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This Caribbean Island Filled With Jaw-Dropping Beaches Just Got Three New Nonstop Flights

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Rendezvous Bay. Meads Bay. Shoal Bay. Maundays Bay. In just about any other destination, each of these would be the best beach on the whole island. In Anguilla, they’re all here. They run long and pale, edged by calm water and just enough development to make a day feel complete without ever feeling crowded. You […]

In Aruba, the Dominican Republic Builds Tribute to a Founding Father

Above: a ceremony marking the groundbreaking (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Consulate General in the Dominican Republic has begun construction in Aruba on the Plaza Juan Pablo Duarte, honouring one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. The groundbreaking event was held as part of the Dominican Republic’s 168th anniversary of […]

Yele Haiti and HVS Launch Final Phase of Jacmel Hospitality Training Project

Above: students in the HEAT programme By the Caribbean Journal staff The Yele Haiti foundation, in partnership with HVS, a leading global hospitality consulting firm, has launched the final phase of its project to train 120 Haitian students in hospitality and tourism. The Hospitality Education and Training Programme (HEAT), which is supported by the Haitian […]

Jamaica Reports Increase in Exports

Above: the Kingston Container Terminal By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica showed a 26 percent year-over-year increase in export earnings between January and September 2011, according to Vitus Evans, president of the Jamaica Exporters’ Association. Total exports for the period were approximately $1.3 billion, according to the data, which was produced by the Statistical Institute […]


Yele Haiti and HVS Launch Final Phase of Jacmel Hospitality Training Project

Above: the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn By the Caribbean Journal staff Antiguan-born Margo Kitsy Brodie was confirmed on Monday as a Federal District Court Judge in Brooklyn, making her the first Afro-Caribbean-born jurist to sit in a US District Court. Judge Brodie was confirmed by an 86 to 2 vote in the Senate, after being […]

Haiti's Michel Martelly to Meet with Dominican Republic Foreign Minister

Above: Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly and Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe are meeting Wednesday with Dominican Republic Chancellor Carlos Morales Troncoso in Port-au-Prince. The two sides will talk about the agenda for the Haitian-Dominican Joint Bilateral Commission, which will be developed in […]

British Virgin Islands Artists Developing Strategies for United Kingdom Market

Above: a work by artist Reuben Vanterpool By the Caribbean Journal staff A joint programme from the British Virgin Islands London Office and the H Lavity Stoutt Community College is training artists in the territory in new strategies to prepare them for the UK market. The partnership was established last week in advance of the […]

Guyana Defence Force Launches Joint Exercise with United States

Above: GDF Chief of Staff Gary Best, PM Samuel Hinds and Amb. Brent Hardt By the Caribbean Journal staff The Guyana Defence Force today launched a joint exercise with the United States Military. The exercise, dubbed “Fused Response 2012,” aimed to improve both countries’ capabilities to plan and conduct joint operations while forging closer military […]

Haiti Has "Disturbing Level" of Political Infighting: US Ambassador to UN

Above: Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the UN (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti has made “important progress” since the earthquake in January 2010, it has a “disturbing level of political infighting in a country that can ill afford it,” according to Susan Rice, the United States’ Ambassador to the […]

Denmark Grants $2.4 Million to IDB to Promote Regional Gender Equalty

Above: the Inter-American Development Bank By the Caribbean Journal staff The Danish government has given a $2.4 million donation to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Gender and Diversity Multi-Donor Fund to expand activities aimed at promoting gender equality and social inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contribution letter was signed by IDB President Luis […]

Haiti Plans Response After Fire Destroys Public Market in Tabarre

Above, from left: Interior Minister Thierry Mayard-Paul and President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Haitian government is planning a response to a fire that destroyed the public market in Tabarre, according to the National Palace. The government has decided to work with the City of Tabarre to help the most […]

Sweden to Help Trinidad and Tobago Restructure Statistical Office

Above: Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan ((Photo: MPA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago have finalized a contract to help modernize and restructure Trinidad’s Central Statistical Office. The deal was signed with Statistics Sweden, a government agency that provides statistics. “Strengthening, resourcing and reorganizing the Central Statistical Office to ensure the […]