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ABC Islands Tell 2 Cruise Ships ‘Go Home’ After Showing Up Riddled With COVID-19

MIAMI — A COVID-19 outbreak took place on a South Florida-based cruise ship for the third time this week, as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida hit its highest…

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Woman In Paradise Wins 2 Tickets To Space Via Virgin Galactic Raffle

SAINT JOHN'S — A health coach from Antigua and Barbuda has won two tickets worth almost $1 million to be among Virgin Galactic's first space tourists, the company said. Keisha…

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Communist Cuba Records Runaway Inflation Of Over 70%

HAVANA — Cuba will have an inflation rate of over 70 percent by the end of 2021, Economy Minister Alejandro Gil said on Tuesday. Cuba's economy shrank 10.9 percent in…

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COVID-Plagued RCG Cruise Ship Symphony Of The Seas Docked In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — At least 48 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas cruise ship that docked in St. Thomas on Wednesday, the company said,…

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St. John Named Among 50 Best Places To Vacation In 2022 By Travel Lemming

CRUZ BAY — St. John has been named one of the world’s 50 best places to travel in 2022 by the U.S.-based online travel guide Travel Lemming, placing eighth in…

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Since COVID-19 Killed Caribbean Economy, U.S. Should Give Debt Relief, Browne Says

SAINT JOHN'S — The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated economies across the tourism-dependent Caribbean costing losses as high as 20 percent in some countries in just one year, the prime minister…

Bro Bot December 19, 2021

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Ex-Hostages Doing Well, Have Left Haiti, Mission Agency Says

PORT-AU-PRINCE — All the former hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group kidnapped in Haiti have been flown out of the country after a two-month ordeal, the leader of their Ohio-based…

Bro Bot December 18, 2021

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Jamaica Likely To Follow Barbados’ Lead In Becoming Independent Republic

KINGSTON — Jamaica’s Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte says an announcement is expected by the end of the second quarter next year in relation to Jamaica’s way forward to becoming…

Bro Bot December 17, 2021

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Fireball From Overturned Tanker Kills Dozens In Haiti

CAP-HAITIEN — A gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in northern Haiti, unleashing a fireball that swept through homes and businesses on its way to killing at least 60 people in…

Bro Bot December 14, 2021

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Omicron Sends Cruise Ship Shares Plummeting; Investors Look To Fed

NEW YORK — Wall Street ended lower on Monday, with shares of Carnival Corp and several airlines tumbling as investors worried about the Omicron coronavirus variant ahead of a Federal…

Bro Bot December 14, 2021