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Month: March 2013

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Bahamas: Serious Crimes Down By 14 Percent in 2013

Above: Bay Street in Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Serious crimes in the Bahamas have fallen by 14 percent over the first two months of 2013, according to Minister of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage. This also […]

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Haiti: Small Businesses Launch "Road Show" Tour of US, Dominican Republic

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of small businesses in Haiti are taking their show on the road as part of the Leveraging Effective Application of Direct Investment programme. The initiative, which is funded by […]

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Trinidad Energy Ministry, International Monetary Fund Hold Talks

Above: the meeting in Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Sen. Kevin Ramnarine held discussions Monday with officials from the International Monetary Fund as part of the organization’s Article IV Consultation. The aim […]

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Anthony Carmona Sworn In as New President of Trinidad and Tobago

Above: Justice Anthony Carmona By the Caribbean Journal staff Justice Anthony Carmona was officially sworn in Monday night as the new President of Trinidad and Tobago. Carmona, who was sworn in as an International Criminal Court judge in 2012, succeeds […]

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Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Returns from Caribbean Tour

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe returned from his Caribbean tour this week, following visits to Aruba and Turks and Caicos. The PM said the tour “helped strengthen the bonds […]

Cuba's Diaz-Canel Leads Delegation to Installation of Pope Francis

Above: Vatican City By the Caribbean Journal staff Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first vice president of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, led a Cuban delegation to the installation of Pope Francis in the Vatican Tuesday. It marked the first major […]

Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic to Face Off in All-Caribbean WBC Final

Above: the Dominican Republic’s Hanley Ramirez By the Caribbean Journal staff Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic final in San Francisco will be an entirely Caribbean affair, with regional powers Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to face off for the championship. […]

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Jamaica: $2.4 Billion in Funding Support Through PetroCaribe Since 2005

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) Jamaica has received $2.4 billion USD in funding support thanks to its PetroCaribe agreement with the government of Venezuela, according to Dr Wesley Hughes, CEO of the PetroCaribe Development Fund. The funding total, which covers the […]

Durandis: Crunching the Numbers on Haiti’s National Education Fund

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor WHAT IS likely one of the most important tariffs on any sector in the Haitian society was imposed on the Haitian Diaspora shortly after the inauguration of Haiti President Michel Martelly in May 2011. The […]

Ross University Breaks Ground on St Kitts Expansion Project

Above: the groundbreaking at RUSVM By the Caribbean Journal staff The Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine has broken ground on the expansion of its campus in St Kitts. The expansion, which officially began last week, follows the signing in […]

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Cholera Treatment in Haiti "Crippled" By Lack of Funds, Supplies

Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cholera treatment in Haiti has been “crippled” by a lack of funds and supplies, according to medical humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders. That has led […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Lotto Scam Problem

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM in Jamaica has become a public relations problem in the United States. The so-called “lotto scam” is a multinational fraud scheme directed at elderly US citizens by organized criminals in Jamaica. […]

China to Provide $2 Billion for IDB Latin America and Caribbean Fund

Above: the Chinese Embassy in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank and the People’s Bank of China have approved a new fund to support private and public sector projects that promote “sustainable economic growth” in Latin […]

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