Caribbean News RoundUp

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Caribbean Headlines

•Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Unit awaiting official statement from Nigerian authorities on alleged fugitive couple 
•Fuel shortages in hospitals likely to cost lives in Haiti
•Trinidad and Tobago Government to spend US$2b on climate change action
•OECS raises 4.9 M in-kind and cash support for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
•U.S Embassy in Bahamas Celebrates Completion of Physical Structure of New Embassy

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Tuesday, October 26, 2021.

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Caribbean Headlines

•Digicel Enters Agreement to Sell Pacific Operations And Focus On Its Caribbean And Latin American Markets
•100 Caribbean Businesses to Benefit from Non-Reimbursable Grant
•CARICOM Gets US$2.5m In Further COVID-19 Assistance From USAID
•Saint Lucia Reaffirms Commitment to Escazú Agreement
•Tradewind Voyages Postpones Caribbean Season

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Monday, October 25, 2021.

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•Delegation of USVI Leaders Travel to Colorado For Marijuana Summit Ahead of Potential Legalization in Territory
•Jamaica Stock Exchange a Recognized Stock Exchange in The Cayman Island
•PriceSmart Announces Fiscal 2021 Fourth Quarter Operating Results
•Madden-Greig appointed to lead Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association
•Investigation in Puerto Rico Recovers $106K in Overtime Wages

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Friday, October 22, 2021.

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Caribbean Headlines

•Dame Sandra Mason to become Barbados’ first president
•Puerto Rico Senate puts off vote on bond bill
•Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic Ask for U.S. Help on Migration
•US Virgin Islander Dr. Nunez-Smith Elected to US National Academy of Medicine
•China donates 15 greenhouses to The Bahamas
•North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association sees opportunity for home in The Bahamas

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Thursday, October 21, 2021.

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Caribbean Headlines

•Puerto Rico leads United States in Covid-19 vaccinations, White House says
•Guyanese, United Arab Emirates firms in joint $1B manufacturing facility venture 
•CARICOM Hashes Out Its Agenda for United Nations Climate Change Conference 
•CARICOM Foreign Ministers Hold Two-Day Strategic Meeting
•Barbados High Commissioner Milton Inniss presents credentials in Malta

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

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•Barbados, Antigua, Grenada to be venues for England T20 International and Test tours to West Indies
•Nigerian couple on the run for duping thousands of investors buy Antigua and Barbuda citizenship
•U.S. Senate confirms Puerto Rican judge Gelpi to 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Seat  
•Disney Cruise Line Environmental Management Plan for Bahama’s Lighthouse Point project made public
•Caricom and Chile agree to further strengthen their technical cooperation

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Tuesday, October 19, 2021.

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• 16 US missionaries, Canadian citizens among people kidnapped by gang members in Haiti
• UN Security Council extends mandate of political mission in Haiti
• Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies from Covid-19 complications
• World Food Program Warns of Severe Threat to Caribbean Food Security
• Costa Rica, Bahamians Among 5 Winners of First ‘Save the Planet’ Earth shot Prizes

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Monday, October 18, 2021.

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Caribbean Headlines
 
•Antigua Prime Minister calls out regional unions for maintaining unreasonable demands in LIAT matter
•US Coast Guard Cracking Down on Illegal Passenger-for-Hire Vessels in Puerto Rico
•U.S. Supreme Court Leaves in Place US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Cockfighting Ban
•Cuba’s economy to grow 2.2 percent in 2021
•Dominican Republic Group wants to remove statue of Columbus
•Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley Meets with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Friday, October 15, 2021.

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•Antigua and Barbuda look the diaspora and beyond to address nursing shortage
•United States donates two field hospitals to St. Kitts and Nevis
•UN Security Council to meet on Haiti
•USVI Government Receives Grants to Purchase Electric Vehicles 
•Contaminated site in Puerto Rico could get special status

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Thursday, October 14, 2021.

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•CIBC FirstCaribbean To Sell Its Banking Assets in Four OECS Countries And Aruba
•Energy Minister meets BHP executives on operations in Trinidad and Tobago
•Saint Kitts and Nevis signs visa waiver with the State of Palestine
•Fortress Investment Group Plans to take Frenchman’s Reef Marriott Resort in US Virgin Islands to Next Level
•CARICOM Secretariat Issues Vaccine Policy Statement

These and other stories on today’s Pulse of the Caribbean -Caribbean News Round Up for Wednesday, October 13, 2021.