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Caribbean Export and Canada launch GRIT to empower women entrepreneurs
Now Grenada
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June 25, 2025
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in partnership with the Government of Canada, is proud to announce the launch of GRIT — Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Generating Resilient and Inclusive Trade — a transformative...
The beat of goombay
Aeon
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June 27, 2025
When I was a child, my parents would receive packages from home. These were fat cardboard boxes lacquered in tape. They didn’t come directly from home – from Sierra Leone, that is – but from some friend or relative who had gone home for a couple...
Roaming Charges: After Midnight
CounterPunch
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June 27, 2025
B-2 Stealth bomber flying at night. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder / U.S. Air Force. After midnight We’re gonna let it all hang out We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion Give an exhibition Find out what it is all about – JJ Cale, After Midnight...
Afreximbank: The first corporate Pan-Africanist
Now Grenada
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June 27, 2025
by Curlan Campbell Afreximbank, PAPSS, Caricom, and Intra-Regional Payment Committee partnership to enable real-time, local currency transactions across region Caricom Payment and Settlement System modelled after Africa’s PAPSS 9 Caricom Member...
Trinidad and Tobago entrepreneur wins business pitch competition in NY
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 28, 2025
Features Newsday 4 Hrs Ago Founder and CEO of Vibe Connections Ltd Amina Blake-Foreman, displays her winning cheque at the CBN X USC 2025 Business Pitch Competition which took place at The Se7en, Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York on June 22. -...
Woman scammed of $5,500 after Facebook message
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 27, 2025
News Joey Bartlett An Hour Ago - File photo A 32-year-old woman from Longdenville, Chaguanas, was scammed out of $5,500 on June 25 after contacting a man on Facebook. According to reports, the victim messaged the man on June 24 through a mutual...
CDEMA and NEMO host sixth BRICS Project Steering Committee meeting
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines played host to a regional meeting that focussed on issues of climate change, disaster management and building resilience. It was the sixth meeting of the BRICS Steering Committee which took place on June 19 and 20,...
Dominican Republic hosts Caribbean leaders to honor Cocolo contributions
Dominican Today
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June 27, 2025
Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) announced that on the evening of Friday, June 27, foreign ministers and senior officials from several Caribbean nations will arrive in the Dominican Republic to participate in events honoring...
Sod turning ceremony for Sacred Heart Catholic Pre-School
Now Grenada
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June 24, 2025
In a major stride toward improving early childhood education, the Ministry of Education has officially broken ground on a new pre-school facility in Tivoli, St Andrew. The sod turning ceremony, held on Friday, 5 June marks the beginning of...
Greece Leads Global List of Best New Beach Hotels for 2025
Greek City Times
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June 27, 2025
Ten of the world’s most inspiring new coastal escapes have been unveiled in a list curated by travel platform Backstage – and two of the top three are in Greece. Luxury travel is evolving. As travellers turn away from generic opulence and seek out...
PJ Patterson calls for Africa-Caribbean economic revolution at Afreximbank Annual Meeting
Jamaica Observer
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June 25, 2025
PJ Patterson delivering a keynote address at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) ABUJA, Nigeria — Former Jamaican prime minister PJ Patterson is calling for an unprecedented economic alliance between Africa and...
Eight Caribbean Water Operators Conference opens in SVG
NBC SVG
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June 26, 2025
The 8th Caribbean Water Operators Conference opened yesterday with a call for Water Utility companies to strengthen their water distribution networks. Regional and international delegates are meeting here to discuss and share tested and new...
UN to provide multimillion-dollar support for Barbados resilience and child welfare
Barbados Today
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June 26, 2025
67 Barbados is set to benefit from a wave of new United Nations-backed projects worth tens of millions of dollars, as international agencies intensify efforts to boost the island’s climate resilience, healthcare, and child welfare in the face of...
St. Kitts and Nevis to Host AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2026, PM Drew Announces
Nevis Pages
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June 26, 2025
Abuja, Nigeria (PMO)—In a landmark announcement during his keynote address at the 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Abuja, Nigeria, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance M. Drew,...
Afreximbank’s bold bet on the Caribbean is paying off
News Room
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June 27, 2025
By Kurt Campbell in Abuja, Nigeria Kurt@newsroom.gy Afreximbank’s presence in the Caribbean is no longer just talk —it’s becoming transformational. And according to the Bank’s Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Caribbean, Mr. Okechukwu...
Bahamas prepares to host 2025 Caribbean Aviation Handlers Conference
ZNS
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June 26, 2025
The Bahamas will serve as the host destination for The Caribbean Aviation Handlers Association (CAHA) Conference, set for June 26 – 28, at Atlantis Paradise Island, under the theme, “Celebrating in Paradise, Reconnecting the Region”. CAHA is an...
KPU launches new pathway for fashion marketing graduates to study in the U.K.
The Runner
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June 26, 2025
The new degree pathway between KPU and Nottingham Trent University adds to the institution’s list of global partnerships. (Submitted/Diego Minor Martínez) Kwantlen Polytechnic University students in the fashion marketing diploma program can...
Caricom could soon have its own Afreximbank
Now Grenada
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June 26, 2025
by Curlan Campbell In 2022 Afreximbank’s board approved US$1.5 billion initiative to help Caricom states At first AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in Barbados, 9 Caricom nations joined Afreximbank is currently operational in 12 Caricom...
The War Powers Narrative Is False—And the Constitution Proves It
American Thinker
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June 25, 2025
It wasn’t long after the smoke cleared in Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow that the second explosion landed—on Capitol Hill. Except this one was pre-planned. With the precision of a broken clock, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) preemptively introduced a War...
OP-ED: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
Dominica News Online
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June 23, 2025
Lilia BurunciucEarlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find...