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Puerto Rico declares state of emergency after heavy flooding, landslides
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Puerto Rico declares state of emergency after heavy flooding, landslides

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s governor has declared a state of emergency following heavy rains, widespread flooding and landslides in the U.S. commonwealth. One person has been reported missing. Governor Pedro…
Posted by John McCarthy May 12, 2024
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2024
Tourist’s body found in Puerto Rico days after he was swept from waterfall
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News National News

Tourist’s body found in Puerto Rico days after he was swept from waterfall

Alex DaLomba Tavares was with his girlfriend when the rip current took him by surprise SAN JUAN — The body of a Massachusetts man who was swept away by the…
Posted by John McCarthy May 11, 2024
BVI resident gets 5 years for smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

BVI resident gets 5 years for smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — A British Virgin Islands resident was given nearly five years in prison for smuggling $20 million worth of cocaine into St. Croix Augusto Rodriguez-Molina, 37, a native of…
Posted by John McCarthy May 10, 2024
Forecasters see excessive rain risk, flooding
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Forecasters see excessive rain risk, flooding

SAN JUAN — Excessive rainfall risk for today/tonight, with an elevated risk for most of Puerto Rico. Flooding of urban areas, roads, and small streams. Since soils are saturated, flash…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2024
Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many as gang violence consumes the country. Instead…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2024
Royal Caribbean recruiting thousands to meet surging demand
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Business News

Royal Caribbean recruiting thousands to meet surging demand

MIAMI — Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group is in discussions with new and existing markets around the world to recruit thousands of workers to staff its ships and private destinations to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2024
3 plead guilty to smuggling 844 pounds of cocaine
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

3 plead guilty to smuggling 844 pounds of cocaine

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Central Americans and one South American pleaded guilty smuggling 844 pounds of cocaine in United States territorial waters. Eleuterio Gomez Murillo, 53, of Colombia, and Randall…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2024
Grenada man faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine smuggling
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Grenada man faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine smuggling

CHRISTIANSTED — A Grenada man faces a maximum 20 years in prison after admitting in federal court on St. Croix that he smuggled 70 pounds of cocaine. Rodney de Roche,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2024
Desperate Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports
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Desperate Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports

KYIV — Russia has been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown. In September and October 2023, passport details belonging to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2024

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