Sandals is opening a new Beaches resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean Journal has learned. Sandals and Beaches Executive Chairman Adam Stewart made the revelation during the Skift Global Forum this week. The new resort is a 360-room all-inclusive development planned for Mount Wynne Beach on the western coast of St Vincent – […]
Above: Samana By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s economy grew by approximately 4 percent in the first quarter of 2012, according to Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu. That number indicated that the economy was operating below its capacity, Albizu said, and has room to grow without generating price pressures. The Governor said […]
Above: David Huang and Omar Shariff By the Caribbean Journal The governments of China and Guyana have signed an $8 million agreement that will mean the supply of 30,000 laptops to Guyana’s One Laptop Per Family initiative. David Huang, project manager for the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation and Omar Shariff, permanent secretary […]
It’s called a “roof wetting.” Whenever the roof of a new building is completed in Bermuda, its owner holds a ceremony, and christens it. Only one thing is used to perform the ceremony, however: Gosling’s Rum. The history of Gosling’s Rum, Bermuda’s best selling spirit (and required ingredient in its national drink, the Dark ‘n […]
