Martinique News

Ireland sex scandal: Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson A A Jan. 11: In the wake of the sex scandal rocking Northern Ireland, its Protestant leader is stepping down temporarily, forced out of office by a scandal involving his wife's affair with a teenaged "boy-toy." ITN's Angus Walker reports.

France has retained control of its strategic security interests in the Caribbean after a tumultuous year that plunged parts of its overseas territories into a rebellion against central rule from Paris and threatened to spark a movement for secession.

Residents of two of Francea TMs overseas territories have voted against greater autonomy from Paris.

Residents of French Guiana and the Caribbean island of Martinique are heading to the polls to decide whether or not to seek more autonomy from France.

Its colonies are wildly expensive and troublesome, but France is too proud to let the sun set on the 'outre-mer' In France, appearance matters, and national appearance matters a great deal.

Bruno Rollin, Sandrine Pierre-Franois, Sylvie Abel, Nicole Desbois, Pascale Richard, Patrick Hochedez, Raphalle Thodose, Danielle Quist, Raymond Hlnon, Christian Derancourt, Annick Cavelier, and Bernard Liautaud Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France, Martinique ; Clinical Research Center of French ...

A French judge has filed preliminary corruption charges against former Tourism Minister Leon Bertrand and placed him in custody on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the prosecutor's office in Fort-de-France said.

A deal to end Europe's long-running trade war over taxes on banana imports will not come before World Trade Organization talks next week in Switzerland, an informed source said Wednesday.

Martinique, the Caribbean tropical paradise with that special French flare, showed off its best tourist attractions to New York's Asian community last Tuesday night.

Martinique continues to expand and enhance its tourism product for 2010, welcoming two new boutique "hotels de charme," as well as a new hotel renovation and enhancements to an ecotourism attraction to entice visitors like never before.

Melodious musique de jazz will fill the air once more this fall as the Caribbean`s longest running jazz festival, the Martinique Jazz Festival, will be held November 26 to December 6. The festival, which dates back to 1983, has long provided a showcase for local and international artists to share their talents with a lively and appreciative crowd ...

Martinique received the most votes in an online survey conducted by Caribbean Travel + Life Magazine asking readers to name their favorite Caribbean destination for delectable dining.

There has certainly been a flood of excellent African and Latin compilations released over the last few years, but Soundway seems to have outdone themselves with this one.

MSC Cruises is offering a complimentary balcony stateroom upgrade from an interior stateroom on select Caribbean cruises for bookings made by October 16, 2009, providing savings up to 60 percent on a Caribbean cruise vacation.