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Caribbean achieves steepest global regional decline in AIDS-related deaths
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 11, 2025
The Caribbean has recorded a 62% reduction in AIDS-related deaths between 2010 and 2024, the steepest decline among eight global regions, according to the latest Global AIDS Update Report released by UNAIDS. The report, titled AIDS, Crisis and the...
Minister Urges WECAFC to Continue Supporting Artisanal Fisherfolk
Jamaica Information Service
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July 10, 2025
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, has urged the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) to reaffirm its commitment to safeguarding fisheries and supporting artisanal fisherfolk. Speaking at the...
Tough Texas test for Thai stars
Bangkok Post
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July 8, 2025
PUBLISHED : 9 Jul 2025 at 03:44 Thailand women's volleyball team are set to begin the third and final week of the 2025 FIVB Nations League in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday. The Thai team will face the hosts United States, Germany, Dominican...
Screwworm cases cause border closures for livestock imports
El Paso Times - Texas
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New cases of the New World Screwworms in Veracruz, Mexico have caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to once again close southern borders to livestock days after reopening them. On Tuesday, July 8, the National Service of Agro-Alimentary...
Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
More than 120 spring graduates receive Latin honors
Luther College - Iowa
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July 10, 2025
Luther College announced that 268 students graduated in the spring of 2025. They were honored at the 2025 Commencement ceremony on May 25. Of the graduating class, 124 received Latin honors across a variety of majors and 18% were first-generation...
ITV Coronation Street's Cait Fitton declares love for co-star in 'gorgeous' holiday snaps
Liverpool Echo
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July 8, 2025
Coronation Street's Cait Fitton took to social media to share several gorgeous photos from a recent holiday to the Dominican Republic with her boyfriend. The soap star is renowned for her role as Lauren Bolton on the cobbles, after first arriving...
Caribbean leads in reducing AIDS-related deaths globally
Demerara Waves
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July 10, 2025
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 July 2025, 11:09 by Denis Chabrol According to the report—AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, over the last fifteen years, there has been a 54% decline in AIDS-related deaths globally. The Caribbean is well above...
Golden 'Joke' inquiry
The Nassau Guardian
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Dear Editor, I read in the press that more trade has been approved with the Dominican Republic for the supply of certain agricultural products to “lower food prices in the country”. The article states that we will be importing the same crops that...
Insulin Arrives in Yemen, Cholera Treatments Depart for Angola, and More
Direct Relief
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July 4, 2025
By Lara Cooper Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 1,026 shipments of requested medical aid to 51 U.S. states and territories and 24 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 8.5 million defined daily doses of medication....
American Adds New Routes For Sunseekers With 'Christmas In July' Announcement
Simple Flying
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July 11, 2025
American Airlines is giving travelers more routes to look forward to this winter. The Fort Worth-based carrier announced several new routes that will join the airline's robust North American network later this year, with a focus on growth at the...
Rural skills training drives investment, INFOTEP director urges
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.-At the VI Congress of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (CNUS), INFOTEP Director General Rafael Santos Badía stressed that training workers in towns outside major urban centers with technical skills is essential to attract...
Disaster preparedness in the region continues to benefit from EU support
Win Media SKN
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July 7, 2025
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Steering Committee of the Natural Disaster Facility in the CARIFORUM Programme, a regional disaster risk management initative, met recently in Kingstown, St....
Caribbean Leads the in Reducing AIDS-Related Deaths Globally, But Progress on Reducing New Infection Slow
Antigua News Room
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July 10, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Data from the latest Global AIDS Update Report, released by UNAIDS, shows the Caribbean recorded a 62% reduction in AIDS-related deaths, between 2010 and 2024, the steepest decline among eight regions...
Inside JIATF-South: A ‘Team of Teams’ Combating Illicit Trafficking
Dialogo Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Rear Admiral Jo-Ann F. Burdian, a distinguished Coast Guard Permanent Cutterman, assumed leadership of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) in June 2024. Her extensive career, including commanding cutters and shaping strategic response...
Unlicensed medical spa owner held on $95K bond
WPBF - Florida
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July 10, 2025
WELL, PORT SAINT LUCIE WOMAN IS IN JAIL ACCUSED OF RUNNING A FAKE MED SPA OUT OF A SHED IN THE BACK OF HER HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY ONE OF HER VICTIMS ENDED UP WITH FACIAL PARALYSIS AFTER A SUPPOSED BOTOX APPOINTMENT. NIKITA RAMOS IS LIVE IN PORT...
Bonaire welcomes Air Century’s first flight to the island
EA News
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July 9, 2025
Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB), together with the Public Entity of Bonaire and Bonaire International Airport (BIA), welcomed Air Century’s first flight to the island on July 9th, 2025. The aircraft was welcomed with a flag salute, followed by a...
Florida Roots soccer program transitioning to Rip City Surf under the umbrella of Surf Nation
WJHG - Florida
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July 10, 2025
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - For years, area middle school and high school players competed in the summer under the umbrella of the Florida Roots, led by Jona Hammond. He’s the head coach of the Arnold boys program during the school year. And...
Barrick Pueblo Viejo builds new tailings dam
Dominican Today
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July 3, 2025
Santo Domingo.- Barrick Pueblo Viejo is making significant progress on the construction of a new tailings dam using a downstream design, prioritizing structural safety and environmental protection. Geologist Osiris de León emphasized that the...
National Bonsai Exhibition returns to Ágora Mall for fourth edition
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Japanese Embassy and the Native Bonsai Club will host the National Bonsai Exhibition from Thursday, July 10 to Sunday, July 13, aiming to promote environmental awareness and responsible habits to protect the planet and its...