New LNG Carrier to Join Celsius Tech's Fleet

The vessel is set to be inducted into Celsius Tech’s fleet later this month. Image Credit: Celsium Celsius Tech Limited, the Hong Kong-based technical management firm for Danish owner Celsius, has christened its latest LNG carrier, the Celsius...

Work in Progress: Christelle Oyiri

As a child, Christelle Oyiri spent her holidays visiting family in Guadeloupe. When she returned to the island alone in 2020, she began to uncover its histories of pollution and power. Contaminated by prolonged historical use of the pesticide...

Bass Pro Shops and White River Marine Group acquires Hobie, bringing production back to the USA

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Bass Pro announced it is purchasing watercraft manufacturer Hobie. And it will move its operations from Mexico to Lebanon, Missouri. Hobie Alter launched his company in 1950 from his parents’ garage, handcrafting...

OECS launches study on shared drill rig for geothermal energy development in its member states

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is moving to strengthen energy security and advancing the transition to renewable energy in the sub-region with the launch of a comprehensive feasibility study on acquiring a...

Haiti adds two players from top European leagues as FIFA World Cup dream intensifies

Overview: Two highly-rated star players, Josué Casimir from French Ligue 1's AJ Auxerre and Hannes Delcroix from the English Premier League's Burnley F.C., have committed to Haiti as Les Grenadiers compete for their second FIFA World Cup...

Comment on DDA keeps up momentum with WCMF promotional tour in Guadeloupe (with video) by Pedro

Dominica News Online - Monday, September 15th, 2025 at 12:08 PM Photo credit: DDADiscover Dominica Authority (DDA) intensified its regional outreach this week through a promotional event in Guadeloupe, emphasizing the island’s tourism attractions...

DDA keeps up momentum with WCMF promotional tour in Guadeloupe (with video)

Dominica News Online - Monday, September 15th, 2025 at 12:08 PM Photo credit: DDADiscover Dominica Authority (DDA) intensified its regional outreach this week through a promotional event in Guadeloupe, emphasizing the island’s tourism attractions...

Celsius names new LNG carrier

Celsius Tech Limited, the Hong Kong-based technical management arm of Danish shipowner Celsius, has held the naming ceremony for a newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. LNG carrier Celsius Guadeloupe; Source Celsius Shipping via LinkedIn...

Making Space

IT IS IN YOSHINO, a quiet cedarwood-manufacturing town in the Kii Mountains about three hundred miles from Tokyo, that something within me quietly shifts and settles into equilibrium. I have been in Japan for two and a half days, overwhelmed with...

A great day for ULP in parliament; bad day for NDP

By Unity Labour Party Parliament on Monday, Sept. 29 On Monday, Sept. 29, the Unity Labour Party (ULP) again demonstrated in Parliament that it is a well-oiled political/governance machine of the highest quality. Yet again, too, the opposition New...

ULP’s great day in parliament, Bad day for NDP

A GREAT DAY FOR ULP IN PARLIAMENT; BAD DAY FOR NDP On Monday September, 2025, the Unity Labour Party (ULP) again demonstrated in Parliament that it is a well-oiled political/governance machine of the highest quality. Yet again, too, the opposition...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – September 29, 2025

September 29, 2025 Ready, Set, SOTIC — Barbados takes the stage Barbados is buzzing — SOTIC 2025 has arrived! From September 30 to October 3, the Caribbean Tourism Organization will chart the future of regional tourism at the annual State of the...

David Todd: Parable of the Parakeets

On​ 21 April 2002 Jean-Marie Le Pen became the first leader of a far-right party to reach the run-off of a French presidential election. France was astonished. For two weeks, daily anti-fascist demonstrations took place in cities and the...

Lost in Space: The Limits of Geolocation in a Satellite-Connected World

“Where are you?” is not an easy question to answer on the Internet. The telephone system’s address plan embedded a certain amount of physical location information in the fixed-line network, and a full E.164 telephone number indicated your location...

Rebels and radicals: the story behind Buffalo's most enduring images

In 1985, London was in the grip of an underground creative revolution. Dilapidated squats were occupied by artists, anarchic club nights were being thrown by performers like Leigh Bowery, and designers like Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano were...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launches a pilot project on sargassum to turn a challenge into an opportunity

Sargassum, long considered a scourge of the Caribbean, is now at the heart of an innovative project in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The archipelago is embarking on a pilot initiative to transform this brown seaweed into agricultural and...

The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe

On April 14, 1936, twenty-year-old Orson Welles directed his first major play. The production was an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast. Debuting in Harlem’s storied Lafayette Theatre on Seventh Avenue at 132nd...

Dennis Marek: The Bermuda Triangle

In 1970, pilot Bruce Gernon faced a tunnel-like cloud while flying through the Bermuda Triangle. He claimed that his instruments malfunctioned, and upon exiting the cloud, he experienced a time discrepancy of about 30 minutes. It just disappeared....

Dominica – Creole 4 Business: strengthening businesses through language, culture, and relationships

Powered by Creole Heartbeat and ambassador Leroy “Wadix” Charles, the Creole 4 Business aims to transform Creole culture into an economic driver. Its strategy is based on four pillars: cultural and linguistic training, product development and...

Death in Paradise star's forgotten thriller is now available to stream

Death in Paradise fans missing their weekly trip to Saint Marie can instead tune into a movie featuring one of its much-loved stars. Actor Ben Miller - who used to be in the BBC hit - starred in crime caper The Actors back in 2003 and it is now...