Guadeloupe News

On March 14th and 21st, French people will be asked to vote for the "Regional elections". In Guadeloupe, blogger Gwakafwika condemns [French Creole] the local press, which he sees as a vehicle of propaganda for the current President, Victorin Lurel.

Some twenty to thirty construction workers from Grand Case marched again through the streets of Marigot waving placards on Tuesday morning, to draw attention to their long-running protest against contractor Kapror Sarl.

Hopes that the long-running strike by construction workers in Grand Case could be resolved Monday evaporated when Kapro general manager Laurent Dalche refused to negotiate settlement terms for workers at a meeting with Labour Office Head M. Bauroy, CGTG Union Head Rudy Hyman indicated Monday.

By Dr Emanuel Finn There has always been a French presence and involvement in Dominica since the Europeans arrived in the West Indies in the 15th century.

A security guard, with ten years service, was charged with having an illegal firearm and five rounds of ammunition yesterday.

Happily, the Nixon clan had planned an escape to St. Martin and St. Barths long before the meteorologists were predicting record-setting snowfalls, so while the blizzard was a-buzzing we've been happily ensconced upon more tropical shores.

The We Agree with Culture Association will organise its third annual Agriculture Fair at the market gardens in Bellevue on Sunday, February 7, from 10:00am until 11:00pm. A highlight of the fair is always the sale of fresh produce from the amazing variety of crops grown on the site.

Staff photo by Rob Swystun...Sgt. Claude Ricard, with the Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry Second Battalion, holds up the flag of the Village of Saint Claude for Complexe Scolaire St.

Lovers setting their compass to Saint Barthelemy tend to not be seeking adventure, but they get a brief, exhilarating dose anyway.

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Wheels up at the island of St. Maarten and we skim across the waters of the French West Indies to St.

Air Caraibes is elevating its services to St. Maarten from regional to international in December.

St. Jean, St. Barthelemy -- Wheels up at the island of St. Maarten and we skim across the waters of the French West Indies to St.

They call him Mr. Christmas, and it is not just because of the colorfully lighted display of 265 carved and painted plastic foam Santas, elves, and manger scenes that draw thousands of visitors to his front yard each holiday season.

Albuquerque, NM / Teaneck, NJ, USA - Renowned Digital Artist and iPhone Developer are pleased to announce their app, "iCreated" included in ART News Magazine's Art Talk section discussion of iPhone art in the December '09 issue.

St. Barthelemy has a couple of pet names. Americans tend to say St. Bart's, while the Francophiles declare the nickname is St.

The island is a haven for the chic and the hip. Cutoffs rarely meet the dress code, unless they're designed as such and topped off by a fabulously sexy top - for men or women.

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In The French-speaking Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, also dubbed "the Island with Beautiful Waters", water is vital.

Annicette sentenced for Gendarme fatal accident MARIGOT--Cedric Annicette, the young man who involuntarily killed Gendarme Raphael Clin with his motorcycle in a February 12, 2006 accident on the RN7 between Cole Bay and Bellevue received a two-year suspended prison sentence by the court in Guadeloupe on Friday.