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Missing millions at top Costa Rica bank spark investigation
REUTERS
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Costa Rica’s attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into the disappearance of some $6 million at the Central American country’s largest commercial bank, bank officials said yesterday.
US woman allegedly flew to Jamaica to kill MP’s child, infant’s mom
JAMAICAN GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Leoda Bradshaw, the American companion of opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell, reportedly traveled to Jamaica with the sole purpose of murdering Paulwell’s infant daughter and her mother.
CWI to invest US$2.5m in prize money over a four-year period
NATION NEWS
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced earlier today that it will be investing more than US$2.5 million in prize money over a four-year period.
SVG PM warns of implications for region from Israel-Hamas conflict
LOOP NEWS
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves says the Caribbean region is not immune to the implications of the current Israel-Hamas conflict and that the immediate impact for the region includes the question of rising oil prices and the threat of a widening of this particular conflict.
Jamaican politician charged with abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl
AP
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A government official in Jamaica was arrested and charged with abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl, police said Tuesday.
Haitian ex-senator pleads guilty to role in Haiti president’s killing
AP
MIAMI, Florida — A former Haitian senator pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the United States to charges related to the 2021 assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse.
Antigua records more than 20 cases of dengue fever
LOOP NEWS
A concerning spike in dengue fever cases has swept across the Caribbean, prompting heightened vigilance and action from health authorities.
Jamaica: Students fall ill after consuming ‘weed sweets'
LOOP NEWS
Chaotic scenes emerged at Ocho Rios Primary School in St Ann, Jamaica on Monday afternoon after more than 60 students there became ill following the reported consumption of a particular type of sweets.
Belize to launch project to make biofuel from seaweed
REUTERS
BELMOPAN, Belize - Belize is developing a pilot project to convert the masses of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed swamping its pristine beaches into biofuel, its prime minister said in a statement published by regional Caribbean bloc CARICOM yesterday.
UN authorizes Haiti security mission to fight gangs
AP
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations Security Council today authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince.
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