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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...
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...
The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2025
Caribbean Journal
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March 27, 2025
No region in the world has a more diverse or dynamic culinary continuum than the Caribbean. Just about every cuisine on earth is represented, often in wonderfully, intoxicatingly fused expressions. Across the breadth of the Caribbean Basin, you...
TTMA launches trade mission on the sea
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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March 25, 2025
Business Mya Quamie 56 Minutes Ago TTMA leads a delegation of 39 people from 25 companies onboard its first-ever cruise-ship trade mission. - Photo courtesy TTMA THE Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association (TTMA) has launched its first-ever...
French authorities open manslaughter investigation into Dominica plane crash
St. Vincent Times
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January 29, 2025
Martinican authorities have opened a judicial investigation into involuntary manslaughter following a devastating plane crash in Dominica that killed four French people. On Sunday, a tiny plane crashed in the mountains near the southeastern...
Romancing the soul on the beautiful Caribbean island of Grenada
Peterborough Telegraph
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March 29, 2025
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now It's a balmy 27 degrees and I'm walking to the restaurant, the rhythmic sound of my footsteps accompanied by the evening's undulating chorus of the...
The safest Caribbean islands: Where to visit for your next beachy vacation
The Manual - Oregon
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March 16, 2025
Table of Contents Table of Contents Montserrat The British Virgin Islands Bonaire Martinique Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Cayman Islands Sint Maarten Grenada Saba If you’ve been dreaming of sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, but recent travel...
Pure unadulterated luxury, wondrous sightseeing and relaxation on the Caribbean island of Grenada
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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March 29, 2025
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now It's a balmy 27 degrees and I'm walking to the restaurant, the rhythmic sound of my footsteps accompanied by the evening's undulating chorus of the...
Pure unadulterated luxury, wondrous sightseeing and relaxation on the Caribbean island of Grenada
LiverpoolWorld
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March 29, 2025
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now It's a balmy 27 degrees and I'm walking to the restaurant, the rhythmic sound of my footsteps accompanied by the evening's undulating chorus of the...
Martinique protest leader freed from prison with suspended sentence
The Gazette - Colorado
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FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (Reuters) - Rodrigue Petitot, who led protests in French-ruled Martinique, was due to leave prison on Friday after a court handed him a one-year suspended sentence for trespassing on state property during cost-of-living...
Air France flight turns back after passenger loses phone
PerthNow
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March 26, 2025
A plane has been forced to turn around and head back to the airport two hours into its nine hour journey after a passenger lost their phone mid-flight. Air France flight AF750 had 375 passengers and 12 crew aboard when, about a quarter of the way...
99-year-old North Saanich farm's Agricole Rum a 'first in Canada'
Goldstream News Gazette
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March 28, 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 Saanich Peninsula farm, the latest taste from Best Coast Distillers on the Saanich Peninsula marks a first...
Caribbean Carnival: From Rebellion to Celebration!
Dominica News Online
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January 27, 2025
Home >> Carnival Dominica News Online - Sunday, January 26th, 2025 at 8:13 PM In this video, produced by Clement Richards, viewers are invited to explore the vibrant history and cultural significance of Caribbean Carnival. The journey traces its...
Martinique unrest among other flashpoints in French territories
Stabroek News
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January 22, 2025
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, (Reuters) – A protest leader in Martinique went on trial yesterday accused of trespassing on state property during cost-of-living demonstrations in a case his supporters say is another heavy-handed attempt to stop...
Decades of pesticide use in the French Caribbean linked to high prostate cancer rates
Environmental Health News
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March 21, 2025
Guadeloupe and Martinique have some of the highest prostate cancer rates in the world, a crisis tied to decades of exposure to the toxic pesticide chlordecone, which was widely used on banana plantations despite early warnings of its dangers....
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...
Cruise Ship Passengers Rescued After Shore Excursion Boat Capsizes (Watch Video)
Cruise Fever
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March 24, 2025
38 cruise passengers were rescued in the Caribbean after a boat capsized during a shore excursion off the coast of Colombia. AIDAbella. Photo Credit: Cruise Fever All passengers were successfully rescued after their excursion boat capsized on...
'Paris Noir' exhibition showcases work made in French capita...
Modern Ghana
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The 'Paris Noir' exhibition at the Pompidou Centre brings together works by African, American, Caribbean and Afro-descendant artists who lived and worked in Paris between the 1950s and the end of the 1990s. Wifredo Lam, Beauford Delaney, Ernest...