France doubles tax on plane tickets

Flights leaving from France are set to get more expensive, with an increase in the taxes levied on plane tickets. France has now passed its 2025 Budget - after a lot of political wrangling - and among the many new measures announced is an extra...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2025

Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Minister Konris Maynard chairs 3rd OECS Meeting, promotes sustainable energy roadmap 2025-2035

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,...

Air France Increases Tahiti Service For Christmas & New Year's

Air France has scheduled additional frequencies between Paris and Tahiti, with the island-serving flights stopping in Los Angeles, the United States. The flights, operated by Airbus A350-900, will go from five weekly to daily during the holiday...

Carnival returning to year-round Mobile cruising

Carnival Cruise Line's next wave of 2027/28 deployments includes the return of year-round sailings from Mobile, expanding capacity there with a Conquest-class ship for the first time. Beginning May 15, 2027, Carnival Valor will offer varied six-...

Hidden defects cause legal row for €1 house in France

Couple may sue French council over drainage issues in their bargain property. Copyright (c) 2023 chayanuphol/Shutterstock. No use without permission. A couple who bought a house for €1 in central France are threatening to take the town council...

The magic and miracle of education   

On 27 September 2025, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell addressed the United Nations under the theme of “Better Together.” His speech focused on the value of education, accurately describing it as a “lifeline” and as a “bridge between...

‘Caribbean culture is not a brand’

“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...

French navy seizes 9 tons of cocaine on Turkish ship off Martinique

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...

Haitians deserve reparations from France

By Marlene L. Daut (Source: Philadelphia Tribune) In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in...

Air Transat launches non-stop service between Québec City & Fort-de-France

Air Transat is consolidating its leadership in the French Antilles with an innovative route from Québec City. The airline is the first to offer a direct connection between Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) and Martinique Aimé...

High stakes and High Seas

by Ed Gorman / IMOCA Globe Series 24 Oct 08:16 PDT 26 October 2025 The final IMOCA race of the 2025 season gets under way from Le Havre for Martinique in the Caribbean on Sunday, and it looks set to be a thriller featuring some of the top boats...

Saint-Pierre's Devastated Ruins Reveal Tragic History

St. Lucia’s Marigot Bay and Pigeon Island now behind us, the Caribee under full sail headed for Martinique, the next island in the Lesser Antilles. Like nearby Guadeloupe, Martinique is an overseas department of France and culturally distinct from...

End-of-Season Options for Caribbean Cruisers

Jolly Harbour Marina & Boat Yard David H. Lyman It’s May, the end of another season in the Caribbean. Antigua Classic and Sailing Week have come and gone; the boats have packed up and left. My boat is one of the only ones still at anchor in this...

Air Transat launches exclusive non-stop service between Québec City and Fort-de-France

Air Transat, voted 2024 World's Best Leisure Airline by Skytrax, is consolidating its leadership in the French Antilles with an innovative route from Québec City. The airline is the first to offer a direct connection between Québec City Jean...

FRENCH NATIONALS KILLED AS AIRCRAFT GOES DOWN IN DOMINICA 

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...

17th Transat Café L'or Class 40 Leg 1 Finish

by Transat Café L'OR 29 Oct 03:32 PDT 29 October 2025 At 0805hrs UTC this Wednesday morning, Corentin Douguet and Axel Tréhin (SNSM Faites un don!) crossed the Class40 finish line first in La Coruña, NW Spain, for what has become the first leg of...

Orthotic and prosthetic care stakeholder engagement

The Member of Parliament for St George South Hon. Andy Williams in collaboration with Trinidad and Tobago Orthotics and Prosthetics (The Amputee Centre), is hosting a vital stakeholder engagement. Come and be part of an important presentation and...

St Barth Film Festival Returns with a Focus on Caribbean Stories in Motion

ST BARTH — The 28th edition of the St Barth Film Festival is set to open on April 30, with a lineup that cuts across borders and cultures, examining the many forms of movement that shape Caribbean life — from migration and exile to adventure and...

Understanding the ban on fish exports from Grenada to US

by Arley Salimbi Gill Come 1 January 2026, Grenada will be banned from exporting fish to the United States of America. This is significant because, in many respects, the US has been the main export destination for our fish, providing a ready...