Middlesex County College receives award from Puerto Rican Association for Human Development
… the Year Award from the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development (PRAHD …
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Economic citizen sues Antigua-Barbuda government in apparent effort to avoid extradition
By Caribbean News Now contributor ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi has sued the Antigua and Barbuda government in an apparent attempt to pre-empt consideration of an extradition request made by Indian authorities. Choksi, an economic citizen of Antigua and Barbuda, is wanted by the judicial authorities in India for his alleged […]
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Tropical wave forecast to bring heavy rain to Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA — A tropical wave is expected to bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the next few days. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, strong upper-level winds and interaction with the islands of the Greater […]
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Carnival Is Planning Its First-Ever New York-Cuba Cruises
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Carnival Cruise Line is planning to launch its first-ever cruises from New York to Cuba in 2020.
The Carnival Radiance cruise ship will undertake the first voyages from New York as part of a wider berth that includes four-to-nine daily sailings to the Caribbean and a winter season out of Port Canaveral.
The New York-Cuba cruises will feature week-long itineraries that include a full day and an overnight stay in Havana, along with two stops in The Bahamas.
The new itineraries will come after a $200 million dry dock in Spain at the beginning of 2020.
Carnival will also be launching Cuba cruises from New York on the Carnival Sunrise ship, beginning in May 2020, the company said.
— CJ
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JetBlue Traffic Picks Up Steam to Begin Final Quarter
By the Caribbean Journal staff
JetBlue saw a traffic surge at the beginning of the fourth quarter, according to newly-released data from the New York City-based carrier.
JetBlue reported just under 4.06 billion revenue passenger miles in October, which represented a sizable 9.5 percent increase compared to the same month in 2017.
That was accompanied by a 0.5-percentage-point increase in load factor to 82.9 percent and an 8.9 percent increase in available seat miles to 4.89 billion.
That all added up a strong start to the final quarter of 2018 for the carrier.
For the year, Jetblue traffic is up 7.4 percent to 42.329 billion revenue passenger miles.
— CJ
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