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Haiti, US Open Pair of Public Health Buildings in Port-au-Prince
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the United States have officially inaugurated a pair of new public health buildings in Port-au-Prince. US Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White and CDC Director Tom Frieden led the opening […]
7 Hotels in Punta Cana With a Boutique Feel
Punta Cana may be one of the most popular resort destinations in the Caribbean, but it’s not all about giant resorts lining the shore of the east coast of the Dominican Republic: those same peerless beaches also are inhabited by […]
A New Way of Building in the Caribbean
By Guy Britton From the Dominican Republic to Florida, BioLime has been reinventing the way people build in the Caribbean, centered around the company’s unique architectural finishes made of limestone. To learn more about the company, Caribbean Journal caught up […]
How to Move to Aruba, Explained
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or Caribbean Journal Travel Advisor for targeted content for travel agents and advisors. Subscribe […]
Bahamas Vows to Build a “New” Ragged Island
By the Caribbean Journal staff While the vast majority of the Bahamas escaped the wrath of Hurricane Irma, the southern island of Ragged Island bore the brunt of the damage, with most homes destroyed or damaged, powerlines down and public […]
Zika: What You Need to Know
By Alexander Britell Much has been written and said of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in recent days, both noise and signal. But how is Zika relevant to the Caribbean traveler? That’s why we’re here to explain — both what you […]
A Caribbean Lesson From Cuba
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor LAST month I was a member of the delegation that visited Cuba with Jamaica Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson to look at that country’s preparation for Ebola, and thus take back some lessons for implementation […]
Moving Forward on Disability in Haiti
By James English CJ Contributor Gerald Oriol, Jr, Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, recently discussed his first year in office and the road ahead for the Caribbean nation’s one million disabled citizens. Oriol […]
Op-Ed: Cholera in Haiti
By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, more than nineteen months ago, left a huge trail of destruction. Approximately 350,000 people died, 500,000 were injured, almost half of them children, an estimated two […]
In Haiti’s Land of Canaan, a Promised Land Empty of Promise
Above: Canaan in Haiti By Kendi Zidor Haitian Press Agency Jeanne St Fleur spent more than two years living in a tent on the dusty hillside known as Canaan, in the northern end of Port-au-Prince’s metropolitan area. She moved there […]
Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again
Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]
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