SQUADS FOR 2021 HERO CPL ANNOUNCED | The Bajan Reporter
The complete squads for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have been confirmed following the player draft. The 2021 tournament gets underway on 28 August and runs until 19 September. The star-studded line-ups feature the best cricketing talent from across the Caribbean as well as some of
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean
Bribes for public services rife in Latin America and the Caribbean, survey finds | Transparency - The Kenya News
One in three people using public services in Latin America and the Caribbean report having to pay a bribe over the last year, according to a survey. A report by …
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Martinique Court Grants Man The Right To 'Become A Woman' - St. Lucia Times News
A  court in Martinique has granted a twenty-three year old man permission to be regarded as a woman, local reports say. According to Martinique 1 Ere, the individual  is one of the first transgender people on the island to have a validated change of identity before a court in Martinique. The online
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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News
Sandals Resorts International Commemorates Founder Gordon `Butch' Stewart | New York Carib News
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) will commemorate the life of the late founder and chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart in a series of on-property and digital happenings timed to honor Mr. Stewart’s July 6 birthday. On property, each resort will be presented with a specially framed photograph of the
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Thousands Flee From Wave Of Violence In Haiti's Capital - St. Lucia Times News
A bloody wave of shootings, arson and other criminal violence has engulfed parts of Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and trapping others within dangerous areas of the Haitian capital, aid agencies say. Most recently, a series of killings on Tuesday night claimed the
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Elizabeth Riley Appointed Executive Director Of CDEMA - St. Lucia Times News
Press Release:-  The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honorable Vincent Byron Jr, Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, St Kitts-Nevis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Elizabeth Riley as Executive Director
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COVID-19: Suriname Announces Total Lockdown - St. Lucia Times News
The Government of Suriname on Saturday announced a total lock-down of the country for just over two weeks in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. The announcement was made by president Chandrikapersad Santokhi who said that his administration has promulgated Code Purple, the worst risk level
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Setting the CXC Record Straight – Part One | The Bajan Reporter
The Caribbean Coalition for Exam Redress, of which the Group of Concerned Parents of Barbados is a leading member, notes with concern recent opinion editorials written by fixtures of the regional educational ecosystem, which leapt to the defence of the Caribbean Examinations Council and may have
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Even as UNICEF recognises CXC fiasco? ‘Proverbial Nero still fiddles as Rome and children’s futures burn’ | The Bajan Reporter
This is a sad sad day for CARICOM and particularly our children. We are Not Impressed. We continue to be Embarrassed. Ashamed. As we have been for EIGHT MONTHS. We are Hurting for our stress-ridden children, both from C19 context and CXC's cruelty, whose pain has been utterly ignored by CXC who has
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BARBADIANS COP 2 PRESTIGIOUS CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPS | The Bajan Reporter
The 2021 Chevening Scholars for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean were officially announced yesterday by British High Commissioner, His Excellency Scott Furssedonn-Wood. Fifteen fully funded scholarships were awarded to successful candidates from Barbados, Antigua and
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean
Border Officials Receive Advanced Training
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Platform on Disaster Displacement
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ELSA HEADING TOWARD THE LESSER ANTILLES: TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR JAMAICA & PORTIONS OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | The Bajan Reporter
The government of the Dominican Republic has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from the Haiti/Dominican Republic border eastward to Punta Palenque. The government of Jamaica has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Jamaica. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40 - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee knows that there has never been another time in which she has garnered so much congressional support and public momentum for H.R. 40, the reparations legislation that focuses on truth, racial
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COVID-19: Saint Vincent Records Cases Of Mu Strain
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines says five cases of the Mu variant of COVID-19 have been detected in the country and health authorities are warning that the latest strain of the coronavirus is more transmittable and able to escape the immune response making it more
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John Hope Bryant vows to create one million Black entrepreneurs, businesses with $130 million fund with Shopify | BlackPressUSA
THE ATLANTA VOICE - John Hope Bryant, the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE took his own personal testimony of humble beginnings and created multiple tools to help others achieve success as well, especially, during a time period that is so crucial to Black people.| By Hunter Gilmore, The
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UK and CARICOM continue engagement on access to finance | The Bajan Reporter
Earlier this month, CARICOM and the United Kingdom co-hosted a virtual dialogue on the issue of access to finance. The event was opened by UK Minister of State responsible for the Caribbean, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon and Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, Joseph Cox. Prime Minister of
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean
(BPRW) Lincoln Financial Group Names Craig T. Beazer as Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Press releases
(BPRW) Lincoln Financial Group Names Craig T. Beazer as Executive Vice President and General Counsel (Black PR Wire) RADNOR, Pa.-(BUSINESS WIRE)- Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) announced today that Craig…
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Guyana: Cop To Stand Trial For Alleged Rape Of Child
Michael Kendall, the police officer who was charged with the rape of a child, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the offence before a judge and jury. Kendall was committed via paper committal proceedings by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown
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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News
Environmentalists worry about potentially devastating oil spill
Warning that Venezuelan oil tanker tilting in Caribbean waters off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago could cause world’s biggest oil spill.
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'Treating' Case Against Dominica PM, DLP Members Set For July - St. Lucia Times News
ROSEAU, Dominica – A magistrate set July 8 as the date for the start of a case against Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and 14 other members of his ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP). Skerrit and his co-accused all pleaded not guilty on Thursday when they appeared in the Roseau Magistrate Court on
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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News
A strategy for 5G in the Caribbean - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

At Canto’s 36th Annual Conference last week, a panel of experts gathered to discuss “How 5G can be rolled out in the Caribbean.”

There weren’t many revelations coming from a panel composed of vendors, regulators and stakeholders for a discussion that will, ultimately, be decided b

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Trinidad and Tobago to take Chinese loan to buy Chinese vaccines - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad and Tobago has borrowed 170 million Euros (US$204 million) from China, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said in a virtual meeting held on Monday, with the promise that a percentage will be used to buy what were described as “Chinese elements” – goods and services from China.
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Source: Home - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
(BPRW) Citi Hires Black-Owned Firms Exclusively to Distribute $2.5 Billion Bond Issuance in Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Press releases
(BPRW) Citi Hires Black-Owned Firms Exclusively to Distribute $2.5 Billion Bond Issuance in Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Collaboration with Minority-Owned Broker Dealers Reinforces Citi’s Commitment to…
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Source: The Black Chronicle
Guyana: Soldier, Security Guards Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Gold Heist
Stabroek News:- Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant Keyon King and two security guards have been remanded to prison over last week’s $58 million Wallison Enterprise gold heist at Kitty. Four charges were read to King, 32, and Delroy Jackson, 37, and Peon Lee, 35, when they appeared before
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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News
Antigua: Pfizer Vaccine To Be Offered To School Children
Schoolchildren aged 12 to 17 in Antigua and Barbuda will be offered the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for protection against the dangerous Covid-19 Delta variant, when an expected batch of doses arrives on the island in a matter of weeks via the US. This marks a significant shift from the adults-only
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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News
(BPRW) NFL Legend And Executive Troy Vincent, Sr. & Tommi Vincent Raise Funds for Tampa School, Just Elementary School | Press releases
(BPRW) NFL Legend And Executive Troy Vincent, Sr. & Tommi Vincent Raise Funds for Tampa School, Just Elementary School (Black PR Wire) TAMPA,FL – For the fourth consecutive year, Vincent Country…
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Source: The Black Chronicle
The CXC Tragedy: One Year On | The Bajan Reporter
September 22 marks one year since the release of the Caribbean Examination Council's 2020 CSEC and CAPE examination results, and the start of a struggle to secure the best interests of, and fair and accurate grades for, our region's students. It was our earnest hope that 12 months on, we could
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean
Tourists Threaten to Sue Antigua and Barbuda Over Mandatory COVID-19 Testing
A group of tourists is threatening to sue the country of Antigua and Barbuda over its mandatory COVID-19 testing for travelers upon arrival to the airport.
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Setting the CXC Record Straight – Part Two | The Bajan Reporter
Much has also been made by CXC and its defenders of the 'concessions' made by the Council already, specifically releasing the broad topics, delaying the exams and deadlines for SBAs and allowing the opportunity to defer. These concessions are merely basic recognitions of unescapable realities and
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean
BARBADIAN CERTIFIED LANDSCAPE ECOLOGIST AWARDED FIRST-EVER THOMAS J. GREENAN SCHOLARSHIP | The Bajan Reporter
A Barbadian certified landscape ecologist with a passion for promoting a sustainable environment for all living species is the recipient of the first-ever Caribbean Tourism Organization Scholarship Foundation’s Thomas J. Greenan Scholarship introduced this year for studies in
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean

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