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From analyst to architect: Prof Oramah’s 30-year Afreximbank legacy end
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Professor Benedict Oramah The bank’s net income climbed from US$125.3 million to US$973.5 million over the same period—representing nearly an eightfold increase Abuja, Nigeria | ISAAC KHISA & AGENCIES | When Professor Benedict Oramah joined the...
Minister Andall leads delegation to Caricom Heads of Government Meeting
Now Grenada
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July 6, 2025
Honourable Joseph Andall, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development, is leading a delegation to the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), scheduled for 6–8 July 2025,...
ST. KITTS & NEVIS NOW HAS THE HIGHEST VAT RATE IN THE OECSECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Reversal of VAT Cut Places Increased Pressure on Households and Businesses
Times Caribbean
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July 5, 2025
— By Times Caribbean News BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — St. Kitts and Nevis now holds the distinction of having the highest Value Added Tax (VAT) rate in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), standing at 17%, according to the latest...
TT State firm bids to build gas processing plant in Guyana
I News Guyana
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June 24, 2025
Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL), a state-owned company from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has submitted a proposal to set up a natural gas processing facility in Guyana. T&T’s Energy Minister, Dr Roodal Moonilal, described the bid as a...
Tinubu Exports Doctors, Nurses to St. Lucia Despite Healthcare Crisis in Nigeria
Foundation for Investigative Journalism
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July 5, 2025
On Wednesday, Nigeria and St. Lucia signed a Technical Manpower Assistance that will see Nigeria export some of its experts in exchange for St. Lucia’s experts. According to the statement disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the president...
Iran-Israel war: Insanity in the Middle East
The Manila Times
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June 24, 2025
CONGRATULATIONS, Donald. You have your war! Ukraine was Biden’s; Obama shared Iraq and Afghanistan, with Bush Jr. who started them. Clinton had his Kosovo and the Bosnian wars; Bush the dad has his Gulf wars, Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Reagan...
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT TURNS HARSHLY ON CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMMES AFTER ST. KITTS-NEVIS POLICY BLUNDERS: 30-DAY RESIDENCY RULE NOW LOOMS
Times Caribbean
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July 7, 2025
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT TURNS HARSHLY ON CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMMES AFTER ST. KITTS-NEVIS POLICY BLUNDERS: 30-DAY RESIDENCY RULE NOW LOOMS BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — JULY 7, 2025 | TIMES CARIBBEAN GLOBAL — A firestorm of global scrutiny has engulfed the...
GWP-C Congratulates PISLM on Host C...
SKNVibes
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ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA, June 23, 2025 - Dr. Roxanne Graham-Victor, Regional Coordinator of GWP-C and Member of the GWP-C Steering Committee- Mr. Trevor Thompson, were among delegates that witnessed the historic signing of the on Tuesday 17th, June...
Tobago needs more than late-night flights
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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While Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has reintroduced late-night flights between T&T, effective July 1, Tobago hoteliers argue that the problem is not just about flight numbers—it’s about reliability, booking systems,...
U.S. hospital ship Comfort delivers medical assistance to Panama during five day stay
Florida Politics
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July 6, 2025
The medical vessel U.S. Naval Ship Comfort concluded a five-day visit to Panama last week, which included several goodwill activities in the Central American nation. The visit to Panama was part of a broader program called Continuing Promise 2025,...
The man and the legend: In search of ‘Butch’ Stewart’s greatest legacy
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
STEWART... the Caribbean’s greatest son TODAY marks the 84th anniversary of the birth of the late Sandals and Jamaica Observer founder Gordon “Butch” Stewart whose life story is a complex tale of one man’s extraordinary journeys and events that...
Veteran Caribbean journalist Rickey Singh dies
Loop News
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July 6, 2025
CMC – The veteran and respected Caribbean journalist, Rickey Ramotar Singh, died in Barbados on Saturday. He was 88 years old. The Guyanese-born Singh, who received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and a Lifetime...
Cooperatives in the Caribbean
Now Grenada
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July 5, 2025
by Joni Musabayana, Director ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores, global economic shocks are testing our resilience, and social inequalities continue to...
Clouden: Stop wasting time and legalise ganja
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
Outspoken attorney-at-law Anselm Clouden has called on the 3-year old Dickon Mitchell-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to fulfil its promise made to the young in the 2022 general election to legalise ganja on the island. Clouden,...
That massive explosion!!!
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
The official report is not yet out but Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has laid the blame fully at the feet of Gravel & Concrete for Tuesday’s massive explosion at the Telescope Quarry site that left some persons injured and a number of homes and...
Nigeria-Saint Lucia Bilateral Relations under PBAT: The Strategic Autonomy Components
This Day
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July 6, 2025
Bola A. Akinterinwa Saint Lucia is an Eastern Caribbean island nation, located in the northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It had a population of only 179,285 people as of 2023 according to the...
High court challenge to the Golf Course – Part II
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
The playing of golf at the island’s sole golf club came up for scrutiny by the high court as a homeowner in the area took legal action against the operators of the sport for damage to her dwelling home. The case heard before high court judge...
Cedric Stephens | AI is core to digital transformation
The Gleaner
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June 22, 2025
The demand for workers with artificial intelligence-driven skills is accelerating in all industries, globally. This was one of the findings of a report summarised in last Wednesday’s Gleaner titled The Fearless Future: PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs...
OECS geothermal projects raise profile at Nevis Geothermal Forum
Win Media SKN
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June 20, 2025
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has hailed the Nevis Geothermal Forum, held on May 26, as a watershed moment for the region’s sustainable energy ambitions. Organised by Island Innovation in collaboration with the...
All roads lead to The Bahamas for #CANTO2025 40th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition
Bahamas Local
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CANTO, the premier telecommunications trade association in the Caribbean, proudly announces its milestone 40th Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas from July 13th to 16th, 2025. This...