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Rastafarians opening up Caribbean cannabis farms to build a flourishing medical industry

KINGSTOWN — On Golba Hill in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, just below a cluster of colorfully decorated homes, there are rows and rows of premium marijuana plants. Gleaming like…

John McCarthy January 9, 2025

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Caribbean braces for economic punch after season’s deadly first hurricane

KINGSTON — Leaders across the Caribbean were still tallying the financial toll wrought by the earliest Atlantic storm on record to intensify to the maximum Category 5 level, after it…

John McCarthy July 18, 2024

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Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the southeast Caribbean

ST. GEORGE'S (AP) — People in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm, officials said Thursday…

John McCarthy July 17, 2024

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Hurricane Beryl: ‘Grim’ situation as multiple deaths reported in massive storm’s path

Multiple deaths have been reported in Carriacou, Petite Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials on those islands said Tuesday as Hurricane Beryl continues to pummel the Caribbean as a Category 5…

John McCarthy July 2, 2024

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How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead, experts…

John McCarthy July 2, 2024

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Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean

KINGSTON (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters today as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after…

John McCarthy July 2, 2024

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Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada

SAINT GEORGE'S (AP) — A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in…

John McCarthy July 1, 2024

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3 Grenadian inmates suspected of killing missing American couple on blood-soaked yacht and tossing their remains overboard are led into court shackled and in chains as family desperately pleads for answers

ST. GEORGE'S — The three Grenadian inmates suspected of killing a Virginia couple on their yacht and tossing their bodies overboard appeared in court as the family has desperately pleaded for answers. Ralph…

John McCarthy February 26, 2024

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Tides move oil spill away from Tobago to the Caribbean, neighbors on alert

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) — A week after an oil spill was first spotted near Tobago's shore, portions of the stain are moving in opposite directions into the Caribbean Sea,…

John McCarthy February 15, 2024

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‘Indiana Jones’ Star Christian Oliver & His Daughters Killed In Bequia Plane Crash

KINGSTOWN — 'Indiana Jones' star Christian Oliver tragically died along with his two young children after their plane crashed into the sea near Bequia. He was known for his roles in films like…

John McCarthy January 6, 2024