$100M cocaine seizure at Kingston Container Terminal
From RJR News Online The Narcotics Police are reporting the seizure of nearly 200 pounds of what’s suspected to be cocaine with an estimated street value of more than a $100 million. The seizure was made yesterday at the Kingston…
Dominican Republic can tap into English Caribbean’s US$30.0B market
From Dominican Today Santo Domingo.- The president of the Roundtable of Commonwealth in Dominican Republic, Fernando Gonzalez Nicolás, on Wednesday listed the ways to revitalize exports and investments with Jamaica and the other English Caribbean countries, a market that consumes…
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Dominican airline to start Jamaica flights this year
From Caribbean News Service SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, May 27 2017 – The Dominican Republic based airline Pawa is scheduled to start flights to Jamaica later this year. The initiative was sparked by the recent visit from Jamaican Prime Minister…
Costa Magica caught fire in engine room during eastern Caribbean cruise
BY GORDON SMITH From Miami Herald The cruise ship Costa Magica caught fire in engine room during a voyage to Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe. The vessel was on cruising in eastern Caribbean, when in early morning of February 24 there was…
EU support to the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Brussels, 26 October 2016 During the EU-CELAC ministerial meeting held in Santo Domingo on 25-26 October 2016, the European Union is announcing new programmes of over €74 million to support sustainable development in Latin America (€30 million) and the Caribbean…
Haitians deported from their own country
By JACOB KUSHNER From Pulitzer Center FOND BAYARD, Haiti—On April 28, 2009, Julia Antoine gave birth to a girl in a hospital in the town of Los Mina, in the Dominican Republic. Her husband, Fritz Charles, couldn’t be there—he was…
David Ortiz, Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera prevented from competing in Caribbean Home Run Derby
By Alex Putterman The Caribbean Series’ first annual home run derby sounded like a great idea, especially given that MLB stars Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera, and David Ortiz were set to participate. Then the MLB Players Association came and ruined the…
Can you imagine a Caribbean minus its beaches? It’s not science fiction, it’s climate change
From The World Bank Rising sea levels could have catastrophic effects for the Caribbean and would affect the poorest and most vulnerable in the region. Santo Domingo could be the fifth most affected city in the world To increase their…
EIB Caribbean office set to move to the Dominican Republic
From EIB The regional representation of the European Investment Bank in the Caribbean will move to the Dominican Republic. The regional representation of the European Investment Bank in the Caribbean will move to the Dominican Republic. The host country agreement…
Chikungunya virus reported in Cuba amid Caribbean outbreak
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE From News Daily Cuban health authorities confirmed six cases of the mosquito-born chikungunya virus Wednesday, the latest in a spate of Caribbean countries reporting the fever-causing disease in their backyard. The health ministry said that most…
