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Saint Lucia’s Ministry Of Equity Deepens Ties With Martinique-Based Donor Organizations
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – In an effort to continue strengthening regional partnerships in support of Saint Lucia’s social protection systems and disaster resilience efforts, officials of the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment...
Caribbean ‘running behind’ in achieving Sustainable Dev't Goals by 2030
- UN ECLAC & Associate Members collaborating on SDGs acceleration PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago- It has been acknowledged that the Caribbean’s progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, was running behind, and that...

Uncertain political climate!!!
Recent data provided by Dr. Justin Pierre on the political landscape in Grenada has given a certain amount of comfort to the New National Party (NNP) of Keith Mitchell/Emmalin Pierre that it stands a good chance to win the next general election....
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....

June 2025 was the planet’s third-warmest on record
June 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest June in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported July 10. NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service also rated...

One year after Beryl: Financing fairness in a warming world
by Rosana John, LLM (Environmental Law and Policy) On 1 July 2024, Hurricane Beryl tore through Grenada’s northern sister isles, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, leaving a trail of devastation. More than 90% of buildings were destroyed on the 2...

What Was Paul Gauguin Looking For?
In June, 1891, Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti. He was forty-three. With him—according to Sue Prideaux, whose new biography of Gauguin, “Wild Thing,” is the first to appear in English in thirty years—he carried “a hundred meters of canvas, a large...

CariCOF warns of intense heat and active hurricane season across the Caribbean
The Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is forecasting neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions for the Pacific, while warning of persistent abnormal warmth north of the Caribbean and a highly active heat and rainfall season...

Nigeria-Saint Lucia Bilateral Relations under PBAT: The Strategic Autonomy Components
Bola A. Akinterinwa Saint Lucia is an Eastern Caribbean island nation, located in the northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It had a population of only 179,285 people as of 2023 according to the...

The Language Exchange Party Bonanza: A party to practice languages and make friends
On July 3, around 15 people gathered at The Boxcar Wine & Beer Garden to practice languages, laugh at common mistakes and celebrate different cultures during the Language Exchange Party Bonanza, a free and open meetup for anyone, regardless of...

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to Bogart and Bacall in two-part series
Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to the two Hollywood legends in a two-part series running in July and August VANCOUVER – The first time they performed together, in the 1943 motion picture “To Have and Have Not,” Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall...

Fascism’s New Face is Still The Same!
On July 3, the Meeting of Promoting Teams of the Antifascist International is taking place at a right time. The stated objective is “to update and strengthen our shared agenda in a critical moment of regional and global tension amid the escalation...

I ditched UK for ‘Europe’s Maldives’ with fab beaches & £1 beer…childcare’s FREE & bills cost less than KFC Family Feast
IT’S known as the “Maldives of Europe” thanks to its stunning white sand beaches and crystal clear turquoise waters. Add to that an insanely cheap cost of living that's a jaw-dropping 61 per cent lower than the UK, and it was a no-brainer for...

GFA hosts commercialisation symposium
The Grenada Football Association (GFA) successfully hosted its Commercialisation Symposium on Saturday, 28 June, bringing together representatives from 36 clubs across Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique. The symposium forms part of the...

14 of the best villages in France - according to the French
The results are out for the 2025 poll to find France's favourite village - from fortified hilltop settlements in wine country to quaint fishing villages and the birthplace of musketeer d'Artagnan, here are some of the country's hidden gems. Every...

Grenada renews CCRIF SPC parametric insurance policies for 25/26
The Government of Grenada has confirmed the renewal of the country’s annual parametric insurance coverage with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) for 2025/2026, for a total cost of roughly...

Grenada renews disaster risk insurance with CCRIF SPC
The Government of Grenada has renewed its annual disaster risk insurance coverage with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) for the 2025/26 policy year. A total of US$1,827,718 plus applicable...

Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...

bNovate Technologies Partners with ProDetec to Enhance Water Quality Monitoring in Australia and New Zealand
bNovate Technologies SA, a Swiss leader in innovative microbiological water monitoring solutions, is partnering with ProDetec, a prominent water analysis and monitoring solution provider in Australia and New Zealand. This distribution agreement...

2025 Transat Café L'OR is packed with surprises
by Transat Café L'OR 4 Jul 00:20 PDT 26 October 2025 73 boats sailed by 146 co-skippers will set sail on October 26th on the TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Le Havre Normandy. New duos, some inter-class transfers, and the return of some of the top names are...