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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 storm. What made it so dangerous and why recovery may take years.
Will Hurricane Melissa be Jamaica’s Maria? A man watches the coastline in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa closes in, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Hurricane Melissa brought floods, storm surges and high winds to...
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Melissa joins small list of Cat 5 hurricanes that have made landfall
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Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast with 185 mph winds around noon CT on Tuesday....
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How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World
The decades of exploration in the Caribbean and Spanish encounters with indigenous peoples, and the use of enslaved labor in mining, would lead to the cultivation of critical crops—namely, sugar—that would soon come to be developed using enslaved...
Owner: Morgan Entrekin
Windrush generation recalled as UK urged to help rebuild hurricane-hit Jamaica
People in Jamaica have been forced to sleep in their cars after thousands of homes were flattened by the devastating Hurricane Melissa, former Playschool presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin has said as she urged a rapid response by the UK...
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Xi Jinping meets with heads of state and government attending Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women
Following the 2025 Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women, which was held in Beijing on October 13, Chinese President Xi Jinping met the following day with the five heads of state or government – four of them women – who had attended. Meeting with...
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Criminal Networks and Insiders Drive Maritime Cocaine Trafficking in Latin America
According to the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) 2025 report, criminal networks are increasingly infiltrating maritime logistics chains. The report details how corrupt port and logistics workers facilitate the massive movement of cocaine...
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The International Seed Testing Association and IICA collaborate to upgrade seed testing and certfificationin region
Home >> Agriculture Dominica News Online - Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 at 9:27 AM In a hybrid ceremony, the memorandum was signed by Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, and Ernest Allen, President of ISTA. Photo credit: IICAThe International...
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Numurkah class action may be settled
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A class action was due to start in the Supreme Court at Melbourne on Monday, October 13, but barristers told the court a settlement was being prepared. Group members in the class action, including lead plaintiff Kevin Green, allege offensive...
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Colonialism’s legacy has left Caribbean nations much more vulnerable to hurricanes
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Long before colonialism brought slavery to the...
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CARICOM Hails Guyana’s “New Door to the World”.
- Advertisement - The CARICOM Secretariat’s Director for External Trade, Joel Richards, praised Guyana for becoming the first English-speaking Caribbean nation to open a World Trade Center (WTC). Speaking at the official launch of the World Trade...
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Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI
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DOMLEC announces temporary service interruption in select areas
Home >> Energy Dominica News Online - Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 at 11:35 AM DOMLEC has stated that it would like to notify residents and customers in the following areas: Upper Fond Cole, Glasgow, Upper Morne Daniel, St. Edmond’s Estate, RBC...
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BlackRock Survey: Opportunity Amid Uncertainty – Insurers Globally Embracing A More Flexible Approach
Inflation tops insurers’ risk concerns (63%), while overall risk appetite remains low (12% planning to increase exposure) Private markets continue to gain importance, with 30% of insurers planning to increase their allocations and 58% intending to...
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Donald Trump, Chaos Theory, and his Companions
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It must be acknowledged that one of the characteristics of Donald Trump’s current administration in its handling of “information” is the constant creation of content that overlaps with each other, generates doubts, circulates torrents of false...
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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record
Historic Hurricane Melissa roared ashore over western Jamaica at 1 p.m. EDT Oct. 28 as a high-end Category 5 storm with 185 mph (295 km/h) winds and a central pressure of 892 mb. This ties Melissa with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the...
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Much-anticipated Sperm Whale Reserve Bill passed in Parliament this week
Dominica News Online - Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 10:49 AM A Bill for an Act to establish a Sperm Whale Reserve in the Commonwealth of Dominica and to make provisions for the management of the reserve was passed in Parliament this week. This...
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Two Dominican DAIFA members receive Master Financial Advisor credential in T&T ceremony
Dominica News Online - Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 10:27 AM Cheryl Rolle, Brenton HilaireThe Dominica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (DAIFA) has expressed its sincere congratulations to two of its distinguished members, Mrs....
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Rita Keegan x Tschabalala Self: Creativity is Work
Multimedia artist Rita Keegan and Editor-in-Chief Tschabalala Self sit down to discuss how assemblage serves as a shared language between their practices. Community CopyArt invitation, Through our Black Eyes: A photo-copy based exhibition, 1988....
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Cummins clarifies free movement rules, stresses professional standards remain intact
13 Minister of Energy and Business Senator Lisa Cummins reaffirmed that the Caribbean Community’s four-nation free movement regime does not erase national systems of professional licensing or regulation, as she sought to allay public concerns...
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Destiny SEZ: Nevis’ Bold Blueprint for Sustainable Prosperity
CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS — A transformative new chapter is taking shape on the island’s southern coast as the Destiny Special Sustainability Zone (Destiny SEZ) moves from concept to execution, positioning Nevis to host the Caribbean’s first Special...
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