The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: How To Enjoy A French Escape—In The Caribbean

Every once in a while, I get a craving for a little Parisian getaway. There’s just something enchanting about Paris: the cobblestone streets, the boutique shopping, and the cafes serving warm, flaky croissants. For most American travelers, a trip...

New LNG Carrier to Join Celsius Tech's Fleet

The vessel is set to be inducted into Celsius Tech’s fleet later this month. Image Credit: Celsium Celsius Tech Limited, the Hong Kong-based technical management firm for Danish owner Celsius, has christened its latest LNG carrier, the Celsius...

Work in Progress: Christelle Oyiri

As a child, Christelle Oyiri spent her holidays visiting family in Guadeloupe. When she returned to the island alone in 2020, she began to uncover its histories of pollution and power. Contaminated by prolonged historical use of the pesticide...

From sargassum to the blue economy: a sustainable opportunity for the Greater Caribbean

As climate change warms the oceans and alters nutrient flows in rivers like the Amazon, sargassum thrives. However, when it reaches the coast and begins to decompose, it emits toxic gases, primarily hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, posing increasing...

No Ceiling for the Eagles' Defensive Rock: Maxence Lacroix on faith, family,

In an interview with Showmax Premier League, Crystal Palace’s towering French centre-back, Maxence Lacroix, shares the remarkable story of his journey from a tiny French village to the heart of the Premier League, discussing the bond with his...

Carnival expands meal donations into Latin America

Carnival Corp. & plc is working with food banks and community partners in Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, taking its fresh meal donation program to Latin America for the first time. The food banks are part of the Global FoodBanking...

David Todd: Parable of the Parakeets

On​ 21 April 2002 Jean-Marie Le Pen became the first leader of a far-right party to reach the run-off of a French presidential election. France was astonished. For two weeks, daily anti-fascist demonstrations took place in cities and the...

Making Space

IT IS IN YOSHINO, a quiet cedarwood-manufacturing town in the Kii Mountains about three hundred miles from Tokyo, that something within me quietly shifts and settles into equilibrium. I have been in Japan for two and a half days, overwhelmed with...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – September 29, 2025

September 29, 2025 Ready, Set, SOTIC — Barbados takes the stage Barbados is buzzing — SOTIC 2025 has arrived! From September 30 to October 3, the Caribbean Tourism Organization will chart the future of regional tourism at the annual State of the...

Air France Announces New Flights to Phuket and Punta Cana

Air France will expand its long-haul network with new flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Phuket, Thailand, starting 27 November 2025, and a seasonal service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, beginning 13 January 2026. The announcement was...

Jounen Kwéyòl — A revolutionary journey

Arguably, Jounen Kwéyòl is one of the biggest national cultural celebrations in Saint Lucia, ranking in prominence on the calendar of events with the Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival and Carnival. However, unlike jazz and Carnival, Jounen Kwéyòl...

Fashion meets purpose at Rotary’s Hats & Heels gala

KRISTY RAM­NAR­INE kristy.ram­nar­ine@cnc3.co.tt Fash­ion, en­ter­tain­ment, tea and com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice took cen­tre stage at the Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad when Ro­tary Trinidad and To­ba­go host­ed its sig­na­ture fundrais­ing event, Hats &...

Fashion meets purpose

[email protected] Fashion, entertainment, tea and community service took centre stage at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad when Rotary Trinidad and Tobago hosted its signature fundraising event, Hats & Heels, on September 21. With participation from 14...

Dennis Marek: The Bermuda Triangle

In 1970, pilot Bruce Gernon faced a tunnel-like cloud while flying through the Bermuda Triangle. He claimed that his instruments malfunctioned, and upon exiting the cloud, he experienced a time discrepancy of about 30 minutes. It just disappeared....

Mosquito-borne diseases expand, posing new threats

September 19, 2025 9 min read Driven by climate change, population mobility and global trade, mosquito-borne diseases are extending beyond tropical and subtropical areas. Dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus — all spread by Aedes mosquitoes — have...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launches a pilot project on sargassum to turn a challenge into an opportunity

Sargassum, long considered a scourge of the Caribbean, is now at the heart of an innovative project in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The archipelago is embarking on a pilot initiative to transform this brown seaweed into agricultural and...

Hurricane Gabrielle makes a run for the Azores

After completing a right turn just southeast of Bermuda, Hurricane Gabrielle — still at Category 4 strength at midday Tuesday — may still be a hurricane when it moves over or near the Azores on Thursday. The National Weather Service has issued a...

OECS Secretary-General and French Senate promote discussion on interregional collaboration

Dominica News Online - Monday, September 22nd, 2025 at 10:59 AM H.E. Dr. Didacus JulesOn September 17, 2025, the Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, participated in a virtual dialogue...

OECS Director General and French Senate Advance Dialogue on Regional Cooperation

The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, engaged in a virtual meeting with the Delegation of the French Senate for Overseas Territories on September 17, 2025. The meeting was hosted from...

Mallorcan set sail on one of most demanding transatlantic races

Hugo Ramon set sail. Credit: Real Club Náutico de Palma FB Mallorcan sailor Hugo Ramon set sail on Wednesday, September 24, at 3.30pm from Les Sables d’Olonne, France, for his fourth La Boulangere Mini Transat, a solo ocean race known for being...