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Month: February 2012

News

Premier: Nevis Is Still "Very Safe"

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Premier Joseph Parry said his island was still “very safe,” and that the government had taken “as many steps as they can” to ensure the security of its people and […]

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Haiti Signs Agreement with Caribbean Community, Gets Cholera Help

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly and Suriname President Desi Bouterse (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The visit to Haiti by the Caribbean Community’s Bureau of Heads of Government this week culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of […]

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Jamaica Begins Talks on Severing Ties with British Monarchy

Above: Buckingham Palace By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has begun talks concerning the country’s transition into a republic, according to Information Minister Sandrea Falconer. The Justice Ministry and the Attorney General’s department are leading the talks, spearheaded by a […]

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Colombia, Inter-American Development Bank Sign Citizen Security Agreement

Above: Bogota (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia and the Inter-American Development Bank have signed an agreement aiming to transfer knowledge on violence prevention and improve citizen security in Latin America and the Caribbean. The signing, which took […]


Dominican Republic to Open $4 Million Housing Project in San Pedro de Macoris

Above: the new housing community (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic is set to unveil a new $4.05 million low-income housing project in San Pedro de Macoris, the government announced today. On Thursday, President Leonel Fernandez […]


Jamaica Says Significant Progress Made in Controlling Landfill Fire

Above: ODPEM Director General Ronald Jackson and Col. Allan Douglas, Director of Operations at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management said conditions at the ongoing […]

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Haiti's Martelly: Army, Stronger Police Can Eventually Replace MINUSTAH

Above: the UN Security Council delegation talks with President Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly hopes the creation of armed forces and a stronger National Police of Haiti can eventually replace the UN peacekeeping […]


St Lucia Launches Initiative to Curb Gender-Based and Domestic Violence

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s government has launched an island-wide initiative to curb domestic and gender-based violence in the country. The “Violence Is Not An Option” campaign is part of a wider project led by the country’s Division […]


Press Freedom in Trinidad and Tobago: An Interview with Kiran Maharaj

By Alexander Britell THE POLICE RAID on Trinidad newspaper Newsday and the home of one of its journalists earlier this month sent shockwaves throughout Trinidad and the region. Trinidad’s Prime Minister and the opposition have expressed “grave” concern over the […]

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World Bank President Robert Zoellick to Step Down in June after Five-Year Term

Above: World Bank President Robert Zoellick on a visit to the Philippines (Photo: World Bank) By the Caribbean Journal staff World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick will step down June 30 at the end of his five-year term, the organization […]


Jamaican Government "Committed" to Liquefied Natural Gas Project

Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will make every effort to complete the country’s Liquefied Natural Gas project by 2014, according to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell. Under the plan, LNG would be supplied to the […]


"Puerto Rico Jobs Are American Jobs"

Above: Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (Photo: RC) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States’ budget for 2013 includes Puerto Rico in several tax proposals put forward to strengthen the economy and create jobs, following a push by […]


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