March 8, 2018 - Safe Travels Magazine

Travel Advisory Tweet >> Lassa fever case confirmed in Tema, Ghana – first in the country since 2011

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

#Ghana Health Alert: The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the first recorded case of #Lassa fever in the country since 2011. Lassa fever is a rare but...

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Quick Read: Bullet in backpack costs American tourist $750

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

A tourist from New Jersey had his stay in Cayman extended by a day and his holiday budget expanded by $750 after airport security personnel found a bullet in his backpack.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://www.caymancompass.com...

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Quick Read: No solution yet to jackal menace at India’s Calcutta airport

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

Gulf carriers, and those from around the world, routinely land and take off from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport in Calcutta, capital of India’s West Be...

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Quick Read: Over half of young Venezuelans want to flee as economy collapses, poll finds

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

More than half of young Venezuelans want to move abroad permanently, after food shortages, violence and a political crisis escalated to new extremes in 2017, ac...

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The latest abduction, kidnap, ransom and extortion news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: A routine abduction of a 13-year-old girl in India

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

It's said that half a million children go missing in India every year. Sonia Faleiro went to meet the parents of one, a 13-year-old girl who was walking along a road with her mother when she was pulled into a car and driven away.... Read full arti...

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Quick Read: One Man’s Drive to Reshape Mexico’s Cartel Wars

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

On Feb. 19, Mexican marines stormed a house in Matamoros and arrested Jose Alfredo Cardenas, aka "the Accountant," the leader of a powerful remnant of the Gulf ...

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The latest news on Australia from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Australian doctors attack Bupa plan to restrict gap cover to its approved hospitals

News TeamMarch 8, 2018

Bupa has drawn the ire of Australia’s peak medical body after informing doctors insured patients would qualify for gap cover only if they were treated in a Bupa...

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Feature: Anitha Karthik at Edinburgh Napier University – Storm surge: the misunderstood threat that can be as deadly as a tsunami

Feature: Dr Monica H Swahn at Georgia State University – Counterfeit alcohol is a growing concern for tourists abroad

Feature Robert McCabe at Coventry University – Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in dangerous waters

Day: March 8, 2018

Travel advisory update: Disposing of waste, e-cigarettes, smoking on beaches, drugs – do you know the local laws in Thailand?

Travel Advisory Tweet >> Lassa fever case confirmed in Tema, Ghana – first in the country since 2011

Quick Read: Bullet in backpack costs American tourist $750

Quick Read: No solution yet to jackal menace at India’s Calcutta airport

Quick Read: Over half of young Venezuelans want to flee as economy collapses, poll finds

Quick Read: A routine abduction of a 13-year-old girl in India

Quick Read: One Man’s Drive to Reshape Mexico’s Cartel Wars

Quick Read: Australian doctors attack Bupa plan to restrict gap cover to its approved hospitals

Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

Travel Advice: State Department urges people to ‘reconsider travel’ to Burkina Faso due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping

Travel Advice: FCO warns of terror threats against Western targets in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul

Travel Advice: State Dept warns militants in Afghanistan plan vehicle-borne bombings against American targets

Travel Advice: FCO warns visitors to Jamaica as states of emergency extended due to shootings

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel warning regarding crime threat to visitors in Vietnam