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Does the Tourism Industry Get the Attention it Deserves in the Caribbean?

By the Caribbean Journal staff In spite of tourism’s massive contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of the Caribbean, it “does not get the priority attention it deserves” in the Caribbean, according to US Virgin Islands Tourism Commissioner and Caribbean […]

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Trinidad, BHP Billiton Sign Contracts for Four Deep Water Blocks

Above: Port of Spain Harbour (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and BHO Billiton have signed production-sharing contracts for four deepwater blocks. The PSCs for the four blocks were awarded after what Trinidad called the “most […]

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Nevis Launches Enhancement Projects at Pinneys Beach

Above: Pinneys Beach (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis is planning a series of enhancements at its famous Pinneys Beach. Work has already begun on a project to develop 14 acres of land bordering the beach to allow […]

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Martinique Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Aime Cesaire's Birth

Above: Martinique Regional Council President Serge Letchimy at a ceremony Wednesday By the Caribbean Journal staff It was 100 years ago Wednesday that Aime Cesaire, the leading political figure in Martinique in the 20th century, was born. Cesaire, a writer, […]


Barbados to Boost Community Tourism

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is continuing to focus “more and more” on heritage and culture tourism, something Tourism Minister Richard Sealy says will go hand in hand with a push for more engagement at […]


Haiti Ratifies Investment Incentive Agreement With United States

Above: Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Parliament has ratified an Investment Incentive Agreement with the United States’ Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The agreement, which was officially ratified last month during a special joint session of Parliament, […]

Op-Ed: Nelson Mandela and the Caribbean

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor As the world prays for his health today, it is worth bearing in mind that Nelson Mandela is a significant political and philosophical exemplar for the Caribbean. Most Caribbean islands are racially black with […]


New French Ambassador in Haiti

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff France’s new Ambassador to Haiti, Patrick Nicoloso, arrived in Haiti on Sunday. Nicoloso was appointed as the country’s new envoy to Haiti in a decree published on May 24. He succeeds […]


Op-Ed: How to Contain Jamaican Crime

By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor THE MURDER RATE per 100,000 is 41 in Jamaica, making it one of the most murderous countries in the world. With its economy heavily dependent on tourism, crime is not a variable it can afford. […]

Caribbean Culture and Sustainability

By K Denaye Hinds CJ Contributor HOW DOES one identify one Caribbean Island from another? For the unassuming traveler wanting to have a great time in a sun-filled destination, how do they differentiate? How are our islands achieving unity as […]


Haiti's Sunrise Airways Plans to Expand Service to Jamaica, Turks and Caicos

Above: a Sunrise Airways flight By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Sunrise Airways is planning to expand its service network to Kingston, Jamaica and Providenciales in Turks and Caicos, the company announced. Sunrise currently operates 19-seat Jetstream 32 EP aircraft […]


Taking Anguilla's Cuisine to Miami

This week’s Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami will test some of the best chefs in the Caribbean, including a team from growing culinary power Anguilla. That squad will be led by veteran chef Dean Samuel, who began his […]


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