Heartbreak as 4-year-old Irish tot drowns in the Caribbean
By David Coleman From Irish Mirror The Dublin schoolboy was with his parents, who had just moved to the area two weeks ago A four-year-old Irish boy has drowned in the Caribbean, it has emerged. Dublin tot Finn McCarthy was…
Puerto Rico reports first death from Zika-linked paralysis
By Harriet Agerholm From Independent UK ‘What does this tell us? That all of us are susceptible,’ says epidemiologist Puerto Rico has reported its first death caused by paralysis relating to a Zika infection. The US territory in the Caribbean has…
Puerto Rico activists fight to keep beaches public
By Ana Gabriela Calderón From Caribbean News Now SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Environmental activists and experts in Puerto Rico breathed a sigh of relief when a law that sought to privatize La Parguera, a public maritime zone in the…
How the Zika narrative about Puerto Rico explains US colonialism
By Firuzeh Shokooh Valle From Caribean News Now The natives are in “chaos.” The “war against zika” has been “a failure.” A governor’s adviser left his position “in disgust,” and went to vacation in Spain. Disease is rampant. “Some” has…
Olympic kids
Olympics Kids walk with athletes in Games’ Opening Ceremony From Caribbean Business SAN JUAN – Nearly 100 kids from around the world participated in an opening ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The McDonald’s Olympics Kids walked in the…
Destination of the week
Ten lighthouses to visit in the Caribbean By Carol_Bareuther From All At Sea Lighthouses have long captured seafarers’ imagination as well as warned them away from dangerous coasts. Here is a sampling of ten historic fun-to-visit lights. Caribbean lighthouses :…
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Cayman Islands motor museum in West Bay scheduled to reopen in November According to Andreas Ugland, owner of the Cayman Islands Motor Museum, it will reopen this year in November. The museum, located in West Bay, Grand Cayman has been…
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FCC program that gives tech to deaf, blind Americans is permanent
Jessica Conditt From engadget Plus, new rules increase the number of hearing-aid compatible wireless devices carriers and manufacturers have to offer. The FCC’s iCanConnect program, which provides communication equipment to low-income deaf and blind Americans, is now permanent after four years…
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USVI steps up fight against mosquitoes amid Zika outbreak
By The Associated Press From Caribbean Business SAN JUAN – The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Tuesday it is stepping up its fight against mosquitoes amid what officials in the U.S. territory say is a significant Zika outbreak. Health officials said a…
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How A Caribbean Island became prime source of U.S. Zika cases
By Phil Galewitz From Kaiser Health News More than 1,400 Americans contracted Zika while traveling outside the U.S. this year and a Caribbean-island nation is one of the top destinations where they caught the virus. Visitors to the Dominican Republic…
