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Guyana: Mother, son brutally chopped to death by prison escapee
A woman and her son have been brutally chopped to death by a prison escapee during a visit to their home at Saxacalli village in the Essequibo River. Dead are 75-year-old Elizabeth Gomes and 49-year-old David Gomes, both late residents of Saxacalli and of Durban Street in Wortmanville, Georgetown. This crime took place between 17:00h…
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Venezuela rejects deployment of British Navy ship to Guyana
Venezuela on Thursday called for Guyanese authorities to take immediate action for the withdrawal of the HMS Trent, a vessel from the British Navy, and to refrain from continuing to involve military powers in the territorial controversy. Venezuela says it rejects the arrival of the HMS Trent to the coasts of Guyana, which it says…
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CARICOM Statement on the Situation in Gaza
The following statement was issued by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Sunday: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), aware of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza that continues to worsen, Expresses horror and concern at the mounting death toll on the civilian population, including women and children, particularly in Gaza, but also in other areas of the…
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Antigua Cruise Port set for best cruise season since the pandemic
(Cruise and Ferry) — Antigua Cruise Port in the Caribbean is expecting the winter 2023-2024 season to be the best since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group Seabourn Pursuit opened the season with an inaugural call at Heritage Quay near…
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Caribbean Business Incubators
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Team Antigua Island Girls begin tough Pacific Challenge
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Christal Clashing, the adventurer and PhD candidate; Kevinia Francis, the personal trainer; and Samara Emmanuel, the groundbreaking sailor, make up Team Antigua Island Girls—the history-making rowing team. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The team represented Antigua and Barbuda in the…
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EU slaps Meta with record $1.3B fine. Case rooted in data privacy concerns
The European Union on Monday fined Meta a record $1.3 billion for transferring European users’ data to the US. The penalty marks the largest since the EU implemented harsher data privacy laws in 2018 — and the end of a decade-long case that was filed by Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems, according to…
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Calypsonian David Rudder diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
(CMC) – Calypsonian David Rudder Friday confirmed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease as he gets ready for a major show in Port of Spain next month to mark his 70th birthday. The Canada-based Rudder, regarded as one of the most successful calypsonians of all time, with a number of hits, including the…
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Caribbean Airlines moves to expand fleet
(Trinidad Express) — Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is expected to present a strategic plan to the Cabinet before the end of this month in which the company will tell government about its plans to expand its operations, to increase connectivity to Trinidad and Tobago and throughout the region. Express Business has learnt that as part of…
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Billionaire Calvin Ayre set to create Nikki Beach property on Jolly Beach
(Observer by Newsco) — Ambassador Calvin Ayre has been tipped as the investor who will purchase a portion of the Jolly Beach Resort to transform it into a US$250 million Nikki Beach and residences property. This week’s Cabinet notes revealed that plans are in the works to sell a portion of the hotel but did…
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Reparations and Royalty, Africa and Europe: Exploding Myths and Empowering Truths
A high-level delegation of royal African traditional leaders from AIDO Network International, is visiting Jamaica from February 28 to March 6 for a series of activities hosted by the CARICOM Reparations Commission, in collaboration with The University of the West Indies (UWI), and its Centre for Reparation Research and PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy.…