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JetBlue, the largest airline in Puerto Rico, in partnership with Atlas Air Worldwide transported more than 110 tons of much needed supplies to Puerto Rico to aid in relief and recovery efforts. It was part of JetBlue commitment to launch…

FLORIDA, United States, Saturday October 7, 2017 – More than 40 islands visited by cruise ships on Caribbean itineraries have a message they want to share: They are open, fully operational, welcoming ships full of cruise passengers and…

A four-hour visit by US President Donald Trump to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday, when he met storm victims and federal and local officials, and also helped to distribute relief items such as rolls of paper towels, has been described as…

US President Donald Trump has assured US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp of his continuing support for the territory’s hurricane recovery efforts. Updating reporters at Government House, St Croix, on Tuesday, Governor Mapp described…

Damaged homes, businesses and offices are no match for the resilience and determination of residents living in Portsmouth, a town on the northwest coast of Dominica. They have already begun to pick up the pieces after the category…

Noting “today was a better day than it was yesterday”, Governor of the US Virgin Islands Kenneth Mapp reported on Thursday that, not only were roads being cleared, but also debris was being collected from the sides of the roads. The…

rstCaribbean Bridgetown, Barbados, October 2, 2017 -- In the aftermath of the passage of hurricane Maria, the local fire brigade in Dominica has been pressed into service for much of the clean-up and restoration, along with its…

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has lost his lawsuit challenging his extradition to the United States to answer charges of fraud arising out of the massive FIFA bribery scandal. Delivering a 50-page ruling in the High Court on…

US President Donald Trump will visit the US Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp confirmed at his daily media briefing on Wednesday. Mapp indicated that while full details of the visit are unavailable at the moment, the White House, the…

Funds raised in those territories so far to be donated to local cancer charities Bridgetown, Barbados, September 27, 2017 – CIBC FirstCaribbean organizers of the region’s largest cancer care and awareness event – Walk for the Cure – has…

In support of the people of Venezuela, Canada has announced sanctions on key figures in the Maduro regime to send a clear message that their anti-democratic behaviour has consequences. Chrystia Freeland, minister of foreign affairs, on…

Tobago’s leader of the opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, made a stunning allegation: that A&V Oil and Gas Limited, which supplies crude oil to the state energy company Petrotrin, had defrauded it of almost TT$100 million (close to…

The death toll from Hurricane Maria in the region is now at least 33, with the latest fatalities occurring in Haiti when the Category 3 storm passed close to the French-speaking Caribbean nation yesterday. Officials say one man drowned…

As the halfway point of the two-year LINK-Caribbean Angel Investment programme approaches, over US$500,000 has been awarded to 14 Caribbean companies to support their development to attract angel investment. The World Bank Group,…

An operation run by British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands police officers, alongside British Royal Marines and 47 UK police officers, resulted in the capture of over 100 escaped inmates from the Balsam Ghut prison on Tortola, BVI…