By CMC News The Trinidad and Tobago government has received US$5.84 million from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) following the heavy rainfall and flooding that occurred earlier this month Between October 5 and 8, 2022, rainfall caused widespread damage to properties in eastern Trinidad affecting areas including Arouca, Arima, Tunapuna, Sangre Grande, Piarco, and St Helena. […]

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By Jovani Davis CNW- Jamaican singer Sevana pleaded guilty to a death by dangerous driving charge when the matter was called up before the Westmoreland Circuit Court this morning. Sevana, whose real name is Anna Blake, appeared before Justice Courtney Daye at the Westmoreland Circuit Court for the start of her trial. It was in […]

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14ymedio, Havana, 31 October 2022 — Beginning this Tuesday, Cuba will grant tourist visas for 90 days, instead of the 30 days in effect before. The announcement was made this Sunday on Twitter by the Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García Granda, and now is on official pages. In his tweet, García Granda also said […]

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By Rocco Caldero The Ministry of Defense of the Dominican Republic began the construction of a barracks complex at the Beller Fortress, located in the province of Dajabón, in the northwest of the country, to improve the conditions of military personnel serving in this border area with Haiti. The ceremony was headed by the Minister […]

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 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lisa has formed in the central Caribbean sea and is expected to become a hurricane in the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. Lisa, about 175 miles (285 km) south of Kingston, Jamaica, is packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour(65 km per […]

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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Online Latin America editor, Rio More than a day after Brazil’s electoral chief declared Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner of the presidential election, defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede. The far-right president is said to have gone to sleep after he narrowly lost to his left-wing […]

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It appears as though there will be no by-election held to replace former Premier Andrew Fahie as the First District Representative. Furthermore, his seat in the House of Assembly (HOA) will not be vacated for another few weeks. Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley gave that indication after previously stating that Fahie’s seat will be vacated after […]

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BUENOS AIRES, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Argentina’s federal police arrested a top Italian mobster on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the security agency said in a statement Monday, bringing a years-long manhunt to an end. Carmine Alfonso Maiorano, a 68-year-old leader of the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, was captured last Wednesday in the town of Guernica […]

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Nov 1 (Reuters) – A non-tropical area of low pressure located about 425 miles (684 km) northeast of Bermuda has a 50% chance of forming into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. “Additional development is possible through late Wednesday or Wednesday night, and the system […]

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by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew met with officials of the UK based MSR Media to discuss film production that has been taking place in the Federation over the past year. MSR was represented by Director Phillipe Martinez […]

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