KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — — The 66th meeting of the Organisation of Easter Caribbean States (OECS) Authority was held in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of SVG Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves. Heads of government and representatives of government in attendance included: Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and […]
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Puerto Vallarta says it has seen “no major damage” in the wake of Hurricane Willa, the destination’s Tourism Board said Thursday.
Puerto Vallarta’s tourism infrastructure, including the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, trans-national roads, the marina, the cruise port will return to normal operations.
A beach in Puerto Vallarta.
Indeed, the Puerto Vallarta airport has remained open, officials said.
City services will also be back to normal, including schools, garbage collection and public service works, with the latter having launched work to clear debris from high winds and waves.
Officials told Caribbean Journal that almost 600 tourists were housed in city shelters during the storm because they were in high-risk areas.
— CJ
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The highly-anticipated Excellence Oyster Bay has officially opened in Jamaica.
The new adults-only addition to Jamaica’s buzzing north coast is the first Excellence-branded resort in the English-speaking Caribbean.
The $110 million adults-only project, which held its grand opening this week, has 10 bars and lounges, 24-hour room service, three swimming pools and four outdoor hot tubs, among other amenities.
Inside one of the suites.
The Victorian-style property, set on a private peninsula, has a total of 315 suites.
It’s yet another addition to what is the fast-growing Trelawny parish of Jamaica, directly adjacent to the country’s tourism hub of Montego Bay.
“The people of Trelawny now have every reason to smile, as this phase of the Oyster Bay resort development represents an investment of $110 million and which saw some 1,500 persons gainfully employed,” said Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, who was on hand for the grand opening. “Of course, the vast majority of them were Jamaicans, including contractors and subcontractors.”
The property had been in soft opening since the beginning of the summer.
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By Caribbean News Now contributor LONDON, England — Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice Ivor Archie has been ordered to pay the legal costs incurred by the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) in defending the unsuccessful action brought against it by Archie in relation to its ongoing investigation into misconduct allegations against him. On […]
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