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Marie-Claire Giraud’s returns home for debut at Jazz ‘n Creole Festival
Dominica News Online
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May 9, 2025
International jazz and opera singer Marie-Claire Giraud made a notable return to her homeland of Dominica, for her premiere performance at the 15th annual ‘Jazz ‘n Creole Festival’ held at Fort Shirley in Portsmouth, the island’s second-largest...
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History Today: How Germany’s surrender brought World War II to an end
Firstpost
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May 8, 2025
On May 8, 1945, World War II came to an end in Europe. As people heard the news of Germany’s surrender, crowds came out to the streets in celebration, holding newspapers that announced Victory in Europe (V-E Day). Also on this day in 1886, the...
The late Fitzroy Williams remembered for his impact on Dominica’s Music...
DBS Radio
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March 12, 2025
Chief Executive Officer of Discover Dominica Authority Marva Williams remembers the late Fitzroy Williams as a music icon. Williams, well known for his mastery as a keyboardist, died in Martinique earlier this week. Chief Executive Officer of...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, February 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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April 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Hurst’s Cabinet Report: 30 April 2025
The Antigua Observer
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May 1, 2025
- Advertisement - The customary prayers were rendered by a Methodist Minister who quoted from the Book of Niemeyer on leadership and collaboration. The rebuilding of the destroyed city wall required effective governance which emphasizes fairness,...
An appeal court upholds ruling finding the French state guilty in Caribbean pesticide case
Associated Press
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March 11, 2025
PARIS (AP) — An appeals court in Paris upheld Tuesday a ruling that found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence for using a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. About 1,300 people filed the...
CABINET NOTES of Wednesday 30 April 2025
St. Kitts Gazette
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May 1, 2025
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET of Wednesday 30 April 2025 The customary prayers were rendered by a Methodist Minister who quoted from the Book of Niemeyer on leadership and collaboration. The rebuilding of the destroyed city wall required effective...
Chlordecone: towards recognition of anxiety damage?
Entrevue
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March 11, 2025
The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal is due to make a crucial decision on Tuesday regarding the compensation claims of more than 1 plaintiffs exposed to chlordecone in the Antilles. This pesticide, massively used in banana plantations in...
William Kentridge brings a surrealist extravaganza to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall
Berkeleyside - California
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March 7, 2025
By Thomas May A new production by William Kentridge is always a major event. Few other artists at work today span so many media while at the same time reimagining them: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, animated film, and musical-theater...
Top 10 most expensive natural disasters of 2024
Atlas Magazine
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Date Event Region/country Economic losses Insured losses 29-30 October Floods Spain (Province of Valencia) 33 3.7 24-30 September Hurricane Helene Cuba, Mexico, United States >35 >12 6-10 May Violent convective storm United States (Florida,...
Today in High Prairie: May 8, 2025
South Peace News
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May 7, 2025
Today in High Prairie! See what’s happening today in town, celebrity birthdays, local history, world history and your daily horoscope. Please send your birthdays and community events to southpeacenews@hotmail.com and/or spneditor@outlook.com....
From Stone Bagels to a Life-Size Coloring Book—Surprises Abound at Spring Break Art Show
Artnet
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May 8, 2025
New York’s Spring Break Art Show is reclaiming its birthright, returning to its namesake season with its customary blend of offbeat emerging art and boundary-pushing installations that transform vacant buildings into unlikely art venues. For its...
Island nation remains in crisis after Hurricane Beryl left trail of devastation: 'We are going to continue to suffer'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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May 2, 2025
The Caribbean three-island nation, Grenada, is still recovering from Category 4 Hurricane Beryl, which hit in June 2024. The then-prime minister called it an "almost Armageddon-like" event due to the amount of destruction the country saw. What's...
The case for economic diversification
Now Grenada
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February 28, 2025
by Michael Derek Roberts Grenada, along with its sister islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, exemplifies the vulnerability of 21st-century Caribbean economies heavily reliant on tourism. While tourism provides crucial revenue and...
Independence in Dependence: ‘A banana a day’ can go a long way! (Pt. 5)
The Voice
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February 26, 2025
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet Saint Lucia has historically depended on its banana industry, which, like in Dominica, Grenada and Saint Vincent & The Grenadines, has been sliding downhill on its own skin for the past...
Roaming Charges: Who Shot the Tariffs?
CounterPunch
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April 11, 2025
Sabertooth tiger skull and Bay Bridge, San Francisco waterfront. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. ‘Patriotism’ is its cult…Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for...
Biotechnology firm targets Asia with eco-extracted banana bioactives for skincare
Fresh Plaza
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November 13, 2024
The company, established 13 years ago, has made a name for itself by utilizing banana bioactives from upcycled bananas in the French Caribbean. Adhering to eco-extraction principles, it aims to extract banana benefits in an environmentally...
Renewstable Barbados green hydrogen storage project launches
Power Engineering International
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March 4, 2025
The Renewstable Barbados project backed by the EU is aimed to advance the integration of renewable energy in this Caribbean island. A joint initiative by the EU with the government of Barbados and French companies HDF Energy and Rubis, Renewstable...
Diocese, district, region: what’s next for Gozo?
Times of Malta
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May 6, 2025
On April 14, I had the pleasure to present my “island studies”-inspired research on “autonomy options for Gozo” to a public gathering, organised by the Gozo Regional Development Authority which commissioned the study. Responsibility for the...
Sugar-cane juice rum: Get the juices flowing
Decanter
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November 1, 2024
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and in the rum world this sentiment couldn’t ring truer than in the case of rhum agricole. A lesser-known style than its molasses counterpart, agricole – translated as ‘agricultural’ and made...