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Free dental outreach returns to Carriacou and Grenada
Now Grenada
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August 18, 2025
Following the success of last year’s outreach — where 1,908 Grenadians received complimentary oral healthcare — the Sandals Foundation and Great Shape! Inc.’s 1000 Smiles Project has returned to Grenada, bringing free dental services to even more...
Grenada Oath change should be beyond Anti-Colonial sentiments
The New Today Grenada
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August 16, 2025
On the verge of Grenada’s Golden Jubilee, Dr Francis Alexis proclaims Constitution Reform For Grenada At Fifty, imploring for the Parliament to cause the cessation of swearing allegiance to Her/His Majesty as customary since the nation obtains...
Grenada’s versatile voice V’ghn steps into the spotlight with Point of View
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 15, 2025
Grenadian singer-songwriter V’ghn is on the edge of creating history. Known to many as the voice behind the hit Trouble in the Morning, and with songwriting credits for Caribbean heavyweights like Jamaica’s Konshens and Christopher Martin, and...
Twelve is too young: Why Grenada’s Bill on Children’s Sexual-Health Autonomy misses the mark
The New Today Grenada
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August 16, 2025
Walk into any Form 1 classroom and you will find bright, lively 12-year-olds who can ace a spelling bee, master a TikTok routine, and forget their lunch in the same hour. \What you will not find, because biology has not provided it yet, is a fully...
Nexa awards 138 CPEA grants
Now Grenada
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August 18, 2025
Nexa Credit Union proudly awarded 138 CPEA grants on 15 August 2025, to its members’ children who successfully passed this year’s Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA). The annual grant initiative supports students as they begin their secondary...
Double win for Black British female authors at top children’s book awards
The Voice
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August 15, 2025
TWO BLACK British female authors have won the Jericho Prize and scooped two top children’s book publishing prizes. The Jericho Prize is a free competition for unpublished and self-published Black British writers, and this year they were seeking to...
Twenty Caribbean Educators Embark On Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme
TTT Live Online
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August 15, 2025
Some said they’ll miss doubles, while others are excited to try sushi and ramen. But they all share one common goal: representing the region with pride in Japanese classrooms. Twenty participants from the Caribbean – 18 Trinbagonians and two...
US imposes visa restrictions on Grenada, Africa, Cuba officials
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 15, 2025
News Clint Chan Tack Just Now Marco Rubio - THE US State Department has imposed visa restrictions on African, Cuban and Grenadian government officials and their family members. In a statement on August 13, the State Department said this decision...
Moko jumbie king takes Trinidad and Tobago culture to Japan
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 15, 2025
Features Yvonne Webb 2 Hrs Ago The TT contingent and with Tekel Sylvan in moko jumbie costume at Osaka, Kansai, Japan Expo 2025 Commons-A Centre Stage. - Reigning moko jumbie king Tekel Sylvan has taken his towering talent to new heights – 13...
The Caribbean Fight to Dismantle Anti-LGBTQI+ Colonial Laws
Havana Times
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August 14, 2025
St Lucia from the margins to the courts Credit: Stella_E/Getty Images By Ines M. Pousadela (IPS) HAVANA TIMES – When Kenita Placide co-founded United and Strong, St Lucia’s first LGBTQI+ organisation in 2001, death threats were routine. Over the...
Grenada cuts ties with King Charles – but is it true freedom or just symbolism?
The Voice
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August 12, 2025
SO, GRENADA has decided that from 1 August 2025, it will stop swearing allegiance to King Charles, the British monarch, swearing the Oath of Allegiance to Grenada instead. This might sound like finally extinguishing the dying embers of colonialism...
Grenada’s Dream Team Shares Bold Vision for Tourism Growth
Breaking Travel News
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August 11, 2025
An exclusive interview with Stacey Liburd (CEO), Tornia Charles (Director of Sales & Marketing), and Randall Dolland (Chairman of the Board), Grenada Tourism Authority – with Breaking Travel News Breaking Travel News (BTN): Thank you all for...
Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada sign trade agreement
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 14, 2025
Business Mya Quamie Just Now Collin Francis, president of the Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce, left, and Sonji Pierre-Chase, president of the TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce, at the signing of a trade and business agreement on July...
US to impose visa restrictions on Grenadian officials over Cuban health programme
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States government on Wednesday said it has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on Grenadian government officials, and their family members, for their complicity in the Cuban regime’s medical mission scheme. The US...
Haitians and Vincentians top deportees from Grenada between 2020 and 2024
Now Grenada
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August 13, 2025
by Linda Straker 264 people from various nationalities deported; 92 males and 56 females 44 Haitians deported between 2023 and 2024 59 deportees to St Vincent Haitians and Vincentians top the nationalities deported from Grenada between 2020 and...
Nominations (Grenada) for King’s Honours List 2026
Now Grenada
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August 13, 2025
Nominations are invited for persons to be considered for the King’s New Year’s and Birthday Honours List 2026. There are several categories and levels of orders awarded to deserving individuals. In all cases, awards illuminate areas of dedicated...
From the Margins to the Courts: St Lucia Joins Caribbean Fight to Dismantle Anti-LGBTQI+ Colonial Laws
Inter Press Service
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August 13, 2025
Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, LGBTQ, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: Stella_E/Getty Images MONTEVIDEO,...
Grenada’s youth dazzle at 2025 Children’s Carnival Frolic
The New Today Grenada
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August 9, 2025
Grenada’s cultural future was on full display over the weekend as the island’s youngest creatives lit up the stage at the 2025 Children’s Carnival Frolic (CCF). Hosted by Spicemas Corporation (SMC), the event brought together junior masqueraders,...
Schweizer-Backed Bills Supporting Veterans Signed by the Governor
Vermilion County First - Illinois
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THE FOLLOWING RELEASE IS FROM STATE REP SCHWEIZER’S OFFICE DANVILLE, IL… State Representative Brandun Schweizer (R-Danville) issued the following release after two bills he sponsored benefiting veterans were signed into law by the Governor. “I am...
Access Bank Strengthens Africa–Caribbean Trade Ties at ACTIF in Grenada
Arise News
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August 12, 2025
Access Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to bolstering trade and investment relations between Africa and the Caribbean through its active participation at the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) 2025, held recently in Grenada....