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Cancun Is Getting a New Adults-Only, All-Inclusive Oceanfront Resort

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The Mexican Caribbean’s hottest destination is about to welcome a brand-new kind of adults-only all-inclusive resort. Next month, Secrets Mirabel Cancun Resort and Spa will officially open in the heart of Cancun’s Hotel Zone, just eight miles from the airport. For travelers seeking the combination of oceanfront indulgence and easy access, this new Hyatt property […]

Durandis: Rethinking Education in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor FOR MANY HAITIAN STUDENTS, the day starts before sunrise and ends well past sunset. In Haiti, the road to education is not only hard — at times inaccessible — but, plainly put, the end often does not justify the means. If Haitian leaders want a new Haiti to emerge within […]

St Lucia Sees Caribbean's Biggest Increase in Net Foreign Direct Investment

By the Caribbean Journal staff Net foreign direct investment in St Lucia has risen by 81.6 this year percent compared to 2011, the largest increase in the Caribbean this year, according to estimates from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Net foreign direct investment is defined as direct investment in […]

US Virgin Islands, HOVENSA Extend Interim Agreement as Talks Continue

Above: the HOVENSA refinery By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of the United States Virgin Islands and HOVENSA have agreed to extend an interim agreement to make fuel available as the two sides negotiate on the future of what was the Caribbean’s largest oil refinery. The agreement makes fuel available to the community through […]

St Lucia Sees Caribbean's Biggest Increase in Net Foreign Direct Investment

Above: Albina, Suriname, on the border with French Guiana By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname will be receiving a $40 million loan to improve the country’s Meerzorg-Albina integration corridor, following approval by the Inter-American Development Bank. The road connects Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, with the eastern border with French Guiana. The project seeks to reduce travel […]

From Haiti to Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Leaders Mourn Sandy Hook Victims

 Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Leaders from across the Caribbean are expressing their condolences over the tragic deaths at an elementary school in Connecticut this week. Haiti President Michel Martelly said he expressed his “sorrow and dismay” at the murder of the 28 children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary […]

Barbados PM: US-CARICOM Rum Issue "May Have to Reach the WTO"

 Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is actively working at the CARICOM and international levels to ensure that the country does not face unfair competition with its rum exports, according to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. Caribbean rum producers have been increasingly dismayed over what they see as […]

Caribbean Public Health Agency to Launch Operations in 2013

Above: CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Public Health Agency will formally launch operations in January, the organization announced this week. Dr Carl Hospedales, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, has been named CARPHA’s new executive director, according to Jamaica Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson, the Chair of CARPHA’s Executive […]

Owner Removes Hyatt from Curacao Resort; Hyatt Vows to "Protect Its Rights"

Above: the Hyatt Regency Curacao property By the Caribbean Journal staff Hotel investment group Santa Barbara Hospitality says it has removed Hyatt as the manager of its Curacao resort property, renaming it as the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort. The company said it had terminated its management agreement with Hyatt and Hyatt Curacao, installing […]

Haiti's Lamothe Heads to Vietnam

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has departed the country for Vietnam for a four-day official visit. The trip will include a meeting with Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, and President Truong Tan Sang, aiming to establish new partnerships in “agriculture, […]

Grenada Prime Minister Meets With Sandals' Gordon "Butch" Stewart

Above: The Sandals Grenada property (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sandals Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart joined a special Cabinet meeting in Grenada this week to present his plans for the former LaSource property. Stewart, who was joined by Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, unveiled the hotel chain’s $60 million project, which will include […]

Moody's Downgrades Bahamas Credit Rating; Outlook Remains Negative

 Above: Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating of the Bahamas’ government to “Baa1” from A3, the New York-based ratings firm announced Friday. The government’s outlook remains negative. Moody’s cited three major factors for the downgrade: limited growth prospects following a protracted recession and weak recovery in […]