International News Briefs for Tuesday, October 28, 2025

HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Jamaica Faces “Catastrophic” Winds and Flooding as Hurricane Melissa Strikes Oct 28, 2025 Officials in Jamaica are...

Fisheries and Aquaculture take center stage at high-level and technical events during Caribbean Week of Agriculture

Hon. Samal Duggins, host Minister for CWA 2025 and the upcoming 16th Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council, addressing the audience at the opening of CWA 2025 in Saint Kitts and Nevis (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine...

US questions progress over ‘Bahamas Invest’

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A US government report has challenged the lack of “visible progress” made by The Bahamas in converting its key investment agency into the long-promised Bahamas Invest. The US...

A housing revolution: A bold 21st-Century vision The Bahamas deserves

Dear Editor, Michael C. Pintard, leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), has unveiled an ambitious “Housing Innovation and Revolution Initiative” policy outline that aims to stimulate excitement among Bahamians: the construction of 2,000 new...

Canadian Government Intensifies Advisories With "Avoid Non-Essential Travel" Warnings For Popular Caribbean Countries 

On Sunday, Hurricane Melissa was upgraded to a Category 4 after drastically intensifying in a short period of time over the weekend. Now, the latest update from the National Hurricane Center states Melissa has become a Category 5 storm. The...

Hurricane Melissa takes aim at Cuba after roaring across Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa ripped a path of destruction through Jamaica after making landfall as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record Tuesday (October 28, 2025), lashing the island nation with brutal winds and torrential rain before heading...

Caterer brings a taste of the Bahamas to the Wilmington food scene

D’Xtira Brown, or Dex as she’s known to friends, grew up with a mother who worked cooking in the hotel industry in the Bahamas. “I was at the stove when I was 8,” she said. She moved to the United States to attend college in Charlotte, and that’s...

Tropical Storm Imelda, Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas, Bermuda

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man. The storm was located about 55...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall on Jamaica with flooding and catastrophic winds

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic...

Hurricane Melissa's eye rolls ashore as Jamaicans shelter and wait

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record

Waves splash in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents...

One man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda, Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Authorities in The Bahamas closed most schools yesterday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man. The storm was located about...

Video: Tracking Melissa & Halloween forecast

Video: Tracking Melissa & Halloween forecast CONCERN FOR THIS STORM. YEAH, IT’S SO HUGE. AND IT’S BEEN MOVING SO SLOWLY, WHICH LEADS TO A LOT OF RAIN JUST CONTINUALLY BEING DUMPED. THE SLOW MOVEMENT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR DAYS, AND TYPICALLY WHEN...

Hurricane Melissa’s Dangerous Double Play

Sign up for The Weekly Planet, a guide to living through climate change. Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly. It reached the coast of Jamaica this afternoon after stalling out over the Caribbean Sea for the past two days. And yet, the winds that...

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Cuba after causing heavy flooding, damage in Jamaica

Open this photo in gallery:Hurricane Melissa, shown in a satellite image, made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday.The Associated Press Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads...

Man killed in Cuba as Imelda, Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda

Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man. The storm was located about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north...

Bracing for impact: Hurricane Melissa possibly Jamaica’s strongest recorded

Workers board up shop windows ahead of Hurricane Melissa's forecast arrival in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew...

Abaconians: Hurricane Shelter Long Overdue

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement ABACO, BAHAMAS – Years after it was first promised, Abaco residents have finally received their long-awaited hurricane...

Hurricane Melissa Wreaks Havoc in Caribbean

Considered one of the strongest storms in the Atlantic Ocean with sustained winds at 175 miles per hour, Hurricane Melissa is slowly but steadily devastating the Caribbean, having already caused seven deaths across Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican...

Aliens hiding in ‘five or six’ underwater UFO bases off the Bahamas, says top politician

UFO investigators are now looking at USOs –unidentified submerged objects (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Aliens could be hiding out in ‘five or six’ underwater UFO bases off the Bahamas, a top politician has claimed. Congressman Tim Burchett...