Category: Business News

Norwegian Cruise To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination For Guests And Crew

HAMILTON — Cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said today it would require mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all guests and crew when it restarts trips from U.S. ports in July. The company’s announcement follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest guidance last week to the cruise ship industry, including the need […]

Police Get $14,295 From V.I. Industrial Services To Buy New K-9 Officer: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — An oil and gas industrial maintenance company on St. Croix gave a generous donation to police so local law enforcement could purchase a new police dog. V.I. Industrial Services of Estate Diamond Ruby contributed $14,295 so that the Virgin Islands Police Department could get a K-9 officer. VIPD Deputy Police Commissioner Celvin Walwyn, […]

Are We Alone In The Universe? Israeli Defense Minister Says Aliens Are Real

Are we truly alone in the universe? You and I might not know the answer to that question, but a handful of people at the highest echelons of government have started to publicly talk about how seriously they take aliens. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been particularly vocal about this. “The federal government all […]

Cuba’s Tourism Workers Reinvent Themselves As Lockdown Lingers

HAVANA — Trumpeter Carlos Sanchez serenaded tourists in Old Havana for 30 years, earning handsome tips — until the coronavirus pandemic hit and Cuba closed its borders a year ago on April 1. Now the 57-year-old ekes out a living repairing fans. The global vaccination drive is sparking hopes worldwide of a tourism rebirth this […]

Caribbean Appeals To Biden To Share Vaccines With U.S. ‘Third Border’

HAVANA — Several Caribbean island nations have issued a plea to the United States to share its stockpile of COVID-19 vaccines with the region as it has said it would with Mexico and Canada, calling on it not to neglect its “third border.” The independent island states of the Caribbean archipelago — except for Cuba, […]

Sandals Royal Caribbean Adding New Swim-Up Suites In Jamaica By December

KINGSTON — Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay is adding two new room categories as part of the new Chequers building that is available to book now for arrivals beginning December 15. The four-story building in the Caribbean Village will feature 12 Crystal Lagoon Hideaway Swim-Up Club Level junior suites with swim-up pool access. On floors […]

Didn’t Know You Could Fly Fish In The Caribbean? Then You Don’t Know Belize

BELMOPAN — For some, the notion of an isolated, utterly private Caribbean atoll may conjure up fantasies of tropical indolence — chaise lounges on a white-sand beach, umbrella drinks and perhaps a paperback. There are chaise longues and umbrella drinks available at Turneffe Flats. But most days the chairs are empty, as visitors come to […]

Eastern Caribbean Dollar Goes Digital, A Help For Unbanked

SAN JUAN — The Eastern Caribbean has created its own form of digital currency meant to help speed transactions and serve people without bank accounts. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said its “DCash” is the first such blockchain-based currency introduced by any of the world’s currency unions, though some individual nations have similar existing systems. […]

Whim Man Shot In Broad Daylight In Front Of Vodka Bar Dies From His Injuries: VIPD

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who was shot multiple times in broad daylight Thursday in front of a vodka bar and restaurant has died from the injuries he sustained, authorities said. Wayne A. Jerome, 23, of Estate Whim in Frederiksted, has been positively identified as the gunshot victim by next of kin, the Virgin […]