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Meet Goldwynn, the Sleek Residential Resort Changing the Hotel Experience on Nassau’s Cable Beach

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Goldwynn Resort and Residences brings 81 rooms, apartment-style accommodations and a low-rise boutique experience to one of Nassau’s most famous beaches. There is another side of Nassau, one that feels residential, sleek and strikingly close to the water. It is on Cable Beach, but removed from the larger resort scene nearby. And it may be […]

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 announced today. “I’m honoured to have led such a world-class institution with so many talented […]

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 government, which would undertake construction of an LNG Floating Storage and Re-gasification Terminal. “We know […]

"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 Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Governor Luis Fortuno. “The Obama Administration has shown […]


Jamaican Government "Committed" to Liquefied Natural Gas Project

Above: Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and South Korean Public Administration Minister Maeng Hyung-kuy (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez met Tuesday with South Korean Public Administration and Security Minister Maeng Hyung-kyu. The Korean official is visiting the country to participate in a four-day-long “Dominican-Korean” initiative sponsored by the […]

Canadian Firm Begins Gold Drilling Programme in Southern Guyana

Above: Marudi Mountain (Photo: GF) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian firm Guyana Frontier has begun a 3,000-metre drilling programme at the Marudi Mountain Gold Project in Southern Guyana. The project is slated to continue until April at Marudi Mountain, where the firm has one licence totaling 13,502 acres. Guyana Frontier holds a 100 percent […]

St Vincent PM Reshuffles Cabinet

Above: St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves (UN Photo/Ryan Brown) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has reshuffled his cabinet, giving four ministers new portfolios. According to the government, Clayton Burgin has been reassigned as Health Minister and Agriculture Minister Montgomery Daniel […]

Serbia, OAS Talk Regional Politics

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic met today with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza at the organization’s headquarters in Washington, DC. Jeremic, who is a candidate for the presidency of the UN […]

Dominican Republic to Launch New Mountain Road Project in April

Above: the Constanza-Jarabacoa road, inaugurated by President Leonel Fernandez today (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Signaling what the government called a new era in road infrastructure, the Dominican Republic today announced it would launch construction of a new mountain highway. The project will link the Cibao region with the southern portion of the […]

Reggae Star Elan Atias on His New Album and Memories of The Wailers

By Alexander Britell IN 1997, ELAN ATIAS began a musical journey as the frontman for legendary reggae group The Wailers. Since then, his career has brought him across the globe and the industry – spreading his talent across genres and working with artists as varied as Gwen Stefani and Carlos Santana. On Wednesday, he performs […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Submits "Barker" Legislation to Senate

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh By the Caribbean Journal staff On-street solicitors, commonly known in the US Virgin Islands as “barkers,” will face a number of restrictions under a proposed law submitted to the Senate by Governor John de Jongh. The law would prohibit barkers from working at beaches unless they represent beach restaurants, […]

Op-Ed: Saving Jamaica's Youth

By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor There is far too much of a large proportion of youth in Jamaica that is being reared destructively. At midday on any day of the working week one only need to go to Portia Simpson Miller Square (there are other public thoroughfares I could list of course, such as in […]