[ad name=”HTML-68″] GUSTAVIA — Jimmy Buffett knows all about hurricanes and sailing, so it’s appropriate that the singer-songwriter has been enlisted to help promote a regatta on St. Barts and show that…
Category: Caribbean News
BIG UP? Australian Scientists Name High-Spirited, Hairy Spider After Reggae Legend Bob Marley
STEPPIN’ RAZOR (Don’t you watch his size, he’s dangerous, dangerous.): This hairy-looking spider would give anyone the heebie jeebies. Researchers in Australia named him after Bob Marley. [ad name=”HTML-68″] BRISBANE — Researchers…
SECOND BANANA: Mapp Appoints Bloomberg Co-Founder Tom Secunda To Ceremonial Hurricane Committee
RIGHT-HAND MAN: Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, left, and Tom Secunda, co-founder and vice chairman at Bloomberg LP, right of center, unload supplies at the Myrah Keating Smith Health Center on…
Major Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Between Honduras and the Cayman Islands … Tsunami Warning Extends Out 621 Miles From Epicenter
[ad name=”HTML-68″] TEGUCIGALPA — A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean region between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night and the Virgin Islands government caused widespread panic…
Ship Famous For ‘Poop Cruise’ Fails CDC Inspection … ‘Flies In Food Prep Areas’ of Carnival Triumph
MIAMI — Flies in the food preparation areas. Milk, cheese, eggs and yogurt kept in too-hot temperatures. Soiled and clogged machinery. These were some of the conditions uncovered by two inspectors from…
Venezuela Extends Air and Maritime Trade Ban With Three Caribbean Islands … Including Aruba
CARACAS — Venezuela has extended its ban on air and maritime ties with three nearby Dutch Caribbean islands, citing out of control smuggling, officials said today. Venezuela is pressing for high-level talks with…
SELL OUT! Seaborne Airlines Says Toxic Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Won’t Affect Its Sale To Silver Airways
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN – Sea Star Holdings Inc., parent company for Seaborne Puerto Rico LLC, Seaborne Virgin Islands, Inc. and affiliates (“Seaborne” or “the Company”), announced the company has commenced a…
Former Sen. Lilliana Belardo de O’Neal and Husband Humberto Honored at Crucian Christmas Festival
FREDERIKSTED — Lt. Governor Osbert Potter officially opened the Crucian Christmas Festival Food, Arts and Craft Fair on Wednesday by recognizing this year’s fair honorees, former senator Lilliana Belardo de O’Neal and…
SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH: Caribbean Coastal Areas Are Stressed Out
[ad name=”HTML-68″] PANAMA CITY – The Panama-based Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) says that the Caribbean’s coastal environment is stressed out, but adds that there is hope, according to data from a…
The Book On Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands Libraries After Hurricane Maria Tore Through The Region
ROYAL MESS: Flooding damage to a reading room at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao. SAN JUAN — Hurricane Maria, the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in…