SAN JUAN — Lenders to Puerto Rican homeowners have kicked foreclosures into high gear in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, skirting local and federal borrower protections.
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SAILING NEWS: Skippers Sail Caribbean Season’s Opening Regatta For Chance To Win Their Weight In Rum At Barbados Sailing Week
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] BRIDGETOWN — The Caribbean race season’s opening regatta is now to be known as Barbados Sailing Week, which replaces its
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33 Percent of The USVI and Puerto Rico Will Be Without Electricity This Christmas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Cruise lines are recovering after hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed our region earlier this year, though cruise-goers describe “blackout” conditions on some islands, and
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If WAPA Is Turning Your Power Off This Christmas, Why Not Have Some Black Cake To Go Along With The ‘Black’ Christmas?
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ST. GEORGE’S — Susan Adolphus James has one vivid memory of childhood Christmases on the island of Beaulieu, Grenada: black
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CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY: ‘Accidental Death’ Ruled In BVI Case Where Mom’s Few Seconds Of Inattention Cost Her Beautiful Toddler Ellie Her Life
ELLIE PERKINS: Died the day before her second birthday in a freak accident as her mother idly chatted to a day care center worker in
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BULLY PULPIT: Trump Says Votes From The Caribbean Will Be Carefully Monitored As Determinant For Future Aid To The Region
UP A CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE: Caribbean countries could be left sucking salt if they vote against the United States at the United Nations, President
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PDVSA WARNED! Venezuela Company Told To Do The Maintenance Or Lose License To Operate In Bonaire, N.A.
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] KRALENDIJK — Venezuela’s Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A (PDVSA) could lose its license to operate an oil storage terminal it owns on
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CARIBBEAN IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: Not Only of People … But Birds, Fish and Plants, Too
BRIDGETOWN — The Caribbean is a biodiversity hotspot. It has over 11,000 plant species, about 72 of which are found only in this region. Its
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SCIENTIFIC REPORT: Unique Flowering Plants In Eastern Caribbean ‘Under Threat of Extinction’
BRIDGETOWN — Almost three quarters of the flowering plants unique to the Eastern Caribbean appear to be under threat of extinction, according to a study
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YEAR OF THE HURRICANE: 2017 Was A Whopper The Likes Of Which We’ve Never Seen Before, It Knocked Our Socks Off And Left Us A Little Wet
CHRISTIANSTED — We certainly aren’t going out on a limb to call the Year 2017 the Year of the Hurricane. Not when you live here.
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