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Comment on DDA keeps up momentum with WCMF promotional tour in Guadeloupe (with video) by Pedro
Dominica News Online - Monday, September 15th, 2025 at 12:08 PM Photo credit: DDADiscover Dominica Authority (DDA) intensified its regional outreach this week through a promotional event in Guadeloupe, emphasizing the island’s tourism attractions...
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OECS Director General and French Senate Advance Dialogue on Regional Cooperation
The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, engaged in a virtual meeting with the Delegation of the French Senate for Overseas Territories on September 17, 2025. The meeting was hosted from...
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Miss World 2025 sees first winner from Thailand - meet the political science student who champions breast cancer awareness
The title of Miss World 2025 went to Thailand's Opal Suchata Chuangsri after the grand finale held in Hyderabad, India on Saturday (May 31). Taking over the crown from last year's winner Krystyna Pyszkova of Czechia, Opal is the 72nd Miss World...
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Miss World 2025 Opal Suchata says she 'would love to' work in Bollywood
synopsis Thailand’s Opal Suchata, who won Miss World 2025, has expressed interest in joining Bollywood. Contestants praised India’s hospitality, especially in Telangana. India’s Nandini Gupta reached Top 40 but failed to enter the final eight....
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Opal Chuangsri makes history as Thailand’s first Miss World winner
Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand was crowned Miss World 2025 on May 31 at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, India, marking the first time a Thai woman has won the title. The 21-year-old emerged victorious among 108 contestants from...
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Miss World 2025 Opal Suchata says if she "get opportunity, would love" to act in Bollywood
Hyderabad Thailand's Opal Suchata, who has been crowned Miss World 2025, said that she would love to work in Bollywood if there is an opportunity. In a conversation with ANI, she said, "I feel very happy and proud. It is an honour to take the...
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Dominica promotes world creole music festival in Guadeloupe
Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) advanced its regional marketing efforts this week with a promotional activation in Guadeloupe, highlighting both the island’s tourism offerings and the upcoming World Creole Music Festival (WCMF). The initiative...
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National Geographic Reveals Surprising Islands As Best Alternative To The Bahamas
If you're ready to dust off your passport, there are few places dreamier than The Bahamas for much-needed sun and sand this fall. Home to pristine beaches, world-class resorts, unforgettable excursions, and underrated cuisine, our crystal ball at...
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Miss Jamaica World Tahje Bennett makes Top 40
Miss Jamaica World Tahje Bennett was all smiles as she participated in today’s grand finals of the 72nd staging of Miss World in Telangana, India. The 21-year-old secured a spot in the Top 10 of the Americas and the Caribbean region, finishing in...
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Recovering Suzanne Césaire’s Legacy
“Everything collapses in the ripping sound of great manifestations,” wrote Suzanne Césaire in 1945. The line purportedly described an immense hurricane in the Caribbean Sea, but knowing Césaire—a formidable theorist, postcolonial and feminist...
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DDA keeps up momentum with WCMF promotional tour in Guadeloupe (with video)
Dominica News Online - Monday, September 15th, 2025 at 12:08 PM Photo credit: DDADiscover Dominica Authority (DDA) intensified its regional outreach this week through a promotional event in Guadeloupe, emphasizing the island’s tourism attractions...
Owner: Timothy Durand
The price of being young in Grenada and the Caribbean
“A deep dive into youth displacement, crime and the erosion of hope and the urgency for evidence-based responses in Grenada and beyond.” by Dr Justine Cleophas Pierre, Labour Market Consultant Introduction: A region in crisis, a generation at...
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PHARCS commemorates Elderly Month with new partnership and initiatives
In celebration of Dominica’s Month of the Elderly, Premium Home and Residential Care Services (PHARCS) has revealed its lineup of activities, along with what the company says is an “exciting new partnership to enhance services for seniors.”...
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Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia
His latest target is popular online gay influencer Ronel Coco Eric Damaseau is a Guadeloupean opinion leader living in Bordeaux, France. (Photo courtesy @espacefm). For years, anti-gay online influencer and content creator Eric Damaseau of...
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What Is a Black Creole Person? A Historical and Contemporary Perspective.
Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry (ThyBlackMan.com) The term Black Creole is both a cultural marker and a deeply historical identity that weaves together African ancestry, colonial legacies, European languages, Caribbean rhythms, and Southern...
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Frantz Fanon (1925–1961): Doctor, revolutionary, pioneer of decolonization
Frantz Fanon, right, his influential book 'The Wretched of the Earth' left. | People's World composite Born on July 20, 1925, in Fort-de-France, Martinique, Frantz Omar Fanon grew up in a society that was formally part of France but in practice...
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Ollivierre proposes ministry of Grenadines development and affairs
Southern Grenadines MP, Terrance Ollivierre, says a New Democratic Party (NDP) government will set up a Ministry of Grenadines Development and Affairs, headquartered in the cays rather than in Kingstown, the nation’s capital. “It’s going to be...
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Black River Film Festival goes global
Building on success of its inaugural staging, the Black River Film Festival (BRFF) received 48 film entries this year, which is 29 more than last year, with submissions coming from as far as the Persian region. The organisers stated in a press...
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The Spicemas experience!!!
It’s another Spicemas festival in Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique. Thousands of persons – locals in the Diaspora along with visitors to our shores – have journeyed into Spice country to join us for the occasion. These visitors have swarmed...
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Why I returned to the island I last visited with my late brother
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Horns and whistles sliced through the jovial sound of soca music. I was wedged between hundreds of people jostling around me, most of them slathered in vibrant paint and thick black grease that dripped like molasses, sweating under the stifling...
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