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CRFM Secretariat appoints two regional experts for Canada-funded STAR-Fish Project
Dominica News Online
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June 19, 2025
Sherron Barker (left),Daintyann Barrett-SmithThe Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is actively progressing with the rollout of the Canada-funded STAR-Fish Initiative: “Sustainable Technologies for Adaptation and Resilience in...
Obituary: Thomas Slayton Ross
Steamboat Pilot & Today - Colorado
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June 28, 2025
July 28, 1953 – June 24, 2025 Thomas “Tom” Slayton Ross of Steamboat Springs, CO, who told the stories of the Yampa Valley in the Steamboat Pilot and Today for a generation, died June 24, 2025. He was 71. Tom was a loving husband and father and an...
U.S. Fourth Fleet Holds UNITAS 2025 Final Planning Conference
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 27, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES 06.27.2025 Courtesy Story U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet hosted the UNITAS 2025 final planning conference (FPC) from June 23-27, building upon the momentum established during the...
Closing the skills gap
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to...
Caribbean leaders launch ‘Actioning Blue’, regional initiative for the ocean
Dominica News Online
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June 10, 2025
Photo: L- R: Mexico’s Undersecretary of Biodiversity and Environmental Restoration Dr. Marina Robles Garcia, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund’s Board Chair Karolin Troubetzkoy, Belize’s Minister of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation Hon. Minister...
Young women engage CARICOM official...
SKNVibes
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Thursday, 26 June 2025) - A group of young women who played the role of diplomats in commemoration of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy on Tuesday, June 24, 2024, were welcomed...
Distinguished Almunus: Bahr's mission is to preserve endangered reefs
Ashland Times Gazette - Ohio
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Dr. Keisha Bahr, a 2007 Ashland graduate, is a leading expert in coral reef responses to environmental change. She leads coral reef research and conservation efforts, securing over $6 million in funding and leading projects like Operation Coral...
ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds
Eco-Business
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June 27, 2025
The new guidance by the standard setter details how issuers can tap on the global US$6 trillion labelled bond market – the largest source of market-based sustainable financing – to close the US$700 billion annual funding shortfall to meet the...
Niranjan Shah Bridges Business Success With Community Impact in Chicago
Daily Scanner - California
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June 18, 2025
By Jessica Peters on June 18, 2025 From engineering Chicago’s skyline to uplifting communities across continents, Niranjan Shah exemplifies how technical expertise can combine with philanthropic vision to create lasting impact. As the founder and...
Gwen Lizarraga High graduates 55
Amandala
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June 18, 2025
Zaphir Barela, valedictorian BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 16, 2025 Fifty-five young people embraced the future with hope and courage when Gwen Lizarraga High School held its 34th commencement exercises with the theme: “A time to reflect, a future to...
'Killer bees' spread across southern US; none in Md. or Pa.
Herald Mail Media - Maryland
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Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months alone, a man mowing his property died after a...
Mysterious Upward Thrust And Fall Of The Maya Civilization
India Herald
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Maya Civilization records: the moment we pay attention the name maya Civilization, pics of massive pyramids, mysterious jungles, and complicated calendars spring to thoughts. It became one of the most opulent civilizations of crucial the usa,...
PM Briceño: Sugar Industry Facing “Existential Crisis”
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 27, 2025
Prime Minister John Briceño told the nation this morning that “the sugar crop has come to an end, and it’ll be one of the worst sugar crops we’ve had in a long time.” He said that the industry is experiencing an “existential crisis”, following the...
Educator, and model fall in love with SVG, looking to invest
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
A saying goes, “if you build a great experience, customers tell each other about that, word of mouth is very powerful”. And word of mouth is exactly what brought potential investor, Curtis Walters and his partner, model, Elitha Degree to St...
Exclusive: Jamaica’s Ambassador Antony Anderson On Strengthening U.S. Ties, Economic Growth, And The Future Of The Island
Forbes
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His Excellency Major General (Ret'd) Antony Anderson currently serves as Jamaica's fourteenth ... More Ambassador to the United States of America and as the Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the Organization of American States (OAS). He...
Resisting Dependency: U.S. Hegemony, China’s Rise, and the Geopolitical Stakes in the Caribbean
Black Agenda Report
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The Caribbean has become an emerging battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry, as regional states strategically navigate between the demands of superpowers and their own development needs. This great power competition exposes both vulnerabilities...
Cannavaro calls Italy’s 2006 World Cup triumph a tribute to team unity
The National News
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As Fabio Cannavaro attests, winning the World Cup has a transformative effect. It raises you to a rarefied existence. “It’s something incredible, crazy, unbelievable,“ says the Italian, who, as captain, guided his country to the 2006 title. "When...
Hand Carved Cayucos Race Down Corozal Bay
Channel 7 Belize
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In the quiet village of Copper Bank, tradition met technology on the water on Saturday. Thirteen hand-carved cayucos sliced through the bay in a spirited race - but this wasn't just about who paddled fastest. Behind the race was a digital leap...
Site Visit Marks Forward Momentum in Development of Sint Maarten’s New Mental Health Facility
EA News
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June 17, 2025
On Thursday, June 5, the Honorable Richinel Brug Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) was joined by a delegation of stakeholders in St. John’s for an official site visit to the future location of St. Maarten’s new mental...
IMAGINEaSTORIES
Amandala
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June 15, 2025
An e-book and Art Installation by Yasser Musa. by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. June 11, 2025 The Imagination Factri hosted a book launch, IMAGINEaSTORIES by Belizean artist, poet, and educator Yasser Musa on Wednesday, June 11. The published...