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Closure of 2025 turtle watching tours at Levera beach
Now Grenada
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June 17, 2025
The St Patrick Environmental and Community Tourism Organisation (SPECTO) wishes to inform the public that we have made the difficult decision to close our turtle watching tours for the remainder of the 2025 nesting season, effective immediately....
SKN Prime Minister on Bolstering Afri-Caribbean Ties at Afreximbank’s 32nd Annual Meetings
Win Media SKN
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June 30, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – The 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently concluded in Abuja, Nigeria, under the unifying theme, “Building the Future on Decades of Resilience.” The event...
CARICOM secretary general urges continued Africa-Caribbean cooperation
The Nassau Guardian
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CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Secretary General Dr. Carla Barnett said Africa and the Caribbean have to continue strengthening cooperation in trade and align areas of mutual interest, in order for both regions to continue advancing amid the...
Aussie cricket star calls it a day after 12 yrs
The Geelong Advertiser
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July 1, 2025
Nathan Lyon has decided to pass on the responsibility of being Australia’s team song master after more than a decade with the prestigious role. The veteran offspinner revealed he made the call to pass the baton to wicketkeeper Alex Carey, who...
GFA free nationwide summer of soccer programme for ages 6–16
Now Grenada
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June 16, 2025
The Grenada Football Association (GFA) is thrilled to announce the return of its highly anticipated Summer of Soccer programme, kicking off on Monday, 7 July 2025 and continuing through 31 July, and again from 18–29 August. The grassroots...
Is Nathan Lyon Retiring From Test Cricket?
News24
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July 1, 2025
Nathan Lyon has indicated he has no intention of retiring anytime soon, despite recently relinquishing his longtime position as being in charge of Australia’s post-victory team song. That task now falls to Test keeper Alex Carey. Lyon, inheriting...
Yes, You Could Be Both Openly Gay and Conservative in the '80s
Reason Magazine
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June 30, 2025
The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983–1994, by Thomas Mallon, Knopf, 592 pages, $40 Writing in 1985, arguably the worst year of the AIDS crisis, the leftist columnist Christopher Hitchens attacked closeted gays who preached right-wing...
‘Ran my race’: Lyon’s surprise Test call
The Geelong Advertiser
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June 30, 2025
Nathan Lyon is adamant he’s not retiring “anytime soon” despite handing over the significant duty of leading the team song after victories to Test keeper Alex Carey. After being handed the song leadership from Mike Hussey, Lyon has led hearty...
‘He was taken aback’: Lyon lifts lid on Aussie Test handover as emotional letter revealed
Fox Sports
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June 30, 2025
Nathan Lyon is adamant he’s not retiring “anytime soon” despite handing over the significant duty of leading the team song after victories to Test keeper Alex Carey. After being handed the song leadership from Mike Hussey, Lyon has led hearty...
RSS leadership pays visit to ongoing ‘Level 4’ training course hosted at St George’s University
Dominica News Online
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June 16, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 1:53 PM The senior leadership of the Regional Security System (RSS) recently visited the RSS Training Institute at St. George’s University in Grenada, where the current Command and Staff Course...
Sailing in a hurricane: How I escaped Hurricane Beryl
Practical Boat Owner
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June 26, 2025
"Sail south, now!": Ben Williams recalls narrowly escaping Hurricane Beryl as a novice sailor aboard his new 40ft catamaran. When I bought my first boat, I didn’t imagine that I’d soon be sailing in a hurricane, writes Ben Williams. The anchorage...
Controversy at Concord/NAWASA community meeting
The New Today Grenada
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June 28, 2025
The National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) is planning to implement its project in Concord calling it ‘the long-anticipated Southern St George’s Water Supply Expansion Project – a transformative initiative designed to significantly enhance...
Welsh coach relishing time with Piton Boyz
St. Lucia Times
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June 29, 2025
The Saint Lucia senior men’s national team has experienced a rollercoaster 12 months. After winning four of five official fixtures in 2022-2023, they’ve played 10 matches since June 2024 across FIFA World Cup Qualifying and the Concacaf Nations...
Passing the Torch: Conception Dance Theatre
Now Grenada
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June 25, 2025
by Curlan Campbell Conception Dance Theatre founded by Cecilia Griffith Marks its 18th season with intergenerational show titled “The Path We Dance” Over nearly 20 years, hundreds of students have passed through studio’s doors When Conception...
Solomon Islands Media Professionals Gain Insightful Experience Of China’s Media, Culture, And Mesmeric Growth
Scoop
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Four media professionals from the Solomon Islands (SI) successfully completed a two-week seminar on Full-Media Communication for “Belt and Road Countries” in China, describing the training program as an eye-opener as cooperation between the two...
Guyana to be host country for regional disaster recovery hub -President Ali announces
Guyana Chronicle
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June 27, 2025
GUYANA will be the host country for the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Disaster Recovery Super Hub, President, Dr Irfaan Ali has announced. In a broadcast address on Wednesday, the Guyanese Head of State explained that with Guyana’s immunity to...
Another partner soon for Afreximbank
The Nation Barbados
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June 28, 2025
Another Caribbean country is expected to join the 12 already partner members with the Afreximbank next month, its outgoing president Professor Benedict Oramah revealed yesterday. In his farewell speech, Oramah said the array of Caribbean political...
Afeximbank president ends tenure, lauding expansion to the Caribbean
I Witness News
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June 27, 2025
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — Professor Benedict O. Oramah on Friday ended his 10-year stint as president and chairman of the board of directors of the Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), hailing the financial...
The beat of goombay
Aeon
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June 27, 2025
When I was a child, my parents would receive packages from home. These were fat cardboard boxes lacquered in tape. They didn’t come directly from home – from Sierra Leone, that is – but from some friend or relative who had gone home for a couple...
IRON WOOD THROWS CLASSIC: 'By throwers, for throwers' — Competitors laud thrower-centric Rathdrum meet
CDA Press - Idaho
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June 29, 2025
By MARK NELKE Sports writer RATHDRUM — Before each throw, Payton Otterdahl pauses before he steps into the ring, and gazes out at the shot put landing area, and where his next toss might land. Or maybe, he’s just admiring the setting at the Iron...