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Month: February 2012

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Haiti Could Move National Carnival to Another New City in 2013, Martelly Says

Above: Carnival in Les Cayes (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff After holding the country’s national carnival in Les Cayes this year for the first time, Haitian President Michel Martelly said he would like to see another city host […]

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Turks and Caicos Government Reports Revenue Jump, Shrinking Deficit

Above: Turks and Caicos (Photo: TCIT) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Turks and Caicos reported revenues of $118.5 million in the third quarter of financial year 2011-2012, with a $33.5 million reduction in the territory’s deficit. While […]

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Jamaica Reviving Traditional Crops, With Sugar Sector a Priority

Above: Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke and JAS President Glendon Harris in Trelawny (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is seeking to revive its traditional crops, with sugar at the top of the list. There is currently around $6.6 […]

Forbes: Adele, Celine, Whitney and Why Their Melodies Make Us Cry

Above: Adele (Photo: Jelmer de Haas) By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor After Celine Dion’s outstanding performance in Jamaica, I wanted to write something profound to explain why this almost-diminutive Canadian singer has won the hearts of so many Jamaicans, […]


Grenada Brewery Action Comes to an End

Above: Grenada Breweries Limited By the Caribbean Journal staff The industrial impasse at Grenada Breweries Limited has come to an end, following several months of deadlock. The end of the action this week was confirmed to Caribbean Journal by Senator […]


Obama Budget Forecasts Increased Rum Revenues in US Virgin Islands

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh commissions the new Captain Morgan distillery in 2010 (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff US President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget forecasts an increase in rum revenues to the US Virgin Islands, according to […]

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St Vincent Working to Revive Cocoa Fields

Above: a cocoa tree By the Caribbean Journal staff Farmers in St Vincent and the Grenadines are working to rehabilitate their old cocoa fields with plans to re-introduce the crop, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry intends […]


Chief Justice of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Announces Resignation

Above: Chief Justice Hugh Rawlins and St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas (Photo: Erasmus Williams) By the Caribbean Journal staff Hugh Anthony Rawlins, Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, has announced his resignation, effective Aug. […]


OAS: "Clean Electoral Process" in Guyana's November Elections

Above: Guyanese Ambassador to the OAS Bayney Karran (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana had an overall “inclusive and clean electoral process” in its recent national elections, according to the Organization of American States mission that observed […]

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Taiwanese Foreign Minister to Make Official Visit to St Kitts and Nevis

Above: PM Dr Denzil Douglas with Taiwanese Foreign Minister Timothy Chin-Tien Yang during a visit last year (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwanese Foreign Minister Timothy Chin-Tien Yang will lead a six-member delegation to St Kitts and Nevis […]


Jamaica, IDB to Host Investment Forum

Above: the Montego Bay Convention Centre (Photo: J By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank and Jamaica will host the Jamaica Investment Forum in Montego Bay March 1 and 2. The forum, which will be conducted in partnership […]


Antigua and Barbuda's National Football Team Gets New Name

By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda’s national football team has received a new name, following a nationwide text-voting campaign. The club, which is ranked 90th in the world according to FIFA, is now the “Benna Boys.” But while […]


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