The national carrier of the Dominican Republic Arajet reported that it transported more than 66,000 passengers in April, not counting connections. This made it the Dominican airline with the highest passenger movement in the first four months of 2024, a historical record since never before has a local airline reached such figures. Arajet is an […]

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Guyana has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Brasilia, Brazil in October, and will champion forest conservation and greater incentives for forested-rich countries. The G20 Summit is the meeting between the Heads of State or Governments of the member countries, who represent around 85 per cent of the world’s […]

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Bahamas Minister of Health Dr. Michael Darville introduced the long-awaited Cannabis Bill 2023 to Parliament – a promise to regulate the use of the plant for medicinal and religious purposes and related needs. Dr. Darville underscored the importance of the proposed compendium of legislation. “This legislation is inspired by the people, and it aims to […]

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The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states including Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, and St. Kitts and Nevis that brought a case to seek increased protection of the world’s oceans from catastrophic climate change and rising sea levels. The court was ruling on the International Convention on the […]

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A proposal under consideration by some members of the G20 group of advanced economies that would place a worldwide tax on the assets of the ultrawealthy does not have the support of the Biden administration, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday. Yellen told The Wall Street Journal that the United States is in favor of […]

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Galveston, Texas – Marking a Texas-sized milestone today, Carnival Cruise Line further solidified its position as the market leader in Galveston, Tex., becoming the first cruise operator to embark 10 million guests from the port. Marsha Taulton of Houston was recognized on Carnival Breeze as the 10 millionth Carnival guest cruising from Galveston. Taulton and […]

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P&O Cruises Australia has answered a plea for help from a group of young Australian Rotary volunteers, stranded in Vanuatu following the collapse of Air Vanuatu. The students, many of them teenagers from Albury in NSW, were volunteering for a youth project run by the Hive Rotary Club Australia when the airline abruptly cancelled all […]

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – 20 May is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in Paris, in 1875. This treaty provides the basis for a worldwide coherent measurement system that underpins scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, as well as the improvement of the quality of […]

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Despite earlier assurances from the Minister of Sports, Samal Duggins, that St. Kitts would host warm-up games for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the official schedule announced last week does not include any matches in St. Kitts. This follows the disappointment in September when St. Kitts and Nevis did not bid to host […]

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. “My office submits that these acts were committed as part of a common plan to use starvation as a method of war and other acts of violence against the Gazan […]

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