Tag: West Indies
“Razzia sur la chnouf” in Overseas France with 3.6 tonnes of cocaine seized in one week
More than 3.6 tonnes of cocaine were seized in one week in the Antilles-Guyana arc, announced Thursday the public prosecutor of Fort-de-France, Clarisse Taron. These are two catches of identical…
In Saint-Martin, 1.8 tonnes of cocaine seized on a boat, traffickers on the run
This is what we call a “nice catch”. 1.8 tonnes of cocaine was seized on Tuesday from an outboard boat off the island of Saint-Martin in the French West Indies,…
Opening of a judicial investigation after the death of the mayor of Gosier, Cédric Cornet
But what is happening in Guadeloupe around the death of Cédric Cornet, mayor of the town of Gosier? The 43-year-old elected official was found dead at his home on March…
The Paris Zoological Park welcomes a new recruit, a two-year-old female manatee
Unaï arrives in Paris! No, the former Paris Saint-Germain coach is not returning to the bench at the Parc des Princes. Unaï is a little two-year-old female manatee who arrived…
Suspended prison sentence and ineligibility for the regional president
His lawyer immediately announced that he would appeal. And for good reason. This Friday, the Basse-Terre court went beyond the requisitions of the public prosecutor by sentencing the president of…
Food, medicines… The executive calls for a freeze on the price of basic necessities
Food, but also “health products” and medicines. The president of the executive council of the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique asked the State on Thursday to freeze the prices of basic…
Two earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5 shake the archipelago
A strange wake-up call for Guadeloupeans. Two earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 5 on the Richter scale occurred during the night from Friday to Saturday in Guadeloupe, according to…
The officialization of Creole as an official language, suspended on appeal
The standoff between the prefect and the assembly of Martinique around the officialization of the Creole language as an official language continues. In the administrative battle between the two authorities,…
The increase in dengue cases continues in mainland France, including north of the Loire
Favored by global warming, the tiger mosquito continues to thrive in France, including in the middle of autumn. And after a year 2022 marked by a record number of cases…
End of confinement, but Hurricane Tammy has not said its last word
The weather situation is less critical in Guadeloupe. The archipelago was confined on Saturday for several hours after the maximum cyclone alert was triggered due to the passage of Hurricane…