Florida: 400-pound woman survives sexual assault by herd of manatees
By Bob Flanagan From World news Daily Report SC Fort Pierce, FL | The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a Florida woman from a frightening assault by a herd of manatees yesterday near Pepper Park Beach, a popular beach in the…
Disney cruise ship rescues five Cubans at sea (dropped off in Cayman Islands]
By Shawn Price From UPI A Disney cruise ship rescued 12 Cuban migrants in the Caribbean Sea southeast of Cuba. MIAMI, Feb. 14 (UPI) — A Disney cruise ship rescued a group of 12 suspected Cuban migrants in the Caribbean…
Two incidents of armed piracy against sailing vessels reported in the Caribbean in 10 days
From Ocean Cruising Club United Kingdom – OCC Commodore John Franklin has issued an alert to vessels sailing in waters between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. In the last 10 days there have been reports of two incidents of piracy…
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Government Offices Close Half-Day for Holidays All non-essential government offices will close at 12.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve (Thursday 24th December 2015) and New Year’s Eve (Thursday 31st December). The first day back to work after the Christmas closure…
A missing ship with no signs of survivors
By Lizette Alvarez, Richard Pérez-Peña and Frances Robles The Search for El Faro From New York Times MIAMI — By the time the cargo ship El Faro pulled out of the busy port in Jacksonville, Fla., last Tuesday ready to…
Husband of Katy woman who disappeared in Caribbean speaks out
Amanda Waller disappeared while snorkeling. Now her husband is speaking only to ABC-13 From KTRK By Tracy Clemons KATY, TX (KTRK) — We’re learning more about Amanda Waller, the Houston woman who disappeared last Thursday while snorkeling in the Caribbean…
Cruise guests return to South Florida following shipboard fire that killed three
By Jane Wooldridge From Miami Herald All 656 guests aboard the Oceania Insignia returned to the United States by charter flights Friday following an engine-room fire Thursday morning in which three workers died, a company spokesman said. Guests were taken…
Like something from ‘Star Trek” — what is that strange-looking vessel?
ON THE WATERFRONT By David G. Sellars From Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles — Galeocerdo — which is the genus name of the tiger shark — came into the Port Angeles Boat Haven for a load of fuel on Friday…
Bank robbers strike again at First Caribbean Bank [St. Maarten – Netherlands Antilles]
From Daily Herald PHILIPSBURG–Another bank robbery occurred in Cole Bay around 10:00am on Tuesday. First Caribbean Bank at the Laguna View Professional Centre on Welfare Road was robbed in broad daylight, less than a month after the brazen daylight robbery…
In Puerto Rico, cocaine gains access to U.S.
By Lizette Alvarez From New York Times SAN JUAN, P.R. — With its navigation lights off, the 35-foot speedboat raced north toward Puerto Rico one night this month, its two large engines at full throttle. Above, a Coast Guard helicopter…
