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UNITED STATES-CRIME -Potentially damning evidence found against ex-football star accused of killing Antiguan-born semi-professional
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 4, CMC – The police say they have found potentially damning evidence allegedly linking ex-National Football (NFL) star Aaron Hernandez in the execution-style murder of Antiguan-born, semi-professional football player, Odin Lloyd. On Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police released a 36-page summary of returns from a search warrant it executed at an apartment maintained by the former Patriots tight-end,…
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BERMUDA-TOURISM-“Bermuda missing out on gay millions” – industry insiders
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Industry insiders believe old-fashioned attitudes about the lucrative gay marriage market are costing Bermuda millions of dollars in tourism revenue. They have warned that Bermuda is losing out as same-sex unions become the norm in the western world, the Bermuda Sun newspaper said in its Wednesday edition. Much of the opposition to change in Bermuda comes…
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BERMUDA- DEVELOPMENT – Premier promises help to Bermuda’s second town
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has pledged to give St George's, Bermuda's second town, a facelift. On a recent fact finding tour, Cannonier, visited the town which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, to take a look at the town’s crumbling infrastructure. He pledged not to let the east end get dragged further into decline, saying the…
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UNITED STATES- MIGRATION -US Coast Guard repatriates Cuban migrants
MIAMI, Florida, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 37 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba. On Wedneday, the Coast Guard said crewmembers aboard the cutter Margaret Norvell repatriated the Cubans the day before “as a result of four separate interdiction cases.” Between June 26 and 29, Coast Guard crewmembers worked alongside US Customs and…
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Visitor arrivals up by nine per cent
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Despite a 3.1 per cent decrease in visitor arrivals this past winter, Jamaica is already reporting a rebound of nine per cent in one of its most important source markets – Canada. This has been bolstered by an unprecedented growth of 10 per cent in the United Kingdom (UK) market over the past two months. “We…
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BERMUDA-FINANCE-Job cuts at Butterfield Bank
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Six employees from the Operations and Custody Departments at the Bank Butterfield have been made redundant and a further ten redundancies will be made in August. Senior Executive Vice President, Micahel Collins who made the announcement on Wednesday said there were three reasons that led to the layoffs. “We have new technologies and we have the…
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JAMAICA-TOURISM-Tourism Minister announces four major projects
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tourism Minister Dr. Wykeham McNeill says funds are place to implement the transformational development projects slated for the resort towns of Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Negril, as well as Port Royal in Kingston. At Wednesday's weekly Jamaica House press briefing, McNeil disclosed that agreements have been signed and a total of J$550 million (One Jamaica…
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