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More than a religion: Haitian academia and youth drive Vodou onto global stage | PART 1 of 3
Haitian Times
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August 20, 2025
Overview: On the 234th anniversary of the Bois Caïman Ceremony, Vodou stands as more than faith—it is identity, heritage and resistance. Once forced into secrecy, it now thrives through scholarship, advocacy and youth. In part one of a series, The...
Trinidad and Tobago cultural groups, delegates in Barbados for Carifesta
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 20, 2025
Features Newsday 52 Minutes Ago Michelle Benjamin, Minister of Culture and Community Development poses for a “selfie” with local musicians and Carnival characters during the production for TT's Carifesta promotional video at the Queen’s Park...
Blackman promises fair access to scholarships
Barbados Today
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August 23, 2025
6 The long-standing dominance of elite schools in Barbados’ national scholarship awards is set to change, Minister of Educational Transformation Chad Blackman has pledged, vowing that reforms will soon give every secondary institution a fair shot...
Belize Delegation Heads to CARIFESTA XV in Barbados
Love FM
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August 20, 2025
Belize is sending a 13-member delegation to the 15th staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XV), taking place in Barbados from August 22-31, 2025. CARIFESTA is the largest arts festival in the Caribbean. The festival gives the...
Barbados Bids to Beat Ageing Crisis with Bold Reforms.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Barbados is facing a shrinking and ageing population, low birth rates, and the loss of skilled young people. These problems are putting pressure on pensions, healthcare, and social services, while also slowing economic growth. To...
Transformative Barbados edition of On the Streets with Abeniade launched
MyJoyOnline
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August 19, 2025
This fashion-for-change initiative uplifts underserved communities through styling, storytelling, and skill-building. This special edition is being developed with the support of the Barbados High Commission to Ghana, under the leadership of Her...
Barbados instant payment system BiMPay to ‘transform payments’ from March 2026
Global Government Fintech
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August 18, 2025
The Central Bank of Barbados has announced details of an instant payment system (IPS) named BiMPay intended to ‘transform payments’ across the Caribbean island from March 2026. The IPS will allow individuals, businesses and government to send and...
West Indian Day Parade 2025 in NYC: date, location, history and everything you need to know
Time Out
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The West Indian Day Parade and carnival, the culmination of New York Caribbean Carnival Week, is consistently one of the best things to do over the summer. The event draws close to two million people, so, yeah, you could consider this the most...
CAF approves USD 225k to support Barbados’ hosting of CARIFESTA XV
St. Vincent Times
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August 19, 2025
CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has approved grant funding of BBD 450,000 (USD 225,000) to support the promotion of cultural tourism and the creative economies as Barbados prepares to host CARIFESTA XV, the Caribbean’s...
Dr. Samuel Waymon to represent the USA and the legacy of Nina Simone in Barbados at CARIFESTA XV
WNCW - North Carolina
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August 19, 2025
Award-Winning Composer, Arranger, Singer, Pianist, Actor, Civil Rights Activist and Lecturer, Dr. Samuel L. Waymon has accepted an invitation to visit CARIFESTA XV - the Caribbean Festival of Arts being staged later this month in Barbados. Those...
Hon Hodge-Smith to lead 53-member VI delegation to CARIFESTA 2025 in Barbados
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism, Honourable Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4), will lead a Virgin Islands delegation to the upcoming Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA. CARIFESTA XV, the Caribbean Festival of Arts, will...
Barbados eagerly awaits the CARIFESTA delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis
Barbados Today
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August 17, 2025
108 Barbados is rolling out the red carpet for the vibrant and talented delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis, set to make their mark at CARIFESTA XV. The twin-island nation is sending an 80-strong team of artists, artisans, ministry staff, and...
Barbados to host 100-strong Jamaica delegation for CARIFESTA
Barbados Today
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August 17, 2025
25 A 100-member delegation is set to represent Jamaica at the 15th staging of CARIFESTA in Barbados from August 22 to 31. Executive Director for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and Head of the Jamaica Delegation to CARIFESTA,...
CAF approves nearly half a million dollars to boost Barbados’ CARIFESTA XV
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 19, 2025
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has approved a grant of BBD 450,000 (USD 225,000) to support cultural tourism and the creative economy as Barbados prepares to host CARIFESTA XV, the Caribbean’s premier...
CAF grants $450,000 to Barbados for CARIFESTA XV
The Nation Barbados
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August 19, 2025
Barbados has secured close to half a million dollars in grant funding from CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean to boost cultural tourism and the creative economy as the island prepares to host CARIFESTA XV. The BBD $450,000...
CAF approves USD 225,000 for Barbados ahead of CARIFESTA XV
Dominica News Online
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August 18, 2025
CAF Regional Manager for the Caribbean and Representative in Barbados Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy and Senator Dr. the Honourable Shantal Munro-Knight, Minister in the Prime Miniter’s Office with responsibility for culture sign letter of award at...
Caribbean Stars to unite at CARIFESTA XV
Barbados Today
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August 22, 2025
86 The CARIFESTA XV Opening Ceremony will flow directly into the World Super Concert on Friday night at Kensington Oval, with an all-star Caribbean band led by Barbadian musician and Grammy-nominated producer Nicholas Brancker. Brancker, a...
Barbados addressing population decline
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 17, 2025
Barbados has taken steps to reverse population decline and safeguard its economic future. As part of measures to achieve those goals, the Government recently introduced the Immigration Bill, 2025 and the Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2025. These two...
Remembering the slave trade and its abolition
CNC 3
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August 23, 2025
Today, the world observes International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. It is intended “to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples. In accordance with the goals of the intercultural...
CAF Provides Major Grant to Support Barbados’ Hosting of CARIFESTA XV
Antigua.News
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August 18, 2025
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has approved nearly half a million Barbados dollars in grant funding to support the return of CARIFESTA, the Caribbean’s largest arts and cultural festival. The BBD $450,000 (USD...