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Trump Taps Military Reserves For Anti-Narcotics Effort In Caribbean

SAN JUAN -— President Donald Trump said he's activated units and individual members of the U.S. Armed Forces reserves for an ongoing counter-narcotics effort in the Caribbean. In an executive order Thursday, Trump…

May 1, 2020

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COVID-19 Claims 8,000 Lives In The Caribbean, Latin America

BOGOTA — Coronavirus cases topped 170,000 in Latin America and the Caribbean and caused the deaths of more than 8,000 people in the region, according to data from Johns Hopkins…

April 29, 2020

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Caribbean Has 10,000 COVID-19 Cases … Dominican Republic Has 278 Deaths

SANTO DOMINGO — The number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the Caribbean continues to increase, despite a slow down in some countries, with the total passing 10,000 last night.…

April 27, 2020

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CPB-AMO Agents Capture 3 Puerto Rican Men With $1.1 Million In Cash On Boat

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three Puerto Rican men were caught with at least six figures in cash on board a vessel off the coast of a St. Thomas beach last night,…

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COVID-19 In Caribbean: Dominican Republic Leads With 4,126 Cases, 200 Deaths

SANTO DOMINGO — The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is back on an uptick in the last few days despite showing slight signs of slowing this week. The total…

April 17, 2020

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Puerto Rico Shuttered 4 Police Stations To Combat Spreading Of COVID-19

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico on Tuesday closed its fourth police station in a week, raising concerns about the ability of it to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as officers…

April 5, 2020

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Dominican Republic Continues To Lead Region In COVID-19 Deaths With 60

SANTO DOMINGO —The death rate from the new coronavirus, COVID-19, reached a new high across the Caribbean region Thursday as the number of confirmed cases also continued its steady uptick.…

April 3, 2020

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Dominican Republic Has Half Of All COVID-19 Cases In The Caribbean … 40 Deaths

SANTO DOMINGO — In the one month it took the novel coronavirus COVID-19 to completely spread across the Caribbean, several islands have successfully managed to contain the spread of the virus,…

March 31, 2020

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FEMA Assigns $37.8M In Puerto Rico Recovery Funds, Including Ponce Port Repairs

SAN JUAN — The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, have destined an additional $37.8 million in funds for 116 recovery and reconstruction projects in…

March 11, 2020

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Silver Airways Launches New Airplanes In Region

SAN JUAN — Silver Airways will launch its newest aircraft in the region. The Fort Lauderdale-based carrier, which has a network of flights to The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean…

March 8, 2020