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Drink Like the French This Mardi Gras with These Cocktails
Frenchly
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March 4, 2025
Mardi Gras, which translates to “Fat Tuesday” in French, has always been a time for excess and indulgence, before the pious and restrictive Lenten season begins. Though most associated with the city of New Orleans, the celebration, which marks the...
U.S. Black Travel Market is Now a $145 Billion Audience According to New Research
Hospitality Net
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February 28, 2025
New research by MMGY Travel Intelligence unveils compelling insights into the travel motivations, planning behaviors and spending patterns of U.S. Black travelers, highlighting notable shifts in preferences for 2025. Safety and a welcoming...
National birds of Caribbean territories
Dominica News Online
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March 4, 2025
The BROWN PELICAN is the national bird of four Caribbean Territories – Photo AJamesIn November last year (2024), this writer published an article entitled, “The National Flowers of Selected Caribbean Territories” on Dominica News Online. That...
French Navy Sinks Target Ship with new F21 torpedo
Naval news
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December 18, 2024
French Navy press release – Translated from French by Naval News The shot was fired with a warhead-fitted heavyweight F21 torpedo – not a test one, capable of destroying both surface and underwater threats. Part of the Polaris approach to...
Trains, transit, boats, but no airplanes: One man's experiment in green travel
Canada's National Observer
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March 1, 2025
Travelling almost 45,000 miles from Australia to Winnipeg, with many detours in between, is itself a voyage of epic proportions. But Sacha Shaw, a climate researcher and journalist, completed that journey without air travel, relying only on boats,...
Economic Crises in Africa and the Role of International Finance Capital
News Ghana
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December 24, 2024
Events in Liberia and Mayotte reveals the role of imperialism and the continuing underdevelopment of the continent Geostrategic Analysis In the West African state of Liberia, a worsening economic situation is impacting the political stability of...
Ambassador: Caribbean Fly-Cruise Program for Winter 2025-26
Cruise Industry News
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Ambassador Cruise Line has announced its inaugural Caribbean fly-cruise program for winter 2025-26, offering 10 sailings aboard the Renaissance. This new program will serve UK, French and Dutch markets with departures from Bridgetown, Barbados,...
Governor, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Christmas Message 2024
Antigua News Room
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December 20, 2024
Governor, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank “But the angel said to them. “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” (Luke 2:10, NIV) Fellow citizens and residents of the ECCU, it is, for most of us, the...
Donald Trump’s other neighbours, in the sunny Caribbean, need his help on climate-change and more. No luck yet
The Toronto Star
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February 25, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are...
Mixed Fortunes For Caribbean Equestrian Team
Bernews
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March 2, 2025
The combined team from the Caribbean Equestrian Academy, with riders from Bermuda and the Bahamas, experienced mixed fortunes on the second day of competition at the Grand Caraibe International Jumping Competition in Martinique. Bermuda’s Rai...
Caribbean Airlines Launches Highly Anticipated Kingston–Fort Lauderdale Route
St. Vincent Times
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December 19, 2024
CARIBBEAN AIRLINES RE-INTRODUCES KINGSTON-FORT LAUDERDALE ROUTE Caribbean Airlines announces the launch of its highly anticipated Kingston–Fort Lauderdale route, reaffirming the airline’s commitment to connecting the Caribbean and its Diaspora....
Byron Blake | The Caribbean in a vortex: are there pathways out?
The Gleaner
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March 2, 2025
The Caribbean is caught in a vortex. This was recognised by the CARICOM Heads of Government at the recently concluded 48th meeting of the conference in Barbados. The heads identified, as among elements of the world wind: 1. Global change and...
Saint Lucia to Host Return of Caribbean Boxing Championships
St. Lucia Times
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February 20, 2025
Over 120 boxers will descend upon Saint Lucia for the AMBC Caribbean Boxing Championships, set to take place from February 28 to March 2 this year. A 15-member team will represent Saint Lucia, comprising standout boxers from both Castries and...
Europe’s Palestine divide: Politicians target their own people for protesting
Scroll.in
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July 22, 2025
After over 21 months of live-streamed killings in Gaza that leading experts have unanimously called a genocide, even European politicians had begun to feebly question Israel’s inhumane offensive. However, Israel’s “pre-emptive” strikes on Iran...
Martinique’s Vie Chère Protests and the Fight for Caribbean Justice
Stabroek News
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December 16, 2024
By Alyssa A. L. James Alyssa A. L. James, Ph.D. is a Jamaican Canadian anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California’s Society of Fellows in the Humanities. Her research explores the intersections of food,...
“Glory Be to God”: Swahili Francis Heads to Martinique for Treatment
St. Lucia Times
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February 20, 2025
Six-year-old Swahili Francis, whose fight against acute kidney failure has touched hearts across Saint Lucia, is off to Martinique for further diagnosis and treatment. His mother, Cristy Francis, shared an update on his condition, expressing deep...
Caribbean Airlines launches Kingston – Fort Lauderdale route
Loop News
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Caribbean Airlines, today, announced the launch of its highly anticipated Kingston – Fort Lauderdale route, reaffirming the airline’s commitment to connecting the Caribbean and its Diaspora. The inaugural flight took off on December 17, offering...
Caribbean Airlines launches service from Guadeloupe to Barbados
Barbados Today
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December 21, 2024
10 Just in time for the Holidays, Caribbean Airlines has bridged the gap between Guadeloupe and Barbados with their recently launched flight service between the two countries. This development, in keeping with Caribbean Airlines’ mission to...
Cruise Line Adding New Embarkation Port in the Caribbean
Cruise Fever
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February 25, 2025
One of Carnival Corporation’s cruise lines is adding a new embarkation port in the Caribbean for cruises in late 2025 through early 2026. Costa Cruises has announced that guests will be able to embark on Costa Fascinosa in Santo Domingo, Dominican...
Roach: A great loss to local tourism
The New Today Grenada
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March 1, 2025
A top travel industry official in Grenada has said that the island has lost a valuable asset following the decision of Barbadian Petra Roach not to renew her contract to serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Grenada Tourism Authority...