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Court strikes down nation of Saint Lucia’s homosexuality ban
LGBTQ Nation - California
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July 30, 2025
Saint Lucia’s law banning homosexuality has been declared unconstitutional in a historic ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. “This decision is deeply personal. For many years, we’ve worked to see the rights, lives, and dignity of LGBTQ+...
DDA responds to withdrawal of VIP planners for WCMF, saying the experience is still on the table for this year
Dominica News Online
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July 28, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, July 28th, 2025 at 1:20 PM The Ministry of Tourism, through the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) and the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC), has reaffirmed the continuation of the VIP experience at the upcoming 25th...
St. Kitts and Nevis PM calls for visa-free travel between Africa and Caribbean
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 30, 2025
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, joined several African and Caribbean leaders for a Presidential Panel on the “New World Order as an Opportunity for Strengthening Africa-Caribbean Trade, Investment, and...
Prime Minister Drew Champions National Lotteries Authority Bill To Keep Millions In The Federation
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, championed the passage of the National Lotteries Authority Bill, 2025, emphasising its transformative potential to retain an...
Caribbean Golden Visa offers fast-track citizenship to investors buying property
Financial Express
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Caribbean golden visa programs are gaining popularity among wealthy foreigners who are willing to invest in a property to attain citizenship. There are five Caribbean countries, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint...
World News | Top Caribbean Court Strikes Down a Colonial-era Law in St. Lucia That Banned Gay Sex
Latestly
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July 30, 2025
San Juan (Puerto Rico), Jul 30 (AP) The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law in St. Lucia that criminalized gay sex in a ruling Tuesday celebrated by activists in the largely conservative region. The court found that the...
Saint Lucia court strikes down laws punishing gay sex, rights groups say
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 29, 2025
CASTRIES (Reuters) -A Saint Lucia court on Tuesday struck down laws that had criminalized same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation with up to a decade behind bars, local LGBT rights organizations in the region said on Tuesday. A ruling...
Prime Minister Drew champions Natio...
SKNVibes
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BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts, July 31, 2025, (SKNIS) – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, championed the passage of the National Lotteries Authority Bill, 2025, emphasising its transformative potential to retain...
Top court strikes down St. Lucia’s laws criminalising same-sex intimacy
GCN
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July 31, 2025
On July 29, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling declaring provisions of the St. Lucia penal code that criminalised consensual same-sex intimacy unconstitutional. The ruling was handed down following a legal challenge...
Sen. Paris responds to National Budget: Why tax cuts for processed foods when NCDs are major concern?
Dominica News Online
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July 31, 2025
Opposition Senator Delbert ParisIn his response to the 2025-2026 National Budget as it relates to the cost of living, Opposition Senator Delbert Paris called on the government to allow more locally grown, organic foods to be readily available to...
Rema Drops New Single ‘Kelebu,’ With $10,000 Dance Challenge
Rolling Stone
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August 1, 2025
After building anticipation online all week, Afrobeats star Rema has released “Kelebu,” a raucous, horn-driven new single. “Ok ..I want y’all to DANCE this summer!” he posted on X on July 26 as he teased the song online. Nigerian culture...
Buy a house, get a passport: Why Americans are flocking to 5 Caribbean nations
The Indian Express
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July 29, 2025
In the Eastern Caribbean, house-hunting now often comes with a surprising bonus: a second passport. Five island nations — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia, offer citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes...
UNAIDS hails court ruling decriminalising same-sex relations in St Lucia
Jamaica Observer
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July 31, 2025
AMENYAH... the ruling in Saint Lucia gives us hope, demonstrating that justice and equality can prevail THE Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has added its voice to those welcoming the groundbreaking decision by the High Court of...
Saint Lucia High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
Human Rights Watch
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July 31, 2025
In a landmark victory for human rights, Saint Lucia has decriminalized consensual same-sex conduct. The High Court’s decision strikes down laws that criminalized intimacy between same-sex partners, which are discriminatory and inconsistent with...
Buy a home, get a passport: Caribbean nations offer easy citizenship
The Economic Times
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July 29, 2025
Five Eastern Caribbean nations - Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia, now offer citizenship to those who invest in real estate. Starting at $200,000, the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programmes promise...
Suddenly, Jamaica
The New York Review of Books
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July 31, 2025
“Girl,” Jamaica Kincaid’s first published short story, appeared in June 1978 in The New Yorker, a magazine I could find time for only during summer vacation, when I would lie in my parents’ backyard and read each issue straight through—or, at...
The Afropop Girls Making This Summer Sexy
Rolling Stone
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July 31, 2025
On Friday, July 26, the day of the week new music drops regularly, three of the hottest pop stars out of Africa doled out the steamiest trifecta of releases this year. Nigerian singer Ayra Starr’s latest song is literally about being hot. South...
SiFoCol Alumni Association’s White Sunset event slated for October
Dominica News Online
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July 25, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, July 25th, 2025 at 10:31 AM As Dominica approaches the milestone of its 25th annual World Creole Music Festival, the Dominica SiFoCol Alumni Association (DSAA) has extended a cordial invitation to former nationals,...
Court win leaves only 64 countries that outlaw being gay
QNews
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July 30, 2025
The number of countries that criminalise homosexuality has dropped from 65 to 64 after the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court struck down the island of St Lucia’s colonial era laws against “buggery” and “gross indecency.” St Lucia is a former British...
Monetary load of NCDs can be lightened by proactive wellness approach, says President Burton
Dominica News Online
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July 28, 2025
President of Dominica H.E Sylvanie BurtonNon-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) continue to pose serious concerns in Dominica, resulting in a heavy fiscal cost. Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton shared the figures during the presentation of the 2025/2026...