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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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John Orville Adkins
WBBJ - Tennessee
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August 15, 2025
John Orville Adkins, 76, of Humboldt, Tennessee born on October 19, 1948 to John and Rosie Adkins fell asleep in death on August 8, 2025 peacefully. He lost his battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis and was surrounded by his beloved wife, children and...
Work advances on CARICOM Industrial Policy
Win Media SKN
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August 14, 2025
Consultations with key stakeholders have begun across the Region to finalise the CARICOM Industrial Policy and Strategy in time for approval by Ministers of Trade later this year. Suriname, which holds responsibility for the Industrial Policy in...
Betting on minors
The Gleaner
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August 14, 2025
A call is being made for more Caribbean governments to consider reducing the age of civil responsibility so that some minors will not have to seek permission from parents or guardians when they require sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...
Seminarian’s suicide troubles Haiti’s Catholic Church, exposes toll of overlapping crises
Haitian Times
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August 13, 2025
Overview: Rodny Boussicot, a 25-year-old seminarian in the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, died by suicide on Aug. 9 in Pétion-Ville after battling illness and depression. His death highlights Haiti’s deepening mental health crisis, fueled by gang...
Guyanese youth mobilise for the SDGs at Int’l Youth Day 2025 Conference
Guyana Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
UNDER the inspiring theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond”, more than 100 youth leaders and stakeholders gathered at Duke Lodge for Guyana’s official observance of International Youth Day 2025 (IYD), a dynamic, youth-led forum that...
Regian Eersel thanks fans for support that continues to motivate him: “I really feel the energy”
Sportskeeda
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August 12, 2025
The reigning and undisputed ONE lightweight Muay Thai world champion, Regian ‘The Immortal’ Eersel of Suriname and the Netherlands, expressed heartfelt gratitude to all of his fans who tuned in from around the world and watched him defend his belt...
US, Paraguayan dental teams perform first endodontic procedures during AMISTAD 2025
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 12, 2025
LUQUE, Paraguay – Primero de Mayo Clinic offered endodontic procedures—commonly known as root canals—for the first time in its history, providing teenage and adult patients in the Luque area access to care that once required long, costly trips to...
UHC drives progress across all of the SDGs
UHC2030
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July 28, 2025
At the 2025 HLPF, world leaders and stakeholders came together to review progress on the 2030 Agenda and confront the intersecting crises of our time: poverty, inequality, climate emergencies, global instability and underfunded essential services....
20 Caribbean women entrepreneurs awarded USD 420,000 in grants through CDB
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 15, 2025
Twenty women-owned and led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) borrowing member countries have been awarded a combined USD 420,000 in grants aimed at helping them scale operations and...
Grenada at 9th Round of China–Caribbean Consultations
Now Grenada
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August 15, 2025
Grenada joined 8 other Caribbean nations in the 9th Round of China–Caribbean Consultations, held recently at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China. The high-level meeting brought together senior officials and diplomats from the People’s...
U.S. Optometrists Provide Rare Vision Services in Paraguay
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 14, 2025
LUQUE, Paraguay — A U.S. Air Force optometry team delivered comprehensive eye care to residents of Luque, Paraguay, during Amistad 2025 — temporarily bridging a critical gap in services for a region with no licensed optometrists. While the U.S....
Twenty women across region receive a total of USD 420,000 in grants from CDB
Dominica News Online
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August 14, 2025
Photo: Caribbean Development BankTwenty women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) across seven Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded grants amounting to approximately USD...
High-grade gold deposit found in an unexplored region
Earth.com
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A first look at the assay sheet from Founders Metals’ third hole at the Maria Geralda target is hard to ignore. The core shows 22.5 m (73.8 ft) of 11.88 g/t gold (Au), a combination of width and tenor that exploration geologists chase their whole...
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors mark International Youth Day as ‘builders of the future we deserve’
Win Media SKN
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August 13, 2025
“Today, as we mark International Youth Day 2025, we do so not as bystanders to history, but as builders of the future we deserve.” – Ms. Shakiah Lewis, Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors In a message to mark International Youth Day today, Ms....
India, UN Launch Global Capacity-Building Initiative
Diplomacy & Beyond Plus
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August 13, 2025
On August 1, 2025, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched the first phase of the “India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative” in New Delhi. The launch was presided over by MEA Secretary (West), Tanmaya Lal. The United Nations (UN)...
‘Rewilding’ in Argentina Raises Thorny Questions
New Lines Magazine
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August 13, 2025
Ayní sits calmly and stares through the bars of her cage. The 4-year-old jaguar was recently relocated to a pen near Corrientes, Argentina, from a similar center in Brazil, where she was born to parents rescued after flooding in the Amazon. But...
Work CARICOM industrial strategy progressing
Dominica News Online
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August 13, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 at 11:00 AM Regional consultations with principal stakeholders have commenced to finalize the CARICOM Industrial Policy and Strategy, aiming for approval by Trade Ministers later this year. A...
Call for Applications for the VigiFronteiras-Brasil Program
Pan American Health Organization
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August 8, 2025
Brasília, August 8, 2025 – Brazilian and foreign professionals working in the management, provision, and quality assessment of health surveillance services, particularly in communicable diseases and in the border areas between Brazilian states and...