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Record Numbers visit for Lucian Carnival 2025
St. Lucia Times
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July 24, 2025
Preliminary figures for Saint Lucia’s Carnival reveal a 36% surge in visitor arrivals over last year to reach an all-time high. Geraine Georges, the public relations manager at the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, shared the milestone during a press...
When the sea 'went out': the earthquake of 1755 in Malaga
SUR in English
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August 5, 2025
The people of Malaga today may have the impression that in recent times tragedies and misfortunes have been hanging over their heads: economic crises, pandemics, wars, volcanic eruptions and even an unexpected blackout. However, if we look back in...
2025 OECS Boxing Championship Successfully Concludes
I News Cayman
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August 6, 2025
From OECS Communications On Sunday, August 3, 2025, the three-day 2025 OECS Boxing Championship successfully concluded, with Saint Lucia successfully retaining the Team Champion Title. The highly anticipated sporting event was held from August...
COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, Part 38
The BVI Beacon
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August 6, 2025
I started this series of commentaries to celebrate the inauguration of direct flights from Miami and Polish Captain Wladek Wagner’s development of Beef Island airfield, as told by his widow Mabel Wagner in her 2015 book Lest I Forget. I have tried...
Christelle Oyiri Is Remixing the Archive
Elephant Magazine
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August 6, 2025
The artist, filmmaker and DJ reflects on the neo-diaspora, the politics of beauty, dance as resistance, and her current Tate Modern commission — a sonic-visual work that weaves together memory, protest, and digital vernaculars. Words by Katrina...
Carnival Sevens Rugby Hailed after Guyana Police win at Gros Islet
St. Lucia Times
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August 4, 2025
The Guyana Police men’s rugby team triumphed over Trinidad & Tobago’s Poui 24-19 to secure the elite division title at the SLRFU Caribcation Carnival Sevens Rugby Tournament in the final at the Gros Islet Playing Field on Saturday. In the women’s...
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...
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,...
Tottenham v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings on Sunday
The Mag
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August 3, 2025
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Tottenham v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Sunday (12pm (UK) kick-off). The game kicking off 8pm local time in Seoul. The Newcastle...
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...
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...
Grenada’s c 1780 Mace of the House of Representatives
Now Grenada
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August 1, 2025
by John Angus Martin “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds.” Bob Marley, “Redemption Song,” Uprising (1980) These often-quoted lyrics from one of Brother Bob’s most inspiring songs echo across the...
Built To Last: A Conversation with Jerry Garcia
Relix Media
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August 1, 2025
photo credit: Jay Blakesberg Jerry Garcia was born 83 years ago today. To mark the occasion, we revisit this piece, which revisits the outset of Garcia’s career. ** With the release of Built To Last, the Grateful Dead have reached another pivotal...
Events happening in Toronto this weekend: Aug. 1-4
Now
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August 1, 2025
The August long weekend is here, Toronto, and there is no shortage of things to keep you entertained in the city. From the Caribana Grand Parade to a weekend-long food truck festival, here are some events to check out. Friday August 1 Emancipation...
PM praises African people’s resilience
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 1, 2025
News Clint Chan Tack 6 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar outside the Red House on July 28. - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has praised members of the Afro-Trinidadian community for their resilience and...
Leaders call for reflection, action on African Emancipation Day
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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President Christine Kangaloo has challenged citizens to “confront the injustices and inequalities” that persist in society in her African Emancipation Day message. Kangaloo also called on the population to “examine our...
Caribbean Carnival: Spreading its Wings
Searchlight
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July 31, 2025
IT IS TRULY remarkable to witness the growth, development and spread of Carnival in the Caribbean from quite modest roots, combining the features of a primarily European festival, to a global exhibition with a distinct Caribbean brand and flavour....
Why Indians were discouraged from migrating to Cuba in the early 20th century
Scroll.in
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On a summer morning in 1926, twelve exhausted Indian men disembarked from the SS Croya at the British port of Liverpool. They had boarded the steamship in Cuba, disillusioned by their life on the Caribbean island. As subjects of the British...
Nawasa: Creative Media Specialist
Now Grenada
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July 29, 2025
Position summary: The National Water and Sewerage Authority (Nawasa) invites applications for the post of Creative Media Specialist. This is a fast-paced, field-intensive role ideal for a creative storyteller with strong technical skills and a...
Northern France offers luxuries worthy of Louis XIV but also reminders of a brutal past
The Irish News
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In 1682, Louis XIV told his courtiers they were moving from Paris to Versailles. They laughed at him, although very quietly, in case they lost their heads. Well, they don’t know what they were missing, because there’s a really nice hotel there;...