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Sandals Is Opening a Beaches All-Inclusive Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines 

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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 – […]

St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent to Receive Broadband Improvements

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines will be part of the first phase of a 10-year Information and Communication Technology programme funded by the World Bank. The Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme , which was approved by the World Bank’s Board of Directors this week, could provide […]

A Young Grenadian Track and Field Star Gets Help from the Diaspora

Above: Principal Davis Adams, Shequanda Felix and Labour Minister Glynis Roberts By the Caribbean Journal staff Shequanda Felix vows that she will continue working to better her performance as one of Grenada’s brightest young track and field stars. Grenadians, too, are beginning to see her promise, with one member of the Diaspora making a donation […]

Haiti's Martelly, Dominican Republic's Medina Planning Bilateral Talks

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Dominican Republic President-Elect Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s President, Michel Martelly, and Dominican Republic President-Elect Danilo Medina are planning to convene bilateral talks. The two sides are pledging to further strengthen relations between the neighbours on Hispanola, following Martelly’s phone call to congratulate Medina on the […]


A Young Grenadian Track and Field Star Gets Help from the Diaspora

Above: an advertisement for Matusalem from 1957 (Photo: Ron Matusalem) JUST 10 YEARS after Don Facundo Bacardi Masso began operations in Santiago de Cuba, Benjamin and Eduardo Camp, brothers from Spain, along with a third partner, Evaristo Alvarez, opened a distillery of their own in the city. While it’s not quite as old as the […]

Barbados' SoCo Hotel to Open in August

Above: the boardwalk at the SoCo Hotel in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff The SoCo Hotel in Barbados is set to open its doors Aug. 15, according to Tropical Sky, which will exclusively feature the property. The Art Deco-inspired hotel, which is located at the beginning of the South Coast Board Walk near Bridgetown, […]

Panama Gets Firearms Marking Machine from Organization of American States

Above: Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama is the latest regional country to receive a firearms marking machine from the Organization of American States, as part of an initiative to combat illegal arms. The programme, which is already underway in 23 countries in […]

Barbados Receives New US Ambassador

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff New United States Ambassador to Barbados Larry Leon Palmer presented his credentials to Acting Governor General Elliott Belgrave in a short ceremony at Government House this week. Palmer has previously served as US Ambassador to Honduras and as the country’s Charge D’Affaires in Ecuador. A career […]

Panama Receives New Patrol Boats as Part of Agreement With Italy

Above: some of the new patrol boats donated by Italy By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama has received four new patrol boats donated to the country under an agreement between the governments of Panama and Italy. The new boats will start monitoring activity on the country’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, following an official inauguration ceremony […]

Haiti, With Help from Spain, Opens New Water Treatment Plant in Titanyen

Above: Haiti’s inauguration of the new treatment plant By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly inaugurated today a new wastewater treatment plant in the area of Titanyen. The 12.5-hectare project, which completed with help from the Spanish Agency for International Development, can treat 900 cubic metres of water per day and release clean […]

Bahamas Elects Sharon Wilson as Senate President for Second Time

Above: Senator Sharon Wilson is sworn in as Senate President by Christine Brown of the Cabinet Office (BIS Photo/Parick Hanna) By the Caribbean Journal staff Attorney Sharon Wilson has been elected President of the Bahamian Senate, the first time a woman has been elected twice for the post. Wilson will be joined by Vice President […]

Forbes: Women and Facebook in Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad and the US

Dr Marcia Forbes’ Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, examines the behaviour of youths online, using research from participants from Jamaica, Dominica, Trinidad and the USA. The following is the latest in a series of excerpts from the book published in Caribbean Journal. Facebook Means More to Females Gender breakout for all four countries showcases the […]