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Month: November 2012

News

Haiti's Martelly, Lamothe Meet With World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly received World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in Port-au-Prince Tuesday during the latter’s two-day visit to […]

CJ Politics

Op-Ed: Trade Unions in Modern Jamaica

Above: Kingston   By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor The trade union movement’s early days in Jamaica The trade unions of Jamaica came into prominence in the workers’ riots of 1938. At that time the workers were protesting the level of […]

CJ Politics

Nevis Premier, US Virgin Islands Governor Talk Geothermal Energy

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Premier Joseph Parry and US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh held talks last week in St Thomas focusing on geothermal energy. Nevis’ geothermal project, if and when it […]

Caribbean

Trinidad Sees Rise in Unemployment

Above: Port of Spain, Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff The unemployment rate in Trinidad and Tobago rose to 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012, according to data released this week from Trinidad’s Central Statistical Office. That represented […]


Haitian Police Officers Return from Counter-Narcotics Training in Colombia

Above: Haiti’s National Police destroying illegal drugs seized in Port-au-Prince earlier this year (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of officers from the Haitian National Police has returned to Haiti from a four-month-long canine training programme […]


Bunting: Crime Rate Has Held Back Jamaica's Economic Development

  Above: Jamaica Minister of National Security Peter Bunting (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Jamaica’s crime rate is showing a downward trajectory, the last four decades of high crime have had a severe impact on the country’s […]

News

Dominica Looking to Add to Hotel Stock

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s government is pushing to improve the hotel stock on the island, according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Skerrit was speaking to a group of overseas nationals this week. Construction is […]


How Hurricane Sandy Affected Hotel Occupancy in the Caribbean

Above: the Hotel Convento in San Juan, Puerto Rico By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Sandy had a widespread impact on hotel occupancy across the Caribbean region, according to data from hotel data firm STR Global. The storm, which hit […]


IMF: "Slow Recovery May Be Underway" in St Vincent and the Grenadines

Above: Bequia (Photo: Discover St Vincent) By the Caribbean Journal staff Economic indicators suggest that a “slow recovery may be underway” in St Vincent and the Grenadines, according to the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded a visit to the […]

News

Haiti's Karibe Hotel Planning Expansion

Above: the Karibe Hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince is planning an expansion, the hotel announced Monday. Hotelier Richard Buteau, who is also the vice president of the Haiti Tourism Association, has commissioned J/Brice Design […]


Haiti's Government Launches Appeal for Emergency Humanitarian Aid

Above: flooding during Hurricane Sandy (Photo: Pwoteksyon Sivil) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government is launching an appeal for emergency humanitarian aid to the country to help deliver relief to the almost 2 million people in the country affected […]


Op-Ed: Plea Bargaining in Jamaica

By Paige Reese Op-Ed Contributor Blood, sweat, and tears undoubtedly contributed to the enactment of Jamaica’s Plea Negotiations and Agreements Act in 2010. Though this appears to have been a necessary step toward resolving Jamaica’s clogged court system, debate rages […]


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