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In Nicaragua, Looking at the Future of Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean
February 21, 2013 | 2:32 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Nicaragua (Photo: NT) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of regional agencies focusing on sustainable tourism in the Caribbean held their first-ever joint meeting this week, focusing on the challenges facing the wider Caribbean region. The first-ever Meeting of Regional Agencies of Sustainable Tourism in the Wider Caribbean Region held its conference more...
IFC Investment to Help Develop Green Energy in Dominican Republic, Haiti
February 21, 2013 | 1:54 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, along with its African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund, have announced a $100 million equity investment to help InterEnergy Holdings develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources in the Caribbean and expand operations in Latin America. Th fund is a joint more...
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OAS Reports 85 Percent Voter Turnout in Grenada Elections
February 21, 2013 | 1:23 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Approximately 85 percent of voters turned out for Grenada's elections Tuesday, which were swept by the New National Party, according to the Organization of American States. The OAS electoral observation mission that monitored the vote released its preliminary report on Wednesday, praising the "civil and more...
Can Haiti Jumpstart CARICOM?
February 19, 2013 | 11:32 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — At the end of last month, former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson told a meeting of the Rotary Club in Georgetown, Guyana that CARICOM was on life support. The Caribbean must take action, he said, to prevent a "coma" for the integration movement. Patterson is not alone. While heads more...
Delta Airlines Ending Service to Guyana, Citing “Poor Demand”
February 19, 2013 | 4:25 pm | 0 Comment
Above: a Delta flight By Alexander Britell Delta Airlines will be ending its service to Guyana, the company confirmed to Caribbean Journal. Delta spokesman Anthony Black said the company "will end or suspend indefinitely service beginning May 6." "It's basically poor demand, a lack of demand," Black said. In a statement Monday, Guyana Tourism Minister more...
Jamaica to Privatize Management at Kingston’s Norman Manley Airport
February 19, 2013 | 11:56 am | 0 Comment
Above: Norman Manley International Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica's government is planning to privatize management at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston by 2014, Transport Minister Omar Davies announced. The move will be implemented through a public-private partnership agreement, Davies said. Jamaica's Cabinet has already more...
Honduras to Receive $17.2 Million IDB Loan for Highway Project
February 19, 2013 | 11:31 am | 0 Comment
Above: Puerto Cortes By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $17.2 million loan to widen and improve the principal highway in Honduras, it announced. The loan will complement a $30 million loan approved by the IDB in 2007 and a $50 million loan first approved by the IDB in 2004 to finish work on CA-5 Norte. The more...
Haiti’s Martelly Urges Caribbean on Climate Change, Integration
February 18, 2013 | 12:21 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti President Michel Martelly addressed the CARICOM Heads of Government summit Monday, calling for unified action on issues including climate change and free movement within the region. Martelly, who assumed the CARICOM Chairmanship at the beginning of 2013, mentioned the more...
Hylton Urges Jamaican Businesses to Support Logistics Hub Project
February 18, 2013 | 9:23 am | 0 Comment
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton is calling on the local business sector to support the government's proposed transshipment and logistics hub project. Hylton, who was speaking this weekend at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's quarterly luncheon in Ocho Rios, said the development "presents diverse more...
UN’s Nigel Fisher Suggests Haiti “Not Yet” Open for Business
February 15, 2013 | 9:05 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nigel Fisher, the new chief of the UN's peacekeeping mission in Haiti, made his first public appearance since succeeding Mariano Fernandez Friday, calling for Haiti to move forward on long-delayed elections and suggesting the country was not yet ready for full-fledged foreign investment. Fisher, whose more...
