The three American nationals who the St Ann police reported missing since yesterday were this afternoon found unharmed at Discovery Bay in the parish.
They are 45-year-old Donald Henderson, 43-year-old Maria Henderson and 21-year-old Aja Henderson. The three, who were passengers on the Carnival Freedom Cruise, which docked at the Ocho Rios cruise pier yesterday morning, were reportedly last seen disembarking the vessel. Read Article
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A New York man agreed Tuesday to pay a $6,500 fine to settle a long-running dispute with the U.S. Treasury Department over a trip he made to Cuba as an unauthorized tourist 14 years ago. Read Article
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Cuban public health officials say the number of confirmed cholera cases has risen from 85 to 100 and advised residents of the worst-hit area, the southeastern province of Granma, to avoid traveling. Meanwhile, a dissident journalist in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second largest city, reported that hospital workers there told him eight people had […]
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MIAMI — The number of cholera cases confirmed in eastern Cuba jumped from 30 to 85 over the weekend but the death toll remained at three, one government official said, although independent reports put the number of deaths as high as 15. As many as five other cases of cholera also were unofficially reported in […]
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Dozens of employees with Puerto Rico’s Ports Authority are protesting a plan to privatize management of the island’s main international airport. Union president Astrid Ortiz accuses the agency of intentionally providing substandard service and of misspending money on contracts, among other things. Read article
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A Russian tourist died in a hotel in the Dominican Republic. The tourist was relaxing with her husband and young daughter. The husband now has health problems and was hospitalized. The daughter is under the care of Russian-speaking staff of the hotel. “The diplomats of the Russian Embassy in Venezuela and Russia’s honorary consul in […]
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The Bermuda Police have identified the man killed in a road traffic accident on Wednesday [June 13], as 37 year old Dr Joseph Footitt of London U.K. A police spokesperson said. “The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm the death of 37 year old Joseph Footitt. Mr. Footitt, a visitor from London U.K., was pronounced […]
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A THIRD visitor to Harbour Island yesterday came forward with claims of a “horrific” dog attack which she said left her immobile and angry that officials failed to warn tourists of the danger. Julie Gear, a British citizen who came to the island with her boyfriend for a friend’s wedding, said their getaway was cut […]
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Three French tourists were killed Thursday and at least a dozen injured shortly after arriving in the Dominican Republic when the bus carrying them from the airport collided with a locomotive at the eastern end of the island, officials said. Amado Avila, director of Civil Defense in the tourist province of La Altagracia, said among […]
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Puerto Rico police official says a brother and sister from Florida have died in an apparent murder-suicide at a tourist hotel on the island. Police Capt. Diana Crispin identifies the pair as 28-year-old Kimberly Katherine Radcliffe and her brother 32-year-old Thomas Brian Radcliffe. Both are from Bonita Springs, Florida. […]
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