The Caribbean and You Public Seminar
In Caribbean news, CaribDirect.com is pleased to announce its second public seminar as part of its CaribDirect Seminar Series on the topic The Caribbean and You. The panel promises to boast a group of highly knowledgeable, influential and skilled Caribbean professionals. ARGUMENT: The United Kingdom is replete with talented, skilled and semi-skilled Caribbean descendants wanting to […]
Eight Charged in Sweden over International Drug Ring
Swedish prosecutors charged eight people Monday suspected of belonging to a drug ring linked to a massive Caribbean cocaine bust in 2010, following a lengthy probe in several European countries. The eight suspects, whose names were not given, were charged with aggravated narcotics crime, narcotics smuggling and money laundering for crimes committed between 2006 and […]
Police Blotter: Man Arrested for Drunken Driving While Trying to Peddle Pot
The following information was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Macomb County Sheriff‘s deputies arrested a Shelby Township man March 8 for drunken driving on what the suspect later admitted to police was a trip to sell marijuana. Officers were called to […]
160 Die in Crash of Airliner in Venezuela
A chartered airliner carrying vacationing French passengers home to Martinique crashed in a mountainous part of northern Venezuela early Tuesday morning after its engines failed, killing all 160 people aboard, the aviation authorities here said. The two-engine plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operated by West Caribbean Airways of Colombia, was traveling from Panama to Martinique […]
French Debating Choice of Surface for U.S. Tie
According to today’s edition of l’Équipe, everything was set to welcome the Swiss to the city of Pau, near the Spanish border, indoors on hard courts in April for the Davis Cup quarter-finals. But the American upset has changed the data. And now the French are scrambling a little bit. Coach Lionel Roux joked they […]
UPDATES On Philippe Niang’s “Toussaint L’Ouverture” Film Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga, Sonia Rolland
S&A French speakers stand up! I’m going to need your help with this one. Below is a recent news report (uploaded to YouTube just yesterday, the 15th) from a TV station in Martinique, profiling Philippe Niang’s Toussaint L’Ouverture film that got the black blogosphere uber-excited about 3 weeks ago when I posted its first trailer here on S&A. […]
Ronny Turiaf’s Size Wasn’t Always a Good Thing
At 6’10”, Wizards big man Ronny Turiaf has the natural size and ability for the NBA. But basketball wasn’t always his sport of choice. Turiaf grew up on the French island of Martinique, and his family made sure he stayed out of trouble by occupying his time with various athletic activities. “I used to be […]
2011-2012 CARIMI TOUR… MARTINIQUE Jan 7th at Atrium
Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to post pictures and videos… We have had a very long tour, 14 giggs in 16 days that started in Orlando on December 23 all the way to Jan 7th that took us to places from Orlando, Miami, NY and plenty of cities in Haiti like Fonds Parisiens, […]
Strikes Continue to Disrupt Travel to French Caribbean
Holidaymakers have been warned to stay indoors, while many petrol stations, supermarkets and car hire offices remain closed following 37 days of protests at the high cost of living and low wages on the French Caribbean islands. In a statement released earlier this week, the Martinique Tourism Authority said it was “100 per cent open […]
‘We’re Definitely in Europe,’ say Caribbean Islanders
THE people of the French overseas territory of Martinique seem better prepared for the switch from francs to euros than much of mainland France and they are a lot more enthusiastic about it. Alexandre Alexis pulled a small package from his shop till and unfolded a scrap of newspaper to reveal seven newly minted coins. “No […]