Sargassum seaweed is back in Martinique

Sargassum algae with its nauseating odors paralyze fishermen and other professionals in Sainte-Anne in Martinique.

Sargassum is back in Martinique. These brown algae are multiplying on the coast…In Sainte-Anne for example, they completely invade the fishing port of Cap Chevalier. The fishermen are at a standstill. Also penalized are tourism professionals and traders. Report, Christine Cupit from Martinique the 1st.

The Regional Air Quality Monitoring Observatory in Guadeloupe and Saint-Martin specifies that there was a peak in toxic gas emissions, recorded on Wednesday (May 29), i.e. a maximum value in H₂S of 14.75ppm (parts per million).

French tourists stranded in New Caledonia request their repatriation

In New Caledonia, more than 20 days after the start of the riots, the police cleared all the neighborhoods of Nouméa. The High Commissioner announced that “The entire city is now under state control.”

More than 3,000 police officers are deployed on the archipelago, in order to restore order, but the calm remains precarious… Meanwhile, French tourists stranded in New Caledonia mobilized this week. They were on Thursday, in front of the high commission in Nouméa, to request their repatriation. Agnès Durieux, spokesperson for tourists, at the microphone of Steven Gnipatte.

The Olympic flame is impatiently awaited in Reunion

The Olympic flame is impatiently awaited by all Reunion Islanders. Start of the relay on the island on June 12. Relay which will cross 8 municipalities. But before the arrival of the flame, the island of Reunion wants to highlight the values ​​of Olympism, through a week dedicated to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The details and enthusiasm of Cyril Melkior, president of the department of Reunion Island, at the microphone of Forent Marot of Réunion la 1ere.

Demineralized water for hundreds of high schools in Guadeloupe

Good news for hundreds of students at the Chevalier high school in Saint George des Abymes, in Guadeloupe: the inauguration of a brand new mineralized water production unit on Thursday May 30. The high school will thus be able to ensure the water supply for its students in all circumstances.

In an archipelago where drinking water distribution problems are recurrent, such a water production unit should set a precedent. Other schools and municipalities are interested in this drinking water production system.