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Month: February 2013

News

Jamaica Mulls Hosting Diamond League Track and Field Meet

Above: a Diamond League event in Birmingham (Photo: Samsung Diamond League) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has begun exploring the possibility of hosting a Diamond League Track and Field meet, according to Sports Minister Natalie Neita-Headley. The Jamaica Athletics […]

News

Tobago Launches Carnival Season

Above: Tobago By the Caribbean Journal staff Tobago officially kicked off the carnival season Thursday, under the theme “Let’s Dance, Let’s Play, Let’s Dingolay.” The island will be holding a host of events to celebrate Carnival this year, including an […]

News

Hess to Sell St Lucia Storage Terminal; Fate of USVI's HOVENSA Facility Unclear

Above: the HOVENSA facility in St Croix By the Caribbean Journal staff Hess Corporation announced this week that it would be pursuing the sale of its terminal network in the United States, one that will include the sale of its […]

Markets

Phillips: IMF Team to Visit Jamaica "Within Three Weeks"

Above: Jamaica Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff An International Monetary Fund team will visit Jamaica “within three weeks,” according to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips. If those talks go well, a deal with the fund […]


Eastern Caribbean Economies Contracted 0.1 Percent in 2012

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Economic activity in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union fell in 2012 for the fourth consecutive year, according to Sir K Dwight Venner, President of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Real GDP in […]


Haiti: Mariano Fernandez Ends Term as Head of UN Peacekeeping Mission

Above: Former MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez By Alexander Britell Mariano Fernandez, MINUSTAH Chief and Special Representative of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti, officially ended his 20 month term as head of the UN’s MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission in Haiti Thursday. […]

News

Rum Journal: Brazil's Oronoco

YOU MAY RECOGNIZE the name Oronoco from our 2012 Rum Awards, when Rum Journal gave Oronoco the “Bottle Design of the Year” award. But this white rum, grown from Brazilian sugarcane, is not just a pretty face. Brazil is known […]


Puerto Rico's Culinary Dynamism

Above: Chef Robert Treviño By Alexander Britell MIAMI – IN APRIL, chefs from across Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and the world will gather in San Juan for the sixth annual Saborea Puerto Rico culinary festival. The event will highlight Puerto […]



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