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Martinique residents help dig out motorist mired in sand
The Anna Maria Islander - Florida
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August 5, 2025
Joe DiClemente and Michel Trotter along with other residents of the Martinique South condominiums in Holmes Beach help a motorist who drove off the road into soft sand at the terminus of 52nd Street July 27. Hurricanes Helene and Milton damaged...
Phones, exams and sex education: What changes in French schools from September 1st
The Local - France
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August 28, 2025
As 12 million students – and some 850,000 teachers – prepare to return to classrooms across France on Monday, September 1st, here’s what they can expect from the start of term. Brevet In June 2026, the brevet - the exams that 14 and 15-year-olds...
Caribbean Airlines needs a turnaround flight plan
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 28, 2025
Business Newsday 3 Hrs Ago Caribbean Airlines fleet of planes on the tarmac at the Piarco International Airport. - FILE PHOTO On August 11, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar issued an ultimatum to the management of state-owned Caribbean...
Representatives From the Environmental Health Department and the National Public Health Laboratory attend the International Association of Food Protection Annual Meeting
Magnetic Media
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August 4, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton | Editor August 8, 2025 The dreaded chikungunya virus is making headlines again, with a major outbreak reported in southern China and travel-related cases on the rise in the United States. While there are no confirmed cases in...
PURC outreach programme surpasses 1000 students
St. Vincent Times
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August 27, 2025
PURC Summer School Outreach Programme Surpasses One Thousand Students (Grenada) – The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) successfully hosted its second annual Summer School Outreach Programme across the state of Grenada. The initiative,...
Why CASA 2025 Matters: A Call to Register and Attend
Caymanian Times
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August 27, 2025
Livingston Smith, PhD is the current President of the Caribbean Sociological Association( CASA). From September 24–26, 2025, the University College of the Cayman Islands will host the Annual Conference of the Caribbean Sociological Association...
Tremor jolts St Lucia few days after earthquake
The Nation Barbados
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August 26, 2025
CASTRIES – Three days after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled St. Lucia, the island was jolted by a 4.4 tremor on Sunday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) has reported. It said the latest quake occurred at 8.51 pm...
"We developed easy-to-harvest peppers with thicker walls and more uniformity"
Fresh Plaza
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August 27, 2025
"We have strengthened our leadership by developing varieties tailored to each reference area, working closely with growers and conducting ongoing monitoring that combines agronomic expertise with a genuine understanding of local land challenges,"...
St Lucia rattled by two earthquakes days apart
Jamaica Observer
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August 25, 2025
Earthquake (Photo: CMC) August 25, 2025 CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – Three days after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled St Lucia, the island was jolted by a 4.4 tremor on Sunday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) has...
St Lucia rattled by second earthquake in three days
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 25, 2025
Three days after a 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook St Lucia, the island experienced another tremor on Sunday night, this time measuring 4.4, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC). The SRC reported that the quake struck at...
Officials advise citizens to apply for Biometric E-Passport in ‘a timely manner’
Dominica News Online
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August 26, 2025
Dominicans are being encouraged to apply for their Biometric E-Passport in a timely manner. This advice came from Head of the Immigration Department, Assistant Superintendent of Police Valda Powell, while delivering remarks at a press conference...
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – August 25, 2025 – Cayman Islands’ Shamari Scott and Marcus Simmonds to be honoured
I News Cayman
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August 26, 2025
August 25, 2025 Guyana and Jamaica preparing for the polls Two of the Caribbean’s largest democracies are preparing for high-stakes contests next month, as Guyana and Jamaica head to the polls in early September to decide their political futures....
Modernization of French Police and Gendarmerie Command Rooms Marks Major Step Toward Interoperability
The Critical Communications Review
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Control rooms | 2025-08-26 As part of this initiative, ANFSI has been deploying the PEGASE 2 system, a state-of-the-art platform designed to manage emergency calls to the 17 Police Secours line. The Agence du numérique des forces de sécurité...
Could dying reefs fuel ciguatera poisoning?
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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That seafood dinner in Martinique 20 years ago still haunts Caroline Montout-Joseph, a social worker who suffered months of agony after eating a mahi-mahi at a beachside restaurant in the resort town of Les Trois-Îlets. She was diagnosed with...
Can Ethiopia solve the West’s “puzzle” about Africa?
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 23, 2025
Thomas Jefferson, president of the US from 1801 to 1809, should have known about Ethiopia, the Kenyan scholar Ali Mazrui suggested in his keynote address to a conference held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 2007. I assisted Mazrui...
What is Rhum Agricole? The Ultimate Guide to the French Caribbean Spirit
Caribbean Journal
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August 23, 2025
If you’ve ever wondered about the vibrant, grassy, and uniquely expressive spirit from the French Caribbean, you’ve come to the right place. Rhum, or more specifically Rhum Agricole, is more than just a drink; it’s a direct expression of the land,...
Mexican Caribbean Turns Seaweed Crisis into Fuel, Building Panels, and Carbon Credits
LatinAmerican Post
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August 13, 2025
On the beaches of Quintana Roo, the tide brings more than tourists. In 2025, record waves of sargassum threaten to choke the coastline’s turquoise brand—but engineers and scientists here are betting it can be turned into energy, products, and...
Impressive New Art Space in Town, with French-Caribbean Flavor
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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August 19, 2025
It is not often that Santa Barbara can celebrate a significant new development in the realm of fresh, new contemporary art spaces and faces, which makes the arrival of the Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery a cause for celebration amongst art aficionados...
GDB vacancy: Technical Officer – Challenge Fund for Agriculture (CFA)
Now Grenada
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August 19, 2025
Climate Resilient Water Sector in Grenada (G-Crews) Project Challenge Fund for Agriculture (CFA) Grenada Development Bank (GDB) Request for Proposal Consultancy — Technical Officer Overview The Government of Grenada has received financing from the...
Ali Mazrui’s view on how Ethiopia solves the West’s ‘puzzle’ about Africa
Mail & Guardian
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August 4, 2025
Ethiopia puts paid to Western perceptions that African people lack history and are incapable of poetry, philosophy and science. Photo: File Western images of black Africans in earlier centuries portrayed them as people without history, incapable...