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Sandals Resorts International’s Milestone Achievement of CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Travellers Health Assurance Award
Antigua News Room
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July 10, 2025
Sandals Resorts International’s Milestone Achievement of CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Travellers Health Assurance Award The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) awarded all nineteen (19) Sandals Resorts its prestigious Healthier Safer...
Five Caribbean countries to participate in CCRIF’s new microinsurance initiative
The Gleaner
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July 11, 2025
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, CCRIF SPC, says it has entered into partnership with CelsiusPro and its subsidiary, Global Parametrics, to launch two initiatives for the administration of microinsurance products. The CCRIF...
Young Vincy Sailors attend Caribbean ILCA Pathway Clinic
Searchlight
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July 11, 2025
Scarlett Hadley and Kai Marks-Dasent, represented St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)at the inaugural Caribbean ILCA Pathway Clinic, in the Bahamas from July 1 to 7, 2025. Conducted by three-time Olympian, Andrew Lewis, of Trinidad and Tobago, the...
Have camera, will travel: Local photographer brings art to Brookings Summer Arts Festival
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By John KubalThe Brookings Register BROOKINGS — Art and the joy of adventure: that’s the theme the photographs of Casey Goodwin is bringing to booth No. 119 at the 2025 Brookings Summer Arts Festival. “I’d like to say that every print in there has...
US based DeVry University expands Caribbean initiative
St. Vincent Times
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July 10, 2025
Residents of the Caribbean can now benefit from a transformative new initiative launched earlier this year by U.S.-based DeVry University. Through the expansion of its Bridge to Brilliance Initiative, DeVry University will offer scholarships and...
Grenada Coalition of Services Industries unveils dynamic board
Now Grenada
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July 10, 2025
The Grenada Coalition of Services Industries (GCSI) is pleased to announce the installation of its new Board of Directors — a great blend of visionaries, professionals, and industry leaders set to revolutionise Grenada’s service economy. This may...
Caribbean will suffer heavy blow from Trump’s tariffs
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 9, 2025
American tariffs and US government taxation or punative tariff trade war policy or duties imposed on imports and exports by a government on imported or exported goods as Protectionism. Getty Images/ wildpixel A recent study conducted by the...
American Citizen Services temporarily suspended in Grenada
Now Grenada
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July 9, 2025
The United States Embassy in Grenada will be suspending all American Citizen Services effective Thursday, 10 July 2025, until September 2025. This is due to the absence of a Consular Officer in Grenada during that period. Suspended services...
FAO leads assessment into GAPs certification for Grenada’s soursop industry
Now Grenada
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July 9, 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Forestry, Marine Resources and Cooperatives concluded a field assessment into the capacity to implement a sustainable...
CRFM appoints two Caribbean leads for regional fisheries sustainability program
Dominica News Online
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July 9, 2025
(L-r) Sherrón Barker, Daintyann Barrett-Smith,The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is actively progressing with the execution of the STAR-Fish Project, a venture funded by Canada aimed at fostering sustainable technologies to enhance...
FAO gets the ball rolling on GAPS certification for soursop in Grenada
Dominica News Online
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July 9, 2025
Fruit pickers in GrenadaThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), working together with Grenada’s Ministry of Agriculture & Lands, Forestry, Marine Resources, and Cooperatives, has completed an assessment focused on the...
Grenada in IP spotlight at WIPO Assemblies
Now Grenada
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July 8, 2025
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Independence, Grenada will be honoured in the Intellectual Property (IP) Spotlight at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Assemblies, taking place from 8–17 July 2025, at WIPO Headquarters...
Grenadian student excels with PETNA Scholarship
Now Grenada
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July 8, 2025
PETNA Foundation scholarship changes student’s life By Lincoln DePradine Keziah Gibbs For more than four decades, technology entrepreneur and successful international business leader, Nicholas Earle Brathwaite, has been associated with McMaster...
Caribbean pays tribute to veteran journalist Rickey Singh
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 8, 2025
The Caribbean media and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have paid tribute to Guyanese-born veteran regional journalist Rickey Singh, who died in his adopted homeland in Barbados on Saturday, June 5. He was 88. The Georgetown, Guyana-based...
Eastern Caribbean Nations Propose Unified Oversight for CBI Programmes
Antigua News Room
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July 9, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Antigua and Barbuda, along with Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia, are moving to tighten regulation of their citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes. A draft agreement dated 1 July...
Caribbean bank celebrates 49 years of EC dollar stability
Jamaica Observer
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July 8, 2025
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — The St Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is commemorating 49 years of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar being pegged to the United States (US) dollar at a fixed rate of EC$2.70 to US$1.00. “This is a...
Grenada’s Spice Island Beach Resort Just Named a New Resort Manager
Caribbean Journal
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July 8, 2025
Grenada’s Spice Island Beach Resort has announced the appointment of Sheldon Keens-Douglas as Resort Manager, effective July 1, 2025 — a move that marks both a return and a new chapter for the Grenadian hospitality leader, Caribbean Journal has...
Grenada launches ‘Spice Isle Summer’ campaign to attract US travelers
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has officially launched its “Spice Isle Summer: Pure Deals, Pure Vibes” campaign, a seasonal push aimed at enticing travelers from the U.S. Northeast with exclusive promotions and travel perks. Running from July...
Bermuda mulling digital healthcare collaboration with Grenada
The Royal Gazette
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July 9, 2025
Michael Dershem, chief executive officer of Apierion, says Bermuda makes a great sandbox for emerging medical technologies (Photograph by Jessie Moniz Hardy) To tackle a growing shortage of healthcare workers and resources, Bermuda and Grenada are...
Future-Proofing Caribbean Hospitality – What Governments and Industry Must Do Now
Discover Montserrat
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July 7, 2025
The global tourism industry is undergoing rapid transformation. Automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital innovations are reshaping how travellers choose, book, and experience destinations. For the Caribbean to remain competitive and...