Aspiring grandmasters celebrate regional schools’ chess success

The Nunez family, The Montessori Centre, and the Saint Lucia Chess Federation (SLCF) are still abuzz, after the recent performance of the Nunez brothers, Leon and Noah, at the Central America and Caribbean School Championship. The tournament ran...

Hurricanes: the costliest climate disasters in the world

Hurricane Melissa. Image: Wikimedia Commons By Victoria Heath This week, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica. Already, the storm is responsible for seven deaths – three in Jamaica, three in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic. The world’s...

Give him a prize!

Theodore Roosevelt, an advocate of ‘big stick diplomacy’, viewed Latin America as the United States’ backyard – a place where it could intervene at will. At the slightest threat to American interests, he would send in the marines – to Honduras,...

Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025

Ranked: 35 Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

Methuen Voters to Choose Three At-Large City Councilors

Voters in Methuen will elect a mayor, city councilors, and school committee on November 4th. The Methuen City Council is made up of nine members. Three are elected city-wide or At-Large. This year there are six candidates running. Two of them are...

Highlights of the Steve Garcia vs David Onama fight in UFC Fight Night 2025

The card is over! We've reached the end of the action at UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas 110. A main card that gave us great performances such as that of Yadier del Valle, a controversy that ended in justice in the fight between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and...

Search, Rescue and Relief Efforts Ramp Up Post-Melissa

As officials of Caribbean islands assess damage from Hurricane Melissa, the storm remains powerful as it heads toward Bermuda. The hardest hit islands include Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. The Category 5 hurricane made landfall on Tuesday, October 28,...

Hurricane Melissa left meteorologists stunned and worried

As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost unimaginable speeds. How fast? Faster than most tornadoes. Faster than a race car at Daytona. Faster than the fastest roller...

Satellite images show the destruction Hurricane Melissa wreaked on Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica when it made landfall on Tuesday. Satellite images show the extent of damage the island sustained. The deadly hurricane has left more than half a million people in Jamaica without power. Hurricane Melissa...

Jochi Gomez and Hugo Beras indictment is the talk of the day

José Ángel Gómez Canaán, widely known as “Jochi,” is accused of utilizing at least seven companies he owned or was closely linked to in the execution of alleged crimes that include sabotage of the Santo Domingo traffic light network, terrorism,...

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica?

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Is Addison Barger’s Father a Millionaire? Inside His Parents’ Wealth and Background

Money can buy a batting cage, but not a World Series swing. The Toronto Blue Jays’ rising star Addison Barger grew up with every luxury most prospects only dream of—private trainers, a backyard ballpark, and a father who could fund a small league...

Meet Seranthony Dominguez: Everything to know about his Wife, Parents, Net worth, Contract and More

“Sometimes in life, when people tell you things to bring you down, you can use that as motivation. That’s what I did.” Those words belong to Seranthony Dominguez. Well, they sum up a man who wouldn’t allow doubt to define him. Tonight, with the...

HOW BVI DIPLOMACY IS SECURING OUR PLACE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

COMMENTARY By BVI Special Envoy Benito Wheatley As international relations becomes more unpredictable in an increasingly uncertain world, diplomacy will be even more critical to advancing the national interests of the British Virgin Islands (BVI)....

Opinion: Blowing up boats is not an aberration

Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Over the last month or two, the Trump regime has been blowing up boats mostly off the coast of Venezuela. As of this writing, the U.S. military has killed 57...

The Regime Change Temptation in Venezuela

What began in early September as a series of American airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean—which U.S. officials alleged were trafficking drugs from Venezuela—now seems to have morphed into a campaign to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Nicolás...

Recipes: The Drake Kitchen + Bar’s risotto and “Duck, Duck, Goose”

ORLANDO, Fla. — In today’s Chef’s Kitchen, is a pair of dishes with global influence from a family-run business. The Drake Kitchen + Bar is located in downtown Orlando. The chef and owner, Heberto Segura, started off his concept as a pop-up and...

Hurricane Melissa Reaches Category 5 Strength as Jamaica Braces for Direct Hit

Forecasters warn of catastrophic flooding, landslides, and life-threatening storm surge as the Caribbean faces the strongest hurricane in decades. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday, with the...

Seven Days. Seven Nations. One Storm — Hurricane Melissa

A week of wind, water, and heartbreak From Haiti’s hillsides to Bermuda’s reefs, seven Caribbean nations have been battered, bruised, and forever marked by Hurricane Melissa — a storm that tested not only the region’s infrastructure but its...

How to Help After Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, wreaked havoc on the Caribbean, soaking and lashing those in its path with torrential rain and catastrophic winds. Melissa made landfall on Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5...