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Can India turn Caribbean sentiment into a strategic substance for the Global South?
ETGovernment
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July 27, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival at the Piarco International Airport became a veritable festival of the Indo-Caribbean culture as diaspora put on a show of their Indian heritage in dance, music, and costumes.India’s connection to the...
South American cities underwater in 2100
AS
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July 10, 2025
The effects of global warming and climate change are being felt around the world. Extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent from droughts to floods wreaking havoc on communities as well as blistering heatwaves and bone-chilling...
‘The PPP/C is an unbeatable political force’
Guyana Chronicle
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July 27, 2025
–Dr Singh tells Fort Ordinance residents SENIOR Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance and Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh, on Saturday passionately defended the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)...
The Canawaima connection deserves the quality of investment that renders it a strategic asset
Stabroek News
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July 26, 2025
Dear Editor, On paper, the Canawaima ferry service is profitable. According to Guyanese government sources, it recorded a net profit of 41% in 2024. Sounds promising. But those who actually make the crossing – entrepreneurs, travellers, border...
Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process
IUCN
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Preamble The 7th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum was organised by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, through the World Heritage Leadership Programme. The Forum brought together 18 professionals responsible for...
TechnipFMC plc (NYSE:FTI) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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July 25, 2025
TechnipFMC plc (NYSE:FTI) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 24, 2025 TechnipFMC plc beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $0.68, expectations were $0.57. Operator: Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Regina, and I will be...
CARICOM Secretary-General congratul...
SKNVibes
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The SG expressed her anticipation in welcoming Dr. Geerlings-Simons to the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM and collaborating on initiatives that promote the welfare and prosperity of both the Surinamese people and the wider Caribbean...
Why Ignoring Procurement Costs More Than You Think
CFO Dive
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Nickel boom on an Indonesian island brings toxic seas, lost incomes, report says
Mongabay
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July 23, 2025
Nickel mining on Indonesia’s Kabaena Island has polluted the sea, degraded forests and disrupted the lives of Indigenous Bajau fishers and farmers, who have reported severe drops in income, fish catches and seaweed quality. The mining has harmed...
Residents of tiny nation devastated as homeland vanishes before their eyes: 'Every day I see a piece of my land disappear'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 15, 2025
It's a global red flag. by Nicole WesthoffJuly 15, 2025 Residents of South America's smallest country face a decline in land area as the sea laps at its doorstep — and it's not relenting. What's happening? Suriname, a developing country with just...
Indian drugmaker MSN launches Jamaican sub
Jamaica Observer
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July 18, 2025
SETH...We see Jamaica as a future hub for the whole Caribbean. From Jamaica, we have already expanded to Trinidad and are entering Suriname, Barbados, Guyana, and The Bahamas. (Photo: Naphtali Junior) INDIAN pharmaceutical company MSN Laboratories...
An uprooted people, a legacy of conservation
Conservation International
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July 22, 2025
Their forebears were strangers in a strange land. Yet over hundreds of years, in the shadows of their ancestors, they migrated and mixed into societies across South America, quietly reshaping the natural landscape. They are the descendants of...
PAHO Director and CARICOM Secretary...
SKNVibes
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Georgetown, Guyana, 22 July 2025 (PAHO) – The Joint Subregional Cooperation Strategy that will provide a coordinated framework for technical cooperation to address common public health challenges in the Caribbean was signed today by the Director...
TIC previews AI export, shipping solutions
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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The evolution of artificial intelligence and its use in the local market was brought into focus for the export and shipping sectors at last week’s Trade and Investment Convention. WizdomCRM’s country manager Charielle...
PAHO Director and CARICOM Secretary-General sign 2025-2029 Joint Subregional cooperation strategy to advance health and equity in the Caribbean
Pan American Health Organization
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July 22, 2025
Georgetown, Guyana, 22 July 2025 (PAHO) – The Joint Subregional Cooperation Strategy that will provide a coordinated framework for technical cooperation to address common public health challenges in the Caribbean was signed today by the Director...
Guyana’s big boom: The inside story of Latin America’s new oil rush
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 5, 2025
Words by Ernesto Picco. Photography by Rudja Santos. Cover illustration by Sebastián Angresano. Translated by Jacob Sugarman. This piece is the second in a series of three long reads about Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. It was reported with...
PAHO Director and CARICOM Secretary-General sign 2025-2029 Subregional cooperation strategy to advance health and equity in the Caribbean
Pan American Health Organization
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July 22, 2025
Georgetown, Guyana, 22 July 2025 (PAHO) – The Subregional Strategy that will provide a coordinated framework for technical cooperation to address common public health challenges in the Caribbean was signed today by the Director of the Pan American...
Decades of dialogue, few results
Trinidad Express
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At the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s Business Outlook forum, Caribbean leaders and economists called for a bold reset of the region’s development model, urging deeper long-term planning, stronger private sector leadership,...
Belize’ trade official on week-long attachment at CARIFORUM’s EPA Unit
Win Media SKN
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July 22, 2025
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) – The regional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit is conducting a week-long capacity building programme for Belize’s Trade Economist, Mr. Julton...
Organized crime and security in Latin America
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 22, 2025
Transnational crime in Latin America is growing across the region, posing a challenge to democracies. Jan. 13, 2024: The Colombian national army has increased security at the Rumichaca Bridge on the border with Ecuador, due to the latter’s...