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Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Sand in Eleuethera

 Cayo Loco in Eleuthera.

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Maureen Keo, who sent in this lovely shot of the beach at Cayo Loco in Eleuthera. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the […]

US Virgin Islands Talks Anti-Crime Bill

Above: the talks in the USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh recently hosted talks with the territory’s legislature and officials from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on a new bill aimed at granting federal law enforcement officers “peace officer” status in the USVI. […]

Suriname Receives $13.7 Million IDB Loan to Improve Education

Above: Suriname (IDB Photo/Willie Heinz) By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname will soon receive a $13.7 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the quality of education in the country. The loan, which has been approved by the IDB, will support Suriname’s plan to strengthen the efficiency and quality of the new basic […]

Puerto Rico Steps Up Cancer Fight

Above: Gov. Luis Fortuño By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño has announced the allocation of $500,000 to help fund the Dr Isaac Gonzalez Martinez cancer hospital. According to Fortuño, the assignment was made possible thanks to the adoption and signing of an agreement between the boards of directors of the Comprehensive […]

Suriname Receives $13.7 Million IDB Loan to Improve Education

 Above: Jamaican Finance Minister Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Finance Minister Peter Phillips is urging the country’s credit unions to promote the need to adhere to international financial regulations. “The global environment is now requiring us to comply with international financial standards,” Phillips said. “Other institutions have been forced to comply with […]

St Lucia Launching Series of Dietary Guidelines in Bid to Improve Health

By the Caribbean Journal staff With a significant increase in non-communicable diseases, both in the Caribbean and in St Lucia, the country’s government is urging citizens to improve their diet. St Lucia will launch the Food-Based Dietary Dietary Guidelines initiative on July 6. The guidelines contain broad messages based on principles of nutrition science. According […]

Rio+20 Conference Nets Pledges of $513 Billion for Sustainable Development

Above: Sha Zukang (UN Photo/Maria Elisa Franco) By the Caribbean Journal staff A total of nearly $513 billion was pledged by governments at this week’s Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in Rio. “From the very beginning, we have said that Rio+20 is about implementation and concrete action,” said Sha Zukang, the secretary general of the […]

Haiti's Sophia Martelly Finds Support for Anti-Hunger Initiative in Brazil

Above: Haiti First Lady Sophia Martelly at the talks in Rio de Janeiro (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti First Lady Sophia Martelly’s efforts to tackle malnutrition in Haiti are winning support in Brazil. Martelly, in Rio de Janeiro this week for the Rio+22 summit, met Friday with several Brazilian officials to discuss […]

Trinidad's Cabinet in Large-Scale Shakeup

 Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reshuffled her cabinet, reassigning the country’s Foreign Minister, Trade Minister, National Security Minister and others. Also notable was the reassignment of Works Minister Jack Warner as Trinidad’s new Minister of National Security. The move comes almost a […]

Op-Ed: Trinidad and Canada

 By Hon. Sen. Don Meredith Op-Ed Contributor As the people of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago reach a historic milestone, it is both a time to celebrate the successes of the past and the opportunities that lie ahead. It was in 1962 that the country affectionately known as T&T and my home island […]

Haiti's Laurent Lamothe Visits Dominican Border, Looks to Combat Smuggling

 Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe visited the customs office at Malpasse near the Haiti-Dominican Republic border on Friday, inquiring about the conditions under which tax collections are carried out. Lamothe, who was accompanied on the trip by Haiti’s Economy Minister, Director General […]

Montserrat Police Commissioner Urges Public to Be Vigilant on Security

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Police Commissioner Steve Foster is urging the public to be vigilant about their security, following a series of burglaries in the Brades area. Foster said there had been several incidents of burglaries, with thieves taking cash from the premises of local shops. “There are robberies happening both night and […]

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