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Hurricanes cost Caribbean $1 billion in tourism: industry group
By Sarah Peter From Reuters NASSAU (Reuters) – The Caribbean lost more than $1 billion in tourism revenue after hurricanes deterred visitors during the costliest storm season on record, and recovery efforts could cost close to $6 billion, the Caribbean…
Puerto Rico releases data on hundreds of deaths following Hurricane Maria
By DANIELLA CHESLOW From NPR Puerto Rico’s government began complying with a court order and released partial records Tuesday of deaths following Hurricane Maria. The data reveal that there were 1,427 more deaths in the last four months of 2017…
US: Coast Guard cutter offloads $2 million in drugs
From FOX35 Orlando KEY WEST, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis offloaded 2,116 pounds of marijuana, Friday in Key West after returning home from an 88-day patrol in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean. In…
Newly sworn NY Bar president appointing Puerto Rico working group
From Caribbean Business SAN JUAN – Michael Miller, who was sworn in Monday as president of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), announced his priorities for the coming year. Among them, is a working group to explore ways to help…
Pre-season tropical or subtropical system could form late week and bring flooding threat to parts of the Caribbean
From The Weather Channel By Linda Lam Story Highlights An area of low pressure may develop in the southwestern Atlantic late this week or into the weekend. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall will bring the threat of flooding from Puerto…
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US: Pascrell meets with Dominican Ambassador and Dominican Republic Leaders to discuss Caribbean recovery efforts
Press Release WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, issued the following statement on his meeting with the Dominican Ambassador to the United States, Jose Tomás…
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Climate change may scuttle Caribbean’s post-hurricane plans for renewables
By Masaō Ashtine From Renewable Energy World Puerto Rico lost electricity again on April 18, seven months after Hurricane Maria first knocked out the island’s power grid. For people in some remote rural areas, the blackout was more of the same. Their power…
One-on-one with CHTA’s Karolin Troubetzkoy
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon from Travel Pulse The CHTA president provides a comprehensive update on the Caribbean’s post-hurricane recovery. The Caribbean Travel Marketplace—the largest exclusively Caribbean annual travel trade-show—was held for the 36th time earlier this year, in San Juan, Puerto…
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US authorities seize drugs worth $13.3 million off Puerto Rico
From Safety4Sea The US Coast Guard transferred custody of 491.5 kilograms of cocaine and 9.2 kilograms of suspected heroin, worth an estimated value of $13.3 million, at USCG Sector San Juan, Tuesday, following a recent interagency interdiction by Caribbean Border…
Eastern Caribbean destinations join cruise industry to show they are open and building better than ever
April 20, 2018 16:02 ET | Source: Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. , April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eastern Caribbean destinations like Puerto Rico, St. Maarten and the U.S. Virgin Islands already welcome tens of thousands of cruise…
