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Mr Ridge nabs consecutive Bouyon Artist of the Year honours at the Caribbean Music Awards
Dominica News Online
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September 12, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, September 12th, 2025 at 8:45 AM Mr. Ridge Wins Bouyon Artist of the Year 2025.At the third annual Caribbean Music Awards held in New York on August 28, 2025, Bouyon music was prominently showcased. During the event,...
Caribbean Gospel Festival slated for October 4 in Guadeloupe
Dominica News Online
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September 12, 2025
In 2006, David and Jocelyne GOMA initiated the expansion of the Gospel Festival de Paris into the French West Indies. That same year, they established the Total Praise Caribbean Choir and launched the Caribbean Gospel Festival. A press release...
Art from a constellation of island heritages
The Voice
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September 10, 2025
LONDON’S ROYAL Over-Seas League (ROSL) will host Islands in the City, a major new group exhibition of contemporary Caribbean art, co-curated by Sherece Rainford and Louis Chapple. Running from September 26 to November 9, 2025, the exhibition...
Try these Caribbean island alternatives for a crowd-free escape
National Geographic
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This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Detour destinations are booming. In fact, according to Expedia’s Unpack ’25 report with Vrbo and Hotels.com, some 63% of travellers say they’re likely to add a lesser known spot to...
Mystery of British woman who disappeared from a luxury Caribbean yacht
BBC
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September 13, 2025
Tir DhondyBBC News ShareSave CCTV shows last recorded moments of woman missing from Caribbean yacht The couple, holding hands, walk down a wooden dock by the water's edge, after spending an evening in a bar on the island of St John in the US...
Dominica Festivals Commission recently announced Vybz Kartel as headliner for WCMF 2025
Dominica News Online
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September 12, 2025
Dancehall Titan Vybz Kartel is officially set to headline the 25th Anniversary of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) this year. The information was revealed during Dominica Festivals Facebook post this week. This year’s festival is scheduled...
Conductor Marlon Daniel on Joseph Bologne's Music and Legacy
The Violin Channel
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August 27, 2025
Hosted by the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges, the Joseph Bologne International Violin Competition honors the long musical legacy of its namesake. To be held in Guadeloupe, from November 18 – 22, 2025, the competition is open to...
Dominican photographer Marica Honychurch being showcased at Caribbean Carnival exhibition in Guadeloupe
Dominica News Online
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August 24, 2025
Dominica News Online - Sunday, August 24th, 2025 at 5:46 PM Dominican Photographer Marcia Honychurch Featured in Caribbean Carnival Exhibition in Guadeloupe Dominican photographer Marcia Honychurch is among eight acclaimed artists featured in the...
Y2K fashion and vinyl grooves: meet Abidjan’s young guardians of nostalgia
The Guardian
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August 24, 2025
Shortly after it was launched in 2020, the Instagram-based project Archives Ivoire received a major boost when the French-Malian superstar Aya Nakamura reshared a meme it had made from the series Nafi, one of Francophone Africa’s most beloved TV...
The Caribbean’s global fashion powerbroker
The Gleaner
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August 17, 2025
Savvily building an entrepreneurial empire one major model after another, Deiwght Peters has developed an enviable credibility in the multi-billion-dollar fashion industry that stretches far beyond Jamaica’s shores. The SAINT International chief...
TR Racing's new expectations
Sail-World
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September 10, 2025
by Agence TB Press 10 Sep 08:30 PDT The offshore sailing team TR Racing, founded by navigator Thomas Ruyant, is changing its course. After a 7 years long close partnership with Cybersecurity leader Advens, It is now looking for new partners for...
Haiti launches National Committee for Reparations
The Voice
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September 12, 2025
HAITI HAS officially launched a National Committee for Restitution and Reparations (CNHRR). On 8 September 2025, President pro tempore of the Transitional Council, Laurent Saint Cyr, officially inaugurated the CNHRR by handing over copies of its...
Caribbean stories take centre stage at Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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September 10, 2025
Features Newsday 14 Hrs Ago A scene from Kanaval. - Caribbean cinema that wrestles with memory, resistance, selfhood, and ecological stewardship will headline the 2025 Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF). Running September 24-30, the festival...
EXPLORA JOURNEYS REVEALS NEW JOURNEYS COLLECTION, SEPTEMBER 2027 TO MAY 2028, MARKING DEBUT IN ASIA
Breaking Travel News
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September 11, 2025
Explora Journeys, the luxury lifestyle ocean travel brand of the MSC Group, today unveiled its highly anticipated 2027–2028 Journeys Collection, a bold and expansive portfolio of experiences across five continents. At the heart of this collection...
In conversation | On konpa’s 70th, legend reflects on the genre’s rise from Haiti to the globe
Haitian Times
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September 7, 2025
Overview: Haitian music legend Jean Yves "Fanfan" Joseph walks us through konpa’s evolution, from its birth in Haiti to its global reach—and current challenges. A founding member of the iconic Tabou Combo, Joseph offers both a personal and...
Flying Blue Continues Its 20th Anniversary Celebration With Another Huge Miles Giveaway
LoyaltyLobby
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September 10, 2025
Back in June, John covered the launch of Flying Blue‘s 20th-anniversary celebration, which kicked off with a massive giveaway of 500,000 Flying Blue Miles and 500,000 Accor ALL points. Now, the party continues with the “Miles of Memories”...
New Grenadian Envoy accredited to Republic of France
Now Grenada
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September 9, 2025
On 1 September 2025, at the Palais de l’Élysée (Presidential Palace) in Paris, His Excellency Raphael Joseph presented his Letters of Credence to President Emmanuel Macron, accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Grenada...
Who Is Sébastien Lecornu, France’s New Prime Minister?
Yahoo News
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Sébastien Lecornu in Valence, France, on Sept. 1, 2025. Credit - Romain Doucelin—NurPhoto/Getty Images Sébastien Lecornu has been appointed France’s fifth Prime Minister in less than two years, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on...
Youth netballers eager to represent T&T at World Cup
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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T&T players will depart for this year’s World Youth (Under-21) Netball Cup in Gibraltar, eager to face their rivals. The 13-member squad is set to leave T&T on Friday (September 12), and captain Maikea Bramble says her colleagues are...
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KULR 8 - Montana
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September 9, 2025
Israeli strike in Qatar targets Hamas leaders as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar as they considered a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza...