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Crime costs Caribbean and Latin America almost what region spends on education alone
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Crime costs Caribbean and Latin America almost what region spends on education alone

BRIDGETOWN — Violence and crime absorb almost 3.5% of the Caribbean and Latin America's economic output, depleting funds that could be used in education and assisting the vulnerable, a report…
Posted by John McCarthy November 11, 2024
About 17% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production shut due to Hurricane Rafael
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

About 17% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production shut due to Hurricane Rafael

HAVANA — About 17% of crude oil production and 7% of natural gas output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was shut in response to Hurricane Rafael, the U.S. Bureau…
Posted by John McCarthy November 9, 2024
Viya to be closed on Veteran’s Day
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Viya to be closed on Veteran’s Day

CHRISTIANSTED — Viya, the premier telecommunications provider in the US Virgin Islands, will beclosed on Monday, November 11, 2024, in observance of Veterans Day, Jennifer Matarangas-King, Viya's Vice President of…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2024
The presidential election is prompting some Americans to ‘doom spend,’ report finds
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

The presidential election is prompting some Americans to ‘doom spend,’ report finds

MIAMI — Retail therapy is thinly coating voters’ anxieties from the presidential election — and their wallets know it. About 27% of polled shoppers say they are “doom spending” — that is,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 5, 2024
Tell us about changes when you get Social Security benefits
Posted inBreaking News Business News Community Affairs

Tell us about changes when you get Social Security benefits

If you receive Social Security, you can help to make sure we pay you the right benefit each month. You can do that by telling us about relationship or other…
Posted by John McCarthy November 2, 2024
Mexican fuel flows to Cuba as the island faces blackouts and the loss of Russian and Venezuelan oil
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Mexican fuel flows to Cuba as the island faces blackouts and the loss of Russian and Venezuelan oil

HAVANA (AP) — As Cuba grapples with blackouts and a deepening economic crisis, Mexico has sent nearly half a million barrels of crude oil and diesel in just a span of days,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 2, 2024
Colombian court revokes order suspending gas well off Caribbean coast
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Colombian court revokes order suspending gas well off Caribbean coast

BOGOTA — A Colombian court overturned another court order issued last month that had suspended activities at Sirius-2, previously called Uchuva-2, a major gas well located off the country's Caribbean coast. The ruling,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 1, 2024
Cruise operators reap benefits of their own private islands
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Cruise operators reap benefits of their own private islands

MIAMI — Major cruise operators are steering their ships — and millions of dollars in investments — into their own private destinations packed with excursions, beaches, bars and restaurants. The…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2024
Royal Caribbean lifts annual profit forecast on strong cruise demand, price hikes
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Royal Caribbean lifts annual profit forecast on strong cruise demand, price hikes

MIAMI — Royal Caribbean boosted its annual profit forecast today for the fourth time this year, driven by high demand for private destinations and cooler cruise travel spots, as well as…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2024
Sweeping blackouts in Cuba raise the question: Why has the island’s solar buildout been so slow?
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Sweeping blackouts in Cuba raise the question: Why has the island’s solar buildout been so slow?

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the government had built out more solar power to boost its failing…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2024

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