Unprecedented measure to fight against the precariousness of young people in New Caledonia: free meals for all University students.
Since the start of the academic year in February, students in the area have been able to benefit from three free meals, from Monday to Saturday. A device financed by CAFAT, the social security of New Caledonia, and an offer available at the university restaurant, and in the snack bars of the Nouville campus, in Nouméa. The report by Mathieu Ruiz Barraud.
New shark attack in Nouméa
This Sunday, February 19, at 4:10 p.m. in Nouméa, a 59-year-old Australian tourist died following a shark attack at the Château Royal beach, at the level of the pontoon. Rescuers failed to resuscitate him. All the beaches in Nouméa, including that of Magenta, are closed again, according to the town hall of Nouméa.
New violence in Mayotte: death of a 17-year-old teenager
In Mayotte, a 17-year-old boy died this week after being beaten with an iron bar. A death that occurred following a brawl between young people from Kavani and M’tsapéré, two villages in the commune of Mamoudzou. A new drama that raises fears of renewed violence in this department of the Indian Ocean. Alda Halidi, Mayotte the 1st.
Carnival in the West Indies and Guyana
On the program this Sunday, February 19: big parades in the streets of Pointe-à-Pitre, Cayenne or Fort-de-France. And between confections, purchases of costumes and outings to dance halls, the carnival season weighs on the budget of amateurs. Last carnival expenses before Ash Wednesday, and the start of the Lenten period. The point with Alain Livory from Martinique the 1st.