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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 […]

Grenada’s Foreign Minister Resigns

Above: Karl Hood By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Foreign Minister Karl Hood has tendered his resignation, in the second high-profile departure from the ruling National Democratic Congress in less than a month. Former Tourism Minister Peter David resigned April 30, replaced by Dr George Vincent. Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has accepted Hood’s resignation, and […]

St Lucia Delegation Heads for Taiwan

Above: Deputy PM Philip Pierre A St Lucian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Philip Pierre is heading to Taiwan the inauguration ceremony of President Ma Ying-jeou. Ma was elected to a second term following his victory in the January 2012 national elections. The St Lucian delegation includes Infrastructure Minister Philip Pierre, Youth Development Minister […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica, Greece and Putting the People Before the Creditors

By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica is barely emerging from its worst economic downturn in the last 30 years. Even after positive growth returned in 2011, the economy remains 3 percent below its 2007 level, and with anaemic growth projected for the foreseeable future, the economy won’t reach its pre-recession level until sometime in 2015. […]


St Lucia Delegation Heads for Taiwan

STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Marcia Forbes, artfully combines relevant and often humorous short stories to explain and support her research findings about what youths do online. Here, online refers to the Internet and cell phones. In this excerpt, derived from her digital ethnography, Forbes talks about her experience of life […]

Haiti's Laurent Lamothe Begins Term as Prime Minister, Joined by Martelly

Above: New Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Laurent Lamothe was inaugurated Thursday as Haiti’s new Prime Minister, giving President Michel Martelly a new government for the second time. The inauguration came two days after the first anniversary of Martelly’s arrival as head of state. “The people cannot […]

Bahamas Swears in Opposition Senators

Above: Bahamian Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes and new Senator Kwasi Thompson (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ Opposition Free National Movement’s senators were sworn in Wednesday at a ceremony at Government House. Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes performed the ceremony and gave the new senators their instruments of appointment. The […]

Antigua, Continuing Caribbean Trend, Pushes Backyard Gardening

By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing a Caribbean trend, Antigua is in the process of launching a backyard gardening programme nationwide. The project, like several in the region, looks to improve the domestic capacity of food production on the island. Caribbean nations have been working to improve their agricultural production, both on the commercial and […]

Puerto Rico Governor Fortuño Launches Water Project in Las Marias

Above: the countryside in Las Marias, PR By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño announced today the investment of $51.5 million in a plan to improve the quality of drinking water in Las Marias. The second phase of the programme could benefit as many as 6,800 families in the region. “We will […]

Former HOVENSA Workers in US Virgin Islands Get $7.8 Million Federal Grant

Above: the HOVENSA refinery By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands will be receiving a $7.84 million National Emergency Grant from the US Department of Labour to assist more than 1,200 workers impacted by the closure of the HOVENSA oil refinery in St Croix. HOVENSA was the territory’s single-largest employer and the largest […]

Montserrat Premier Signs New European Development Fund Agreement

Above: Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade and EU Ambassador Valeriano Diaz (Photo: GIS) Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade has signed a new agreement to receive 10th European Development Funds earmarked to support the government’s development goals. Meade signed the agreement on behalf of the government, joined by Ambassador Valeriano Diaz, head of the EU’s delegation to Barbados […]

Grenada Plans New Drug Rehab Centre

By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government has earmarked a new drug therapeutic centre for St Andrew, according to senior planning officials in the Ministry of Health. The Carlton House Drug Rehabilitation Centre is one of several capital projects the government plans to implement this year. The planned multi-million-dollar facility will be constructed on the […]