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Jamaican Canadian paediatrician honoured for leadership
The Gleaner
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June 28, 2025
TORONTO: A Jamaican-Canadian paediatrician was among five female change-makers recently recognised by the Black Physicians’ Association on Ontario (BPA0) for their achievements. Dr Anna Jarvis is professor emerita of Temerty Faculty of Medicine,...
Douglas Reinforces St. Kitts and Nevis’s Commitment to Mental Health Initiatives in the Americas
Win Media SKN
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June 27, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—The critical issue of mental health in the Americas has once again taken centre stage, with a strong call for intensified focus and decisive action. On Wednesday, June 25, the Right Hon. Dr Denzil...
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...
Djuric: Serbia attaches great significance to cooperation with Latin American, Caribbean states
Tanjug
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June 27, 2025
ST JOHN'S - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Albert Ramdin on Friday, noting that Serbia attached great significance to developing its cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean states....
Can Israel kill off Iran's nuclear programme?
The National News
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As a clandestine enterprise, Iran’s nuclear programme was always as much about the scientists inside it as the leadership behind it. So it came as little surprise that the name Fereydoon Abbasi was on the target list when Israel launched its...
Cabinet Approves Merger of Glanvilles and Pares Secondary Schools Ahead of New Academic Year
Antigua News Room
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June 27, 2025
CABINET NOTES- The Cabinet has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Education to merge Glanvilles Secondary School and Pares Secondary School, effective at the start of the new academic year in September. Acting Director of Education, Dr....
Deputy Sports Commissioner and Director of Sports Visit Clemson University
Antigua.News
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June 18, 2025
Press Release Deputy Commissioner of Sports Joel Rayne and Director of Sports Heather Samuel-Daley Visit Clemson University to Strengthen Sports Development Partnerships St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda — The Ministry of Education, Sports, and...
OAS leaders call for urgent action on climate, mental health and security threats during opening session
The Antigua Observer
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] Secretary General Albert Ramdin delivered his inaugural address to the Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly, outlining an ambitious agenda to modernise the hemisphere’s...
AI in Healthcare to Headline UWI Five Islands Conference
Antigua News Room
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June 18, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP St John’s, Antigua — June 18, 2025 With final preparations underway, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus is highlighting the pivotal role of artificial intelligence (AI) in...
Guyana participates in high-level regional education conference in Guatemala
Guyana Chronicle
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June 19, 2025
A HIGH-POWERED delegation from Guyana’s education sector is currently participating in the 5th annual Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Conference, which kicked off Wednesday in the historic city of Antigua, Guatemala. The conference runs...
Confronting Caribbean Obesity With Healing And Hope
St. Kitts Gazette
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June 25, 2025
By Suzette A. Henry News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. June 25, 2025: Along the sun-kissed shores of the Eastern Caribbean, a silent epidemic is growing. It threatens the future of our youth and the strength of our communities. Obesity,...
Mehul Choksi Claims India Abducted Him to Force False Confession
Techstory
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June 17, 2025
Fugitive diamond tycoon Mehul Choksi, wanted in India for his alleged role in the $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, has reignited controversy by accusing the Indian government of orchestrating his abduction from Antigua in 2021....
CDB and IFC Partner to Drive Digita...
SKNVibes
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Bridgetown, Barbados, June 27, 2025 - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) is intensifying its efforts to help businesses in the region embrace digital transformation. At the closing ceremony of the inaugural DigiLab Finance Caribbean...
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Antigua News Room
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June 27, 2025
Feel like playing online casino games, but you do not want to touch your wallet? Bila2Cuci, one of the trusted Malaysian online gaming sites, offers free credit promotions that allow you to play thrilling games, including slots, live casino, and...
The 5 Best New TV Shows of June 2025
TIME Magazine
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June 27, 2025
When you think about BritBox, if you think about it at all, it’s likely you imagine an endless library of interchangeable cozy mysteries and Victorian costume dramas. But the Anglophile streaming service, backed by BBC and ITV, has much more to...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
Tankers collide in Strait of Hormuz
Lloyd's List
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June 17, 2025
TWO crude oil tankers have collided at the eastern entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, just 15 nautical miles off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Frontline-owned, Liberia-flagged, 299,550 dwt VLCC Front Eagle (IMO: 9855343) and Antigua and...
Early Start for UWI Five Islands AI Conference
The Voice
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June 25, 2025
“As we explore the frontiers of this fifth industrial revolution, let us not just think of what AI can do but what AI should do for the Caribbean.” Professor Justin Robinson UWI Five Islands Campus Principal, Professor Justin Robinson welcomes...
UWI Principal Boasts of Success of AI Conference
Antigua.News
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June 25, 2025
Day one of the UWI Five Islands Campus second annual Artificial Intelligence (AI) has concluded and already the UWI FIC Principal is lauding the impact the conference is already making. It was standing room only at UWIFIC on Monday as hundreds of...
AI Conference highlights potential to transform Caribbean healthcare
The Antigua Observer
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June 17, 2025
- Advertisement - By Kisean Joseph [email protected] A leading physician is calling for the Caribbean to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) as a solution to the region’s mounting healthcare challenges, arguing that the technology could help...