Guadeloupe News

The island is a haven for the chic and the hip. Cutoffs rarely meet the dress code, unless they're designed as such and topped off by a fabulously sexy top - for men or women.

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In The French-speaking Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, also dubbed "the Island with Beautiful Waters", water is vital.

Annicette sentenced for Gendarme fatal accident MARIGOT--Cedric Annicette, the young man who involuntarily killed Gendarme Raphael Clin with his motorcycle in a February 12, 2006 accident on the RN7 between Cole Bay and Bellevue received a two-year suspended prison sentence by the court in Guadeloupe on Friday.

Cedric Annicette, the young man who involuntarily killed Gendarme Raphael Clin with his motorcycle in a February 12, 2006 accident on the RN7 between Cole Bay and Bellevue received a two-year suspended prison sentence by the court in Guadeloupe on Friday.

Takashi Murakami, who appeared on the cover of THE NEW ORDER issue 2 is preparing for his exhibition a oeSelf-Portraitsa at the highly coveted Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris.

Albuquerque, NM / Teaneck, NJ, USA - Renowned Digital Artist and iPhone Developer release iCreated Version 2.0 turning iPhone and iPod Touch screens into mobile Art Galleries.

CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT: A youngster shields her face from the heat as she makes her way past a fiery blockade with her mother and brother in Moruga, yesterday, during a protest by residents over the poor condition of the roads.

St. Kitts & Nevis - " September 3, 2009 : Tropical Storm Erika is passing a bit further away from St.

At 11 am edtthe government of France has issued a tropical storm warning for Guadeloupe.

Nowadays tourists visit the West Indies by air, and sooner or later most of them avail themselves of one or other of the local services that, originating in Puerto Rico, hop from island to island southeastward along the chain of the Lesser Antilles to Trinidad and Georgetown, on the coast of British Guiana.

A A Perfectly Paris A magical city known as the - City of Love' and the - City of Lights', Paris is full of amazing architecture, world-class art, museums, gardens and parks.

The court in Marigot is to have a judge permanently based in St. Martin to hear cases involving minors and a Chief Clerk of the Court as of this coming October, Prosecutor Jacques Louvier disclosed recently.

Working towards a cleaner and safer environment for residents and tourists, and protecting the island's heritage for future generations were the main topics of the Bastille Day speeches on Tuesday.

Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica , Martinique , Puerto Rico , Guadeloupe Topics: Arts & Culture , History , Indigenous , Sport , Travel , Youth Languages: French , English Excerpt Since the beginning of 2009, French West Indians have questioned their identity, their national heritage and their present-day situation in different ways.

A few days ago, the mobile phone boarding pass service was introduced on all flights to the French Overseas Departments .

ASKED to explain how he knew a pair of slippers belonged to a man who was arrested for having six kilogrammes of marijuana in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, police constable Roger Nicholas said the slippers fitted Ainsley Ayers perfectly.

PHILIPSBURG--With a new Executive Council on the brink of being formed, President of the St.

Although an agreement was signed, the situation still has not been properly settled - and May, traditionally a month of protest in the French and Guadeloupean social history, is particularly hot this year.

US Consul-Warden for St. Martin and St. Barths Lloyd Tackling has disclosed the US Embassy is threatening to put the island on a watch list unless the crime situation improves rapidly.