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For Trump, French overseas territories are treated as independent
Entrevue
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April 3, 2025
The US administration, led by Donald Trump, has decided to apply separate tariffs to products from the European Union. While EU imports are taxed at 20%, certain French overseas territories, usually considered an integral part of Europe, will...
Visa-free regime between Tajikistan and the Commonwealth of Dominica now in effect
Asia Plus
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15:16, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The agreement between Tajikistan and the Commonwealth of Dominica to lift visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, service, and regular passports has come into force as of July 17. This was announced by the...
Trump slaps 10% tariff on Antigua and Barbuda and other Caribbean Countries
Antigua.News
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April 3, 2025
Antigua and Barbuda and several other Caribbean countries, including Anguilla, Dominica, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Vincent, Turks and Caicos, Aruba, and Bermuda, are among the nations affected by the new 10% tariff imposed by the...
Trump Unleashes 10% Tariff on 22 Caribbean Nations
St. Vincent Times
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April 2, 2025
On April 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 10% universal tariff on all imports from six Caribbean nations: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, BVI, Barbados, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Grenada, Trinidad, Turks and...
Minister Konris Maynard chairs 3rd OECS Meeting, promotes sustainable energy roadmap 2025-2035
SKN News
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February 6, 2025
Minister of Energy in St Kitts and Nevis Federal Cabinet, Konris Maynard chaired the Third Meeting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers: Energy. The meeting was held at the Marriott Resort from February 4th,...
Trump slaps 10% tariff on most Caribbean countries, including Jamaica
Caribbean National Weekly
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April 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on April 2, 2025, a 10% tariff on exports from most Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, to the American market. The decision, unveiled during a White House media conference, is part of a broader move to...
Chikungunya in Reunion: the island under tension before the launch of vaccination
Entrevue
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April 6, 2025
Alors que l’épidémie de chikungunya s’intensifie à La Réunion, les autorités sanitaires tirent la sonnette d’alarme. Gérard Cotellon, directeur général de l’ARS, évoque une situation « préoccupante », avec plus de 10 000 cas estimés par semaine et...
‘Caribbean culture is not a brand’
The Gleaner
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February 11, 2025
“Culture is not a brand.” The words rang through the Assembly Hall at the University of the West Indies (UWI), as Professor Anthony Bogues, ASA Messer Professor of Humanities of African Studies at Brown University, challenged Jamaica’s modern...
Chlordecone and drinking water : The European Committee of Social Rights endorses France's discrimination in the so-called "Overseas" territories
International Federation for Human Rights
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March 31, 2025
Paris, 31 March 2025. While the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) deemed the collective complaint submitted by FIDH, LDH, and Kimbé Rèd F.W.I. inadmissible, its decision reads : "The [European Social] Charter cannot be regarded as de...
Eau No! Martinique Fed Up With French Water Fails.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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March 31, 2025
- Advertisement - In Martinique, a French Caribbean island, tourists enjoy beautiful waterfalls, but at home, many locals have yellow water coming from their taps. Residents can and do buy bottled water, but it costs twice as much as in Paris....
99-year-old B.C. farm distills Canada's first limited edition Agricole Rum
Creston Valley Advance
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April 1, 2025
'This batch is very personal to us. We’ve done something nobody else has done.' Made of product hand-harvested by multiple generations on a Vancouver Island farm, the latest taste from Best Coast Distillers on the Saanich Peninsula marks a first...
WED: Caribbean director brings biopic of post-colonial icon ...
Modern Ghana
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Soldier, psychiatrist, philosopher... who was Frantz Fanon? A new film by director Jean-Claude Barny seeks to answer that question, with this year marking a century since the birth of one of the most influential figures in 20th-century...
CEO 'had huge brawl aboard Virgin Voyages cruise ship over wife's comment to male passenger'
Daily Mail
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April 3, 2025
By GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO, CHIEF U.S. REPORTER Published: 16:02 EDT, 3 April 2025 | Updated: 16:11 EDT, 3 April 2025 A finance CEO was involved in a huge brawl aboard an adults-only Virgin Voyages cruise after a male passenger called his wife 'a...
Cruise passenger attacks fellow traveler for dancing barefoot in ship cocktail lounge, feds say
The Independent
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April 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
French navy seizes 9 tons of cocaine on Turkish ship off Martinique
The California Courier
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February 3, 2025
The French Navy maritime patrol vessel La Confiance boarded and seized nine tons of cocaine from the Turkish merchant vessel Haliç-Equality, owned by Turkish shipping magnate H.B.T, on January 10, according to the reports. The ship, valued at...
Youth unemployment and the “Brain Drain” crisis: A Caribbean crossroads in 2025
The New Today Grenada
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March 29, 2025
In 2025, the English-speaking Caribbean faces a pivotal challenge: balancing the aspirations of its youth with the realities of a shrinking skilled workforce. Despite post-pandemic recovery efforts, youth unemployment hovers near 30% in nations...
FRENCH NATIONALS KILLED AS AIRCRAFT GOES DOWN IN DOMINICA
284 Media BVI
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January 29, 2025
French authorities have launched an involuntary manslaughter investigation following a plane crash in Dominica that killed four French nationals, the Fort-de-France prosecutor’s office announced Monday. The Cessna 172 aircraft crashed Sunday in...
Africans have been subjected to forced assimilation for centuries, Guadeloupe rep tells Baku conference
News.Az
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Forced assimilation is a weapon of mass genocide, and Africans have been subjected to it for centuries, Jean Jacob Bicep, Secretary General of the People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe said on Saturday. He made the remarks at the...
Farm tourism gains traction in the Virgin Islands
BVI News
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March 28, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on March 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM / Farm tourism is emerging as a promising sector in the Virgin Islands, with local farmers and officials highlighting its potential to support food security and diversify the economy. At a...
Lost phone forces Air France flight back to Paris amid battery safety fears
The New Zealand Herald
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March 28, 2025
“After checks by the maintenance teams, the device was found and the aircraft was able to take off again quickly,” the airline said in an unsigned statement. “Air France regrets this situation and reminds that the safety of its customers and crew...