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Panton, Gregg, Swann set for final Rally2 clash
68 Nine testing special stages in the north of the island on Sunday will settle the Barbados Motoring Federation’s (BMF) 2025 Rally2 Championship in what is expected to be an exciting double-header final with just 17 points separating the top...
Saint Lucia victorious at ECGA golf
For the second time in three years, Saint Lucia are Eastern Caribbean Golf Association (ECGA) champions, winning the gross title on Sunday, October 5th, in St Kitts and Nevis. Of special note were strong performances from Yadhu Urs and the women...
Clapcich makes history in Transat Café L'OR
by Team Francesca Clapcich 26 Oct 09:29 PDT 26 October 2025 At 1430 local time [1330 UTC], Italian American pro sailor, Francesca Clapcich crossed the startline of the Transat Café L'OR in her 60-foot foiling IMOCA, 11th Hour Racing, becoming only...
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...
Agreement Signed to Curb Crime
Sponsored | Article continues below ↓ . St. Lucia and the French territory of Martinique have officially decided to cut the territorial chains hindering the fight against criminal activity that span the two countries. The 9th Meeting of the Joint...
FRS Express ferry service resumes full service; charter flight for affected parties from St Lucia to DA
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 at 4:05 PM Desma PatrickMarketing Officer at H.H.V Whitchurch & Co. Ltd, Desma Patrick, has reassured passengers of FRS Express Des Iles that the service is fully up and running once again....
And they’re off! Clapcich makes history as first American woman to take on Transat Café L’OR
At 1430 local time [1330 UTC], Italian American pro sailor, Francesca Clapcich crossed the startline of the Transat Café L’OR in her 60-foot foiling IMOCA, 11th Hour Racing, becoming only the first American woman, and second Italian woman, to take...
Transat Café L'or: Pam Lee has Class40 baptism
by Transat Café L'OR 21 Oct 03:08 PDT 26 October 2025 Ireland's Pam Lee has already made her own little bit of history as she lines up to start the Transat Café L'Or, the doublehanded race from Le Havre to Martinique. She is the first skipper to...
Three 50ft trimarans capsize in first night of Transat race: all skippers rescued
The Transat Café L’Or – formerly known as the Transat Jacques Vabre – has got off to a dramatic start with three Ocean Fifty trimarans capsizing in the first night of racing. The Transat Café L’Or – formerly known as the Transat Jacques Vabre –...
Why Nova Scotia Is the Perfect Road Trip Destination
If you’re dreaming of the kind of road trip where every twist and turn comes with a view, where small towns feel like storybook settings, and where lighthouses, beaches, and seafood await around every corner – Nova Scotia is calling your name....
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...
17th Transat Café L’or – Capsizes and Collisions
After tens of thousands of well-wishers and spectators gathered around Le Havre’s Vauban docks to send off the skippers in perfect sunshine, the three divisions which started the TRANSAT CAFÉ L’OR Normandie Le Havre this afternoon were then...
Countdown to the Transat Café L'OR is on
by Francesca Clapcich 24 Oct 09:44 PDT Italian-American professional offshore sailor Francesca Clapcich is set to become the first American woman to take on the notoriously challenging double-handed race, the Transat Café L'OR. Clapcich and her...
Decolonial thought in Brazilian philanthropy: Not a new label, but a new stance
The accumulation of wealth in Brazil, a country marked by deep inequalities, has always been tied to practices rooted in the history of colonialism. To explore philanthropy in Brazil is, inevitably, to speak of colonialism. The foundations and...
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...
17th Transat Café L'or Start
by Transat Café L'OR 26 Oct 10:18 PDT 26 October 2025 After tens of thousands of well-wishers and spectators gathered around Le Havre's Vauban docks to send off the skippers in perfect sunshine, the three divisions which started the TRANSAT CAFÉ...
It’s time to go racing… countdown to the Transat Café L’OR is on
Italian-American professional offshore sailor Francesca Clapcich is set to become the first American woman to take on the notoriously challenging double-handed race, the Transat Café L’OR. Clapcich and her co-skipper, Will Harris (GBR) will cross...
Redeveloped Hewanorra International Airport potentially finished by 2029
By Enrique Rupert If all goes to plan, the redevelopment of the Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia could possibly be completed by 2029, according to the General Manager of the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Port Authority (SLASPA) Daren...
Carnival Cruise Line Clarifies What It Does With Uneaten Food, Signs "First-Ever" Type Of Deal
It is inevitable that some of Carnival Cruise Line's most popular ships, like the Carnival Vista, Carnival Venezia and Carnival Sunshine, will have an excess of food. This has been a concern for decades now. What do cruises do with all that extra...