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Companies Behind the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico Leave a Global Trail of Damage
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 2, 2025
The five foreign companies behind the Esencia megaproject in Cabo Rojo, on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, have left a trail of environmental destruction and community disputes in the ecologically sensitive areas where they’ve developed previous...
QU Dongyu leads first ever Treaty Ceremony reinforcing FAO’s normative role
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu presided over the Organization’s inaugural Treaty Ceremony, held on Monday at FAO headquarters in Rome. The event marked a significant milestone in celebrating Members’ legal and political commitment to FAO’s...
Latin American Bloc denounces US increasing economic pressure on Cuba
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) issued a strong condemnation on Tuesday of the United States’ policy aimed at increasing economic pressure and blockade against Cuba. In an official...
ALBA-TCP Blasts U.S. for Intensifying Economic Blockade Against Cuba
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) vehemently condemned the U.S. government's latest move to intensify its economic aggression and blockade against Cuba on Tuesday. In an official...
At the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, the Government of Guyana requests support for its candidate for Director General of IICA
Antigua.News
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June 27, 2025
Also present are the foreign ministers of several Caribbean countries, including the host, Antigua and Barbuda, as well as the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The...
Tackling water challenges: SVG’s path to sustainability
St. Vincent Times
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June 26, 2025
ENHANCING WATER SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABILITY Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment Hon. St. Clair Jimmy Prince says the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), in collaboration with the Central Water and Sewerage Authority...
Tragic car collision claims life of Vincentian promoter
St. Vincent Times
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June 30, 2025
Police Launch Investigations into Fatal Accident in Arnos Vale The Traffic Branch of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has launched an investigation into a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Friday 27th June 2025...
Latin regional bloc condemns U.S. policy against Cuba
Xinhua News Agency
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CARACAS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) on Tuesday strongly condemned the U.S. policy to reinforce economic aggression and blockade against Cuba. In a statement, the bloc...
Taiwan extols Nigeria’s diplomatic endeavors in St. Lucia and The Caribbean states
Business Day
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July 3, 2025
Taiwanese government has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s successful State visit to the Caribbean nation of Saint Lucia as a truly a landmark achievement in Nigeria diplomacy. “We, the people and Government of Taiwan, wholeheartedly...
On Sustainable Population Growth: Human Values
The Good Men Project - California
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July 1, 2025
“Population growth can exacerbate environmental degradation when it increases pressure on natural resources and generates more waste and emissions. Sustainable development requires policies that balance population trends with economic growth,...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 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...
Rotary donates to Union Island Secondary School
St. Vincent Times
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June 29, 2025
Rotary Family in SVG Supports Union Island Secondary School with Donation as Recovery Efforts Continue As part of ongoing Hurricane Beryl recovery efforts, the Rotary family in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has donated a heavy-duty printer to the...
Logos Hope to return to Dominica after 15 years
Dominica News Online
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June 30, 2025
Logos Hope- Photo: gbaships.orgLogos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair will make its return to Dominica from July 1 – 14, 2025. The ship, which offers over 5,000 titles and provides many visitors the opportunity to purchase quality...
World hero pays a visit
Trinidad Express
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Trinidad and Tobago warmly welcomes one of the world’s most popular leaders, India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paying an official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar. This will undoubtedly deepen fraternal...
Diego Luna scores twice as U.S. beats Guatemala in Gold Cup semifinal at Energizer Park
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Guatemala midfielder Pedro Altan (10) and United States of America midfielder Luca De La Torre (14) go up for the ball during the United States game against Guatemala in the semifinals of the Concacaf Gold Cup in Energizer Park in St. Louis on...
Son tells police he chopped his father to death in Gibson Corner
I Witness News
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July 3, 2025
Police have arrested a male and launched a homicide investigation after he told them that he had chopped his father to death. iWitness News was reliably informed that the son, whose age has not been disclosed, went to the Central Police Station...
Tinubu: Nigeria open to visa waiver for diplomats, government officials from Eastern Carribean states
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is open to exploring a visa waiver arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The OECS comprises Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth...
Hurricane Beryl one year on: A wake-up call for disaster preparedness in the Caribbean
World Food Programme
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Ishmulina Thomas and her granddaughter receive a food kit during WFP distributions to those affected by Hurricane Beryl on Carriacou Island, Grenada, in July 2024. Photo: WFP/Rheanna Chen Roofs torn off, boats and cars overturned, power lines...
Govt defends virtual attendance at COFCOR meeting
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Gail Alexander The new UNC administration will conduct all official overseas Government travel based on the principles of value for money and cost efficiency, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office,...
Vibrant new mural unveiled at Victoria park in SVG
St. Vincent Times
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July 2, 2025
Ministry of Tourism & Culture Celebrate Winners of Annual Mural Competition The Department of Culture unveiled a vibrant new mural just outside the Victoria Park. This initiative forms part of the Annual Mural Competition, which aims to develop...