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Aruba Is Getting New Nonstop JetBlue Flights From Fort Lauderdale

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Palm trees swaying as you step off the plane. A quick morning flight that turns into an afternoon on the beach. Aruba just became even easier to reach. JetBlue is launching new nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and Aruba beginning Dec. 4, 2025. The new route will operate three times weekly, year-round, and it marks JetBlue’s return to Aruba from Fort Lauderdale — […]

Antigua Prime Minister Meets With New Ambassador From Switzerland

Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and Swiss Ambassador Line Marie Leon-Pernet By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua Prime Minister Dr Baldwin Spencer met last week with Line Marie Leon-Pernet, Switzerland’s new Ambassador to the country. The two sides focused on ways to expand cooperation between the countries. Spencer said that providing tertiary education opportunities for […]

Light Earthquake Shakes Southern Coast of Dominican Republic

Above: a map of the quake (Graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook the southern coast of the Dominican Republic early Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake’s epicentre was approximately 17 kilometres south-southwest of La Romana, and about 100 kilometres east-southeast of Santo Domingo. It occurred […]

Earthquake Northeast of Tobago

Above: a map of the quake By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.8-magnitude earthquake occurred southeast of Grenada on Sunday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at about 1:28 PM local time. A preliminary reading from the Seismic Research Institute at the University of the West Indies put the magnitude […]

Light Earthquake Shakes Southern Coast of Dominican Republic

 Above: Michel Forst (UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre) By Alexander Britell Michel Forst, the United Nations’ Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti, has resigned from his position. A spokesperson for the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission in Haiti confirmed the announcement to Caribbean Journal. Forst resigned for “personal reasons,” he said at the conclusion of […]

Haiti's Martelly Travels to Suriname For Meeting With Bouterse

 Above: the Amazon River in Suriname By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly continued his South American tour with a visit to Suriname on Friday. Martelly met with Suriname President Desi Bouterse in Paramaribo, discussing agriculture, the free movement of Haitians within CARICOM countries and Haiti’s participation in CARIFESTA, which Suriname will be […]

US Attorney General Eric Holder Meets With Bahamian Delegation

Above: US Attorney General Eric Holder with the delegation (BIS Photo/) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Attorney General Eric Holder hosted a Bahamian delegation in Washington on Friday for high-level talks on national security issues. The delegation included National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell and Attorney General and Legal […]

US: Pace of Drug Enforcement Action in Haiti "Stubbornly Low"

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The tempo of drug enforcement actions in Haiti remains “stubbornly low,” according to the United States State Department’s recently-released 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Haiti remains a transit point for cocaine from South America and marijuana from Jamaica for transshipment to the US, Canada, Europe […]

Bahamas Apprehends 17 Migrants from Cuba on Cay Lobos

 Above: Cay Lobos By the Caribbean Journal staff The Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended 17 migrants from Cuba on Cay Lobos, the force announced Saturday. The group, which included 14 men and 3 women, was apprehended after being spotted by HMBS Bahamas on a routine patrol. The HMBS Bahamas was under the command of Lieutenant […]

Amanda Misick Wins Turks and Caicos By-Election; PNP Retains Power

 Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Amanda Misick of the Progressive National Party has won a by-election in Turks and Caicos that could have changed the balance of power in the territory’s House of Assembly. Misick received 455 votes to 385 votes tallied for Oral Isaac Selver of […]

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz Play to 1-1 Tie With Panama in Qualifier

 Above: the Reggae Boyz in action (File photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz played Panama to a 1-1 tie Friday night at Kingston’s Independence Park in a CONCACAF World Cup qualifying match. Marvin Elliott got things started for Jamaica, scoring on a header in the 22nd minute. Panama did not notch a […]

Meade: Tourism "Critical" to Sustained Development in Montserrat

 Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourism is an industry “critical to the sustained development and the maintenance of livelihoods in Montserrat,” Premier Reuben Meade said in his budget address this week. The Montserratian leader said the government would work in 2013 to consolidate the island’s tourism-related assets to improve its product. Part of […]