Island Perspective
Last weekend the Leadership Cayman class made their annual trip to the Brac for the ‘Sister Islands Perspective’ seminar. The class arrived in Cayman Brac Friday morning and, after a tour of the Brac airport, embarked on a trip to…
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Jamaica, World Bank to host 1st Global Tourism Conference
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Tourism has become an economic powerhouse. Tourism is the number one industry reportedly employing 10 percent of labor in the world. Two hundred and ninety three million now work in the industry and…
French airline Corsair opens direct route to Havana from Paris
From Caribbean News Now HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — With the arrival of its first flight ever from Paris to Havana last Thursday, the French airline Corsair opened a new route to the Caribbean. Twice a week, Thursdays and Saturdays, Corsair…
