Tag: Martinique
Miss France 2025: it’s not just age… 10 things to know about Angélique Angarni-Filopon, Miss Martinique
Miss Martinique was elected Miss France 2025. Winner, Angélique Angarni-Filopon was also the oldest of the competition. But she is even more than that. Here are 10 things to know…
dock dues at the origin of anger in Martinique – L’Express
The sea dues, which are a tax on products imported into the five overseas departments and regions, are fueling anger in Martinique. Alexandra Saviana, journalist in the society department of…
Overseas: the roots of anger
It was last Sunday (November 3, 2024) in Paris: at the call of several overseas collectives, several thousand people from the West Indian, Caledonian and Reunionese diasporas demonstrated against the…
Rodrigue Petitot, figurehead of the movement against the high cost of living, in Paris calls for demonstrations
Figure of the movement against the high cost of living in Martinique, Rodrigue Petitot, at the head of the Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources (RPPRAC), arrived…
in Martinique, the protest continues via roadblocks to lower prices
After 56 days of mobilization against the high cost of living in Martinique, the mobilization of the Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources continues. It seeks to…
despite an agreement to lower prices by 6,000, calls for blockages continue
Calls for blockades continued to resonate during this weekend in Martinique, while the curfew on the island is due to end this Monday, October 21. Despite an initial agreement signed…
Mobilization against the high cost of living in Martinique: “Popular support will determine the duration of the movement”
In Martinique, a new demonstration against the high cost of living took place on Saturday October 19. A demonstration which comes despite an agreement on a 20% reduction in food…
an agreement signed to lower the price of certain food products by “20% on average”
The State announced on the evening of October 16 that it had signed an agreement, particularly with distributors, to reduce “ 20 % on average » food prices in Martinique,…
the night curfew extended in Martinique until next Monday
In Martinique, the curfew established five days ago is extended until October 21. This is what the prefecture announced this Monday, October 14 while the tensions shaking the island seemed…
still violence on the island, ban on demonstrations this weekend
Burning barricades, burned or looted stores and “ thugs on motorcycles »: the situation remained tense on Friday October 11 in Martinique, a French island in the Antilles, despite the…