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SVG’s Human Development Index Score Continues to Improve
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI) Each year, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) publishes its Human Development Index (HDI) of 193 nations globally, as an assessment of their human development. The index encompasses the data relevant to...
Online Gaming Agents call for talks with new NLCB board
The president of the Online Gaming Agents Association of Trinidad and Tobago (OGAATT), Dean Persad, is raising serious concerns over what he describes as years of financial mismanagement within the country’s online gaming...

Not capitalist but economically, socially and ecologically j...
"Anti-rights and anti-gender pushes are driven by political, patriarchal, conservative, and religious bodies that frame wrong understandings of gender as a ‘threat to the social good’. They make it (wrongly) seem that any progressive position on...

Not capitalist but economically, socially and ecologically just order can deliver on SDGs
Not capitalist but economically, socially and ecologically just order can deliver on SDGs SHOBHA SHUKLA - CNS "Anti-rights and anti-gender pushes are driven by political, patriarchal, conservative, and religious bodies that frame wrong...
Charlene Stuart remembered for life of service, style and strength
Sampson Nanton Deputy Managing Editor Former journalist, communications specialist and mental health advocate Charlene Stuart was given her final rites yesterday in a heartfelt, tearful funeral service at the Love and...

First E&P Eyes Tanzania Gas as Nigerian Energy Firms Expand Beyond Borders
Nigeria’s First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company is eying gas exploration in Tanzania, East Africa, reflecting a wider push by the country’s energy companies to grow outside the home market, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. First E&P...

Blood ties remain: The case of Kirani James, Lewis Hamilton and Maurice Bishop
What we do and don’t know can be crucial in any given scenario. When it comes to genealogical research, usually there are more questions than provided answers. Something else to consider is that the imprints embedded in our DNA (in its latent yet...

Nigeria’s First E&P Eyes Tanzanian Gas in Push for More Growth
•Seplat says nation needs sustainable, secure energy to reshape future Emmanuel Addehin Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos Nigeria’s First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company is eying gas exploration in Tanzania, East Africa, reflecting a...

Time to clean up Carnival’s environmental impact
PLANNING Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh praised Carnival and other local cultural events but emphasised the urgent need to address pressing environmental and public health issues. He also called for greater support for local designers, artisans, and...
August 2025 Community Calendar
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CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: England’s cricket power play
This report is from this week's CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter with Ian King. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch It has already been a gripping cricketing summer in England. A fiercely fought series of five Test matches with...

Hackers targeting local financial institutions
A former Grenada banker believes that the local credit unions will have to come together and invest in equipment and technology to prevent international hackers from breaking into their security system and accessing hundreds of thousands of...
Charlene Stuart heralded for life of service, style and strength
by Sampson Nanton Deputy Managing Editor Former journalist, communications specialist, and mental health advocate Charlene Stuart was given her final rites on Tuesday in a heartfelt, tearful funeral service at the Love...

The future of bypass surgery
With heart disease now the leading cause of death across the Caribbean and regional rates of diabetes, hypertension and obesity posing a problem, a less used heart surgery technique developed in the United States could provide a much-needed...

The Professor Will See You Now: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
4 min read1 hr Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: what's in a politician's name? Wondering what to do during recess? Unsure how to fill the time? Let me introduce you to the Global...

Farmers Encouraged To Embrace Innovation At MarVista Workshop
In a bid to drive agricultural innovation and entrepreneurship, the MarVista Institute for Agricultural Training and Development, in partnership with key stakeholders, hosted a workshop on August 3rd aimed at helping farmers boost their crop...

Ahead of the 2028 Olympics, Los Angeles launches a program to expand shade across the city
As heat waves grow longer and more intense across Southern California, the absence of shade is becoming a serious public health concern — but vast stretches of Los Angeles remain dangerously exposed. Research shows shaded areas can have a “heat...

Lamar Chamber honks Mortimeyer & Associates – Dream Vacations
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Trump tariffs mapped: The countries hit by US president’s sweeping new trade war levies
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...

Morris-Alleyne leads Hall of Justice and Institutional Strengthening Project
by Curlan Campbell Courts have been moving all around since Hurricane Ivan destroyed York House Project aims to have state-of-the-art judicial complex at Mt Wheldale Implementation expected to begin in 2026, with 18 to 24 months to complete...