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Winners Announced at Caribbean Week of Agriculture; Jamaica and Dominica take home prizes
Magnetic Media
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October 21, 2024
Garfield Ekon Staff Writer The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) presented awards to regional farmers as part of activities to mark the 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture that is underway in Kingstown, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines. During the...
Empowering Dominica’s youth: Promoting human security for all on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Dominica News Online
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October 14, 2024
Empowering Dominica’s Youth: Promoting Human Security for All on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2024 The rise in climate-related disasters has become a growing concern, particularly for vulnerable populations like children,...
Meet the Kalinago Wren, Dominica’s newest endemic bird
Dominica News Online
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October 11, 2024
Young Kalinago Wren which had just left its nest, Elmshall, over 20 years ago. Photo by A JamesFor many years now we have been hearing, reading, or being told by officials from the Forestry, Wildlife & Parks Division that Dominica has only two...
Implementing technology to improve global eye health
Eye News
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Technological innovation is providing new solutions to transform global eye health [1–5]. In particular, research towards the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in ophthalmology has gained pace in recent years. However, there has...
A Second ’Mission’ of 12 Cuban Doctors Arrives in Dominica / 14yMedio
14ymedio
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October 14, 2024
The group is made up of specialists, nurses and technicians Health workers were received at Douglas-Charles International Airport / Minrex 14ymedio, Havana, October 13, 2024 — As if the departure of 5,000 Cuban doctors to Mexico in the midst of...
Guyana’s IICA head candidate meets with Panamanian gov’t minister, urges regional strength, strategy
Dominica News Online
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June 24, 2025
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 10:51 AM / Ibrahim (left) and Panamanian minister. Photo credit: Ministry of Agriculture, Development of PanamaMuhammad Ibrahim, Guyana’s candidate for the role of Director General of the...
Caribbean leaders pledge to join forces to fight gang violence and support Haiti
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
Leaders in the Caribbean have pledged to join forces to tackle crime and violence as they reaffirmed their support for Haiti, which the UN says continues to be “paralysed”by gangs. Taking the reins as chair of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), a...
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
Hollywood Gazette
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September 23, 2024
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO Last Updated: September 17, 2024 Women in tech statistics for 2024 show that the role of women in tech fields is imbalanced to say the least. While it’s true that the STEM industry is skewed to...
The role of the Engineering Services Department at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital has been highlighted
DBS Radio
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October 2, 2024
Home News The role of the Engineering Services Department at the Dominica China Friendship... October 2, 2024 Director of Engineering Services at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital Nicole Laville said Clinical Technologies Week highlights the...
Martinique at center of Barbados-France agreement, bolstering regional travel
Dominica News Online
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June 25, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at 8:00 AM Martinique is party to a major milestone in regional air transport cooperation, with the official signing of an administrative air agreement between France and Barbados. An official...
Grenada’s Jab Jab Music
Now Grenada
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July 2, 2025
by Eugene Gittens Today’s popular Caribbean music includes Jamaica’s reggae, Trinidad’s Soca, Dominica’s Bouyon, St Lucia’s Dennery and one of the most popular at this time of the year — Grenada’s Jab Jab Music! While the Jab Jab masquerade is not...
Mission Awards pilot a team convening approach
UK Research and Innovation
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June 17, 2025
Retrofitting for the future: nature-based solutions for climate adaptation The project partners are: Swansea University University of Wales Trinity Saint David University College London Hacer Developments Pobl Group Natural Resources Wales...
Artificial intelligence is going full circle — from fiction to science, and back again
GeekWire - Washington
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September 4, 2024
A teenager is left in charge of a Mars base in one of “The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories.” (Illustration by Maurizio Manzieri / Infinivox) Artificial intelligence has had an effect on nearly every facet of modern life — ranging from...
Innovative solutions for global health challenges featured at UNGA 79 Science Summit
Medical News
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September 20, 2024
The Majid Sadigh, MD Global Health Academy is excited to announce two panel discussions at the UNGA 79 Science Summit, scheduled for September 26th, 2024. These sessions will address critical global health challenges while exploring innovative...
Open call for entries for Macmillan Education Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Competition
Dominica News Online
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September 20, 2024
Home >> Education/Youth Dominica News Online - Friday, September 20th, 2024 at 4:10 PM Students and teachers of the Five Rivers Secondary School in Trinidad, who secured the first place spot in the 2023-2024 YES Competition.Macmillan Education...
Antigua and Barbuda represented at Youth in Agriculture Symposium in Dominica
The Antigua Observer
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September 18, 2024
- Advertisement - Mr. Victor Wade/Extension Officer for the Northwest Agricultural District, and Michael Joseph, a young farmer and drone operator represented, Antigua and Barbuda, at the first ever Youth in Agriculture Symposium, held in...
National cannabis symposium to be facilitated by agriculture ministry in July
Dominica News Online
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June 23, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, June 23rd, 2025 at 1:47 PM The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy has announced the organization of a National Cannabis Symposium, themed “Regulatory and Economic Environment for a Viable...
PM Skerrit rejects OECS exit from CARICOM, calls for ‘sincere conversation’
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 24, 2025
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has firmly rejected suggestions that the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) should consider leaving the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), instead calling for a “sincere conversation” about the...
IICA celebrates 40 years of developing agriculture in Dominica
Caribbean National Weekly
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September 12, 2024
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is celebrating 40 years of operations in Dominica. IICA Dominica, established on June 6, 1984, has been a cornerstone of agricultural development and rural well-being on the...
‘As a government we will leave no stone unturned in determining the cause of this failure’, PM Skerrit says
Dominica News Online
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June 23, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, June 23rd, 2025 at 1:15 PM Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said his government will leave no stone unturned in determining the cause of a failure during construction at the Dominica Grammar School (DGS) last week...