MIAMI-DADE – Miami-Dade County has donated a fire truck to be used to provide training to Guatemalan firefighters. The foam truck, which came from Miami International Airport’s Aviation Fire Rescue Division and had been declared surplus property by the County due to obsolescence, was loaded onto a cargo ship at PortMiami on June 23 to be transported to Guatemala.
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Official results of general elections in the Caribbean community (CARICOM) nation of Suriname were still unknown through the end of last month, but a preliminary count of votes showed the Opposition Progressive Reform Party (VHP) held a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
As at Sunday (May 31), twenty-one more Jamaicans have recovered and have been released from insolation, as the number of recoveries in the island increase to 311.
Piarco,: Caribbean Airlines utilized one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft for a cargo only charter service, on Friday 8 May 2020, for the first time in the airline’s history.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Voters in the Cayman Islands will go to the polls in 12 months.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, provides an update on Jamaica’s response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, during a digital media briefing on Sunday (May 31). The briefing was held at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre.
The United States last month issued an ultimatum to Caribbean and other nations to accept their deported nationals during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic or face diplomatic punishment.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana celebrated its 54th anniversary of political Independence from Britain on May 26.
Mr. Sinclair noted that the paint job is in keeping with the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ compassionate care programme, which, among other things, aims to improve the infrastructure of the public health facilities. Mr. Sinclair thanked Cousins Constructions for providing the equipment and professional painters to complete the job and to Colshar Limited for donating refreshments.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands –McKeeva Bush, former premier and current House speaker in the Cayman Islands, has allegedly been charged with multiple criminal offenses arising out of an incident at a bar earlier this year.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Martin Luther King Jr, when he felt he could not breathe, came to Jamaica.
Piarco, Trinidad & Tobago,Caribbean Airlines Cargo recently shipped 159 dairy cows to Barbados, on two consecutive charter flights out of Miami, on its dedicated B-767-300 all-cargo freighter.
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