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Paul Libin Dies: Major Broadway Producer & Longtime Circle In The Square President Was 94
Paul Libin, a major figure in the American theater for nearly seven decades whose leadership positions at Circle in the Square Theatre and Jujamcyn Theaters contributed some of Broadway‘s most exciting and acclaimed stage productions, died June 27...

Ghana’s Kuwabong wins presidents award at St. Martin book fair
Ghana’s Dannabang Kuwabong and Trinidad’s Pink Panther Win Presidents’ Award at St. Martin Book Fair 2025 Professor Dannabang Kuwabong, and kaisonian Eric “Pink Panther” Taylor, received the Presidents’ Award at the 22nd edition of the St. Martin...

Martinique at center of Barbados-France agreement, bolstering regional travel
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at 8:00 AM Martinique is party to a major milestone in regional air transport cooperation, with the official signing of an administrative air agreement between France and Barbados. An official...

I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?
France’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was historically among the most significant in Europe. After Britain, France had the second biggest colonial empire. We know that 1.38 million people were deported in at least 4,220 documented...

Political pragmatism: How the NDC wins re-election
As Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique continue to mark its 51 anniversary of independence, the political climate is still defined by relative stability, economic optimism, and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) holding a firm majority in...

Uncertain political climate!!!
Recent data provided by Dr. Justin Pierre on the political landscape in Grenada has given a certain amount of comfort to the New National Party (NNP) of Keith Mitchell/Emmalin Pierre that it stands a good chance to win the next general election....

From Governance to good governance in Grenada: Achievements, emerging risks, and the road ahead
In its plainest sense, governance is how power is organised and wielded to make collective decisions; good governance is how well we do, rule-bound, transparent, inclusive, and effective. Those universal ideas meet very specific circumstances in...

Minister vs ‘Imposter’
“…Am just saying you can go ahead and make all these allegations and so I will not respond because that is not why I was elected into office.” “I left as soon as a junior hopefully unsuspecting reporter handed the mike to the imposter.” Those were...

French experts conclude training with law enforcers
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday delivered closing remarks at the conclusion of a Special Operations Course conducted for members of Guyana’s law enforcement agencies by French Special Operations experts. A release from the...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 30, 2025
The MPE Caribbean Report Newsletter offers travel, tourism, Caribbean and global news weekly. To share stories, information or intelligence, contact us at [email protected]. June 30, 2025 CTO, Caribbean destinations spotlighted at American...

Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...

The 6 Most Underrated Caribbean Beach Towns You Need to Visit
Most travelers land here with the same idea: find a stretch of sand, park up at a beach club, order something cold, and leave winter behind for a week. And while there’s nothing wrong with that, the beaches in the brochures tend to be crowded,...

Alphonse lifts national cycling title
Denver Alphonse topped a field of 20 athletes to win the closely-contested National Cycling Road Race and Time Trial on Sunday. Alphonse took the title by a split-second over Gillan Moses on the Millennium Highway, Castries. The cyclists included...

Is Grenada next elections seriously at risk?
Pivotal for any upcoming ‘free and fair elections void of acute chaos, controversy and condemnation’ is the implementation of a new Identity Document Issuance System (IDIS) at the Parliamentary Elections Office (PEO). How imperative is the...

Globetrotting Paris mayor makes a rare visit … to Paris
The mayor of Paris was in Paris on Wednesday, which was a notable event. Anne Hidalgo, the socialist leader of the council, stopped off in the city hall to rebut growing criticism of her propensity to use taxpayers’ money to fund her frequent...

Exporting the Convict Clause: Slaves of the State in the Canal Zone
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States in 1865. There was, however, a fateful exception: slavery or involuntary...

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...

Legendary Producer Paul Libin Dies at 94
Paul Libin, a towering figure in the American theater whose near seven-decade career included producing more than 250 Broadway, Off Broadway and touring productions, leading Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years, serving as Executive Vice...

Renewed commitment to people-centered development!
In the third year of the administration led by Prime Minister the Honourable Dickon Mitchell, it is said in many circles that the Government of Grenada continues to make significant strides in its transformational agenda that it launched with,...

Audit Department will audit abandoned/unfinished housing contracts
by Linda Straker Ministry of Mobilisation, Implementation and Transformation (MIT) was allocated EC$15 million to assist with rebuilding of homes Rebuilding contracts were awarded by MIT and Ministry of Housing All government funds must be...