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New dawn in Caribbean energy
Trinidad Express
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Trinidad and Tobago is ready to partner with Suriname and the wider Caribbean to forge a collective new dawn in Caribbean energy, president of National Energy Dr Vernon Paltoo told the Suriname Energy Oil and Gas Summit last week. “By working...
Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
Mongabay
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July 4, 2025
As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures. Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by...
First Amazon country declared free of malaria
Healio News
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July 1, 2025
Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Suriname is the 12th country in the...
T&T leads CARICOM Classic Chess tournament after four rounds
News Room
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July 3, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago is currently leading the CARICOM Classic Chess Team Tournament after four rounds. The tournament is being held at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre in Georgetown, Guyana. The Guyana Chess Federation, in collaboration with...
CariCRIS reaffirms NIF’s $4b debt issue
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 4, 2025
Business Shweta Sharma 4 Hrs Ago NIF chairman Jennifer Lutchman. - CARIBBEAN Information and Credit Rating Services Ltd (CariCRIS) has reaffirmed the ratings currently assigned to the $4 billion bond (Series B, C and D) of the National Investment...
Everything the jury heard this week as John Belfield gave evidence at Thomas Campbell murder trial
Manchester Evening News
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June 28, 2025
John Belfield has spent five days in the witness box being questioned John Belfield - accused of murdering Thomas Campbell - gave evidence at his trial this week. Mr Belfield, 31, denies murdering and conspiring to rob Mr Campbell, who was dead...
Moment John Belfield arrested after being dragged back to UK over torturing love rival to death
The Mirror
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July 4, 2025
Police bodycam footage captured the moment murderer John Belfield was arrested and removed from a plane in handcuffs at Manchester Airport. The video emerged as the twisted drug dealer, who tortured his love rival to death for two gruelling hours,...
Caribbean reparations proponents in UK talks
The Royal Gazette
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July 4, 2025
Created: Jul 04, 2025 01:53 PM The delegation to the European Parliament included Professor Jean Marie Théodat, left, Denis O’Brien, Don Marshall, Fiona Compton, Uriel Sabajo, Dr Michael Banner, Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles and members of the...
Caribbean delegation travels to Europe to discuss slavery reparations
Searchlight
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July 1, 2025
Leaders in the reparations movement from across the Caribbean region will be in Europe next week for a series of political engagements. The delegation will be in Brussels today, where they will brief MEPs from across Europe. They will then travel...
TVET programme reshaping lives, unlocking new opportunities for Guyanese
Guyana Chronicle
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July 1, 2025
THE government has taken technical and vocational training (TVET) to new heights, boosting the country’s human resource capacity and preparing citizens, especially young Guyanese, to meet the growing demands of existing and emerging job markets....
'I'm a drug dealer, I'm a bad person, but I'm not a murderer', John Belfield tells Thomas Campbell trial
Manchester Evening News
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June 27, 2025
An alleged killer told a jury he was a 'bad person' but 'not a murderer'. John Belfield is accused of being the 'mastermind' of a plot to rob Thomas Campbell, which ended in the 38-year-old being murdered in his own home. Mr Belfield, 31, denies...
Netherlands police embrace a public health approach to drugs. Will it work in the South?
WBHM 90.3 - Alabama
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July 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series examining the opioid crisis in the United States and the Gulf South, and comparing it to successful drug use harm reduction efforts in the Netherlands. You can read other entries in the series...
Coleen Campbell told ex-husband's alleged killers that house '100 per cent' belonged to former spouse after asking daughter, jury told
Manchester Evening News
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June 26, 2025
A mum told her ex-husband's alleged killers that a house '100 per cent' belonged to her former spouse after asking her daughter, a jury has heard. Coleen Campbell has previously been found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob after helping...
‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’—They’re Baaaack!
Beverly Hills Courier - California
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July 4, 2025
In the genre of “what if” science fiction movies, with a whole lot more fiction than science, comes another addition to the “Jurassic Park” collection. The seventh in the franchise, the producers have wisely returned to David Koepp, the master...
Under new leadership, OAS is determined to show progress on Haiti
The Gazette - Colorado
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Amid pressure from Washington to resolve the crisis in Haiti, the new head of the Western Hemisphere’s top multilateral organization pledged to work with the United Nations and international donors to chart a road map for peace in the...
Tailors at OCF earn ₹1 lakh a month stitching gear for India’s armed forces
The Hindu Business Line
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June 30, 2025
BS Reddy, General Manager, Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi At the Ordnance Clothing Factory at Avadi, the oldest military uniform manufacturing unit, over 1,300 (mostly women) tailors toil hard every day on the tailoring machines as these hands...
Guyana launches mental health court
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Photo: From Left -Chief Medical Officer, Dr Narine Singh; UNICEF Area Representative (ag) of Guyana and Suriname, Gabriel Vockel; Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC and Chancellor of...
Mercosur and EFTA finalize free trade agreement
Fresh Plaza
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July 4, 2025
Mercosur, South America's leading trade bloc, and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have finalized a trade agreement. EFTA includes Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland, while Mercosur consists of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,...
“I'm getting better every fight” - George Jarvis says he has yet to hit his fighting prime
Sportskeeda
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July 3, 2025
British Muay Thai fighter George Jarvis has made significant strides in his professional career, especially in ONE Championship, which he has been a part of for nearly two years now. He, however, said that the best is yet to come from him and he...
Making the Greater Caribbean viable: Geopolitics of a region in transformation
Latinoamerica21
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July 3, 2025
In a world in crisis, like the one we live in today, the first to undergo transformation are dependent, heterogeneous, and vulnerable geopolitical spaces, such as the Greater Caribbean — a diverse and strategic region that includes not only the...