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John Caudwell Net Worth: Inside the Empire of a Telecom Titan
Finance Monthly
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September 1, 2025
From selling mobile phones out of a van to building a telecommunications empire worth billions, John Caudwell’s rise is the ultimate blueprint for business domination. From the humblest beginnings in Stoke-on-Trent to building one of the UK’s most...
Belize Joins Regional Police For Weapons Training
Channel 7 Belize
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As part of the S.A.L.W. Fellowship Programme Caribbean Iteration 2025, fellows from 15 CARICOM countries gathered in Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen regional cooperation on Small Arms and Light Weapons control in late July to mid August. The...
President Mahama orders fast-tracking of labour mobility dea...
Modern Ghana
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that President John Dramani Mahama has instructed his appointees to accelerate negotiations on labour mobility agreements with eight countries in order to deploy Ghanaian...
CPL 2025: Shakib Al Hasan Guides Antigua and Barbuda Falcons to Seven-Wicket Win Over Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Latestly
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August 25, 2025
Mumbai, August 25: Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on Sunday saw another riveting contest that went down to the final over with Antigua & Barbados Falcons pipping Saint Kitts & Nevis Patriots by 7 wickets with just two balls remaining, as per the...
Young people join UN effort to solve pressing global issue: 'Hold the world accountable'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 1, 2025
These 14 new members represent every corner of the globe. by Margaret WongSeptember 1, 2025 At a time when world leaders are still arguing over climate deadlines, the United Nations just doubled its bet on the one group that doesn't have the...
VI youth @first ever CARIFESTA Student Jamboree
Virgin Islands News Online
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- For the first time, the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) is hosting a Student Jamboree, which is running concurrently with the bigger CARIFESTA celebrations and young people from the Virgin Islands (VI) are...
PSVs subject to the same rules
The Nation Barbados
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August 31, 2025
The Ministry of Transport and Works has announced a three-month moratorium on the enforcement of new tint legislation, which was to take effect tomorrow. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry confirmed that Cabinet last Thursday agreed to delay...
BPWCCUL Members’ Market returns after six-year break
Barbados Today
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August 24, 2025
64 The Barbados Public Workers’ Cooperative Credit Union Ltd. (BPWCCUL) revived its Members’ Market and Fun Day on Saturday after a six-year hiatus, staging the event in the bustling Warrens area as part of its 55th anniversary celebrations. With...
Top students urged to give back as 30 scholarships and exhibitions awarded
Barbados Today
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August 23, 2025
187 Thirty of Barbados’ top-performing academic students have been awarded scholarships and exhibitions, with Minister of Educational Transformation Chad Blackman urging them to use their success not only to excel abroad but to help transform the...
World News | Om Birla to Lead Indian Parliamentary Delegation at 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
Latestly
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August 24, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead an Indian parliamentary delegation to the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in Bridgetown, Barbados, from October 5 to 12 October, according to the Lok Sabha...
Tim Seifert Hammers Joint-Fastest Century, Second-Highest Score in Caribbean Premier League History, Achieves Feat During St Lucia Kings vs Antigua and Barbuda Falcons CPL 2025 Match
Latestly
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September 1, 2025
Mumbai, September 1: New Zealand swashbuckler Tim Seifert levelled Andre Russell's record for the fastest century and walloped the second-highest score in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after he caused mayhem at Gros Islet. Seifert hammered a...
Majestic Holder leads Patriots to victory over Royals
Jamaica Observer
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August 23, 2025
Jason Holder of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots celebrates the dismissal of Jomel Warrican (out of picture) of Barbados Royals during the Men’s 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League match 8 between the Patriots and Barbados Royals at Warner Park...
Orient Express Corinthian, World’s Largest Sailing Yacht, Sets Sail In October 2026
Forbes
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Orient Express Corinthian Orient Express The Orient Express Corinthian, a 722-foot luxury yacht, sets sail on its inaugural Caribbean season in October 2026. You can think of it as the marriage of a private yacht and a vintage Art Deco train....
‘The Folks Who Live on the Hill’:
Barbados Today
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August 23, 2025
7 On Monday, August 25, locals and visitors to Barbados will have the rare opportunity to witness a daring new work of theatre that places the island and its history in conversation with the wider Black world. The Folks Who Live On the Hill,...
Sins of the fathers?
CNC 3
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September 1, 2025
On his recent visit to our shores as part of his multi-nation tour, India Prime Minister Modi spoke of the importance of the “Global South,” a reference to BRICS, an intergovernmental political and economic forum of which India is a founding...
‘The power of nurses must be apparent’ in these times: Dr Alicia Georges, RN
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 19, 2025
Registered Nurse Dr. Catherine Alicia Georges, a St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands-born professor and chairperson emerita of the Department of Nursing at Lehman College and professor at Meharry Medical College, says that the “power of nursing must be...
Caribbean Kitchens, Catwalks, And Runways Reconnect Islands with African Roots
LatinAmerican Post
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August 31, 2025
From a home kitchen in St Lucia to pan-African summits, the Caribbean’s reconnection with Africa is gathering momentum. Food, music, travel, and trade are driving the revival—and, as entrepreneurs and officials told the BBC, the determination now...
CPL 2025: Tim Seifert Stuns With Record-Equalling 2nd Fastest Century during SLK vs ABF Match
Asianet Newsable
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September 1, 2025
Tim Seifert blasted a 53-ball 125* for St Lucia Kings, equalling Andre Russell’s fastest CPL century. His knock powered a six-wicket win over Antigua & Barbuda Falcons while recording the 2nd-highest individual score in CPL history. New...
Help for 50 nursing mothers, families
The Nation Barbados
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August 20, 2025
Fifty mothers and families will receive assistance in post-natal care as part of a Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation (BCNF) initiative. It will identify low-resourced and vulnerable mothers, including those with babies in the Neonatal...
Tim Seifert hammers joint-fastest ton, second-highest score in CPL history
The News Mill
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September 1, 2025
New Zealand swashbuckler Tim Seifert levelled Andre Russell’s record for the fastest century and walloped the second-highest score in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after he caused mayhem at Gros Islet. Seifert hammered a 53-ball 125* to gun...