Belize featured as guest country at Afro-Caribbean Festival in Mexico
From Breaking Belize News Belize was the guest country at the 21st Afro-Caribbean Festival in Veraruz, Mexico, held from August 10-12, 2017. The event was hosted by the Government of the State of Veracruz, through their Ministry of Tourism and…
Hurricane Harvey’s real story begins: 40 inches of rain to bring catastrophic flooding to southeast Texas
By Jon Erdman From The Weather Channel Story Highlights Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas with winds of 130 mph at 10 pm CDT. Harvey is now a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph. Harvey will soon stall or meander…
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Tropical Storm Harvey could become hurricane, threaten Texas
By Taylor Ward CNN From nbc-2 (CNN) — Tropical Storm Harvey could be making a comeback. If it does, it could possibly even become a hurricane. Harvey initially formed just east of the Windward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It…
USA Rugby South team with Kenan wins regional championship
By Joe Naiman on From Fallbrook & Bonsall Village New The USA Rugby South team known as the Panthers and which includes 2009 Fallbrook High School graduate Cormac Kenan won the 2017 Rugby Americas North championship July 29 in Providence,…
Uptick in Atlantic tropical systems may continue as new features bear watching
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist From Accuweather In the wake of Gert, a large batch of thunderstorms over the central Atlantic Ocean has the potential to spawn a tropical depression and storm this week. Gert will turn away from…
US-DHS: Illegal immigration up 15% in July, despite Trump claims
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Illegal immigration across the southwestern U.S. border increased 15 percent in July over the previous month, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. “The short answer is we don’t know what all of those causes…
Trump’s solar wall
Trump floated a solar-paneled border wall with Mexico — here’s what it would look like By Jeremy Berke From Business Insider President Donald Trump wants to deliver on one of the central promises of his campaign — building a wall…
Injury related 23-player roster changes announced for 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Competition kicks off today in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area; Tickets for the summer’s official tournament on sale at www.GoldCup.org Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today the injury related 23-player…
Pretty grim. Not shocking’: Murders spike in Mexico, and May was the deadliest month in decades
By Peter Orsi and Lisa Martine Jenkins, Associated Press From Business Insider MEXICO CITY (AP) — May was Mexico’s bloodiest month in at least 20 years and homicides are up sharply in 2017 compared with last year, new government crime…
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Tropical Storm Bret forms in the Caribbean
From wsbradio Tropical Storm Bret formed in the Atlantic Monday afternoon and is expected to impact the Caribbean as early as Tuesday. It is one of two tropical systems developing to our south. Neither of the storms are expected to…
