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Royal Caribbean Keeps Improving Onboard Casinos
Gambling News - New York
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June 4, 2025
The clink of chips will be replacing many of the erstwhile facilities onboard Royal Caribbean’s ships, specifically the Oasis-class cruise ships. Royal Caribbean Starts Expanding Onboard Casinos for Oasis Ships The expansion of the facilities,...
New “FloodAdapt” Tool To Revolutionise Disaster Management in Caribbean
St. Vincent Times
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June 4, 2025
A groundbreaking new decision support tool with the potential to greatly augment flood preparedness and disaster response in island communities has received resounding endorsement from leading stakeholders in Trinidad and Tobago’s agencies. The...
Was South American drug cartel behind murders of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr?
Scottish Daily Express
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June 4, 2025
The ruthless execution of two major Scottish gangsters may have been triggered by an unpaid drug debt owed to a South American cartel, an insider has claimed. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr were gunned down in cold blood in Monaghans Irish Bar...
CWC action brought to Central America through six sub-licensing deals
Sportcal
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June 4, 2025
Broadcast deals covering the upcoming 2025 edition of soccer's FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) have been struck in six Central American countries. The Iris Sport Media agency has brokered sub-licensing deals between global rights-holder DAZN, and...
CTO honors women leaders in tourism at 2025 Caribbean Week in New York
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 4, 2025
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) shone a spotlight on some of the region’s most influential women during its second annual Caribbean Women in Tourism Leadership Awards, hosted on the opening night of Caribbean Week in New York. Held under...
Caribbean Airlines adds special direct flights from Toronto to Antigua for Carnival & CPL Cricket
Virgin Islands News Online
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June 4th, 2025 | Tags: These special Caribbean Airlines' flights offer Canadian revellers and cricket fans timely and direct access to the twin-island nation, complementing the existing weekly service from Air Canada and WestJet on Sundays. Photo:...
Hurricane Season Kicks Off With Dual Threats: Southeast Soaking, Caribbean Development Looms
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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June 4, 2025
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has barely begun, and meteorologists are already tracking two distinct areas of concern, signaling a potentially active start to the season. While a disorganized system is bringing drenching rains to the...
Petra Roach recognised at Caribbean Women in Tourism Leadership Dinner awards
Now Grenada
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June 4, 2025
NEW YORK (June 3, 2025) — The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) celebrated the achievements of exceptional women across the region’s tourism landscape during its second annual Caribbean Women in Tourism Leadership Awards, held on the opening...
Brickell condo sales slump as South Americans hold back
Miami Today - Florida
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June 4, 2025
Written by Abraham Galvan on June 4, 2025 During the current presidential administration, the condominium real estate market in Brickell is not seeing much action, according to local real estate experts. Brickell’s biggest condo-buying clientele...
Panama’s first climate exodus: Gardi Sugdub left empty as rising seas claim Caribbean homes
Malay Mail
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June 4, 2025
GUNA YALA ARCHIPELAGO (Panama), June 4 — Streets once filled with children’s laughter have fallen silent on a Panamanian island where almost all residents left a year ago due to the threat of the sea swallowing their homes. The evacuation of...
Caribbean needs its own economic independence day
Jamaica Observer
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June 4, 2025
Last week we noted that Jamaica urgently needed to strengthen its social partnership to achieve the goal of economic independence as intended by our national heroes. Notably I mentioned National Hero Norman Manley and Dr Peter Phillips’s...
Sugar Mas 54 to feature at Caribbean Week in New York
SKN News
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June 4, 2025
The Sugar mas 54 was featured at the Caribbean Tourism Organization Caribbean Week which was hosted in New York. The organization have shared that this is the first time in the history of the event that the Suga Mas is being promoted at the...
Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection Expands Secrets Portfolio in Caribbean to St. Lucia
Travel Market Report - New York
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation has opened its first ever Secrets Resorts & Spa branded property in St. Lucia, along the island’s northwestern coast. The Secrets St. Lucia Resort & Spa is the Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection’s second property on the island,...
Caribbean Airlines to replace magazines with incorrect Guyana map
Guyana Chronicle
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June 4, 2025
CARIBBEAN Airlines has said that a recent advertisement published in its magazine featuring an incomplete map of Guyana has been removed from its online publications. According to a press release from the airline, the company has also taken steps...
Antigua And Barbuda Nominated As The Caribbean’s Best Emerging Culinary City Destination 2025 By World Culinary Awards
Antigua.News
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June 4, 2025
PRESS RELEASE JOHN’S, ANTIGUA (June 3, 2025) – The twin-island paradise of Antigua and Barbuda has officially been nominated for Caribbean’s Best Emerging Culinary City Destination 2025 by the prestigious World Culinary Awards, a recognition that...
Mitchell Marsh to lead Australia’s 16-member squad for T20I series in the Caribbean
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 4, 2025
Melbourne [Australia], June 4 (ANI): Mitchell Marsh, making his return to international action, has been appointed captain of a 16-member Australian squad for their upcoming T20I series against the West Indies in the Caribbean next month,...
U.S. announces visa restrictions for certain Central American gov't officials
Xinhua News Agency
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LOS ANGELES, June 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced that "several" unnamed Central American government officials would face visa restrictions due to their links to Cuba's medical mission programs. The officials...
Belize Takes Helm of Central American Tourism Federation for 2025–26
Love FM
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June 4, 2025
The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) proudly announced today that Belize has assumed the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Federation of Chambers of Tourism of Central America (FEDECATUR) for the 2025–2026 term. This significant appointment...
Draw Sets Groups for 2025 Concacaf Central American Cup
I News Cayman
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June 4, 2025
Tournament to feature 20 of Central America’s top clubs Third edition to take place from July to December 2025 Six clubs will qualify for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup Miami, FL (Tuesday, June 3, 2025) – Concacaf has conducted the draw for the...
A modern railway through Central America could link Panama with Mexico by 2035
Mexico News Daily
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June 3, 2025
A historic train line between Mexico and Panama looks to be moving forward after leaders from six Central American countries presented a US $52 billion regional rail integration plan in Leipzig, Germany. The Regional Mobility and Logistics Master...