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Orbital Well: Revolutionizing Healthcare in the Region
The Voice
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August 9, 2025
Key stakeholders at the Orbital Well media launch Orbital Well Medical Services is poised to transform healthcare delivery in Saint Lucia and the surrounding region. Based in Saint Lucia, Orbital Well Medical Services connects individuals and...
A guide to sargassum in the Caribbean
Lonely Planet
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Quick: picture your fantasy Caribbean getaway. Did you happen to see those massive brown blobs of seaweed floating up on that imaginary powdery beach? Probably not. No one expects a storm of sargassum (that’s the aforementioned seaweed) to crash...
NTRC signs contract for ICT upgrade at NEWLO Campuses
Now Grenada
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July 15, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Affordable Island Communications Inc. for the supply and installation of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment at...
Leadership summit in Grenada
Now Grenada
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June 15, 2025
A Grenadian family-owned and operated US-based company involved in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects has chosen to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its founding with the hosting of a summit in Grenada of top American...
Caribbean Corals: Bleaching Ravages a Region Built on Reefs as Aid Falls Short
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 31, 2025
On a sweltering day in 2023, British Virgin Islands fisherman Zacchari Stoutt was suiting up for a routine dive when he glimpsed something unusual on the seafloor. At first, he thought it was a sunken boat. “It was quite visible,” recalled Stoutt,...
Columbus statue to come down: Liberation time
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 2, 2025
News Narissa Fraser 6 Hrs Ago In this August 1 photo, the head of the Christopher Columbus statue in Port of Spain is covered with a handbag. Several years ago, parts of the statue were smeared with red paint and the hands were removed. - Photos...
After Crude Oil, Coffee Beans are Second Most Traded Raw Material Worldwide
Space Coast Daily - Florida
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coffee’s beginnings are enveloped in mystery and lore Coffee beans are now the second most traded raw material worldwide, after crude oil, with sales over $55 billion a year. Legend has it that one day, many hundreds of years ago in the Ethiopian...
Damsels of Design
DBusiness Magazine - Michigan
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August 4, 2025
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville Baroness Show Car that she styled for the Feminine Show. // Courtesy of GMFor a coda to his long-running performance as General Motors’ style master, Harley Earl had a great idea. It manifested as...
One year after Beryl: Financing fairness in a warming world
Now Grenada
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July 7, 2025
by Rosana John, LLM (Environmental Law and Policy) On 1 July 2024, Hurricane Beryl tore through Grenada’s northern sister isles, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, leaving a trail of devastation. More than 90% of buildings were destroyed on the 2...
This Rum Can Help You Make Trader Vic’s-Style Mai Tais
Forbes
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There’s more than one way to skin a cat, the saying goes, and there’s also more than one way to make an authentic Trader Vic’s Mai Tai. I won’t get into the cat-skinning details, never having attempted to skin one myself, but I’ve made — and...
One year on from Beryl: Flow’s network fully recovered
Now Grenada
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July 2, 2025
As Grenada marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl’s passage, Flow Grenada confirms that mobile, internet, and cable services have been fully restored across Carriacou and Petite Martinique. This milestone honours the resilience of these...
Exporting the Convict Clause: Slaves of the State in the Canal Zone
JSTOR Daily
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June 30, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States in 1865. There was, however, a fateful exception: slavery or involuntary...
A few of Dominica’s watering holes make a splash among regional beach bars
Dominica News Online
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July 2, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 at 11:17 AM David L. Hyman, marine journalist and self-proclaimed ’20-year beach bar researcher,’ has reportedly spent decades exploring Caribbean watering holes, and his findings include that...
Grammy Winner Ciara Accepts Offer for Benin Citizenship, a New Way to Reckon with its Slave Trade
Good News Network
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July 31, 2025
Ciara gains Benin citizenship Credit: @Ciara Instagram American R&B singer Ciara has been awarded citizenship to the African country of Benin as part of a new law that aims to attract the African diaspora. Like similar initiatives in neighboring...
Guadeloupe Representative: France polluted our arable lands with toxic substances
APA
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"Between 1922 and 1930, France's inadequate actions and misguided policies led to the contamination of agricultural land with pesticides in both Guadeloupe and Martinique," said Philippe Eugène Louis Verdol, lecturer in economic sciences, during a...
Delegates to Converge on Montserrat for SHV30 Volcanology Conference
Discover Montserrat
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June 23, 2025
An international roster of scientists, artists, emergency responders, students and community leaders will gather in Montserrat from July 14 to 18, 2025, for the Soufrière Hills Volcano International Conference (SHV30). The event, marking three...
Garni Cafe in Orlando's Lake Nona neighborhood is the latest addition to the Wave Hotel restaurant roster
Orlando Weekly - Florida
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June 25, 2025
Amid the highly programmatic and tech-forward landscape of Lake Nona stands the Wave Hotel, a curvaceous glass-and-steel representation of an electromagnetic wave. What pulsates throughout the building's space, of course, is energy — energy of the...
Dr Keith Rowley emphasises strengthened preparedness to volcanoes and other natural disasters, highlighting Nevis’ volcanic risk
Win Media SKN
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July 17, 2025
by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, made a presentation at the 30th anniversary panel discussion of Montserrat’s Soufrière Hills Volcanic Eruption on ZJB Radio. Reflecting on...
Puerto Rico maintains 5G leadership with top coverage, strong adoption
News is My Business
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July 24, 2025
As Ookla’s report indicates, markets with mature 5G often begin to shift focus toward enterprise applications, smart city platforms and next-generation business connectivity. (Credit: thanakorn hormniam | Dreamstime.com) Puerto Rico continues to...
FEATURE | Fiji Navy evolution
The Fiji Times
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July 24, 2025
BY FIJI NAVY Since its inception on July 25, 1975, the evolution of the Fiji Navy reflects the visionary leadership, dedication and resolve of this nation’s leaders and the leaders of Fiji’s defence forces. It embodies a proud legacy built on...