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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley snags Humanitarian Award
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 8, 2025
Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Health and Climate Financing Sessions – The Urgent Need for Action at Guastavino’s on Sept. 25, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global...
Wilson makes historic World Cup debut for Barbados
Barbados Today
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July 8, 2025
17 Barbados’ Women’s FIDE Master Hannah Wilson made her debut at the 2025 FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup on Sunday in Batumi, Georgia, making history as one of the Caribbean’s youngest-ever representatives at the sport’s highest knockout stage....
I’m a TV critic and this week I’m bingeing a jaw-dropping series
Metro
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July 8, 2025
13 years after becoming obsessed with Girls, I can’t wait for Lena Dunham’s Too Much (Picture: Netflix) Metro’s TV Editor Sabrina Barr reveals her top TV picks for July. I don’t know about you, but at this time of the year, when there are no...
Online Gaming’s Growing Role In Island Entertainment
News Americas Now
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July 8, 2025
NewsAmericas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. July 8, 2025: From the shores of Jamaica to the bustling cities of Trinidad, online casino gaming is becoming an increasingly popular pastime for Caribbean players. This digital shift transforms how locals and...
Funeral for respected Caribbean journalist Rickey Singh set for July 16 in Barbados
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
The funeral service for Rickey Singh, one of the Caribbean’s most esteemed and veteran journalists, will take place on Tuesday, July 16 at The People’s Cathedral in Barbados, his family announced on Monday. Singh will be laid to rest at the Coral...
Met Office confirms exact date UK will be hotter than Barbados as third heatwave hits
Birmingham Live
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July 8, 2025
The Met Office has warned that parts of the UK will be hotter than Barbados as the nation prepares for the third heatwave of the summer. Friday will be the hottest day of this current heat streak, with the mercury likely reaching 32C across the...
Trinidad and Tobago doctor partners with Barbados clinic for HRT for menopausal women
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 8, 2025
Features Carol Quash An Hour Ago Dr Nadya Watson says TT needs a clinical that deals exclusively with perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms. - For many women, their fabulous 40s and 50s come with a certain amount of stability – financially,...
Rickey Singh was highly revered and will be remembered by Caricom’s media fraternity for generations to come
Stabroek News
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July 8, 2025
Dear Editor, Regarding your news report on renowned journalist Ricket Singh’s death, his demise is a great loss to the journalist fraternity. For decades, he was considered an icon of Caribbean journalism. During his tenure from the 1960s, he set...
An American girl takes on London, 'Bosch' gets another spinoff and Washington Black leaps from page to screen in July TV
The Week Magazine
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July 7, 2025
Want to beat the heat of July? Crank the AC, curl up under the covers and binge watch one of this month's television releases. New July TV includes two spinoffs that expand already created fictional universes, two shows about eccentric young women...
Barbados faces lawsuit over its support for Israel in major Gaza genocide case
Dominica News Online
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July 6, 2025
Dominica News Online - Sunday, July 6th, 2025 at 4:25 PM The Barbados-based Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration (CMPI) has initiated a significant legal challenge before the Supreme Court of Barbados, demanding urgent government action in...
Sting’s First US Top 40 Hit Set Him Far Apart From the Music of The Police
American Songwriter
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July 7, 2025
Sting’s decision to leave The Police stunned much of the music world. Even for as fractious as that trio could be, it seemed like a foolish move to some that he would walk away from a band that was such a proven commodity. The ringing success of...
White Party marks 10th anniversary
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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July 8, 2025
It was an evening full of partying and entertainment for Caribbean nationals who attended the annual Caribbean in White party hosted by the Robinson Smiles & Hope Foundation. The highly anticipated event, which featured performances by Barbadian...
Barbados PM Mottley pays tribute to veteran journalist Rickey Singh
Stabroek News
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July 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is paying tribute to veteran Caribbean journalist Rickey Singh, who passed away this morning in Barbados. In a statement issued today, Mottley described Singh’s passing as marking the end of an era in Caribbean...
Digicel shuts down Loop news, Sportsmax
The Nation Barbados
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July 8, 2025
The telecommunications company, Digicel, Tuesday announced the immediate closure of its Caribbean-wide news platform, Loop News, and plans to wind down the regional sports broadcaster SportsMax by August 8. “They say all good things must come to...
Local artistes to shine globally with ‘I Am Barbados’ album
Barbados Today
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July 6, 2025
94 Barbados is set to make a major move on the international music scene with the launch of the I Am Barbados album. This was revealed by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr Shantal Munro-Knight,...
Pictures: Kilkenny community remembers forgotten exiles with night of music and book launch
Kilkenny People
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July 6, 2025
Musicians and locals gathered in Kells recently for a night of music and connection, and the launch of Shirley Bowers’ new book ‘I Heard their Cry’. Shirley spoke about her book on the exiled community living in Barbados and the need for healing...
See/Hear: The Best Movies, TV and Music for July
InsideHook
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Welcome to See/Hear, InsideHook’s deep dive into the month’s most important cultural happenings, pop and otherwise. Every month, we round up the biggest upcoming movie, TV and album releases, ask some cool people to tell us what they’ve been into...
Region mourns loss of media icons Hans Hanoomansingh and Rickey Singh
CNC 3
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July 6, 2025
Newsgathering Editor [email protected] The Caribbean has lost two visionary voices in the media. Veteran local broadcaster Hans Hanoomansingh and regional columnist Rickey Singh both passed away yesterday. Hanoomansingh’s passing was confirmed by...
Veteran journalist Rickey Singh dies at home in Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 5, 2025
News Newsday Reporter 19 Hrs Ago Guyana-born journalist and columnist Rickey Singh. - THE regional media fraternity is mourning the death of veteran Guyanese-born journalist and columnist Rickey Singh. The Guyana Press Association (GPA), in a...
Barbadians fear crime more than experience it, study finds
Barbados Today
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July 5, 2025
54 A pervasive fear of crime is forcing Barbadians to alter their routines and social habits—even though most have not been direct victims—according to new research that points to a crisis of confidence in public institutions and growing anxiety...