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Caribbean Airlines launches service from Guadeloupe to Barbados
10 Just in time for the Holidays, Caribbean Airlines has bridged the gap between Guadeloupe and Barbados with their recently launched flight service between the two countries. This development, in keeping with Caribbean Airlines’ mission to...

Keeping Our Cool When Talking Climate
Ignorance, like history, repeats itself when people refuse to learn from it. One lesson we should have learned is that science and ideology do not mix. We saw this during Biden’s disastrous COVID response, which gave the U.S. the worst COVID death...

Explore the Beauty of Guadeloupe with Affordable Flights
French Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago, His Excellency Didier Chabert and CEO, Garvin Medera. They were joined by Caribbean Airlines BW 288 crew. Captain Rene Seow and Captain Richard Jacelon at the launch of service to Guadeloupe from Piarco...

Caribbean Airlines starts new service to Guadeloupe
Dec 09, 2024 News Kaieteur News- Caribbean Airlines on Saturday announced the start of its new service to the French island of Guadeloupe, marking a significant milestone in the airline’s commitment to enhancing regional connectivity. This new...

Caribbean Airlines Expands Network with New Guadeloupe Route
Caribbean Airlines Brings the Region Closer with New Service to Guadeloupe Caribbean Airlines announces the start of its new service to the French island of Guadeloupe, marking a significant milestone in the airline’s commitment to enhancing...

Lucian Carnival Declared a Resounding Success!
. This year’s Lucian Carnival festival has been recognized as a brilliantly executed event, with major stakeholders and organizers already strategizing to enhance the national brand and broaden its appeal. Dezral has made history by earning a rare...

A labour of love: Caribbean Airlines launches Guadeloupe flights
Brent Pinheiro [email protected] After years of paperwork filings, regulatory approvals, and a global pandemic, Trinidad and Tobago is now linked to the Spanish, English, Dutch, and French Caribbean in what Caribbean Airlines (CAL) CEO Garvin...

Allianz and Groupama cancel riot coverage in Martinique and Guadeloupe
Allianz and Groupama are removing the riot coverage from their commercial insurance policies for Martinique and Guadeloupe. This decision came a few days after the Italian group Generali had stopped underwriting commercial risks in the French West...

Health + financial toll of emerging mosquito-borne chikungunya infection likely vastly underestimated
The health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been significantly underestimated, with total costs probably approaching US$ 50 billion in 2011-20 alone, suggests a...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, October 2024
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Global Reinsurance Market: Special 2025 Renewal
After the particularly high claims experience of 2017 and the Covid years, the global reinsurance market is calmly embarking on the 2025 renewals. The recovery of recent years confirms the good health of reinsurers, whose profitability has been...

Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Puerto Rico and More Drive Surging Caribbean Cruise Tourism with $4.27 Billion Economic Impact
SOURCE: TRAVEL AND TOUR WORLD: The Florida-Caribbean Association (FCCA), which represents the cruise industry’s interests alongside stakeholders in the Caribbean and Latin America, has announced record economic impacts for the region in the...

Boulder County-area real estate, commercial deals, Nov. 11, 2024
Trust deeds This list includes trust deeds (to secure repayment of a loan) of $750,000 or more. Information includes the borrower, lender, address or legal description of the property, date the trust deed was filed and amount. Alemi Omid: JPMorgan...

The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean
For weeks, the French Caribbean island of Martinique has been the site of at-times violent protests over high living costs and worsening economic conditions. And Martinique isn’t alone; in the neighboring French island of Guadeloupe, striking...

Caribbean Cycling Championships … Bermuda, Cuba, & Guadeloupe among winners in Individual Time Trials
Action in the opening day of the Caribbean Cycling Championship Individual Time Trials (ITT) produced four divisional winners, with Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda standing tall on the podium along the Heroes Highway, East Bank...

Ridiculous phone roaming bills and how to avoid them
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2024
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Antigua and Barbuda Sees Record $89 Million in Cruise Tourism Spending as Caribbean and Latin America Break Economic Records
Antigua and Barbuda Sees Record $89 Million in Cruise Tourism Spending as Caribbean and Latin America Break Economic Records Antigua and Barbuda contributed a record $89 million in direct cruise tourism expenditures during the 2023-2024 cruise...

French Neocolonialism: a Threat to the European Economy and Security
France is facing a significant economic crisis, which threatens not only its domestic stability but also risks creating ripple effects across the European Union (EU). Key challenges include record high public debt, now over €3 trillion, or 112% of...

Demands for reparations over the slave trade
Sir, Tomiwa Owolade makes a case for rejecting the demand by politicians and academics in the Caribbean for Britain to pay reparations for its role in the slave trade (“Cash for slavery calls are cynical opportunism”, Oct 28; letter, Oct 29). He...