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Andrew Louis Sicard: ‘He Excelled at the Art of Friendship
Redheaded Blackbelt - California
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July 19, 2025
This section includes announcements of important events in our lives–births, graduations, engagements, marriages, and deaths. If you want to share an event with your community, please send a photo and a written piece to [email protected]. When he...
Lions Club in Martinique Donates Corrective Eyewear to Help Saint Lucians with Visual Impairments
St. Lucia Times
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April 3, 2025
The Lions Club Internationale District 63 Zone based in neighbouring Martinique has donated more than 6 000 pieces of correction eyewear to the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment. The initiative will provide critical support to...
End of flu in mainland France, but very active in several overseas territories
Entrevue
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April 10, 2025
Public Health France announces the end of the epidemic in mainland France, after a particularly deadly season. However, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Mayotte remain on alert. The 2024-2025 flu season will have left its mark. According...
OECS Ministers of Tourism endorse Sustainable Tourism Policy 2025-2035
Now Grenada
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April 1, 2025
The 8th Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Tourism was held on Friday, 28 March 2025, at Beachcombers Hotel in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Chaired by Senator the Honourable Adrian Thomas, Grenada’s Minister for Tourism, Creative Economy,...
French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet stages immersive, multi-sensory installation at Brown
Brown University News - Rhode Island
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — An adaptation of an immersive art installation created by the French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet for last year’s 60th Venice Biennale is now on view at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery. Titled...
Mapped: How China Overtook the U.S. in Global Trade (2000–2024)
Visual Capitalist
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April 9, 2025
Visualizing the Rise of China in Global Trade (2000–2024) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The imposition of...
Young Ocean Advocate Donnique Benn Selected for Caribbean Cetacean Research Expedition
Discover Montserrat
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April 9, 2025
(press release) Fish ‘N Fins Inc., is proud to announce that Donnique Benn, an inspiring youth executive leader and passionate ocean advocate, has been selected to join the Caribbean Cetacean Society (CCS) for an upcoming cetacean research...
Travel Tuesday: Martinique Lewis chats about Black-Owned businesses Napa
CBS News Bay Area - California
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For Black History Month, we're taking you to Napa to explore African American travel experiences right here in the Bay Area. Travel expert and creator of the ABC Travel Greenbook, Martinique Lewis, joined Gianna Franco this morning to share how...
Three Titles, Six Medals For Saint Lucia In Guadeloupe Boxing
St. Lucia Times
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April 1, 2025
Six boxers from Saint Lucia returned home with six medals from this past weekend’s Caribbean Trophy Boxing Tournament in Guadeloupe. That haul included three gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. Saint Lucia finished third with the smallest...
France's overseas territories 'sick and tired' of being treated as colonies — Putin's aide
TASS
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February 18, 2025
MOSCOW, February 18. /TASS/. France’s overseas territories are sick and tired of Paris treating them as colonies, Russian Presidential Aide and Maritime Board Chairman Nikolay Patrushev said. "New Caledonia, Martinique, Guadeloupe and some other...
‘I know, I’ve won it.’ French jockey chasing another conversation-stopping triumph
WAtoday
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April 11, 2025
Mighty trainer Chris Waller’s mightier mare Via Sistina is the raging favourite in the $5m Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. But Lemaire has form when it comes to crashing an Australian big-race party. ‘They then get their family and...
Martinique’s Carnival 2025: One Of The Caribbean’s Biggest Festivals
Forbes
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From March 2 to March 5, 2025, Martinique will roar to glorious life; the streets of Fort-de-France will be filled with colourful costumes, vibrant music and the joyous energy of general revelry. MARC MARSILLON Martinique, the beautiful...
RECIPROCITY: 26 Caribbean Countries face US Tariffs; Guyana slapped with 38%
Magnetic Media
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April 4, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton Editor USA, April 4, 2025 – Unless a deal is struck, the expectation is that every country will now pay tariffs to the United States as part of the Donald Trump Administration’s move toward regularizing trade deficits and...
A word from Martinique
The Observer - Indiana
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Dear Comrade, All the elements of a solution to the present problems of America have, at different times, existed in African thought or elsewhere really. Such is the place for the cross-pollination of ideas and the commonwealth of human knowledge....
What Does The Caribbean Export To The U.S.?
St. Kitts Gazette
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April 4, 2025
News Americas, New York, NY, April 4, 2025: As U.S. President Donald Trump put in place steep tariffs on imports from numerous countries globally, including several Caribbean nations, the spotlight is once again on the Caribbean’s trade...
Saint Pierre et Miquelon: Why does France have two islands off the Canadian coast?
The Local - France
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April 3, 2025
The usually obscure French territory of Saint Pierre et Miquelon found itself the centre of global attention on Thursday when Donald Trump slapped the highest rate of 50 percent tariffs on it - here's what you need to know about these two tiny...
EGC Martinique Students Visit Saint Vincent (SVG)
St. Vincent Times
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April 6, 2025
SAINT VINCENT WELCOMES BUSINESS STUDENTS FROM MARTINIQUE The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chamber of Industry and Commerce, had the distinct pleasure of welcoming a delegation comprising...
OECS Countries Take the Lead at the 2025 Caribbean Trophy Boxing Championships in Guadeloupe
Win Media SKN
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April 3, 2025
Organised by the Guadeloupe Regional Boxing Committee, the 2025 Caribbean Trophy Boxing Championships wrapped up in Guadeloupe on March 29, showcasing the strength of regional boxing talent. Fighters from across the OECS and beyond delivered...
Here Are All The Caribbean Countries Hit By Trump’s New Tariffs
News Americas Now
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April 3, 2025
News Americas, New York, NY, April 2, 2025: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled sweeping new reciprocal tariffs that will impact trade with more than 180 countries around the world – including numerous Caribbean nations. Announced on...
US lowers tariffs on two French overseas territories, as wor...
Modern Ghana
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As US President Donald Trump's widest-ranging tariffs to date took effect Saturday, the White House said it had lowered planned levies on two French overseas territories. Trump's move has already triggered retaliation and economists fear a major...