Carriacou & Petite Martinique to host first ever Lobster and Lambi Festival in January 2026

The festival, organized in collaboration with the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), will feature a mix of local cuisine, entertainment and cultural activities. Grenada: The islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique are set to host their first ever...

MONTSERRAT’S MEADE WANTS OECS TO ‘FREE-UP’ FREE MOVEMENT

By Staff Writer The Premier of Montserrat, Reuben T Meade, has called on member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States(OECS) to remove any remaining restrictions preventing their citizens from moving and working freely among the...

Sarkozy’s five-year prison term starts with fingerprints and a mug shot

A motorcade of police escorted the 70-year-old from his home in the tony 16th arrondissement to the gates of Paris-La Santé prison in the heart of the French capital. There, guards took him into custody, leading him down to a basement office where...

Sayers, Limery: Wa ek wenn chimen (King and queen of the road)

Jason Sayers and Laura-Lynn Limery emerged victorious from the 2025 Kwéyòl 5K Run powered by Lucozade. The third edition of this landmark road running event, hosted by the Saint Lucia Athletics Association (SLAA), attracted over 75 runners,...

Dominica mourns death of former minister Julius Timothy

Dominica is mourning the loss of one of its most seasoned political figures, Julius Timothy, who passed away last Sunday after battling heart disease for several years. - Advertisement - Timothy, a respected businessman and public servant, was...

Lafcadio Hearn (Yakumo Koizumi) and his many lives

Lafcadio Hearn (Yakumo Koizumi) and his wife Setsu (Photo courtesy of Metropolis Magazine) From late September 2025, NHK’s Asadora,Japan’s most-watched morning drama series and a national cultural staple, debuted “The Ghost Writer’s Wife”, telling...

Ascension Parish bookings for Oct. 2-9, 2025

The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on Oct. 2-9: Oct. 2 Brown, Jaylun Jky: 1628 S. Vista Ave., Gonzales; 18; disturbing the peace/violent and tumultuous manner/disorderly conduct, simple robbery, first degree...

Haverford Township Free Library names new director

HAVERFORD — The Haverford Township Free Library announced that Maryanne Olson was recently selected as its new director. This appointment comes following an extensive nationwide search conducted in collaboration with Bradbury Miller Associates....

The Caribbean Corridor: How Cocaine, Global Mafias, and Digital Crime Converge on Island Shores

The surge in Colombian cocaine production, coupled with Venezuela’s prolonged political and economic crisis, has dramatically reinforced the Caribbean as a primary drug route for illicit substances, especially cocaine, destined for the United...

Julien Alfred’s legacy shines on in new jewellery line

A new collection celebrating Olympic gold medallist Julien Alfred is set to help support her charitable work, according to the French-Saint Lucian founder of Fearless Jewellery, Eleanor Prospere. Prospere officially unveiled the Julien Alfred...

Saint-Pierre's Devastated Ruins Reveal Tragic History

St. Lucia’s Marigot Bay and Pigeon Island now behind us, the Caribee under full sail headed for Martinique, the next island in the Lesser Antilles. Like nearby Guadeloupe, Martinique is an overseas department of France and culturally distinct from...

Emma Tiglao emerges as 2025 Miss Grand International frontrunner

Emma Tiglao. Image: Instagram/@ahleks4u via @emmatiglao Global pageant observers named Emma Tiglao as a major contender for the 2025 Miss Grand International crown, placing the Philippine bet on the top spots of their frontrunners lists....

Ghost of Yōtei debuts as Sony's biggest first-party title in Europe, says GSD

Ghost of Yōtei is the biggest first-party launch for PlayStation in Europe since Marvel's Spider-Man 2, according to GSD data. As The Game Business reports, the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima debuted at No.2 on the GSD European unit sales and...

A new entertainment venue and bar looks to become a Media staple

With the exception of a sign etched onto a glass window on the ground floor, there’s no indication that an entertainment venue and bar awaits beyond the doors of Media’s predominately office-focused Phoenix building. Inside is equally vague....

Matchmaking and marriage services: Do Indians in the diaspora need them?

ACCORDING TO Rao Prakasa (1982), the traditional arranged Indian marriage matchmaker is called anag-waa, or nayan. The matchmaker is normally a family friend or distant relative, or maulvi, imam or pandit who serves as a neutral go-between when...

The Justin Pierre prediction … Four Ministers will lose their…

ITO-Trained Statistician and Researcher Dr Justin Pierre is predicting the downfall of four senior government ministers in Grenada if elections are called by Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. In an exclusive interview with THE NEW TODAY, the...

Agent Orange, a slow violence that still kills

Agent Orange was produced in this way by American multinationals such as Monsanto, Dow Chemical or Hercules, to maximize profits and to raze the largest possible area of forest. It was spread from 10 August 1961, then massively during Operation...

Transat Café L'or fleet has mustered in Le Havre

by Transat Café L'OR 16 Oct 14:40 PDT 26 October 2025 At nine days before the start of the 17th edition of the TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Le Havre Normandie, all the skippers have now arrived in Le Havre, marking the start of the festivities. 148 skippers,...

French bananas continue to grow with the expansion of the Dunkirk site

It has been 10 years since the French banana was sold in its blue, white, and red packaging. Over the years, it has won over the hearts of the French and continues to grow, even in a complicated economic climate. In the space of a decade, the...

Surinamese banana exports back in focus for Europe

"We are a 'price maker' in the region and we would like to keep it that way," says Nitesh Ramlakhan, Director of Production Operations at Food and Agriculture Industries (FAI). As Suriname's only banana plantation, the company occupies a unique...