AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoRegional Connectivity Push: Guadeloupe hosted the first Steering Committee of the EU-backed KARULINK project, bringing together Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Guadeloupe to plan new maritime routes, better intermodal links, and more sustainable transport for people and goods. Aviation for Business & Tourism: LIAT Air will launch direct flights between Guadeloupe and Jamaica on July 14 (Pointe-à-Pitre–Montego Bay twice weekly), while LIAT (2020) and Air Caraïbes signed an interline deal to sell one ticket with through-checked baggage across Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and the wider Eastern Caribbean network. Health & Accountability: France’s Parliament adopted a bill recognizing the State’s “share of responsibility” in the chlordecone (Kepone) scandal affecting Guadeloupe and Martinique, aiming at decontamination, research priorities, and support for fishermen and farmers. Legal Access for Investors: OHADAC’s CARO Centre and the OECS will launch training on arbitration and ADR in the Eastern Caribbean on June 10, including Guadeloupe, to improve dispute resolution for businesses and investors. Telecom Upgrade in the Region: Flow says it invested over US$1 million to fix mobile interference in northern Dominica, tracing the disruption to a mobile operator in Guadeloupe. Justice & History: France’s National Assembly voted 254-0 to repeal the slavery-era Code Noir, a symbolic but major legal clean-up tied to colonial legacies in the French Caribbean.
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