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Safety at Sea Regarded as Top Priority Ahead of Annual Fishermen’s Feast
The Voice
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June 30, 2025
. On Sunday June 29th 2025, fisherfolk throughout Saint Lucia will converge to celebrate Fishermen’s Feast, which is also known locally as ‘Fete Peche’. It is a day of major significance to the fishing sector and the blue economy at large, as...
Tinubu proposes visa waivers for OECS official passport holders
Eagle Online
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu formally announced on Monday the establishment of diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia, describing it as a “symbolic bridge that will provide a gateway in fostering closer ties between us.” President Tinubu stated this while...
Nigeria, St Lucy To Establish Diplomatic Relations
New Telegraph
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip Pierre have committed to establishing formal diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Saint Lucia. According to a press release by the Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, both leaders discussed...
Fascism’s New Face is Still The Same!
teleSUR
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On July 3, the Meeting of Promoting Teams of the Antifascist International is taking place at a right time. The stated objective is “to update and strengthen our shared agenda in a critical moment of regional and global tension amid the escalation...
Tinubu Arrives In Brazil For BRICS Summit
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 5, 2025
News Investigators/ President Bola Tinubu on Friday night arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th BRICS Summit. This marks Nigeria’s long awaited debut as a ‘partner country’ at the influential economic gathering According...
Clouden: Stop wasting time and legalise ganja
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
Outspoken attorney-at-law Anselm Clouden has called on the 3-year old Dickon Mitchell-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to fulfil its promise made to the young in the 2022 general election to legalise ganja on the island. Clouden,...
Scholarship scheme for OECS Students begins next academic year – Tinubu
TVC News Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu announced that the scholarship programme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to study in Nigerian universities will commence in the next academic year. At a joint press conference with the...
Tancoo returns from meetings in Spain
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 4, 2025
Business Mya Quamie 5 Hrs Ago CAF executive president Sergio Diaz-Granados, left, and Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo at the 185th CAF board of directors meeting on June 29 in Seville, Spain. - Photo courtesy Ministry of Finance FINANCE...
Tanzania welcomes global travel leaders for World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony
Breaking Travel News
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June 28, 2025
Tanzania is making final preparations as it steps up to host the World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2025 on 28 June. Travel and tourism leaders from across the region are gathering in the capital Dar es Salaam to discover who...
Nigeria wants to nurture seeds of solidarity with OECS region
Jamaica Observer
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June 30, 2025
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, addressing a joint sitting of the St. Lucia Parliament on Monday (Photo: CMC) CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Monday laid the “seeds of solidarity” with the Organisation of...
SVG has the worst Massy Supermarket : PM
St. Vincent Times
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July 2, 2025
St Vincent has the worst Massy supermarket across the Caribbean, says Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. Gonsalves appears to have been energised by Trinidadian MP Dr Roodal Moonilal, who happens to be that country’s minister of energy. On Wednesday...
Draft legislation for establishment of Eastern Caribbean CBI/CIP regulator now available for public comment
Dominica News Online
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July 4, 2025
ECCB press release - Friday, July 4th, 2025 at 9:00 AM The Interim Regulatory Commission (IRC) has published the draft legislation for the establishment of a regional regulator for Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CBI/CIP) – the Eastern...
CARICOM leaders’ meeting upcoming, CSME on table, Chairman says unity is the way forward
Dominica News Online
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July 4, 2025
Prime Minister of Jamaica, and current CARICOM Chair, Andrew Holness, has emphasized the importance of unity and regional cooperation in his CARICOM Day address, aligning closely with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s recently expressed views...
CAF Consolidates its support for the Caribbean with Major Approvals for Antigua and Barbuda and others
Antigua News Room
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June 29, 2025
AF Consolidates its support for the Caribbean with Major Approvals for The Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda Board meeting in Seville sees historic loan to The Bahamas, approval of the issuance of Series C shares to Saint...
Gonsalves reiterates position on payment to SVG traders doing business in Trinidad
I Witness News
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July 3, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Wednesday said while he is not “picking a fight” with Trinidad and Tobago, he maintains the position that the oil-rich twin island republic must...
IRC releases draft legislation regarding CBI programme
Loop News
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CMC -The Interim Regulatory Commission (IRC) has published the draft legislation for the establishment of a regional regulator for the Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CBI/CIP) being operated in five countries of the Organisation of Eastern...
PM Gonsalves presses Trinidad on forex payment for Vincentian farmers
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 4, 2025
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has renewed calls for Trinidad and Tobago to establish a reliable mechanism to pay Vincentian farmers in foreign currency, insisting the issue is a long-standing one that must...
International Solar Alliance Announces SolarX Startup Challenge 2025
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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July 2, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has officially launched the SolarX Startup Challenge 2025: Latin America and the Caribbean Edition, a key initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy through...
Jeremy Piven to play Fourth of July Montauk standup gig: All the holiday events happening at the celeb hotspot
New York Post
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July 4, 2025
The Hamptons is heating up for the Fourth of July. Among the hot tickets this weekend is a wild card event: “Entourage” star Jeremy Piven is set to do a stand-up set at the famed Memory Motel in Montauk. The Emmy winner, known for playing agent...
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...