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Antigua Yacht Club to Host 2025 CSA Caribbean Dinghy Championship
The Antigua Observer
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - The Antigua Yacht Club (AYC) will host the 2025 Caribbean Dinghy Championship (CDC) slated to run from October 24-26. Held under the auspices of the Caribbean Sailing Association (CSA), the Caribbean Dinghy Championships is...
One year on from Beryl: Flow’s network fully recovered
Now Grenada
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July 2, 2025
As Grenada marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl’s passage, Flow Grenada confirms that mobile, internet, and cable services have been fully restored across Carriacou and Petite Martinique. This milestone honours the resilience of these...
Algeria seeks to defuse diplomatic crisis with France
Atalayar
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June 26, 2025
On the eve of the 63rd anniversary of Algeria's independence, the Algerian Consulate in Nanterre has indirectly communicated, according to Al Arab, its intentions to calm the diplomatic crisis with France. The festivities will last from 1 to 6...
New York’s new-wave Caribbean cuisine
The Financial Times
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June 26, 2025
At Maison Passerelle, the new art deco brasserie at the Manhattan branch of French department store Printemps, the shrimp cocktail presentation is impressive, the ocean trout elegantly plated with cracker-crisp skin, the coconut chiboust light and...
Guadeloupe Representative: France polluted our arable lands with toxic substances
APA
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"Between 1922 and 1930, France's inadequate actions and misguided policies led to the contamination of agricultural land with pesticides in both Guadeloupe and Martinique," said Philippe Eugène Louis Verdol, lecturer in economic sciences, during a...
A few of Dominica’s watering holes make a splash among regional beach bars
Dominica News Online
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July 2, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 at 11:17 AM David L. Hyman, marine journalist and self-proclaimed ’20-year beach bar researcher,’ has reportedly spent decades exploring Caribbean watering holes, and his findings include that...
Air France to connect Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Punta Cana this winter
DR1
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Air France flights are returning in 2026. Air France has announced nonstop service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic on 13 January 2026. The seasonal route will operate three times a week—Tuesdays, Thursdays...
Ponant adds Central American & Caribbean journeys for winter 2027
Travel Press
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June 24, 2025
Ponant Explorations has announced an extensive deployment of 48 voyages across 11 unique itineraries in Central America and the Caribbean for the 2026-2027 winter season. From November 2026 through April 2027, the line will operate 34 Caribbean...
Business News | Dr. Arpit Chopra Jain Honored at United Nations Headquarters in New York
Latestly
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June 17, 2025
PNN New Delhi [India], June 17: Dr. Arpit Chopra Jain, a distinguished figure in the field of alternative medicine, was invited as the Guest of Honour at the prestigious United Nations Global Excellence Awards held at the United Nations...
French and English-speaking Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Source: Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) Several Caribbean countries were rattled by two earthquakes that occurred within an eight hour period on Monday, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St....
Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -
APA
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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...
Delta Airlines Is Bringing Back Flights to a Caribbean Island With World-Famous Chocolate, Stunning Beaches and Authentic Resorts
Caribbean Journal
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June 20, 2025
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,...
Political pragmatism: How the NDC wins re-election
The New Today Grenada
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June 20, 2025
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
The New Today Grenada
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June 20, 2025
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...
French experts conclude training with law enforcers
Stabroek News
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June 14, 2025
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday delivered closing remarks at the conclusion of a Special Operations Course conducted for members of Guyana’s law enforcement agencies by French Special Operations experts. A release from the...
Air France launches direct Paris–Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) route for winter 2026
Aviation24.be
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June 19, 2025
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
Simple Flying
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June 19, 2025
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
Caribbean Journal
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June 19, 2025
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...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
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...
Fresh talks promise a new chapter for French Guiana’s self-g...
Modern Ghana
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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...