SAN JUAN – More than 40 islands visited by cruise ships on Caribbean itineraries have a message they want to share: They are open, fully operational, welcoming ships full of cruise passengers and hoping more […]
SAN JUAN – U.S. singer Pitbull has lent his private jet to cancer patients in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. The 36-year-old rapper loaned his plane to transport people from the Caribbean island, which has been left […]
NEW YORK – Beverage giant Coca-Cola is tripling the amount of money it’s donating to disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico. The company announced yesterday that it will […]
NEW YORK – Actor and musician Jennifer Lopez has donated $1 million in aid to the Puerto Rico recovery effort, following the devastating effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Lopez, who is of Puerto Rican […]
Kenton X. Chance ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands – When Hurricane Irma ripped through the British Virgins Islands on Sept. 6, claiming seven lives, injuring an unknown number of people and destroying built infrastructure as […]
SAN JUAN – Hurricane Maria has knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5m people, emergency officials have said. Abner Gomez, head of the disaster management agency, said none of […]
SAN JUAN – Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosello declared state of emergency Wednesday due to the Hurricane Maria, which is expected to be “more devastating than Irma”. In the morning, Maria was a category-2 hurricane […]
The British Overseas Territory of Dominica has suffered “widespread damage” from Hurricane Maria, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Tuesday. “We have lost all that money can buy,” he said in a Facebook post. The […]
SAN JUAN – Hurricane Maria, an “extremely dangerous” category four storm, heads towards the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. It is due to hit the islands on Monday night local time. In both the Caribbean […]
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