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Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -

Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -

The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) has conducted a study on the deliberately implemented policies regarding the state of the internet, speed indicators, pricing policy, and digital restrictions in France’s overseas territories, APA reports. The study...

Political pragmatism: How the NDC wins re-election

Political pragmatism: How the NDC wins re-election

As Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique continue to mark its 51 anniversary of independence, the political climate is still defined by relative stability, economic optimism, and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) holding a firm majority in...

From Governance to good governance in Grenada: Achievements, emerging risks, and the road ahead

From Governance to good governance in Grenada: Achievements, emerging risks, and the road ahead

In its plainest sense, governance is how power is organised and wielded to make collective decisions; good governance is how well we do, rule-bound, transparent, inclusive, and effective. Those universal ideas meet very specific circumstances in...

Delta Airlines Is Bringing Back Flights to a Caribbean Island With World-Famous Chocolate, Stunning Beaches and Authentic Resorts 

Delta Airlines Is Bringing Back Flights to a Caribbean Island With World-Famous Chocolate, Stunning Beaches and Authentic Resorts 

The beaches (Grand Anse, anyone?) The luxury resorts. The rainforest. The chocolate. Delta Air Lines is making its return to Grenada this winter, with plans to relaunch nonstop service from Atlanta. The route will resume on December 20, 2025,...

Air France launches direct Paris–Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) route for winter 2026

Air France launches direct Paris–Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) route for winter 2026

Starting January 13, 2026, Air France will operate three weekly direct flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), continuing through March 28, 2026. The service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays,...

Where Air France Flies Its Very High Capacity 472-Seat Boeing 777s

Where Air France Flies Its Very High Capacity 472-Seat Boeing 777s

Air France's twin-aisle subfleet consists of 118 aircraft. According to ch-aviation, it has 43 Boeing 777-300ERs, 37 Airbus A350-900s, 18 777-200ERs, 10 A330-200s, and 10 787-9s. Widebodies comprise over half of the SkyTeam member's...

Air France Is Adding Flights from Paris to Punta Cana

Air France Is Adding Flights from Paris to Punta Cana

You’re sitting on the sand in Bavaro Beach. A Barcelo in your hand. Palm trees straight out of a beer commercial. There’s a little merengue in the background. This is why people fall in love with Punta Cana: it’s the simple, wonderful formula for...

Fresh talks promise a new chapter for French Guiana’s self-g...

Fresh talks promise a new chapter for French Guiana’s self-g...

The French government has signaled a fresh willingness to tackle long-standing demands for greater local control in French Guiana, while also addressing economic pressures across overseas territories. French Guiana's long-held dream of greater...

Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies

Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies

A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...

TTMA nets over US$3.5M in non-energy trade: More trade missions planned in NY, China, Chile

TTMA nets over US$3.5M in non-energy trade: More trade missions planned in NY, China, Chile

The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) said it has completed its fourth Trade Mission for this year to Guyana and Suriname, which yielded enormous returns in forex earnings of confirmed immediate orders in excess of USD$3.5...

What you need to know about France's 2025 summer sales

What you need to know about France's 2025 summer sales

Summer means sales season in France, with the government-regulated period of discounts. Here's what you need to know about the 2025 summer sales. In France there are only two official 'soldes' - sales - period per year, one in summer and one in...

Regent Seven Seas Cruises® Unveils The Largest All-Inclusive, Ultra Luxury Cruise Ship Suite

Regent Seven Seas Cruises® Unveils The Largest All-Inclusive, Ultra Luxury Cruise Ship Suite

Regent Seven Seas Cruises®, the world’s leading ultra luxury cruise line, has once again raised the bar with the reveal of the Skyview Regent Suite — the largest all-inclusive, ultra luxury cruise ship suite in history. Stunning renderings and an...

Record Seaweed Surge Chokes Caribbean Shores, Threatens Wildlife

Record Seaweed Surge Chokes Caribbean Shores, Threatens Wildlife

Caribbean Sea - A massive bloom of seaweed known as sargassum has blanketed coastlines across the Caribbean and nearby waters, creating environmental and economic challenges, with scientists warning that the worst may still be ahead this summer....

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 16 2025

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 16 2025

June 16, 2025 Aruba welcomes cruise tourism community The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) officially opens its PAMAC Destination Summit today in Aruba. This high-level gathering brings together FCCA Platinum Members and cruise...

This is the Best Rum Bar in the Caribbean 

This is the Best Rum Bar in the Caribbean 

It’s small, intimate, as much as library as a bar. The shelves are filled with rare bottling of the Caribbean’s greatest rums. There’s a walk-in humidor around the corner. A small bar counter. Beautiful leather chairs. If you dreamed up a rum bar...

Highlights and Goals Panama vs Guadeloupe (5-2) in Gold Cup

Highlights and Goals Panama vs Guadeloupe (5-2) in Gold Cup

1:03 AM4 hours agoEnd of the match: Panama beat Guadalupe 5-2 on Date 1 (Group C) in the Gold Cup Cristian Jesús Martínez 6' Ismael Díaz 13', 17" Eduardo Guerrero 22' (P) Tomás Rodríguez 90+2' Jordan Leborgne 29' 1:00 AM4 hours ago93' RODRÍGUEZ...

Highlights and Goals Panama vs Guadeloupe (5-2) in Gold Cup

Highlights and Goals Panama vs Guadeloupe (5-2) in Gold Cup

1:03 AM9 hours agoEnd of the match: Panama beat Guadalupe 5-2 on Date 1 (Group C) in the Gold Cup Cristian Jesús Martínez 6' Ismael Díaz 13', 17" Eduardo Guerrero 22' (P) Tomás Rodríguez 90+2' Jordan Leborgne 29' 1:00 AM9 hours ago93' RODRÍGUEZ...

How — and where — to travel this summer if you're on a tight budget

How — and where — to travel this summer if you're on a tight budget

Breadcrumb Trail Links Travel Beautiful sunset over the Kelowna featuring Okanagan Lake. Getty Images Article content Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from...

14 captured maroons executed: 9 July 1725

14 captured maroons executed: 9 July 1725

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...

The Radical Roots of Frantz Fanon’s Psychiatry

The Radical Roots of Frantz Fanon’s Psychiatry

In January 1940, a mustachioed Catalonian anarcho-communist arrived at the door of the Saint-Alban psychiatric asylum in the mountains of southwestern France. The doctor wore round spectacles; his wild, curly hair grew out sideways from a...

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