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WHEN IN ROME
Jamaica Observer
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August 20, 2025
Leon Bailey of Jamaica celebrates scoring against Guadeloupe during the Concacaf Gold Cup Group C match at PayPal Park in San Jose, California, on Friday, June 20. Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts says he’s optimistic...
GOVERNOR JULIA CROUCH FOLLOWING PRISON ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE
721 News
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August 13, 2025
On 29 July 2025 a Prisoner, Justin Skerritt-Riley, escaped from lawful custody while on a prison escort from HMP Anguilla to the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He was recaptured by French Police in St Martin on Tuesday 5th August 2025. He was...
How to island-hop the Caribbean by ferry
Lonely Planet
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For most travelers out there, you're probably treating the Caribbean the way you think you're supposed to: fly in, park yourself on one island, fly out. Fragmented airlift and maddening routes, like flying back through Miami or San Juan to reach...
ESSAY: The Haitian Revolution and its Impact on the Americas, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1991
Black Agenda Report
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“To understand the history of the Americas we must pay tribute to…Haiti.” August 22, 1791 marked the beginning of the Haitian Revolution, a 13-year war that would end with the establishment, on January 1, 1804, of the Republic of Haiti, the first...
New Hospital Design Targets Advanced Care and Greater Resilience, Says Health Minister
Discover Montserrat
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August 11, 2025
Montserrat’s long-delayed new hospital project is finally taking shape, with advanced features planned to improve critical care and expand on-island medical capabilities, Minister of Health Dr. Ingrid Buffonge confirmed during the July...
Guadeloupe Prosecutor: Olivier Arrindell shooting case a ‘complex’ investigation
The Daily Herald
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Cour d'Assises de Guadeloupe, Basse Terre. (Photo Eric Stimpfling, Guadeloupe 1ère) MARIGOT--Multiple efforts by The Daily Herald to obtain information on progress concerning the 2024 shooting of Oualichi Movement for Change (OMC) leader Olivier...
“Defeatism Has No Place” in Liberation Struggles, Frantz Fanon’s Daughter Says
Truthout
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August 19, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Public gatherings this week in Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana — featuring an especially distinctive guest — will...
A break down of Hurricane Erin, which is set to bring impacts to U.S. coastline
WABI - Maine
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August 19, 2025
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - After a relatively quiet start to the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season, with just four named storms (Andrea, Berry, Chantal, Dexter) since the season started on June 1st, the tropics have become quite active over the last week...
Minister of Health Provides Update on Emergency Care and Dialysis Services
Discover Montserrat
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July 31, 2025
Montserrat is preparing to finalise a critical health agreement with the University Hospital in Guadeloupe that could significantly reduce deaths and disability caused by strokes, heart attacks, trauma, and late-stage complications of chronic...
Riders disqualified after sneaking back into Tour de Guadeloupe peloton - Video
Cyclingnews
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August 4, 2025
Two Dutch riders have been disqualified from the Tour de Guadeloupe after being caught sneaking back into the peloton in the final 40km of a stage. According to local media reports and official race results, Tenniglo Niels and Huub Van Kapel of...
Christophe Mirmand takes office as Monaco’s new Minister of State
Monaco Life
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July 22, 2025
Christophe Mirmand was officially sworn in as Monaco’s Minister of State on 21st July, following his appointment by Sovereign Ordinance earlier this month. At 63, the French senior civil servant brings decades of high-level administrative...
Jamaica earn bronze at badminton champs
The Gleaner
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August 19, 2025
TEAM JAMAICA picked up the bronze medal at the recently concluded Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) Juniors Team Championship, defeating host nation Barbados 3-0 in the third-place play-off match. Jamaica recovered well after...
Bajan men overcome poor serving to get volleyball win
The Nation Barbados
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August 18, 2025
Former 10-time kings Barbados overcame a poor serving game to defeat Guadeloupe in four sets to make a winning start to the 19th CAZOVA volleyball championships this morning in the Kendal GL Isaac National Gymnasium in Nassau, the Bahamas. The...
Hurricane Erin likely to bring 'life-threatening surf and rip currents' to East Coast
News9 - Oklahoma
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Hurricane Erin is likely to bring "life-threatening surf and rip currents" across the U.S. East Coast this week, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Monday. Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, restrengthened back into a...
Scientists race to save reefs amid bleaching crisis
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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For more than a decade, Mariane Aimar-Godoc regularly labored underwater, collecting coral eggs by moonlight to raise in nurseries and transplant back onto degraded reefs. As director of the nonprofit Guadeloupe Initiative for the Restoration of...
Gill, Don Hector, and Hilly sweating about Caye Caulker (CC) weed referendum
Amandala
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August 17, 2025
By Colin Hyde I can’t identify what Hilly Bennett’s problem was, but Vaughan Gill was wondering what happens if this Caye Caulker (CC) referendum sparks the teetotalers in Belmopan (BMP) to attempt to make the capital completely dry. I can answer...
I never liked the Caribbean — but this island made me fall in love with it
AOL
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Ulrich Hollmann/Getty Images Morne Trois Pitons National Park on the Caribbean island Dominica.I’ve been to the Dominican Republic twice, yet it feels like I’ve never truly experienced it. The first trip was all Airbnb beachfront lounging, and the...
The Caribbean’s global fashion powerbroker
The Gleaner
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August 17, 2025
Savvily building an entrepreneurial empire one major model after another, Deiwght Peters has developed an enviable credibility in the multi-billion-dollar fashion industry that stretches far beyond Jamaica’s shores. The SAINT International chief...
Hurricane Erin weakens slightly to category 4, undergoes ‘eyewall replacement’; what do we know so far
The Economic Times
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August 16, 2025
Hurricane Erin exploded and strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday (August 16, 2025) before weakening slightly to a Category 4 status. However, it remained a "formidable" storm while it underwent a process...
These are the Caribbean’s most peaceful island escapes
The Times
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Sure, there’s one side to the Caribbean that’s all clubbing, whopping all-inclusives and casinos — but with more than 7,000 islands scattered across a vast sea, there are still plenty of places to find some peace and solitude. Maybe it’s listening...