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Crop Over 2025: A taste of Barbadian hospitality
Stabroek News
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August 31, 2025
Outstanding hospitality, revelry, fun, and a look at Barbados’s history and culture were the experiences visitors took away from that island country’s Crop Over festival, hosted by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI). A 40-member team of...
In Guadeloupe, ‘Creole Gardens’ Give Climate Lessons in a Spirit of Solidarity
The Good Men Project - California
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May 7, 2025
By Olivia Losbar It’s a farming model inherited from the colonial period and neglected for years, but is now enjoying a certain revival – the “Creole garden,” a traditional home garden that produces staple foods for families. Banana trees, tubers...
Researcher subjects herself to 32,000 hungry mosquitoes to test next-gen repellent: 'Remarkable'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 30, 2025
"Promising results." by Zachary EhrmannAugust 30, 2025 A new, natural mosquito repellent has passed the ultimate test after a researcher voluntarily exposed herself to 32,000 hungry tiger mosquitoes and emerged completely bite-free, offering new...
In Guadeloupe, ‘Creole gardens’ give climate lessons in a spirit of solidarity
Global Voices
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April 15, 2025
A typical example of a Creole garden. This one is tended by Hugues Occibrun, who is trying to bring back local agricultural knowledge. Photo by Olivia Losbar, used with permission. It's a farming model inherited from the colonial period and...
MAN Energy, COSCO Partner on Decarbonization-Based Retrofits
Turbomachinery International
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MAN Energy Solutions and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries (CHI) agreed to collaborate on future decarbonization-centric retrofit projects, specifically modifying existing ships to fire low-carbon alternative fuels like methane, methanol, and...
BBC “Confirms Start Of Production On Series 2 Of ‘Return To Paradise'” – report
Deadline
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April 19, 2025
Return to Paradise is the latest spin-off from the BBC’s longrunning hit comedy drama series Death in Paradise. The finale of the first season left a cliffhanger over the fate of lead character Detective Sergeant Mackenzie Clarke who returns to...
The OECS Participates in the International Sargassum Sequence (ISS) in Guadeloupe
Searchlight
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April 15, 2025
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission participated in the International Sargassum Sequence (ISS) at the Creole Beach Hotel in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, from March 26 to 28, 2025. Among a series of meetings and site visits,...
Is Washington Trying to Build a “Coalition of the Willing” Against Venezuela?
naked capitalism
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August 29, 2025
Second question: does the “supposed” Cartel de los Soles actually exist? Before we get to the meat of this article, which is really two articles in one, a quick recap (just in case some readers have been on a news-fast for the past three weeks). A...
Antigua and Guadeloupe Partner on Green Ferry Project to Boost Regional Travel
Antigua News Room
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April 7, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Antigua and Barbuda could soon be part of a groundbreaking fossil fuel-free ferry network as a Guadeloupe-led initiative assesses the feasibility of launching an environmentally friendly inter-island...
Soluroc Inc. announces acquisition of Fuller Industrial Corporation
Canadian Manufacturing
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April 3, 2025
LA GUADELOUPE — Soluroc Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of wear-resistant solutions announces the acquisition of Fuller Industrial Corporation (Fuller), a Canadian manufacturer reportedly known for its custom-engineered process piping and...
SOLUROC Acquires FULLER INDUSTRIAL Expanding Its Position As The Canadian Leader In Wear-Resistant Solutions
MENAFN
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April 2, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Soluroc Logo (CNW Group/Soluroc) Fuller logo (CNW Group/Soluroc) LA GUADELOUPE, QC, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Soluroc Inc., a Canadian leader in wear-resistant solutions is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fuller...
UPLG Leader Sheds Light On Dark Clouds Cast By Colonialism Over Guadeloupe
MENAFN
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March 29, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 29. Colonialism has caused enormous damage to the national and religious identity of the indigenous peoples of Guadeloupe and other colonized territories, General Secretary of the People's Union...
MAN Energy Solutions’ Dual-Fuel Engines to Drive Floating Power Plants
Turbomachinery International
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Karpowership contracted MAN Energy Solutions to supply 24 18-cylinder 51/60DF dual-fuel engines, each with a power generation capacity of 20.7 MW across numerous globally operated floating power-plant barges set to enter service in Asia, South and...
"The French banana sector warns of uncertain future at Paris International Agricultural Show"
Fresh Plaza
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March 10, 2025
In 2024, for the first time, bananas became the most popular fruit consumed in France. The bananas of Guadeloupe and Martinique were also voted France's favorite brand last August. Yet, the French banana sector is going through a major crisis, in...
Guadeloupe to fell 'exotic' coconut trees to stem coastal erosion
Modern Ghana
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January 4, 2025
France's Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, famed for its tropical beaches, plans to remove some of its exotic coconut palms to stem coastal erosion and eradicate a tree disease. At the picture-perfect beach of La Perle, in the north of the...
New Caribbean pageant to host first production
Antigua News Room
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March 27, 2025
A new Caribbean Pageant franchise was birthed. The Miss Caribbean Beauty and Intelligence Pageant under the theme, “Caribbean Beauties, breaking barriers through inclusion,” came into existence after months of discussion about networking between...
New Caribbean pageant to host first production in Guyana
News Room
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March 26, 2025
A new Caribbean Pageant franchise was birthed. The Miss Caribbean Beauty and Intelligence Pageant under the theme, “Caribbean Beauties, breaking barriers through inclusion,” came into existence after months of discussion about networking between...
Guadeloupe: seizing the opportunity of a blackout…
Indybay - California
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January 2, 2025
Effects of a blackout amidst a popular uprising in the Caribbean a few months ago. On Friday October 25 in the French colony of Guadeloupe, shortly after 8:30 a.m., striking EDF employees in a month-long dispute with their management invaded the...
The challenges of agricultural waste in Guadeloupe constitute a climate and health emergency
Global Voices
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March 21, 2025
Recovery of agricultural chemical waste in Guadeloupe. Photo by Olivia Losbar, used with permission. In Guadeloupe, a French-speaking Caribbean island whose recent history has been marked by a chlordecone pollution scandal, agricultural waste...
Japan's Cross-Border E-Commerce“WAFUU” Adds Shipping To 37 New Countries
MENAFN
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March 18, 2025
(MENAFN- AETOSWire) (BUSINESS WIRE ) -- QRESTIA Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; President & CEO: Hidemasa Fukada) is pleased to announce that WAFUU, its cross-border e-commerce site, has expanded its shipping Network to an additional 37...