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What’s Holding Back Jamaica’s Reforms

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE who has been reading or listening to my recent commentaries would realize that I am fully in support of the reform agenda otherwise known as the IMF programme in Jamaica. Similarly, anyone who has […]

The St Kitts Music Festival Is Making a Comeback

One of the Caribbean’s most popular music festivals is coming back. The St Kitts Music Festival, which had grown into one of the region’s most sought after music events before the pandemic, is returning in 2022. This year’s event will […]

Barbados Holding Its Own, Won’t Seek IMF Help, PM Tells Diaspora

Above: Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (right) with the World Bank’s Kelvin Dalrymple and Rev. Dr Kortright Davis (Photo: BGIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is holding its own and intends to successfully weather the global downturn, Prime Minister Freundel […]

In Haiti’s Villa Rosa, Building Back May Not Prove to Be Better

Above: Villa Rosa (Photo: Kendi Zidor) SEVERELY DAMAGED DURING HAITI’S 2010 EARTHQUAKE, the metropolitan area known as Villa Rosa is a striking example of what has gone wrong with reconstruction. The absence of a government presence is as noticeable as the […]

The Caribbean Response to Brexit

Caribbean Leaders Weigh-in on Brexit By Marcia Forbes, Ph.D. CJ Contributor Brexit is not Cricket Business people often have a different point of view from academics; however, at the UWI forum regarding Brexit and its implications for the Caribbean, everyone […]

S&P Affirms Credit Rating on Bahamas; Outlook Remains “Negative”

Above: Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor’s affirmed its “BBB/A-2” sovereign credit rating on the Bahamas on Tuesday, the New York-based firm announced. The outlook on the Bahamas’ long-term credit rating remains negative, however The […]

Op-Ed: Dileep Rao on Developing Caribbean Entrepreneurs

By Dileep Rao Op-Ed Contributor ACROSS THE world, many believe that it is a shortage of venture capital (VC) that is holding back new business development. Accordingly, governments, often with expert advice, create VC pools with the hope that this […]

Improving Caribbean Connectivity

Above: a panel discussion at the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum last month By the Caribbean Journal staff Are external factors holding back the Caribbean’s Internet entrepreneurs? The answer is yes, particularly the apparent underdevelopment of critical Internet infrastructure in the […]

CARICOM is 40, But Who is Celebrating?

By Zhivargo Laing CJ Contributor The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is celebrating 40 years of existence. But who is really celebrating? Certainly not the masses of Caribbean peoples, plagued with high levels of unemployment, crime, debt and anxiety about the future. […]

Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes CJ Contributor Trinidadian & Jamaican, Working Together TWO DYNAMIC WOMEN, Racquel Goddard from Trinidad and Kellie Magnus from Jamaica, got together to pull off an event hosted in Jamaica on World Book Night, celebrated April 23. Facebook […]

World Bank Report: St Kitts and Nevis Broadband Use Highest in Caribbean

Above: the narrows between St Kitts and Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) St Kitts and Nevis has the highest fixed broadband subscription rates in the Latin American/Caribbean region, according to a report by the World Bank’s infoDev group. The rate of […]

Barbados Health Ministry Announces Establishment of Climate Change Unit

The government of Barbados has established a climate change unit within its Ministry of Health as part of a commitment to the United Nations’ Global Environmental Facility project. Health Minister Donville Inniss announced the move today, commending the efforts of […]

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Jamaica Is Hosting Another Tourism “Resilience” Conference

Jamaica has been working to position itself as a global center for the study and practice of tourism “resilience.” That included the creation of the first global tourism resilience center and, last year in Kingston, the first-ever Global Tourism Resilience […]

Park Hyatt Is Opening a Second Caribbean Resort

Park Hyatt is opening its second resort in the Caribbean region with plans to debut in the year 2025, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real […]

How the “Aruba Effect” Is Creating Sustained Tourism Growth

“You leave Aruba as a different person. You’ll see. There’s a normal you, then an Aruba you.” That was the feeling from Luis Perez, a repeat visitor to Aruba, who took part in a recent study the Aruba Tourism Authority […]

A Major New Food Festival At the Dominican Republic’s Top Resort

The Dominican Republic’s leading resort has always been a magnet for lovers of golf, leisure, yachting, shopping, wellness and entertainment. But now the Casa de Campo Resort and Villas is looking to position itself in another significant category: food. Next […]

Dominica’s Residences at Secret Bay Launches Alliance With Christie’s

The Secret Bay Resort and Residences has announced a new sales and marketing alliance with Christie’s International Real Estate Caribbean. The alliance will help to broaden exposure for the property’s collection of private residences, which first launched back in 2019. […]

Demand for St Barth Real Estate Keeps Rising

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate and investment news in the Caribbean. Subscribe today to unlock this article and receive our newsletter, […]

New Bermuda Tourism CEO to Lead Island’s Recovery Push

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has a new chief executive officer: Tracy Berkeley, who has been serving as the organization’s Interim CEO since June of last year. Berkeley, who has been with the Bermuda Tourism Authority since January 2020, will be […]

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At the Four Seasons Nevis, Saving Caribbean Sea Turtles

Mojito, an adult hawksbill sea turtle, was just spotted off the southeastern coast of Martinique. Hawksbills are classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; they’re a marvelous, mysterious species notable for often returning to the […]

Shaggy and Sting are Partnering on Another New Album

A pair of global music legends are at it again. Jamaica’s Shaggy is partnering with Sting on another album, following their work together on the Grammy-winning 44/876 back in 2019. The new Sting-produced album, which debuts May 25, sees Shaggy […]

CJI Conversation: What’s Next for Tourism Investment in Trinidad

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AMResorts Is Opening Its First Hotels in Saint Lucia

The Caribbean’s Newest Gin Comes Right From the Beach in Grenada

In 2010, Jim Jardine decided it was time to slow the pace of his hectic life as software development professional in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Of all the options laying before him, owning a gin distillery on the Caribbean island of […]

Why Residential Resorts Could Boom in the Caribbean

By Joe Pike and Alexander Britell When travel fully resumes either during or following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, experts are predicting a residential resort investment spike in Caribbean destinations that can offer both low density properties and seclusion. Caribbean Journal […]

St Barth to Reopen for Tourism on June 22

The Caribbean’s most glamorous destination is reopening for tourism, Caribbean Journal has learned. The French Caribbean island of St Barth is reopening for travel and tourism on June 22, according to Bruno Magras, president of the island’s territorial council. “Whether […]

From Antigua to Saint Lucia to St Kitts, This Caribbean Airline Is Growing