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Month: July 2011

News

Caribbean PMs Join Barbados Row over Doctors Trained in Cuba

A controversy in Barbados over the training of doctors in Cuba has extended beyond its shores. Last week, Dr Carlos Chase, president of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners, in an email to BAMP’s members, expressed concerns about an alleged […]

Travel

Op-Ed: OBMI's Tim Peck on How to Improve the Caribbean Hotel Market

By Tim Peck Despite challenges the Caribbean has faced in the past few years, the future for the industry shows great potential. The prudent hotel owner should now be focusing on repositioning their property to preserve their asset and prepare […]

Haitian President Makes New PM Choice

Above: Martelly campaigning in the fall After his first choice for prime minister was rejected, Haitian President Michel Martelly has chosen Bernard Gousse, a former justice minister in the interim government formed after the ouster of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. […]

News

Bahamas Begins Marking Firearms

From left: Commodore Roderick Bowe, Commander, Defence Force, Prison Superintendent Dr Elliston Rahming, Minister Tommy Turnquest and Florencia Raskovan, training facilitator for the OAS’s Department of Public Safety (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) The Bahamas has added another tool in its approach […]

News

Patterson to CARICOM: Support Martelly

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson called for CARICOM’s Heads of Government to maintain support for Haiti and the priorities and processes of new President Michel Martelly. Patterson, who was […]


FIFA Finds New Evidence of Alleged Caribbean Football Bribes

Above: Mohammed Bin Hammam (Photo: FIFA/Simon Bruty) At least nine football associations were either offered or accepted cash gifts of $40,000 at a meeting in Port of Spain with 25 members of the Caribbean Football Union in May, according to […]


UN Official Seeks Truth Panel for Duvalier

Above: Kyung-what Kang (UN Photo) Kyung-wha Kang, the UN’s deputy high commissioner for human rights, said the creation of a truth commission would help Haitian victims who suffered during the regime of Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier. There are already […]

News

Bahamas Bans Commercial Shark Fishing

The Bahamas announced yesterday it would ban all commercial shark fishing in its 240,000 square miles of waters. The decision followed a campaign by environmental groups and a petition signed by 5,000 Bahamian residents. The Bahamas has nearly 40 species […]


Pondering Caribbean Agriculture's Future

Above: Bahamian IICA representative Dr Markis Alvarez visits the Bahamas last month (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) Given the growth prospects of agriculture and an abundance of plant-friendly weather, why doesn’t the Caribbean as a region invest more in the industry? That […]


Jamaica Swears in New Ministers

Above: Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen swears in new Justice Minister Delroy Chuck (JIS Photo) Jamaica’s Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, swore in newly-appointed cabinet members Delroy Chuck and Sen. Arthur Williams yesterday at King’s House. Chuck is taking over the […]

Markets

St Vincent's Gonsalves: CARICOM "Big Four" Countries Must Lead

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said the “Big Four” founding members of CARICOM, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, need to provide leadership in the integration movement. Notwithstanding the […]


Hispaniola's Cholera Reaches Puerto Rico

Above: UN peacekeepers in Haiti bring secure water (UN Photo: Logan Abbassi) The first case of cholera has been reported in Puerto Rico beyond Hispaniola, where it has ravaged Haiti and parts of the Dominican Republic. It was the first […]


Jamaican Senator Seeks Digital Parliament

Above: the Jamaican Parliament (JIS Photo) Communications in Jamaica’s Parliament have traditionally been oral — despite a number of members who violate the rules by reading from prepared texts. But one senator, Norman Grant, has tabled a motion in the […]


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