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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Haiti was shaken by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake on Saturday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earthquake, one of the strongest to hit around Haiti since the devastating 2010 quake, was centered about 20 kilometers offshore of Port de Paix on the island’s northern coast.

There were preliminary reports of several deaths resulting from the quake.

Haiti’s Department of Civil Protection reported that there were also some injuries and damage resulting from the quake, although it was not yet clear the extent of the damage.

The quake, which struck at a depth of about 15 kilometers, caused reports of light shaking across Haiti mid the neighboring Dominican Republic.

It’s the latest of a recent wave of unusually strong quakes in the Caribbean, highlighted by a large shaking in Venezuela.

The Caribbean, it should be noted, is a seismically active region.

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Canadians are flocking to Antigua and Barbuda, according to recently-released numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

In the first half of 2018, Antigua and Barbuda reported a total of 23,243 tourists from Canada, a number that represented a whopping 81.5 percent increase compared to the same period in 2017.

That growth rate was the highest increase in Canadian visitors of any destination in the Caribbean in the first half of 2018, according to the CTO report.

The report’s data was released during the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Industry conference at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas this week.

Antigua saw a total of 148,139 tourists in the first half overall, which represented a 7.6 percent increase in stayover visitor arrivals compared to the first half of 2017.

The Caribbean destination which the next-highest growth rate from the Canadian market? Belize, which reported 22,381 visitors from Canada, a 43 percent jump over last year at this time.

— CJ

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Luis … was born and raised in Puerto Rico, said Puerto Rico is a vibrant nation … on behalf of Puerto Rico and “empowering the Puerto Rican diaspora.” Protesters …

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By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate editor melanius@caribbeannewsnow.com CASTRIES, St Lucia — Opposition member of parliament and former prime minister, Dr Kenny Anthony, has confirmed that his lawyers have filed a claim in the High Court against the government of Saint Lucia for entering into agreements with Desert Star Holdings Ltd, also known locally […]

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