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Data is the New Currency. Can Caribbean Tourism Cash In?
Discover Montserrat
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June 27, 2025
Once, it was land. Then it was oil. Now, it’s data. In the past decade, platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok have changed how we consume media, discover destinations, and even decide where to eat. But while content creators have carved...
UNC Students Earn 2024-25 Dean's List Honors
Newswise
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June 23, 2025
Newswise — Over 1,800 students have been named to the 2024-25 Dean's List of Academic Distinction and Dean's Honor Roll at the University of Northern Colorado. Students named to the Dean's List of Academic Distinction must complete a minimum of 24...
New List of Countries you can Travel Visa-Free with Pakistani Passport in 2025
Daily Pakistan
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June 27, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani passport holders can now enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to more than 30 countries, marking a notable improvement in the country’s global travel standing. According to the latest data released by Henley & Partners,...
Event set to make history by sharing memories from Preston’s Caribbean community
Blog Preston
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June 27, 2025
“Rose Street is an obscure back street in Preston. It has been home to Jalgos since 1976. It was previously home to the Hibernian Club who built this club from scratch in the mid 1960s. In 1976 this club decided to move to bigger premises and put...
Fort Regent is an embarrassment, frankly, looming over St Helier like a sort of Poundland Eden Project
Jersey Evening Post
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June 23, 2025
By Orlando Crowcroft ANYONE who knows me will know that prominent on my list of pet hates – and, granted, it is a long list – is surveys. Or, more specifically, press releases – and, sadly, news stories – that extrapolate generally held views or...
Caribbean ‘running behind’ in achieving Sustainable Dev't Goals by 2030
Virgin Islands News Online
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- UN ECLAC & Associate Members collaborating on SDGs acceleration PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago- It has been acknowledged that the Caribbean’s progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, was running behind, and that...
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,...
Who Pays When the People Disappear? Rethinking the Robot Tax in the Caribbean’s Hospitality Industry
Discover Montserrat
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June 25, 2025
Before check-in desks got replaced by kiosks, before room service came from an automated cart, and before AI started writing guest reviews and chat replies, hospitality was human. In many ways, it still is. But as automation races ahead,...
Embrace the chaos of Concacaf: 'It's a different football'
ESPN Singapore
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June 25, 2025
The Dominican Republic had never qualified before for the Gold Cup, Concacaf's continental championship, and certainly had never scored a goal. When the moment came, however, something seemingly straightforward took on a different tone. As Peter...
People 'need to understand' Windrush generation
BBC
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Kate Bradbrook & Aimee DexterBBC News, Northamptonshire ShareSave Ms Francis, who said the Windrush scandal did not affect her directly, has lived in Wellingborough for about 30 years People have come out into the streets of a town to celebrate...
OECS launches new AI-powered initiative
Jamaica Observer
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June 24, 2025
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Didacus Jules, has praised the work of Grenadian Joshua Andall, as the OECS formally launched an artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant...
Bermudian duo represent island at UN oceans meeting
The Royal Gazette
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June 22, 2025
Created: Jun 22, 2025 05:10 PM (Updated: Jun 22, 2025 06:00 PM) Matthew Nagel, left, and Jasaiah Durham, centre, represent Bermuda during the 2025 United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, France. With them is Brandon Sousa, the Deputy UK...
Costa Rica’s San Lucas Island Sees Kilos of Trash Removed in Cleanup
Tico Times
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June 23, 2025
Twenty-five volunteers hauled 381 kilos of trash—mostly plastic bottles and tires—off Cocos Beach on Costa Rica’s San Lucas Island. The cleanup, set in the Gulf of Nicoya, shines a light on our country’s growing plastic pollution problem, with...
RAPF officers undergo advanced training to improve armed policing
The Daily Herald
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Police officers and facilitators at the training. ANGUILLA--Two officers from the Royal Anguilla Police Force (RAPF), Lead Firearms Instructor (LFI), Inspector Edson Charles and Chief Firearms Instructor (CFI) Ralph Johnson, are currently...
Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors
Visual Capitalist
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June 21, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
New book explores senior’s journey through life
The Royal Gazette
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June 21, 2025
Life’s a journey: the Reverend Frederick Hassell with his book Flog Your Memory: Write It Down (Photograph by Akil Simmons) A senior who spent the past three years chronicling his memoir has advised people to “make a note” of life’s events, even...
Belize’s World Cup blues
Amandala
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June 18, 2025
With FIFA World Cup Qualifying games taking place this past week across the globe, football fans are in a frenzy whenever their national teams take the field to give their all in the tough competition for a spot in the 2026 World Cup. But not so...
Clergy from 12 islands discuss topics at DNECA conference
The Daily Herald
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Members of the clergy taking part in the DNECA conference and retreat held at the Simpson Bay Resort and Marina on Thursday. (Robert Luckock photo) PELICAN--Clergy from the Diocese of the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba (DNECA) held a conference...
La melancolía de Belize sobre la Copa Mundial
Amandala
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June 18, 2025
Con los partidos de clasificación para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA que se celebraron la semana pasada en todo el mundo, los aficionados al fútbol están frenéticos cada vez que sus selecciones nacionales salen al campo a darlo todo en la dura...
St. Lucia opposition leader suggests new OECS arrangement with CARICOM
I Witness News
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June 17, 2025
By Kenton X. Chance KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) — St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader, Allen Chastanet, Tuesday said the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly has become too ceremonial, adding that the challenges to citizenship by...