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Month: April 2013

News

Turks and Caicos Premier Takes Over Tourism Portfolio in Cabinet Reshuffle

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing has assumed the tourism portfolio as part of a Cabinet reshuffle following the recent by-election victory of Amanda Missick. Ewing […]

Markets

Cape Air, Regional Carriers Step Up As American Eagle Departs Caribbean

Above: a Cape Air plane in Vieques (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The last flight from Tortola on Sunday night marked the end of the American Eagle era in the Caribbean, a process that has been in the works for […]

Dennis Chung: The Role of Government in Caribbean Economies

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor MY MOTHER USED TO SAY of children, it is sometimes better to be seen and not heard. These were of course in the days when parents ruled children, and not as it is today. So […]

News

Haiti Sends Counternarcotics Officers for Training With Miami Police Department

Above: the Miami-Dade Public Safety Training Institute By the Caribbean Journal staff A team of 21 officers Counternarcotics Unit of Haiti’s national police has begun a three-week training course in Miami with the Miami-Dade County Police Department in Florida. The […]


Jamaicans Dominate CARIFTA Games

Above: the Thomas A Robinson stadium (file photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff For a few short days this weekend, Nassau looked a lot like London. Jamaica’s young athletes dominated the CARIFTA games at the Thomas A Robinson national stadium […]


Baltimore Ravens Heading to Barbados for Youth Football Camp

Above: Ramon Harewood By the Caribbean Journal staff The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens are heading to Barbados to begin the Big Mon Elite Athlete Development Camp on April 4. The team’s delegation will be led by Ramon Harewood, an […]

News

Digicel Launching Its Own Smartphone

Above: Digicel’s regional headquarters in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional mobile firm Digicel has launched its own Android smartphone, the company announced late last month. The Digicel Smartphone DL600, which features a 3.5-inch display, uses the Android Jellybean […]


Antigua's Government "Very Hopeful" on Beaches Resort Project

Above: the Grand Pineapple Beach Resort in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff While the prospect of Sandals Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart’s proposed $140 million Beaches hotel project on Antigua’s Long Bay had seemingly dimmed last year, the project has […]


A Secret Creole Kitchen in Martinique's Fort de France

Above: the Marche D’Epice in Fort de France (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell FORT-DE-FRANCE — WALKING THE bustling streets of Martinique’s Fort de France, it’s often hard to remember one is in the Caribbean. From the aromas of […]

News

Bahamas Foreign Minister Visits United Arab Emirates

Above: Bahamas FM Fred Mitchell and Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamas Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell recently traveled to the United Arab Emirates on an official visit. Mitchell met on the trip […]


Haiti: Sri Lanka Sends New Contingent of United Nations Peacekeepers

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sri Lanka is sending 750 new soldiers to be part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Haiti, the country’s government announced Monday. A group of 400 soldiers from the country’s […]


Panama Assumes Chair of Organization of American States Permanent Council

Above: the council in Washington (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama has assumed the chair of the Organization of American States Permanent Council. Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Arturo Vallarino, officially received the gavel and […]


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