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Venezuela accuses US of 'extortion' over seizure of oil tankers
BBC
NEW YORK, New York, USA- Venezuela has accused the United States of the "greatest extortion" at an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York.
Caricom private sector organisations reaffirm commitment to CSME, regional integration
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Private sector organisations in seven Caribbean Community (Caricom) states have reaffirmed their commitment to the objectives of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), highlighting its economic benefit to the region as well as the role it plays in Caribbean integration.
Thousands of public servants to get permanent appointments
NATION NEWS
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Over 2 000 public service employees who are either awaiting confirmation of the position in which they are now acting or are have been in temporary positions for three years, are to get permanent appointment.
Dominica & Antigua added to U.S. entry restrictions
DOMINICA NEWS ONLINE
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA- Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda have been newly added to the list of countries facing U.S. entry restrictions under a proclamation signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump, expanding measures that already applied to Haiti and Cuba.
Venezuela denounces Trump's order for ship blockade as 'warmongering threats'
BBC NEWS
US President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela - a move that Caracas has denounced as "warmongering threats".
Caribbean gun trafficking tied to hubs in Florida & Georgia, study finds
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti- Organised crime in the Caribbean is being fuelled by arms trafficking that can be traced largely to a handful of areas in the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia, a study by Geneva-based Small Arms Survey has found.
S Hotel building one-bedroom houses for hurricane victims in time for holidays
JAMAICA OBSERVER
MONTEGO BAY, St. James, Jamaica- S Hotel has launched an ambitious humanitarian drive to construct 60 one-bedroom houses, valued at more than $21 million in total, for people in western Jamaica who lost their homes during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
UWP rejects Chastanet’s resignation for second time
ST. LUCIA TIMES
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia- For the second time in four years, the United Workers Party’s (UWP) National Council has rejected a resignation from its political leader, Allen Chastanet.
Winair expands with new St. Kitts-Barbados route
THE DAILY HERALD
SIMPSON BAY, Sint Maarten- Winair has announced that it will be flying a new route between Barbados and St. Kitts, a move the St. Maarten government-owned airline calls “another milestone in Winair’s strategic growth”.
Jamaica: Melissa adds $29B to 2025-26 budget
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The third supplementary estimates of expenditure for the 2025-26 fiscal year, tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, sees the Government increasing its planned spending to $29.3 billion.
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