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The Weekend Read: Uncovering WWII role of Caribbean soldiers in Canada

Published 15 November 2021

Basseterre

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*An image from the documentary Black Liberators WWII*

In the 1940s, around 400 men and women from the Caribbean boarded the George Washington ship for the United States. They landed in New York and took a train into Montreal, Canada, where they voluntarily enlisted to fight in World War II.

Canada was under British rule at the time and some loyal subjects of the British Empire who felt obligated to defend it against the Nazis, headed there to receive military training.

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Sint Maarten expects over 100 cruise ship calls for rest of 2021

Published 15 November 2021

Basseterre

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loop News

Sint Maarten as a destination is at the cusp of a significant rebound for cruise ship arrivals.

Carnival Cruise Line resumed cruise calls to the island yesterday when Carnival Freedom arrived in port with 1,700 passengers as the first destination of call on its itinerary.

The last Carnival Cruise Line vessel on a regular cruise call was back in March 2020.

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Another first, as historic cruise ship arrivals boost tourism activity

Published 15 November 2021

Basseterre

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Antigua News

By Makeida Antonio

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For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March 2020, three cruise vessels were docked at St John’s Harbour yesterday.

Cruise tourism officials held a plaque exchange ceremony to welcome the Sky Princess on its maiden voyage to Antigua and Barbuda, and the Silver Whisper which has added the twin island nation to its itinerary since its return to Caribbean waters. The third vessel which spent Sunday in the port is the British vessel Britannia.

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PM to ask the UK for Covid antiviral pills

Published 8 November 2021

Basseterre

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By Shermain Bique-Charles

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne will write to the UK government today asking Britain to earmark a portion of the Merck Covid-19 antiviral pills for Caricom countries.

Britain granted conditional authorisation last Thursday for the world’s first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid-19.

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COVID-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years

Published 1 November 2021

Basseterre

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Source: Caribbean LOOP NEWS

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.

Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil — all upper-middle- or high-income countries — account for one-eighth of the world’s population but nearly half of all reported deaths. The US alone has recorded over 740,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.