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Caribbean Increasingly Looks to Africa.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Across the Caribbean, pride in African heritage is becoming stronger. People are showing it through food, clothing, music, and travel. At the same time, leaders in Africa and the Caribbean are creating new trade and cultural...
Minister welcomes visiting athletes for 19th CAZOVA Volleyball Championships
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
Photos by Chappell Whyms Jr By JONATHAN BURROWS THE 19th edition of the CAZOVA Senior Volleyball Championships began this past Saturday at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium with an official opening ceremony attended by teams, officials and fans from...
Bahamas ready to compete in Billie Jean King Cup
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER staging their first practice in Santa Tecla, El Salvador on Saturday, Sydney Clarke said Team Bahamas is ready to compete in the Billie Jean King (BJK)Cup. Team Bahamas, captained...
Bahamas places fourth at NACAC Championships
The Nassau Guardian
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August 18, 2025
The Bahamas placed fourth at the fifth North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Track and Field Championships, which wrapped up at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on Sunday night. Team...
Royal Caribbean: World’s largest cruise ship arrives at Port Canaveral
GMToday - Wisconsin
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As the full moon sank below the horizon, silhouetting palm trees at Jetty Park, the light of dawn ushered in the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship to its new homeport on Florida’s Space Coast. Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, the...
How cruisers can stay safe amid Hurricane Erin, Bahamas drownings
AOL
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How cruisers can stay safe amid Hurricane Erin, Bahamas drownings originally appeared on TravelHost. No matter what the circumstances, a drowning is a shocking tragedy. And two drownings occurring on the same day at a place that people visit to...
Hurricane Erin threatens the north Caribbean a year after Beryl wrought havoc
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 18, 2025
A man rides a motorcycle on the beach, following the passage of Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, in Nagua, Dominican Republic on Aug. 17, 2025. REUTERS/Erika Santelices Hurricane Erin is threatening the same Caribbean regions...
American tourist attacked by shark in vacation hot spot
Fox News
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Shark attack survivor Jameson Reeder Jr. recounts his harrowing ordeal and miraculous recovery during an interview on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American tourist was seriously injured after being...
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Typhoon Erin grows and more powerful, showers the Caribbean and threatens United States east coast
Web NewsWire
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August 18, 2025
A more powerful and bigger Hurricane Erin damaged areas of the Caribbean and was anticipated to trigger extreme browse and rip currents along the United States East Coast today. According to the United States National Hurricane Center in Miami, it...
A Guide to The Bahamas’ Resort Project Pipeline: What’s Coming Next in Nassau, Exuma and Beyond
Caribbean Journal
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August 18, 2025
The Bahamas is in the middle of one of its most ambitious hotel development waves in years, with a slate of new luxury resorts, branded residences and cruise-line destinations reshaping the country’s tourism landscape. From a fourth resort at Baha...
Hurricane Erin drenches Caribbean islands, threatens US coast
Wyoming News Now
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Hurricane Erin strengthened Monday and was forecast to expand as the powerful Category 4 storm drenched Caribbean islands and threatened dangerous rip currents along the US East Coast. In its latest advisory the US National Hurricane Center (NHC)...
2 Americans drown while at Carnival cruise line’s new private island
KBTX - Texas
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August 18, 2025
GRAND BAHAMA (Gray News) – Two American cruise passengers drowned at Carnival Cruise’s newly opened private island in the Bahamas - Celebration Key. Officers with the Royal Bahamas Police Force found a 79-year-old man unresponsive Friday, shortly...
Senator urges Bahamas to introduce biometrics for birth registration
Biometric Update
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August 18, 2025
A Bahamian senator is calling on the government to consider adopting a biometric system in order to strengthen and secure the country’s birth registration process. Senator Darren Henfield of the Free National Movement made the call recently during...
2 American tourists drown within hours of each other at Carnival’s new private island in Bahamas, police say
WSVN 7 - Florida
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August 18, 2025
Two American tourists drowned Friday in separate incidents at Carnival Cruise Line’s newly opened private island in the Bahamas, police said. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the deaths occurred at Celebration Cay, a private...
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Spearfish In The Bahamas.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 18, 2025
A U.S. tourist was badly injured after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing in the Bahamas. The incident happened around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, near Big Grand Cay on Abaco, according to a report by the Royal Bahamas Police Force that...
'Not ideal': Travellers' woes continue as Air Canada flight attendants strike
Jasper Fitzhugh
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August 18, 2025
Thousands of passengers faced another day of travel disruptions Monday as Air Canada flight attendants continued to strike despite a return-to-work order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Thousands of passengers faced another day of...
Shark attacks American in Bahamas: 'Severe injuries'
The Journal News - New York
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A shark attack critically injured an American tourist in the Bahamas on Sunday, Aug. 17, island officials said. The incident took place about 1 p.m. local time while a 63-year-old man was spearfishing in the Atlantic Ocean near Big Grand Cay,...
Port Canaveral Provides Enthusiastic Send Off to World’s Largest Cruise Ship Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas
Space Coast Daily - Florida
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August 18, 2025
Home » Home » Port Canaveral Provides Enthusiastic Send Off to World’s Largest Cruise Ship Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas ship begins sailing week-long cruises to The Bahamas and eastern and western Caribbean Star of the Seas wave out event...
Two Carnival cruise guests drown at Celebration Key in Bahamas
AOL
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Two Carnival Cruise Line guests drowned in separate incidents at its Celebration Key destination in the Bahamas, according to police and the cruise line. A 79-year-old man “became unresponsive while snorkeling at a beach” on Aug. 15 and was later...
2 American tourists drowned at the same Bahamas resort in just three hours
The Yucatan Times
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August 17, 2025
33 Two Americans have died from apparent drownings in separate incidents on the same day at the same Bahamas resort, officials said on Sunday, August 17th. The drownings occurred at Celebration Key, a new $600 million private resort for guests of...