A growing number of Haitian earthquake victims are under threat of eviction from their refugee camps, with almost a quarter of the nearly 700,000 refugees living in such camps in Haiti in danger of eviction, according to the International Organization for Migration. Last week, President Michel Martelly said Wilson Jeudy, the mayor of Delmas, the site of the Delmas 3 camp outside capital Port-au-Prince, was responsible for the evictions. [UPI]
There’s nothing like a Caribbean beach in summer. The crowds thin out, the winds relax, and the islands start breathing in a different way. The beaches you thought you knew feel new again— stretches of sand once packed with winter […]
From Port of Spain to Tobago’s quiet coasts, these are the places to check in now No two Caribbean islands are quite like Trinidad and Tobago—and no two hotels here feel the same. This is a destination of contrast: Carnival […]
Last year’s US Travel Advisory led to a slowdown in tourist arrivals to Jamaica. But in what’s hoped to be a major shift, the US State Department just upgraded Jamaica’s rating. Jamaica’s travel advisory has improved from Level 3 to […]
JetBlue Airways is set to launch a significant expansion to the Caribbean this summer, Caribbean Journal has learned. In July, JetBlue will launch new routes to destinations including Antigua, Puerto Rico, Cartagena, Haiti, Puerto Plata, Saint Lucia and St Thomas, […]
Spirit Airlines has relaunched its flights from Fort Lauderdale to Cap-Haitien on the northern coast of Haiti. The low-cost carrier resumed the service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Cap-Haitien International Airport on Dec. 3. The service is the only […]
The revived Eastern Airlines is back in the Caribbean. The new iteration of the once-legendary carrier is set to launch expanded Caribbean flights in December with service to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Eastern Airlines will be launching twice-weekly flights from […]
