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By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor youri@caribbeannewsnow.com NASSAU, Bahamas — A debilitating stomach virus has spread like wildfire through the Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau, blitzing guests and staff members alike with severe vomiting, abdominal pains and diarrhea, in what some have described as the worst viral outbreak to occur on cruise…
By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate editor melanius@caribbeannewsnow.com CASTRIES, St Lucia — The Saint Lucia Civil Service Association (CSA), the largest worker representative union on the island, has begun mobilization in opposition to a proposed new border control entity that is expect to result in job cuts, loss of workers’ pensions and reduced membership…
By the Caribbean Journal staff WestJet is adding more Caribbean options from Toronto this coming winter season, according to a new statement from the carrier. The company will be adding extra flights from Toronto to Caribbean destinations including Kingston, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Nassau, Turks and Caicos, San Juan and St Maarten. Kingston, Jamaica That…
By Alexander Britell Ever since I first tried the old Rhum Depaz VSOP, the one that came in the dark wine-style bottle, I was hooked. It was a great value rhum agricole, eminently drinkable but with serious complexity. It was special. Of course, because of the rummaking in Martinique, every harvest is different and…
… situation on the ground in Puerto Rico is gut-wrenching. Fully functioning schools … and crumbling schools. Now, in Puerto Rico, the privatization effort is underway … administrators’ salaries and FEMA trailers. Puerto Rican teachers demand that they receive … Powered by WPeMatico