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Caribbean Yard Campus launches Dry Season 2025 courses
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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April 1, 2025
Features Paula Lindo 10 Hrs Ago Flyer for the Caribbean Yard Campus Dry Season 2025 courses. - Photo courtesy Caribbean Yard Campus THE Caribbean Yard Campus (CYC) will continue its efforts to pass on traditional knowledge through its upcoming Dry...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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May 6, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Martinique's rights proponent blasts France for its imperialist rule over overseas peoples
AzerNews
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March 29, 2025
French imperialist regime continues to violate the rights of overseas peoples, Head of Communications and Youth Affairs of Martinique Justice Collective Daniel Dubois said during the international conference on "Colonialism: the destruction of...
Martinique’s water: a tale of mistrust and demands for price reform
The Geelong Advertiser
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March 30, 2025
Residents of the French territory of Martinique are pressing for reforms to alleviate prices that are sometimes twice as high as mainland France on an island burdened by a long colonial legacy. Layli Foroudi reports.
Hidden defects cause legal row for €1 house in France
The Connexion
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May 4, 2025
Couple may sue French council over drainage issues in their bargain property. Copyright (c) 2023 chayanuphol/Shutterstock. No use without permission. A couple who bought a house for €1 in central France are threatening to take the town council...
Air France Increases Tahiti Service For Christmas & New Year's
Simple Flying
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May 3, 2025
Air France has scheduled additional frequencies between Paris and Tahiti, with the island-serving flights stopping in Los Angeles, the United States. The flights, operated by Airbus A350-900, will go from five weekly to daily during the holiday...
Air Transat launches non-stop service between Québec City & Fort-de-France
Travel Press
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May 2, 2025
Air Transat is consolidating its leadership in the French Antilles with an innovative route from Québec City. The airline is the first to offer a direct connection between Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) and Martinique Aimé...
France to open embassy in Guyana in September
Caribbean National Weekly
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March 24, 2025
France is set to open its embassy in Guyana this September, a move aimed at deepening economic cooperation and strengthening diplomatic ties between the two nations. “One of the goals of opening this embassy is to enhance economic cooperation,”...
End-of-Season Options for Caribbean Cruisers
Cruising World
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May 2, 2025
Jolly Harbour Marina & Boat Yard David H. Lyman It’s May, the end of another season in the Caribbean. Antigua Classic and Sailing Week have come and gone; the boats have packed up and left. My boat is one of the only ones still at anchor in this...
Calypso Spikers hunt CAZOVA U-23 men’s gold
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Host T&T will go after the gold medal in the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Under-23 Men’s Championship hosted by the T&T Volleyball Federation (TTVF) at the Maloney Indoor Sports Arena, against Suriname...
Martinique vs Suriname LIVE Score Updates (0-0)
VAVEL
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March 26, 2025
1:00 AM6 hours ago⏱️94 End of broadcast It's over! Another blow finally puts Suriname through. The hosts put in a good performance, but they couldn't finish off the goal needed to extend the game. Martinique is out. 12:53 AM6 hours ago⏱️90 There's...
Haitians deserve reparations from France
The Westside Gazette - Florida
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May 1, 2025
By Marlene L. Daut (Source: Philadelphia Tribune) In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in...
Government invests $1.95m in steelpan programme
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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March 21, 2025
Business Mya Quamie An Hour Ago Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, centre, at the launch of the Pan Tuner Apprenticeship Programme on March 21. - Photo by Mya Quamie AS part of the government’s continued initiative to enhance the steelpan industry,...
Air Transat launches exclusive non-stop service between Québec City and Fort-de-France
American Journal of Transportation
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Air Transat, voted 2024 World's Best Leisure Airline by Skytrax, is consolidating its leadership in the French Antilles with an innovative route from Québec City. The airline is the first to offer a direct connection between Québec City Jean...
Caribbean couture
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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March 23, 2025
Tobago Corey Connelly 5 Hrs Ago Models at the Fashion Coda 7 launch in Tobago on March 18. - TOBAGO Fashion Coda 7, which takes place on April 18 at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, Lowlands, promises to be the epitome of Caribbean...
Government of Grenada 2025 Budget Statement
Now Grenada
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March 10, 2025
GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA 2025 BUDGET STATEMENT Theme Towards Vision 75: Grenada – Resilient and Rising PRESENTED BY HONOURABLE DENNIS CORNWALL Minister for Finance TO The House of Representatives Parliament Building Mt. Wheldale, St. George March 7,...
Meet the people who use home swap sites to travel the world
Irish Examiner
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April 28, 2025
It’s that dreary time of year, when we all start to daydream about our summer holidays. We’ve all been there - picturing ourselves staying in a beach-side villa in the Caribbean, a top floor loft in Brooklyn, or a city centre apartment in Milan....
INTERVIEW: A conversation with former prime minister Edison James – Part I
Dominica News Online
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April 28, 2025
With former Prime Minister James in March 2025 in Dominica, Photo by Adrian JosephDisclaimer: The views expressed in this article are independent, on the record, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Duravision Inc, Dominica News Online, or...
St Barth Film Festival Returns with a Focus on Caribbean Stories in Motion
Caribbean Journal
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April 25, 2025
ST BARTH — The 28th edition of the St Barth Film Festival is set to open on April 30, with a lineup that cuts across borders and cultures, examining the many forms of movement that shape Caribbean life — from migration and exile to adventure and...
14 captured maroons executed: 9 July 1725
Now Grenada
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July 9, 2025
by John Angus Martin, A-Z of Grenada Heritage On this day, 9 July 1725, fourteen captured maroons, including one woman, were executed following their capture in Grenada. The year 1725 proved quite problematic for the French when many slaves...