Your own pool. Your own kitchen. Your own living room in the Caribbean. But also beach clubs. Golf courses. Butler service. Spas. Restaurants. Housekeeping. Concierge desks. The fastest-growing luxury category in Caribbean travel right now sits somewhere between a private villa and a full-service resort — and travelers are increasingly choosing both at the same […]
Above: St Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff James Tagliaferri, who managed and controlled TAG Virgin Islands, a Virgin Islands-based investment firm, was arrested in St Thomas Friday for a allegedly executing a scheme to defraud TAG clients, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and Inspector-in-Charge of the New York […]
Above: Haiti Ambassador to the Bahamas Antonio Rodrigue and Minister for Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Ambassador to the Bahamas Antonio Rodrigue arrived in Grand Bahama for a visit Friday, citing the large Haitian population on the island. Rodrigue paid a courtesy call on Minister for Grand […]
Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Democratic Labour Party has retained power in Barbados with a narrow election victory, according to preliminary results. The win gives Prime Minister Freundel Stuart his first full term in office, after taking over as Prime Minister in 2010 following the death of former […]
Above: Nicaragua (Photo: NT) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of regional agencies focusing on sustainable tourism in the Caribbean held their first-ever joint meeting this week, focusing on the challenges facing the wider Caribbean region. The first-ever Meeting of Regional Agencies of Sustainable Tourism in the Wider Caribbean Region held its conference in […]
Above: Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, along with its African, Latin American and Caribbean Fund, have announced a $100 million equity investment to help InterEnergy Holdings develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources in the Caribbean and expand operations in Latin America. Th […]
Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff Claims against the UN involving its presumed role in causing Haiti’s cholera epidemic are “not receivable,” a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday. In November 2011, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti and the International […]
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Approximately 85 percent of voters turned out for Grenada’s elections Tuesday, which were swept by the New National Party, according to the Organization of American States. The OAS electoral observation mission that monitored the vote released its preliminary report on Wednesday, praising the “civil and peaceful […]
Above: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will be in Cuba Thursday for a “working visit.” Medvedev’s visit will include meetings with Cuban leader Raul Castro, according to a communique from Cuba’s government information agency. The Prime Minister comes to Cuba after a […]
Above: the Transat flight on Wednesday (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff The next wave of Canadian tourists has arrived in Haiti as part of an agreement between Canada’s Transat and the Ministry of Tourism. The group of travelers touched down at Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Wednesday. The tourists will be […]
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon I THOUGHT THE SWIMMING PIGS would be the highlight of the day. Boy, was I wrong. I was on a day trip in the Exumas, the 365-island Bahamas archipelago famous for crystal clear waters, talcum sand and some of the world’s best fishing. Our captain Ray Lightbourne and his son Justin had […]
Above: Stephanie Villedrouin (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin is holding talks on tourism development Wednesday in Mexico City. It is Villedrouin’s second official visit to Mexico, following agreements signed between Mexico and Haiti in the summer of 2012 on tourism cooperation. Those agreements included a Memorandum of […]
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