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EU banana production reaches 543,806 tons in 2025
According to the European Commission's Bananas Market Situation – October 2025 report, total EU banana production for 2025 is forecast at 543,806 tons, with 60,911 tons marketed within producing regions and 482,896 tons marketed outside them. The...
Transat Café L'or: Saturday start for Ocean Fifty
by Transat Café L'OR 24 Oct 10:56 PDT 25 October 2025 The Ocean Fifty class and all its skippers have requested to advance their start to the Transat Café L'Or race which was originally scheduled for Sunday, October 26th. They point to the weather...
It’s time to go racing… countdown to the Transat Café L’OR is on
Italian-American professional offshore sailor Francesca Clapcich is set to become the first American woman to take on the notoriously challenging double-handed race, the Transat Café L’OR. Clapcich and her co-skipper, Will Harris (GBR) will cross...
Sayers, Limery: Wa ek wenn chimen (King and queen of the road)
Jason Sayers and Laura-Lynn Limery emerged victorious from the 2025 Kwéyòl 5K Run powered by Lucozade. The third edition of this landmark road running event, hosted by the Saint Lucia Athletics Association (SLAA), attracted over 75 runners,...
Newcastle v Fulham Live TV – Global channel listings on Saturday for St James’ Park match
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v Fulham Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Saturday (3pm (UK) kick-off). Eddie Howe looking to follow up that excellent 3-0 Champions...
Julien Alfred’s legacy shines on in new jewellery line
A new collection celebrating Olympic gold medallist Julien Alfred is set to help support her charitable work, according to the French-Saint Lucian founder of Fearless Jewellery, Eleanor Prospere. Prospere officially unveiled the Julien Alfred...
2025 Kweyòl 5K Run Powered by Lucozade Unites Culture, Fitness, and Community
The St. Lucia Athletics Association (SLAA) once again delivered an outstanding sporting and cultural experience with the hosting of the 2025 Kweyòl 5K Run powered by Lucozade on Sunday, October 19, 2025. The event attracted more than 75...
Swarthmore is tabling an earned income tax | Inquirer Greater Media
Hi, Greater Media! 👋 Swarthmore Borough residents won’t have to pay an earned income tax, at least for the time being. Also this week, Task, the Delco-set HBO mini-series, has wrapped up, the Media Business Authority is pursuing possible eateries...
Transat Café L’or – Saturday start for the Ocean Fifty
The Ocean Fifty class and all its skippers have requested to advance their start to the race initially scheduled for Sunday, October 26th. They cited the expected weather conditions overnight from Sunday to Monday, which could be damaging for...
Olympian ‘Zeph’ Joseph launches game-changing cross country event
For more than three decades, Mon Repos native, police officer, and farmer Zepherinus Knockay Joseph has championed distance running in Saint Lucia. With the long-overdue announcement of a schools’ cross country event in his name, the 50-year-old...
Carnival Announces Year-Round Deployment in Mobile, Alabama
Carnival Cruise Line has announced its next wave of 2027-28 deployments, including the return of year-round deployment in Mobile, Alabama, expanding its capacity in the region with a Conquest-class ship sailing from the home port for the first...
Paris Challenges London’s Art Crown With Art Basel Paris 2025 Edition At Grand Palais
ART BASEL PARIS 2025 © ADRIEN DIRAND - LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER © ADRIEN DIRAND - LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER Hot on the heels of London’s whirlwind Frieze Week, the international art world has shifted its gaze to Paris, where Art Basel Paris 2025...
FRS Express ferry service resumes full service; charter flight for affected parties from St Lucia to DA
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 at 4:05 PM Desma PatrickMarketing Officer at H.H.V Whitchurch & Co. Ltd, Desma Patrick, has reassured passengers of FRS Express Des Iles that the service is fully up and running once again....
Panton, Gregg, Swann set for final Rally2 clash
68 Nine testing special stages in the north of the island on Sunday will settle the Barbados Motoring Federation’s (BMF) 2025 Rally2 Championship in what is expected to be an exciting double-header final with just 17 points separating the top...
Paris’s Palais de Tokyo Removes ‘Illegal’ Cameron Rowland Martinican Flag Piece
The Palais de Tokyo in Paris took down a Cameron Rowland piece not long after it went on view, appending new wall text that notes that the removed work may have been “considered illegal.” Rowland’s work, titled Replacement (2025), was commissioned...
Toxic gases: Sargassum produces hydrogen sulfide, methane, and ammonia
6 People who remove sargassum from the beaches are unaware that their health is at risk due to exposure to the toxic gases produced by seaweed, which washes up on the coasts of Quintana Roo by the ton. Norma Patricia Muñoz Sevilla, a doctor in...
Sarkozy’s five-year prison term starts with fingerprints and a mug shot
A motorcade of police escorted the 70-year-old from his home in the tony 16th arrondissement to the gates of Paris-La Santé prison in the heart of the French capital. There, guards took him into custody, leading him down to a basement office where...
Transat Café L'or: Pam Lee has Class40 baptism
by Transat Café L'OR 21 Oct 03:08 PDT 26 October 2025 Ireland's Pam Lee has already made her own little bit of history as she lines up to start the Transat Café L'Or, the doublehanded race from Le Havre to Martinique. She is the first skipper to...
Colombia Prepares for International Dance Biennial in Cali
Colombia prepares for the Seventh International Dance Biennial, an event featuring the participation of seven countries set in Cali. Credit: Maira Lins, CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons Cali, Colombia, will once again become the world capital of...