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New CCJ president: Make court final appellate body
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 7, 2025
News Melissa Doughty 3 Hrs Ago Caribbean Court of Justice president Justice Winston Anderson - Courtesy CCJ The Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) fourth president Justice Winston Anderson hopes more countries make it its final appellate court...
Regional Headquarters For 5 C's Will Be At UB
Channel 7 Belize
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Center is moving from its current location - a rented office at the the David L Mckoy Building - to their own digs at University of Belize. Today saw the groundbreaking for its new office, which will be...
Haiti in Crisis as Gang Violence Paralyzes the Capital
International Policy Digest
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July 8, 2025
Haiti is unraveling. Gang violence has surged to unprecedented levels, effectively paralyzing the capital, Port-au-Prince, and displacing over 1.3 million people—more than a tenth of the country’s population. According to the United Nations...
Murdered Maine paddleboarder remembered as ‘strong, self-made’ woman
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
TENANTS HARBOR, Maine — Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart was a force of nature who was a fierce advocate for friends, human rights and women’s rights. Stewart, 48, died last week after going paddle boarding on Crawford Pond in Union. Maine State Police...
Ocean Crisis Demands a New Kind of Science
The Good Men Project - California
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June 27, 2025
[SciDev.Net] The ocean is a source of life and resilience — for people and cultures, for livelihoods, for climate stability. But it’s under growing stress from overfishing, warming, pollution, acidification, deoxygenation, extreme climate events —...
What Spain’s new debt swap hub actually does
Euro Weekly News
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July 7, 2025
Spain’s new global debt swap hub, symbolises the country’s push for ethical finance reform. Credit: JaviBueAnt from pixabay via Canva.com Spain has launched a debt swap hub, which, at its core, is a simple idea: to help poor countries stop sending...
Monday briefing: What Zarah Sultana’s new breakaway party could mean for Labour and the left
The Guardian
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July 7, 2025
Good morning. Last week, Zarah Sultana resigned from the Labour party and announced she was co-founding a new leftwing political party alongside former leader Jeremy Corbyn. The MP for Coventry South, first elected in December 2019, lost the...
Barry Weakens to a Tropical Depression in the Gulf
WITN - North Carolina
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June 28, 2025
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - As of the 11 PM update, after reaching peak intensity, Berry has weakened to a tropical depression. Winds are near 35 mph, with gusts near 45 mph. Barry will continue to fall apart into a remnant low through the overnight...
UB Fires Dr. Pio Saqui After Misconduct Investigation
Love FM
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June 28, 2025
The University of Belize (UB) today announced the immediate termination of Dr. Pio Saqui, a faculty member, following a formal investigation into allegations of professional misconduct. The University affirmed its unwavering commitment to...
PICTURES: Sutherland's Jonathan Brett Young receives MBE at Armed Forces Day ceremony in Golspie
Northern Times
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June 28, 2025
Armed Forces Day 2025 was marked in Sutherland today, Saturday June 28, with a ceremony in Golspie. The event, which took place in the village’s Memorial Garden in blustery weather conditions, was organised by the Friends of Sutherland Veterans...
BSI Confirms One of Worst Sugar Crops in History
Love FM
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June 28, 2025
At around ten o’clock this morning, Belize Sugar Industries (ASR/BSI) held a briefing with the media to explain just how bad things were. The company says that around 883,000 metric tons of cane were delivered, which is below 900,000 metric tons....
PAHO Collaborates To Develop New Caribbean Action Plan
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 26, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – Representatives from the ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies, and other key stakeholders met in Barbados, from June 17 to 19, to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
Saqui Sacked: UB Dismissed Asst Prof For Sexual Harassment Allegations
Channel 7 Belize
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Tonight, the University of Belize has dismissed Assistant Professor, Dr Pio. Saqui after credible complaints of sexual harassment against female students emerged in April. An Ad Hoc committee considered complaints made by 10 female students which...
NHC monitoring possible tropical development in the Gulf
WESH 2 - Florida
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June 27, 2025
STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. AND FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS TRACKING THE TROPICS FOR US THIS MORNING. FIRST OFF, JUST WANTED TO MENTION MY PHONE. JUST LET ME KNOW THAT THERE’S AN 80% CHANCE OF RAIN TODAY. MY LOCATION ON THAT WESH APP. SO...
Deadline extension: basic training course on ocean acidification
Ocean Acidification
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June 26, 2025
Dates: 11-15 August 2025 Location: Kingston, Jamaica Deadline for receipt of application from the nominating national authority: 2 July 2025 Form A and Form C The course is a cooperative effort organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s...
Scattered storms impact some inland this Friday afternoon
WINK - Florida
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The Weather Authority is tracking strong storms possible this Friday afternoon. The Weather Authority Meteorologist Zach Maloch said, “Scattered storms are in the forecast east of Interstate 75 this afternoon. However, this evening will look drier...
BSI Confirms Sugar Crop Among the Worst in Decades
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 27, 2025
After Prime Minister John Briceño declared the 2024–2025 sugar crop “one of the worst we’ve had in a long time,” the Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) confirmed the grim reality in hard numbers, describing this year’s performance as one of the worst...
New CCJ head hopeful others will subscribe to final appeal court
Jamaica Observer
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July 7, 2025
Justice Winston Anderson speaking Sunday during his swearing-in ceremony as president of the Caribbean Court of Justice, at Jewel Grande Montego Bay Resort and Spa in St James. MONTEGO BAY, St James — Newly installed president of the Caribbean...
Itzamna Society Makes Emotional Plea For Saving Western Hardwoods
Channel 7 Belize
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And now in conservation news, the Itzamna Society is Co-Manager of Elijio Panti National Park and they are based in San Antonio Village, Cayo District. That's one of the buffer communities that stands to be affected if a logging license is granted...
Scattered storms impact some this Friday afternoon
WINK - Florida
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The Weather Authority is tracking strong storms possible this Friday afternoon. The Weather Authority Meteorologist Zach Maloch said, “Scattered storms are in the forecast east of Interstate 75 this afternoon. However, this evening will look drier...