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Carnival Cruise Line Partners With the New York Jets

MIAMI – Carnival Cruise Line and the New York Jets today announced a multi-year partnership. The agreement designates Carnival as a “Proud Partner of the New York Jets.” “At Carnival, we create memorable vacation experiences filled with fun for our guests, and we see the excitement from football fans firsthand when their favorite sport is part of that […]

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Grand Bahamas Shipyard To Receive $600 Million Transformation

FREEPORT – October 10, 2023 – Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. is expanding its operation, helping it regain its position as the largest cruise ship repair facility in the world. The shipyard, together with Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corporation, recently received approval to proceed with an expansion project that is estimated to bring billions of […]

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El Nino Drought Drying Up The River Amazon.

The most severe drought on record  in the Brazilian Amazon is disrupting boat transportation, isolating communities and killing fish and riverine creatures. The Brazilian government attributes the drought to climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has caused the volume of rainfall in the northern Amazon to fall below the historical average and river […]

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Barbados: We Will Never Have Citizenship By Investment Only.

Although it is a useful source of revenue in several Caribbean jurisdictions, Barbados is not considering selling citizenship to wealthy foreigners, though it will introduce a point-based system in new legislation. During a recent courtesy call in Barbados, with Chief of Missions of the International Organization for Migration, Patrice Quesada, Minister of Home Affairs and […]

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Is Proper Sewerage A Civil Right? That’s What Poor Alabama Residents Are Asking.

75-year old Ruby Rudolph and most of her neighbors on Gardenia Street have on-site septic tanks for sewage disposal. They’re common in rural regions where there might not be enough customers for a municipal sewage treatment plant to be affordable. But the septic tanks here are failing – some are old and others are sinking […]

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Brazil President Phones Israel President, Says At Least Keep Water, Electricity, Medicines Going In Gaza Hospitals During ‘Insane’ War.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke to his  Israeli opposite number Isaac Herzog on the phone yesterday and thanked him for the assistance provided to the South American country’s mission to evacuate civilians from the war-torn area, Agencia Brasil reported. The Workers’ Party leader also condemned the “terrorist” attacks perpetrated by the Hamas […]

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Scalise: “Count Me Out”. US House Remains Speakerless In A House Divided.

U.S. Representative Steve Scalise has withdrawn his bid to become House speaker after failing to win enough votes from his own Republiclan Party to win the gavel. Scalise notified his Republican colleagues of his decision during a closed-door meeting late Thursday. The next steps are uncertain as the House is essentially closed while Republicans try […]

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Israel-Hamas War Continues, Gaza Civilians Trying To Evacuate, But How?

Many civilian families are fleeing to the south of the Gaza Strip after Israel told them to evacuate within 24 hours for their “safety and protection” before Israel invades Gaza. However Gaza residents cannot evacuate to Israel which almosts surround the slip. There are no flights out of the Gaza strip, and it is difficult […]

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Health Practitioners Trained To Manage Critical Incidents Relating To Mental Health

CHARLESTOWN NEVIS – Community health practitioners on Nevis are now better equipped to manage critical incidents relating to persons suffering from mental health challenges following a one-day training session on Thursday, October 12. The training, held at the Nevis Disaster Management Department Conference Room on Thursday, October 12, was the brainchild of Nurse Deslyn Tyson-Whyte, […]

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