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This Tiny Caribbean Island Has a Colorful Bungalow Hotel, Electric-Blue Water, and Swimming Pigs Nearby

 tiny caribbean island bungalows

You leave your bungalow and walk a few steps to the dock. The harbor water is already glowing a deep turquoise. A small skiff (one that came with your room) idles beside the marina, ready to push out into the channel. Within minutes the shoreline slips behind you. The engine hums across water so clear […]

A Jamaican Safari in James Bond's Former Stomping Ground

Above: the Swamp Safari Village (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff It was 1973, and James Bond was in the middle of a fight with a crocodile in Jamaica — one he survived only by using the heads of other crocodiles as stepping stones. It’s a lasting image from film, but for a long […]

Interview with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Bunting

By Alexander Britell GRENADA – The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada earlier this month looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. As part of a series of interviews with leaders at the Forum, Caribbean Journal talked […]

Op-Ed: Changing Jamaica’s Constitution

By Garnett Ankle Op-Ed Contributor At this point in her political career, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller may be thinking of her legacy. How will history judge her? She has an opportunity to make an indelible mark on the political landscape of the island nation. Prime Minister Simpson Miller could call for, and play an […]

Interview with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Bunting

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The announcement of the impending closure of the HOVENSA refinery on St Croix was a “catastrophic decision” that will affect the entire territory, US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh said in his State of the Territory address last night. “We had no warning this was coming; no time to […]

Canadian Oil Firm CGX to Begin Offshore Drilling in Guyana

Above: CGX President Stephen Hermstone meeting with Guyanese President Donald Ramotar (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian oil exploration firm CGX has been cleared to begin drilling one of two wells in the Guyana offshore oil concession, according to President and CEO Stephen Hermestone. The Ocean Saratoga, a semi-submersible drilling rig, arrived in […]

Trinidad Foreign Minister Meets New European Union Charge D'Affaires

 Above: Daniela Tramacere and FM Dr Surujrattan Rambachan By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Foreign Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan met last week with Daniela Tramacere, the newly-appointed European Union Charge D’Affaires to Trinidad. Rambachan expressed his desire to continue the “robust” relationship he had enjoyed with Tramacere’s predecessor. The two sides discussed the proposed official […]

Taiwan, St Kitts Sign Letter of Intent

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The Communications Unit in the Office of St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas and the Taiwanese Embassy in Basseterre have signed a letter of intent aimed at stronger ties between the two countries. Under the agreement, the Prime Minister’s CUOPM unit will disseminate information about the Taiwan […]

St Lucia: No Agreeement on LIAT Stake

 By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s government has not agreed to a proposal or deal involving the purchase of shares in regional air carrier LIAT, it announced yesterday. The airline does play an important role in the region and needs greater support, according to Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony. “There are burning issues of […]

Guyana to Continue Tourism Support

Above: Rockstone in Guyana’s Region 10 (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has the potential to become the Caribbean’s number one tourism destination, according to President Donald Ramotar. “This is a growing and new sector in our society,” he said. “Those clever business people would do well as they have a great advantage […]

Antigua, Martinique Sign Cooperation Pact

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua has signed a cooperation agreement with the Regional Council of Martinique. The two parties signed the agreement at the 54th meeting of the OECS Authority in St Lucia last week. Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said he believed that “since we share the same Caribbean space, […]

Could Jamaica Lead Caribbean ICT?

 Above: Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is poised to become a major centre of Information and Communication Technology in the Western Hemisphere, according to Minister of Science, Technology and Mining Philip Paulwell. “We are looking now for Jamaica to be the ICT capital in the Western Hemisphere, and with the […]

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