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United Airlines Is Going Daily to Barbados From Newark and Washington, D.C. for the Holiday Season

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A table at The Cliff. A week at Sandy Lane. A villa in Paynes Bay with the whole family coming in for Christmas. Barbados has long had its own version of the Caribbean festive season, one defined by packed hotels, hard-to-get restaurant reservations and repeat visitors who return every December. This year, United Airlines is putting considerably more seats […]

Suriname, World Bank Renew Partnership

By the Caribbean Journal staff A contingent from the World Bank began a three-day visit to Suriname yesterday aimed at rewinding the bank’s commitment to the country. World Bank Director for the Caribbean Francoise Clottes was joined by Giorgio Valentini, the bank’s country representative for Suriname and International Finance Corporation representative Kirk Ifill. After 30 […]

Trinidad's Government Lifts Curfew

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has lifted the curfew imposed at the beginning of the country’s declared State of Emergency, although the latter will remain in effect, according to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Prime Minister declared the State of Emergency a success, citing what she said […]

Barbados Looks to Sports Tourism

Above: polo in Barbados Barbados is aiming to position itself as a destination for sports tourism, according to Shelly Carrington, Permanent Secretary in the country’s Ministry of Tourism. “The benefits of sports tourism include economic and community development, positive youth development, increased fitness levels and health as well as community and cultural celebration,” she said. […]

Trinidad's Government Lifts Curfew

 Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Airline LIAT and Nevis have agreed on a joint plan to promote the island for the upcoming season, following a meeting between LIAT CEO Brian Challenger and a delegation led by Nevis Premier Joseph Parry. Nevis has been making a large green tourism push of late, […]

Trinidad Secures $235 Million IDB Loan for Budget Measures

 Above: Trinidad Finance Minister Winston Dookeran (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad will secure a $235 million loan by the end of the year from the Inter-American Development Bank to implement a series of national budget measures, according to Finance Minister Winston Dookeran. The Minister said $50 million had already been approved for […]

Forbes: Women and Politics in Jamaica

 Above, from left: Jamaican Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, MP Sharon Hay-Webster (JLP) and Culture Minister Olivia Grange By Marcia Forbes, PhD Op-Ed Contributor Patriarchy in Place The debate rages on around the world and is about to get really hot in Jamaica. Why do so few women enter politics? With women and men almost […]

IDB Loans Jamaica $90M for Energy

 Above: the wind farm at Wigton in Jamaica The Inter-American Development will be loaning $90 million to Jamaica to improve energy efficiency, according to Energy Minister Clive Mullings. “We need to look, in a sustained way, on how we can replace some of the hydrocarbons that are utilised in our air conditioning units and in […]

Guyana Has Caribbean's Most Female Parliamentarians: UN Report

Above, from left: Guyanese MPs Amna Ally, Judith David-Blair and Deborah Backer By the Caribbean Journal staff Approximately 30 percent of Guyanese parliamentarians are women, the highest rate of female political involvement in CARICOM, according to data from the United Nations Human Development Report. Guyana is followed by Trinidad, whose parliament has 27.4 percent female […]

Trinidad Holding Energy Talks in London

 Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad Bissessar (TGISL) and BP CEO Robert Dudley (© BP p.l.c) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is holding separate meetings today in London with the CEO of BP, Robert Dudley and Roland Fisher, the CEO of Gasfin. The Prime Minister will discuss energy matters related both […]

Term Limits for OECS Officials?

 Above: the Antiguan Parliament Antiguan Sen. Joanne Massiah told her country’s Upper House this week that term limits should be compulsory for those appointed to head the OECS and other regional institutions. The senator, who is a member of the United Progressive Party, said the Revised Treaty of Basseterre, which establishes the OECS economic union, […]

Jamaica "Steadfast" in Resolving IMF Issues, Government Says

 Above: IMF headquarters in Washington, DC The Jamaican government will remain steadfast in resolving the main issues in its discussions with the International Monetary Fund, Information Minister Sen. Arthur Williams said Wednesday. The government is working to address tax reform, public sector pension reform, the sale of aluminium company Clarendon Alumina Partners and the treatment […]