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Eastern Caribbean ministers of agriculture visit IICA Headquarters
Eastern Caribbean delegation begins historic visit to IICA to promote digital agriculture and food security. San José, 27 May 2025 (IICA). Ministers of agriculture, senior officials, and rural women and young people from the Eastern Caribbean...

Conversion of a Foreign Pilot’s Licence by ECCAA
When you think of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA), what likely comes to mind are the duties and services provided by this organisation to its Participating States. It is the governing body of the Eastern Caribbean skies....

Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Discovered in Tennessee
Researchers uncovered fossils of a giant, cat-sized flying squirrel that glided over prehistoric Southern Appalachia alongside mastodons, rhinos, and other ancient creatures. This unexpected find links North American fossils with Eurasian species...

Turning Magma into Momentum: SHV30 Conference Calls for Abstracts
Researchers, disaster risk professionals, and policymakers are invited to submit abstracts for the Soufrière Hills Volcano 30 Years On (SHV30) International Conference, scheduled to take place from July 14 to 18, 2025, in Montserrat. This landmark...

Taking the Caribbean deep to Hong Kong
Features Newsday 5 Hrs Ago Caribbean delegates (left to right). Jaime-Leigh Lue Chin, Dr Diva Amon, Eugenia Thomas and Kyle Foster at the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Photo courtesy Dr. Diva Amon. - Guest writer Eugenia Thomas reports on the...

Police Commissioner Endorses Use of Drones in Search and Rescue
Montserrat’s top law enforcement officer says the use of drones will greatly assist search and rescue efforts on the island. Commissioner of Police Mark Payne says agencies involved in search and rescue efforts will benefit from the use of more...

UFO: 'No Place to Run' To Be Expanded, Remastered And Reissued On Double CD And Triple Vinyl
Chrysalis Records will release UFO's classic 1980 album "No Place To Run", newly remastered from the original production tapes transfers at AIR Mastering and reissued on stunning three-LP tri-fold sleeve 180gm vinyl and two-CD digipak formats, on...

Barcelona’s 15 Unmissable Attractions: From Gaudí’s Masterpieces to Gothic Quarter Secrets
Discover Barcelona's architectural marvels, medieval streets, and seaside charm. Your complete guide to Catalonia's most captivating city. Image by 12019 from pixabay via Canva Barcelona is one of those cities I always want to return to. The older...

Dominica’s agriculture minister joins colleagues at IICA headquarters in Costa Rica
Eastern Caribbean delegation begins historic visit to IICA to promote digital agriculture and food security. Photo: IICADominica’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy, Roland Royer, recently participated in a significant...

What Trinidad and Tobago can learn from India’s agri boom
Business Mya Quamie 56 Minutes Ago From left: MP for Chaguanas West Neil Gosine; Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Ravi Ratiram; India High Commissioner Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit; and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign and...

Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast for 2025
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be another active one, with researchers in the United States predicting above-average storm activity – though slightly less intense than last year’s record-setting forecast. According to the...

‘Alien’ mummies found in Peru are '100 per cent real' and may have been murdered
27 May 2025 The creepy "alien" mummies dug up in Peru could have been killed, according to top boffins who now say the strange-looking remains are the real deal. The 'alien' mummies found in Peru were real, according to scientists The bodies, with...

Belgium Women vs Spain Women Prediction and Betting Tips | May 30th 2025
Belgium Women will trade tackles with Spain Women in a UEFA Women's Nations League clash on Friday (May 30th). The game will be played at Den Dreef Stadion. The hosts will be looking to build on the shock 3-2 victory they registered over England...

As 2025 Hurricane Season Nears, Direct Relief Expands Disaster Response Strategy
By Paul M. Sherer As hurricanes, fueled by warming oceans, grow more destructive, reaching farther inland and striking with greater intensity, Direct Relief is expanding its disaster response strategy to meet rising humanitarian needs. While...

Law lecturer says CCJ not gaining support
201 Law lecturer at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill Dr Ronnie Yearwood has suggested that the dispute over membership of the apex appellate regional tribunal is failing to achieve consensus. Dr Yearwood, a law lecturer at the...

The 'legal bribery' and duality of Gianni Infantino's FIFA
The rhetoric of change rang 'round soccer in 2016 with FIFA mired in "the worst crisis of its history." With "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption exposed, the powerful men atop the world's most popular sport vowed, repeatedly, to...

Discover the Full List of Special Projects and Participants of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Circularity Handbook / PILLS, JIN ARTS, typo_d, Archi-Neering-Design/AND Office, Róng Design Library, Valeria Tatano, Massimiliano Condotta, Xiaoqing Cui, Zhengwei Tang. Image Courtesy of Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 Share Share Facebook...

Volcano Anniversary to Be Marked by Montserratians Worldwide
Montserratians around the globe are preparing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Soufrière Hills Volcano eruption with a series of events spanning from London to Florida and back home to the Emerald Isle. In London, a Thanksgiving Service...

Calabash Festival Dates Announced
July 18 to 27, 2025 have been announced as the dates for Calabash Festival. The Montserrat Arts Council, which has responsibility for festivals is now turning its attention to the the second festival of the year. This year’s event is expected to...

‘CSI: Miró’: X-ray reveals Spanish artist painted out his mother – but why?
Three clumps of raised paint, an old X-ray and months of scientific analysis and dogged detective work have revealed that a portrait of Joan Miró’s mother has lurked, undetected, beneath the cobalt-blue surface of one of the Spanish artist’s...