Turks and Caicos Special Investigation and Prosecution Team Gets New Funding
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Flight Watcher: You Can Fly From Miami to St. Croix for $297 on American Airlines

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The water just off St. Croix’s north shore drops from bright turquoise to deep blue within a few yards of the sand at Cane Bay. Shore divers step into the sea from the beach and descend along a dramatic underwater wall. In Christiansted, the harbor stays busy with boats heading to Buck Island Reef National […]

Trinidad PM Seeks to Abolish Privy Council Appeals in Criminal Matters

Trinidad and Tobago’s government will be introducing legislation to abolish Privy Council appeals in all criminal matters, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced in a statement to Parliament Wednesday. All of those cases would be ceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice. The following is a text of Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s statement to Parliament […]

Haiti Receives $27 Million IDB Grant for Rural Land Tenure Project

Above: An irrigation channel; almost 60 percent of Haitians live in rural areas (IDB Photo/Paul Constance) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will be receiving a $27 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank for a pilot programme aimed at improving land tenure security in rural areas of northern and southern Haiti. The grant’s approval […]

Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Express Opposition to Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño is expressing “total opposition” to a measure that could eliminate as much as $700 million in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico. The Governor’s call joins those by representatives from other US territories, including USVI Delegate Donna Christensen, Puerto Rico […]

Haiti Receives $27 Million IDB Grant for Rural Land Tenure Project

Above: Barbados FM Maxine McClean and South Korean Special Envoy Min Dong-seok (UN Photos/Erin Siegal and Pierre-Michel Virot) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados, as a small island state, needs a multidimensional security strategy, according to Foreign Minister Senator Maxie McClean. The Minister was speaking during a courtesy call from Min Dong-seok, Special Envoy of […]

Haiti's Economy to Grow 7.8 Percent, Lead Caribbean in 2012: IMF Report

Above: Jacmel (Photo: Capponi Group) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Gross Domestic Product is projected to grow by 7.8 percent in 2012, according to the recently-released World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund. Haiti’s projected growth comes after a reported 5.6 percent growth rate in 2011, according to the Fund. The rate comes […]

Bahamas Signs $4.6 Million Contract to Install "Comprehensive" CCTV Network

 Above: downtown Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Seeking to step up the fight against crime, Bahamian officials signed a $4.6 million contract Wednesday to install a “comprehensive” Closed Circuit Television network. The agreement means 243 cameras will be deployed in New Providence in key locations and crime “hot spots” as part of […]

Haiti's Martelly, Still in Miami for Medical Treatment, Impatient to Return

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly expressed his eagerness to return to Haiti while remaining in Miami for medical treatment in a video address Wednesday. Martelly, who traveled to Miami for surgery on his right shoulder earlier this month, had to return on April 16 […]

Rum Journal: A Fresh Take on Rum and Coconuts at Dominica's Rosalie Bay Resort

This week’s Rum Journal travels to the island of Dominica and the Rosalie Bay eco-luxury resort for a decidedly fresh take on a coconut rum cocktail. 21-year-old Dominica native Aziz Roberts has practiced his craft at the Rosalie Bay since before its opening four years ago on the rainforest-covered “Nature Island.” “Bartending allows me to […]

Jamaica Improving Vaccine Coverage

 Above: Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is improving vaccine coverage for the country’s children, reaching 100 percent coverage of tuberculosis in 2011, according to Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson. Last year, Jamaica also achieved 92 percent coverage for polio, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus, along with hepatitis B, haemophilus […]

CARICOM SG in Washington for Talks

Above: CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is in Washington DC this week for a series of talks with international and hemispheric institutions, including the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the Organization of American States. LaRocque is also set to pay […]

Barbados Approves Climate Change Policy

 Above: Barbados (Photo: BT) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados’ cabinet has approved the country’s new National Climate Change Policy as it puts a greater focus on environmental issues. The primary goal of the policy is to set up a national process for adapting to the effects of climate change and to minimize greenhouse emissions […]

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