SAN JOSE — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 26-28 its thirty-eighth session, the United Nations regional commission’s
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Forecasters Are Tracking New Tropical Wave In The Caribbean
MIAMI — A new tropical wave has developed in the Caribbean Sea and has a 20 percent chance of development into a tropical cyclone over
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Forecasters Tracking 2 Disturbances In Caribbean And Atlantic, Including Tropical Storm Epsilon
MIAMI — Forecasters say a disturbance in the Caribbean has a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression within five days. As of
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U.S. Coast Guard Takes 48 of 49 Migrants Back To Santo Domingo After Intercepting 3 Illegal Voyages
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard returned 28 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Friday and Sunday, while 20 other migrants were repatriated October
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Sir Hilary Beckles Says Caribbean Universities Need $600 Million To Stave Off Cutbacks Due To COVID-19
KINGSTON — COVID-19 has dealt Caribbean universities funding and enrollment challenges that they have never faced before. In light of that, the University of the
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Puerto Rico, Unable to Vote, Becomes Crucial to United States Presidential Election
SAN JUAN — The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot
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SHUTDOWN LOOMING? BP May Cut Off Oil Supply To St. Croix’s Limetree Bay Refinery If It Stays Idle
CHRISTIANSTED — The problem-plagued Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix may lose its main supplier of crude oil, British Petroleum (BP), if it isn’t successfully
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NHC Monitors New Mid-Atlantic System With Increased Odds Of Development
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a new system in the mid Atlantic this morning with increased odds of development while anticipating a
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44 Women Have Been Murdered In Trinidad & Tobago So Far This Year
PORT OF SPAIN — Some 44 women have now been killed on the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago this year. The last victim was
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CDC Lists U.S. Virgin Islands As A ‘Level 3’ Destination, Where Risk of Getting COVID-19 Is ‘High, Very High’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Six countries in the Eastern Caribbean have been deemed as safe for citizens from the United States to travel to— and the
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