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Bahamas to Host Exhibition Between Tottenham Hotspur, Jamaica

Above: the opening ceremony of the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in Nassau last year (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas will host an exhibition football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz on May 23. […]

Chung: Fixing Jamaica's Structural Deficiencies to See Growth

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THERE were two occurrences within the past week that reminded me that Jamaica still has a lot to do in order to see long-term sustainable development. There was an announcement that an International Monetary Fund […]

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A New Life for Bob Marley's Land Rover

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Land Rover Defender once owned by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley is getting a new lease on life, thanks to Sandals Resorts International. The 1877 Series III Land Rover Defender has been handed over […]

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Head of US Southern Command Concludes Trip to Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica

Above: Marine Gen. John Kelly (second from left) in Trinidad (Photo: SOUTHCOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Marine General John F Kelly concluded a three-day Caribbean tour on Thursday. Kelly, the commander of the Florida-based US Southern Command, […]


US Embassy Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting "Gratuities" in Jamaica

Above: the US Embassy in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff A law enforcement officer with the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service has pleaded guilty to accepting “unlawful gratuities” from a Jamaican entertainer and making false statements while stationed […]


Jamaica's Reggae Boyz, Mexico Play to Scoreless Tie in Mexico City

Above: midfielder Demar Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz and Mexico’s match in Mexico City ended in a scoreless tie Wednesday evening in the latest round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying. In an uneventful match at the […]

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Jamaica Breaks Ground on Plant for Rare Earth Element Extraction

Above: Jamaica PM Portia Simpson Miller at the ceremony (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica broke ground Monday on a “red mud” pilot plant in St Andrew as part of its plan to extract rare earth elements in […]


David Smith Applies for Parole

Above: David Smith By Alexander Britell David Smith, who led the OLINT Ponzi scheme in Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands, has applied for parole, Caribbean Journal has learned. Smith is currently serving a 6.5-year sentence in Her Majesty’s […]


Op-Ed: Obama and the Caribbean

  By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor IF UNITED STATES PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s foreign policy can be criticized, it can be on the basis that it has been somnolent and reactionary with regard to Caribbean policy. Neither the United States nor […]

Forbes: Jamaicanisms “Germanized” by VW – How Cool is That?

Above: Volkswagen’s Super Bowl ad (Photo: VW)   By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Keeping Abreast via Tweets I NOTICED excited tweets about Jimmy Cliff’s music being featured in a Volkswagen (VW) ad for Super Bowl 2013. Tweeps seemed genuinely […]


Jamaica Goes German in Response to Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad

Update: the video has now been made private by Sandals on YouTube. By the Caribbean Journal staff The preview of Volkswagen’s upcoming Super Bowl ad featuring an American office worker with a Jamaican accent went viral this week, and now […]


Jamaica Mulls Hosting Diamond League Track and Field Meet

Above: a Diamond League event in Birmingham (Photo: Samsung Diamond League) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has begun exploring the possibility of hosting a Diamond League Track and Field meet, according to Sports Minister Natalie Neita-Headley. The Jamaica Athletics […]


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