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Petrobras Inches Closer to Amazon Oil Exploration License
Oil Price
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August 13, 2025
Brazil’s state-controlled energy giant Petrobras is getting closer to obtaining an exploration permit to drill in an environmentally sensitive offshore region in the Amazon basin. Petrobras, which has been seeking for years to obtain a license to...
Haitians and Vincentians top deportees from Grenada between 2020 and 2024
Now Grenada
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August 13, 2025
by Linda Straker 264 people from various nationalities deported; 92 males and 56 females 44 Haitians deported between 2023 and 2024 59 deportees to St Vincent Haitians and Vincentians top the nationalities deported from Grenada between 2020 and...
Travel alert: Warnings issued for two major vacation hotspots over kidnapping, terror concerns
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of State has issued new travel advisories for Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. The agency is urging travelers to exercise increased caution when visiting the two destinations. Both received Level 2 advisories, the...
Seminarian’s suicide troubles Haiti’s Catholic Church, exposes toll of overlapping crises
Haitian Times
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August 13, 2025
Overview: Rodny Boussicot, a 25-year-old seminarian in the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, died by suicide on Aug. 9 in Pétion-Ville after battling illness and depression. His death highlights Haiti’s deepening mental health crisis, fueled by gang...
Celebrating a New Era: The Reopening of the Longboat at NAVSCIATTS
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 13, 2025
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – At facilities located on the John C. Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi, the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) proudly reopened its student welfare center, newly...
Could Putin be arrested in the US during Trump meeting as people call for president's detention over 'war crimes'
LAD Bible
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Picture this, Russia's Vladimir Putin departs from his presidential plane in America on Friday... only to be met with handcuffs the moment he steps foot on US soil. The 72-year-old is currently scheduled to travel to Alaska this Friday (15 August)...
CARICOM holding consultations on CIPS
CNC 3
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August 13, 2025
The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Wednesday said that consultations with key stakeholders have begun across the region to finalise the CARICOM Industrial Policy and Strategy (CIPS) expected to be approved regional trade...
‘Rewilding’ in Argentina Raises Thorny Questions
New Lines Magazine
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August 13, 2025
Ayní sits calmly and stares through the bars of her cage. The 4-year-old jaguar was recently relocated to a pen near Corrientes, Argentina, from a similar center in Brazil, where she was born to parents rescued after flooding in the Amazon. But...
Notes on electoral longevity
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Wesley Gibbings As Guyana prepares for general elections on September 1 and Jamaica follows on September 3, one common thread runs through the political landscapes of much of the Caribbean. It is the question of electoral...
Blackpink’s ‘Jump’ Is A K-Pop Hit With A Dutch Backbeat
Forbes
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Rosé, Jennie, Lisa and Jisoo of Blackpink attend an event for their concert film in 2024. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images) ImaZins via Getty Images K-pop songs are often a collaboration of talent from around the world. A hit...
Regian Eersel says Alexis Nicolas has to move back to the end of the line: "He can say whatever he wants"
Sportskeeda
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August 7, 2025
Regian Eersel has dismissed calls for a fourth encounter with Alexis Nicolas following his spectacular knockout victory over George Jarvis at ONE Fight Night 34. The Dutch-Surinamese champion was asked about his former rival's social media...
Henry Srebrnik: China’s growing influence in the Caribbean
Telegraph-Journal
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August 13, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links TJ Comment Columnist Economic incentives and promises of investment used as pressure mechanisms Published Aug 13, 2025 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 4 minute read The Chinese flag flies in front of the Liaison Office of the...
THREE STRAIGHT
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 7, 2025
TOP: Davis Cuppers Michael Major Jr, Denali Nottage, captain John Antonas, Donte Armbrister and Kofi Bowe celebrate after their win over Suriname. ABOVE: Kofi Bowe and Donte Armbrister after their doubles victory over Suriname yesterday. By BRENT...
Alastair Campbell’s diary: What cricket tells us about life
The New World
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August 12, 2025
It often annoys me, given how hard it can be to find a parking place in our street, when people put out a few bins in the road as an indication that the space will be required the next day, for builders, deliverers, scaffolders or removal vans. It...
STATEMENT: CARICOM Secretary General on International Youth Day 2025
Dominica News Online
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August 12, 2025
CARICOM Communications - Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 at 9:27 AM CARICOM Secretary General Carla BarnettThe Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the global community in marking International Youth Day 2025 under the theme Local Youth Actions for the...
Big Oil Boosts Exploration as Energy Transition Sputters
Oil Price
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August 12, 2025
After years of public vows to wean themselves off fossil fuels, the world’s biggest oil companies are dusting off their drilling maps and doubling down on exploration. The promised pivot to renewables has sputtered, energy security fears have...
Reggae Girls one of six pre-seeded teams for upcoming draw of Concacaf Women’s World Cup qualifiers
Irie FM
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August 12, 2025
Jamaica’s Reggae Girls have been named as one of the six pre-seeded teams for the upcoming draw of the Concacaf Women’s World Cup qualifiers . Gunning for a third Fifa Women’s World Cup appearance the Jamaicans joins Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama,...
‘Equip, empower, enable our young people to lead’ – CARICOM Secretary-General
Win Media SKN
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August 12, 2025
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has called for greater investment in youth development, and for young people to be equipped, empowered and enabled to lead and be architects of a more prosperous future. “On this International Youth...
PM Gonsalves says SVG is ranked among top Caribbean nations in Human Development
NBC SVG
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August 12, 2025
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has announced that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is now ranked among the top-performing Caribbean nations in human development. Speaking at the launch of VINLEC’s Smart Meter Project, the Prime Minister...
Guyanese businessman denies gold smuggling
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 12, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyanese gold dealer, Tameshwar Jagmohan, Tuesday denied claims by a former employee that he had been involved in gold smuggling and has threatened legal action to clear his name. “I categorically deny all of the...