Venezuelan refugees now number 3.4 million; humanitarian implications massive, UN warns
From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA — As the number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela continues to rise – hitting the 3.4 million mark this month – United Nations agencies sounded the alarm on Friday over the humanitarian…
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Everything you need to know about gambling in the Caribbean
From Caribbean News Now White sand beaches, sparkling blue beaches and gorgeous sunshine are just a few of the draws to visiting the Caribbean, but if you needed another reason to head out there, the region is also a growing…
Caribbean tourist hotspot doesn’t want Sex Island’s hookers and drugs
By Michael Blaustein From New York Post Sex Island’s sojourn in Trinidad and Tobago might be incredibly short-lived. The four-day cocaine-and hooker-filled party revealed on Monday that their “secret location” was actually a private resort on an island off the coast of…
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The Editor speaks: Drug mules
A mule is often described as a stupid animal and it is an apt name given to someone who acts as a courier who smuggles drugs into a foreign country, usually by swallowing it. This is after the drugs have…
Venezuelan crisis bringing back major diseases thought long gone
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Contagion from Venezuela’s economic meltdown is literally spreading to neighboring nations — in the form of potentially deadly diseases among millions of refugees, The Wall Street Journal reported. Medical officials in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela told…
Moxy is expanding into the Caribbean and Latin America
By MIA TAYLOR From Travel Pulse Moxy is preparing to bring its playful approach to hotels to the Caribbean and Latin America. The brand announced today that four Moxy projects have been approved for the Caribbean, Central America and South…
Jamaica: Court approves seizure of assets of convicted drug kingpin Deedo
From Jamaica Gleaner The Asset Recovery Agency, an arm of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), has won its long-running battle with convicted drug kingpin Norris ‘Deedo’ Nembhard over nearly $200 million in assets and properties that it had wanted to…
North American Companies Cruising the Caribbean for Sunny Cannabis Growth Opportunities
From BAYSTREET The legal cannabis waves are beginning to hit the shores of the Caribbean, as the region’s nations anticipate a potential economic boom. Buoyed by an already fruitful tourist-driven economy, Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, and…
Message by Cayman Islands Sports Minister on CAC Games
Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games Message by Sports Minister the Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly I am delighted to welcome home the Cayman Islands National Squash team, winners of three bronze medals from the Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games in…
Cayman Islands Squash Team take three medals at CAC Games
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Lands and is pleased to announce that the Cayman Islands Squash Team returned from the Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games in Cali, Colombia on Friday, 27 July, with three bronze medals. The…
