GUSTAVIA — The islands of the Caribbean — comprising the Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Lesser Antilles — feature remarkable biodiversity, with species mainly having originated
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U.S. Airlines Add COVID-19 Testing to Popular Caribbean Destinations
CANCUN — U.S. airlines are adding flights, and in some cases COVID-19 testing programs, for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, a region central to
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Cruise Ship Magazine Picks St. Thomas As No. 1 Caribbean Port of Call
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas has been named the top cruise destination in the Caribbean for the second year in a row. The award was
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Columbian Man Arrested In Aruba Charged With Murder Of Transgender Sex Worker In Australia
ORANJESTAD — A 21-year-old Colombian man has been extradited from the Netherlands Antilles to Sydney and charged with the murder of an Australian woman. The
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‘Minor’ Earthquake Shakes Tortola and Sandy Ground Village In Anguilla Sunday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A minor earthquake occurred Sunday afternoon northeast of the British Virgin Islands. No injuries were reported. The 3.6 magnitude struck about
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Hindu Statesman Asks Governor Bryan To Make Diwali A Holiday In 2022
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Hindus are seeking a public holiday in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Diwali, the most popular of their festivals; starting 2022. Distinguished
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Tropical Disturbance Appears Northeast Of The Caribbean: NHC
MIAMI — With a just a little more than a week left in hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is once again monitoring an area
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Saharan Dust Still A Problem In The Caribbean Even As Hurricane Season On The Wane
NASSAU — An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of storm clouds rising over Andros Island, one of the Bahama Islands.
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Caribbean Nations Explore New Ideas, Directions To Recover From Pandemic
MIAMI — Caribbean experts assessed the coronavirus’s impact on the region in a webinar on Thursday hosted by the University of Miami Institute for Advanced
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Banana Growers On Guadeloupe, Martinique Poisoned By A Carcinogenic Pesticide
BASSE-TERRE — The results of a French parliamentary commission of inquiry into the use of the carcinogenic pesticide chlordecone in the Guadeloupe and Martinique show
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