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Dengue fever is resurfacing in the West Indies. In Martinique, 160 cases have been recorded in the last two weeks. Prevention agents go to meet the inhabitants to remind the good gestures to adopt.
As part of the cabinet reshuffle, MoDem MP Philippe Vigier replaces Jean-François Carenco in the Overseas portfolio, an appointment already criticized by overseas elected officials. The new tenant of the rue Oudinot will leave alongside the President of the Republic on Sunday in New Caledonia.
After training in Hawaii, Polynesian recruits are back home. They took part in a cooperative mission with the U.S. military as part of Operation Pegasus. Objective: to strengthen the deployment of French forces in the Indo-Pacific area.
In Guadeloupe, a first private drinking water production unit has been installed. It offers ultra-filtered water. A device to overcome the dilapidated pipe network for several years. Offered in reusable plant containers, it is also an ecological response to the use of plastic.
In Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, three Basque associations have joined forces to create a new event to pay tribute to Basque fishermen, ancestors of many inhabitants of the archipelago. Arnaud Delair and Marie Paturel attended a re-enactment.
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