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England to tour West Indies in February
England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...
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Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team
World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in world athletics. The Grenadian quarter-miler has identified three of the country's overseas-based athletes who he believes can form a quartet with himself to compete against the best in the world, reports CMC. They include Rondell Bartholomew who has ...
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Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster
The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, it is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent ...
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In Bahamas US Embassy issues crime warning for Americans in islands capital
NASSAU, Bahamas - The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast. A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and travelling to the islands to be on heightened alert to avoid being a crime victim. It says "armed robbery remains a major threat" facing Americans in ...
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US Warns of Armed Robbery Threat in Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas -- The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east ...
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NYPD hunts gunman in fatal bus shooting
New York police said they were looking for an unidentified gunman who shot and killed a teenage girl Saturday as she boarded a city bus in Queens. The 14-year-old victim was on her way home from a birthday party at a neighborhood club when someone on the sidewalk opened fire on the bus at a stop in the Jamaica section of the borough. The girl, whose name was not released, was struck in the ...
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Orlando native heading to Haiti to make a difference
As senior vice president of convention sales and services at Visit Orlando, Tammi Runzler would seem to have it all. But she's leaving it all behind to head to ...
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Three killed three injured in Puerto Rico shooting
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three people have been killed and three others injured during a shooting at a gas station in Puerto Rico.Police say several men opened fire on the group early Saturday in the eastern town of Las Piedras. It is unclear what prompted the shooting.The U.S. territory had already seen five similar shootings reported this year in which at least three people ...
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Sea turtles make comeback in Caribbean
The number of leatherbacks on this tropical beach in Trinidad has rebounded in spectacular fashion, with some 500 female turtles nesting each night during the peak season in May and ...
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Puerto Rico rally to beat Cuba at Beilun womens volleyball tournament
Puerto Rico staged a spirited comeback to beat Cuba in a dramatic five-setter (25-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-11) at the Beilun International Women's Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday.Yoana Mendoza Palacio and Ana Yilian Cleger each scored 22 points for Cuba. Karina Ocasio led Puerto Rico with 19 points, while Yarimar Rosa added 18.With 2-0 ahead in sets, the Cubans loosened in ...
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Resolution of Cuba’s debt problem to boost its financial investment rating
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - The entry into force of the agreement on the settlement of Cuba’s debt will boost its financial and investment rating, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko said upon arrival in Moscow on Saturday, May 18, after a visit to ...
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Sea Turtle Comeback Giant Leatherback Numbers Rebound In Parts Of Caribbean
GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad - Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto ...
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Villages in Trinidad embrace threatened sea turtles spark tourist boom
In this May 2, 2013 photo, a leatherback turtle heads back to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. With more than half of all adult leatherback turtles on the planet having been lost since 1980, mostly in the Eastern Pacific and Asia, the resurgence of leatherbacks in Trinidad is touted by many as a major achievement. ...
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Cayman Islands former premier rejects new corruption allegations
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - The former premier of the Cayman Islands who faces charges in a corruption probe is denying allegations that he donated $1 million to a Caribbean university to obtain an honorary PhD. McKeeva Bush said in a statement late Friday that he knows nothing about a donation to University College of the Caribbean in Jamaica as alleged in local media reports. He notes that ...
Barbados Digest
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Barbados employment slips
Barbados has seen a dramatic increase in unemployment benefits and requests for help from the government following the recession, a country that emerged rather well from colonialism is now struggling, but a new census is in the works.
Barbados is country with much to be proud of, this little island nation in the Caribbean was a possession of various colonial powers from the Spanish in the 15th century to the British until 1966. Read more
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