Trump denies death toll in Puerto Rico

… , Trump had suggested that Puerto Rico were lucky Hurricane Maria wasn … be in the thousands. Puerto Rican officials have said they … a statement released by Puerto Rico’s Department of Public … by the hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico,” Behn Worley, a undeclared …

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LIAT Resumes Flights to Tortola

 

By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor

LIAT has returned to the British Virgin Islands.

The regional air carrier has resumed its morning and evening services to Tortola following the suspension of flights after Hurricane Irma last year.

The airline resumed flights into Tortola’s Terrence B. Lettsome Airport at Beef Island this week.

“LIAT remains committed to connecting the region and we are happy now to be resuming these services to connect passengers into and out of the BVI,” said Chief Commercial Officer, Audra Walker.

The restored LIAT flights will allow for easy connections within the LIAT network as well to international carriers, the company said.

— CJ

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: Simpson Bay, St Maarten

 

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Jennifer Bergen, who sent in this beautiful shot of the beach at Simpson Bay in St Maarten.

Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean lately?

Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the photo.

It could be the next Caribbean Photo of the Week!

— CJ

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Students urge Yale to divest from fossil fuels, Puerto Rico debt

… investment managers have holdings in Puerto Rico‘s debt: Baupost, Fortress … university to cancel any Puerto Rico debt, particularly as Puerto Ricans are suffering in … preventing them from unilaterally forgiving Puerto Rico’s debt.
Robert Dubrow, a …

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Major drug bust highlights no-nonsense style of Trinidad and Tobago’s top cop

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — On Tuesday, the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), a new arm of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, made a multimillion-dollar drug bust in a gated community in Westmoorings, an upscale residential area in Trinidad’s capital, Port of Spain. Led by the no-nonsense new Police Commissioner Gary Griffith, officers recovered […]

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