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Ghana’s Kuwabong wins presidents award at St. Martin book fair
St. Vincent Times
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June 29, 2025
Ghana’s Dannabang Kuwabong and Trinidad’s Pink Panther Win Presidents’ Award at St. Martin Book Fair 2025 Professor Dannabang Kuwabong, and kaisonian Eric “Pink Panther” Taylor, received the Presidents’ Award at the 22nd edition of the St. Martin...
Plan B for the Ultra-Rich: Why Global Citizenship Is Now a Strategic Asset
Yahoo Finance
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The ultra-wealthy are seeking more than just financial diversification, they want freedom, security, and control over their futures. Increasingly, that means investing in a second passport which is now considered a necessity among the...
List of Countries offering Citizenship by Investment for Pakistanis in 2025
Pakistan Observer
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June 27, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis continue to move abroad for better education, security, and lifestyle. Beside traveling on original passport, you can also get citizenship of other countries by Investment. In 2025, several countries including Turkiye,...
Hurricane Forecasting at Risk After US Defence Decision, Antiguan Forecaster Expresses Concern
Antigua.News
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June 28, 2025
Destin highlighted the particular vulnerability this creates for Caribbean nations, explaining the technology’s crucial role in storm monitoring: “Microwave sensors ‘see’ through clouds to measure storm core structure. Caribbean Met services rely...
Deadline extension: basic training course on ocean acidification
Ocean Acidification
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June 26, 2025
Dates: 11-15 August 2025 Location: Kingston, Jamaica Deadline for receipt of application from the nominating national authority: 2 July 2025 Form A and Form C The course is a cooperative effort organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s...
Government moving to cut million dollar pension to former prime minister
The Nation Barbados
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June 28, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday tabled legislation aimed at amending the Prime Minister’s Pension Act, which governs the payment of pensions to people who have served as prime minister and which political...
CAF and Trust for the Americas sign agreement to support youth innovation
The Gleaner
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June 30, 2025
CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and The Trust for the Americas signed a new cooperation agreement today to support a youth digital training initiative in Grenada. The announcement was made during the 55th General...
Early Start for UWI Five Islands AI Conference
The Voice
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June 25, 2025
“As we explore the frontiers of this fifth industrial revolution, let us not just think of what AI can do but what AI should do for the Caribbean.” Professor Justin Robinson UWI Five Islands Campus Principal, Professor Justin Robinson welcomes...
Outgoing U of T president Meric Gertler talks successes, crises and challenges ahead
The Globe and Mail
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June 30, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Outgoing University of Toronto President Meric Gertler plans to spend next year as an academic visitor at Oxford.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail In Meric Gertler’s 12 years as president of the University of Toronto, the...
OAS Secretary General meets with PM Browne ahead of historic Assembly
The Antigua Observer
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June 25, 2025
- Advertisement - His Excellency Albert Ramdin, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Monday, ahead of the commencement of the 55th Regular Session of the OAS...
Hundreds Attend Opening Day of Health Fair
Antigua News Room
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June 29, 2025
(Hundreds Attend Opening Day of Health Fair) Hundreds of individuals took advantage of the opening day of the Ministry of Health’s multi-day health fair, held at the Multipurpose Cultural and Exhibition Centre. The event is being held in...
UWI Principal Boasts of Success of AI Conference
Antigua.News
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June 25, 2025
Day one of the UWI Five Islands Campus second annual Artificial Intelligence (AI) has concluded and already the UWI FIC Principal is lauding the impact the conference is already making. It was standing room only at UWIFIC on Monday as hundreds of...
The best bespoke yacht trips for children and parents
The Times
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For those families with dreamy budgets, who can travel wherever they fancy on their own or with a chartered superyacht, the British travel company Pelorus (pelorusyachting.com) has a simple answer to the perennial question of “what should we do...
UW-W Enactus earns national championship: Using business as a force of good
Whitewater Banner - Wisconsin
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June 29, 2025
Written by Chris Lindeke | Photos Submitted The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Enactus team, an organization that uses business as a force of good to improve people’s lives and their communities, was named the 2025 Enactus USA champion in...
Boda de lujo en Venecia: Jeff Bezos se casa con Lauren Sánchez
Los Angeles Times
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June 28, 2025
VENECIA, Italia — El cielo no es un límite para el multimillonario Jeff Bezos y su prometida Lauren Sánchez, quienes han viajado al espacio, por lo que las expectativas eran igual de altas el viernes antes de su boda en Venecia. ¿Una de las...
Confronting Caribbean Obesity With Healing And Hope
St. Kitts Gazette
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June 25, 2025
By Suzette A. Henry News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. June 25, 2025: Along the sun-kissed shores of the Eastern Caribbean, a silent epidemic is growing. It threatens the future of our youth and the strength of our communities. Obesity,...
Djuric: Serbia's foreign policy based on national interests, vision for development
Tanjug
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June 26, 2025
ST JOHN'S - Addressing the 55th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Serbian FM Marko Djuric said Serbia's foreign policy was shaped "in line with its fundamental national interests and a long-term...
Trinidad Eye Hospital Team Pays Courtesy Visit to Permanent Secretary Colin Okeiffe
Antigua News Room
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June 26, 2025
(Trinidad Eye Hospital Team Pays Courtesy Visit to Permanent Secretary Colin Okeiffe The Trinidad Eye Hospital Team paid a courtesy visit to Permanent Secretary Mr. Colin O’Keiffe earlier this week to provide an update on the number of cataract...
Resisting Dependency: U.S. Hegemony, China’s Rise, and the Geopolitical Stakes in the Caribbean
Black Agenda Report
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The Caribbean has become an emerging battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry, as regional states strategically navigate between the demands of superpowers and their own development needs. This great power competition exposes both vulnerabilities...
Tinubu to meet Eastern Caribbean leaders in St Lucia
Daily Trust
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June 27, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is billed to meet with members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) at St Lucia during his visit to the Caribbean country. The president is scheduled to visit St Lucia from June 28 to July 4, Prime...