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Montserrat Secondary School Releases Preliminary 2025 CSEC Results
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August 27, 2025
The Montserrat Secondary School has received the preliminary results for students who wrote the CSEC Examinations in May/June 2025. Fifty- seven (57) students entered to write CXC exams this year. The students wrote a total of 406 subject entries...
Regional Leaders Talk Education, Technology and the Caribbean’s Future at CARIFESTA XV
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August 25, 2025
The Big Talk, Big Conversations series at CARIFESTA XV opened with a hard look at the future of Caribbean civilization. Meeting at Golden Square Freedom Park in Barbados on Saturday, August 23, regional leaders addressed the theme “The Idea of...
24 Mountain Chickens Arrive in Montserrat for Conservation Push
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August 19, 2025
The Mountain Chicken Recovery Programme (MCRP) has welcomed 24 mountain chicken frogs to Montserrat as part of ongoing efforts to save one of the world’s most endangered amphibians from extinction. According to the MCRP, the frogs, transported...
Montserrat Volcanic Crisis Archive Goes Live
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August 10, 2025
A new digital resource preserving the story of the Soufrière Hills volcano eruption and its lasting impact on Montserrat is live. Launched at the end of June, according to an article from 3S Research, the archive marks a major milestone in...
Ahnenerbe: The Nazi Obsession with Pseudo-Archaeology
Explorersweb
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August 26, 2025
Steven Spielberg’s portrayal of the Nazis in the Indiana Jones movies is surprisingly accurate. The fictional Nazi villains’ attempts to secure the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail were based on real people with the oddest ambition: to...
Local CXC Registrar calls for more compatible devices and better internet service at schools
Dominica News Online
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August 26, 2025
Screen grab of crowd during release of exam results. Photo: GISLocal Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar Magalie Celestine has called for more compatible devices and better internet service at schools across the island to facilitate not...
Minutes of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly Now Online
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August 7, 2025
The Government of Montserrat has taken a significant step toward increasing public access and accountability with the release of the official Minutes of the Legislative Assembly now available online. For the first time, residents, students,...
From Stories to Jobs: How Immersive Tourism Can Curb Youth Unemployment in Montserrat
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August 5, 2025
Montserrat is not just a place – it’s a feeling. It’s a gasp of delight that escapes the minute the island is revealed through the clouds. It’s the taste on your lips when you see a photo of goat water cooking on a coal pot. But for too long, our...
Dr Yvonne Weekes Urges Montserrat’s Artists to Preserve Memory and Reimagine the Nation
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August 5, 2025
Montserrat must resist cultural erasure by actively preserving memory and engaging its artists and educators in the reimagining of the island’s identity. This was the central message delivered by writer and academic Dr Yvonne Weekes during the...
Premier Meade Summarises Key Lessons Montserrat Learned from Lives Lost in the 1997 Eruption
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July 31, 2025
Premier Reuben T. Meade told Parliament on Monday, July 28, that Montserrat’s government remains committed to applying the painful lessons of the 1997 volcanic disaster to current and future disaster preparedness plans. He was responding to a...
Arousal Threshold Score: A New Indicator for Examining the Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Overlap Syndrome — A Retrospective Study
Dove Medical Press
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August 26, 2025
Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep-disordered breathing disease characterized by a complex pathogenesis and a systematic association with comorbidities.1 Several specific chronic respiratory disorders, including chronic...
Ava DuVernay Inspires CARIFESTA 15 Audience in Barbados
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August 26, 2025
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay brought a message of courage, creativity, and connection to CARIFESTA 15 on Monday night during a fireside chat that drew a standing ovation in Bridgetown. Speaking with festival director Carol...
Ava DuVernay at CARIFESTA 15: “Justice and Dignity Are Sexy”
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August 26, 2025
The air inside the packed hall at the Hilton Barbados in Bridgetown was charged with anticipation on Monday night as festival director Carol Roberts-Reifer welcomed Academy Award nominee and Emmy, BAFTA, Peabody and Sundance-winning filmmaker Ava...
PAHO and CARICOM sign 2025-2029 Sub-regional Health Cooperation Strategy
Searchlight
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August 26, 2025
(L-R) DR. CARLA N. BARNETT, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa A JOINT SUB-REGIONAL Cooperation Strategy that will provide a coordinated...
Mediterranean diet combined with calorie reduction and exercise may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes by nearly one-third
EurekAlert!
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Embargoed for release: Monday, August 25, 2025, 5:00 PM ET Key points: Those who adhered to a Mediterranean diet, reduced their caloric intakes, engaged in moderate exercise, and received professional weight loss support had a 31% lower risk of...
Australia tops new list of most expensive passports in the world - but here's the list of countries it will get you into without a visa
Daily Mail
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August 24, 2025
By NICHOLAS WILSON, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 The Australian passport has been revealed as the most expensive in the world for the second year in a row, but research suggests...
With skepticism, a sweltering Europe surrenders to AC
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Sofia Markopoulou, 87, of Athens, says air-conditioned rooms feel “unnatural,” like “living in an airplane.” Montserrat Pérez, a retired Spanish civil servant, believes the AC harms her health, leaving her throat “all irritated.” Francesco De...
The Only Place In America Where You Can Legally Drive On The Left Side Of The Road
The Travel
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August 25, 2025
One of the best ways to explore America is on a road trip. Hitting the open road with friends or family, discovering new spots, and having the flexibility to get to where you need to be on your own schedule is a beautiful thing. If you're driving...
Hints at origins of mysterious 'alien' mummies found in Peru revealed by genetic testing
Daily Mail
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August 12, 2025
A discovery in Peru has captivated scientists and conspiracy theorists alike since 2015, when a grave digger uncovered mummified bodies inside a cave. These unusual remains, notable for having three fingers and three toes, sparked wild...
Trump team quietly ends guidance that forced school to accommodate students who don’t speak English
The Independent
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August 20, 2025
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...