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July 8, 2011

International Drug Gang Busted — 1.1 ton of Cocaine Seized on Sea — Heist worth 42 Million Euros.

An international operation between Flensburg and the French and Spanish authorities has allowed the French Coast Guard to apprehend two Germans on board a yacht which was moving towards St. Maarten on July 2nd 2011 with 1.1 ton of cocaine on…

July 6, 2011

Shark fishing banned in the Bahamas

The Bahamas has banned shark fishing in its waters and prohibited the sale, import and export of shark products.

July 6, 2011

PM says REDjet interested in flying into St Kitts

As the REDjet issue simmers in the Caribbean, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas said the new low-fare airline will be welcome to operate into and out of the twin-island Federation. Douglas, the current chairman of the regional…

July 6, 2011

U.S. Coast Guard sends home 122 Haitian, Cuban boaters

The U.S. Coast Guard has returned more than 120 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their Caribbean homelands. The Coast Guard says 82 Haitians were aboard a 40-foot sailing vessel intercepted Friday northwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas. They were all…

July 4, 2011

CARICOM has made substantial progress, says Trinidad PM

Trinidad and Tobago prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has once again stated her country's…

July 3, 2011

UN promises to help Caribbean fight organised crime

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Caribbean nations to combat organised crime on a regional level and promised United Nations assistance in the fight. In a message to the heads of government of the 15-member Caribbean Community…

July 3, 2011

Cuba reveals more details of private property laws

The authorities in Cuba have released more details of their plans to allow people to buy and sell their cars and homes for the first time in 50 years. The new laws will open up a private property market and enable Cubans to buy any car they can…

July 3, 2011

Thousands march to support Chavez

A march by thousands of Venezuelans for the country's bicentennial celebrations became a show of support for ailing President Hugo Chavez today while he remained in Cuba recovering from surgery that removed a cancerous tumour. The president's…

July 3, 2011

Rocky start to Caribbean Airlines/Air J marriage

Friday’s official takeover of the operations of Air Jamaica by Caribbean Airlines was marked by a controversial flight cancellation and more job cuts.    Scores of passengers at the Sangster International Airport in the western city of Montego Bay…

July 3, 2011

Cruise ship rescues 7 Cuban migrants

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship rescued seven Cuban migrants as it returned to South Florida on Friday, the cruise line and the US coast guard said here.   The Oasis of the Seas was on its way back to Port Everglades when passengers on board spotted…