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Month: May 2013

Sport

Forbes: The Business of Sport in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A FEW DAYS AGO I attended a conference called “The Business of Sport.” Several representatives from various sporting bodies, including the Olympics Association, ESPN, NFL and West Indies Cricket, were in attendance alongside government […]

News

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce Wins 200M at Doha Diamond League

Above: Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce won the 200M women’s race Friday in her return to Diamond League racing in Doha. The two-time Olympic gold medalist finished in 22.48 seconds, just ahead of […]

News

St Lucia Begins LED Street Light Project

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia has begun a pilot project aimed at replacing the country’s street lights with Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs. The government said it was part of an effort to reduce its […]

News

Haiti: MINUSTAH Chief Nigel Fisher Begins South American Tour

Above: Nigel Fisher By the Caribbean Journal staff Nigel Fisher, the head of the United Nations’ MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission in Haiti, begins a South American tour this weekend. It is the first trip abroad for Fisher since he succeeded former […]


Guerda Nicolas: Haiti’s “Resilience” and Mental Health

By Guerda Nicolas CJ Contributor FOLLOWING THE AFTERMATH of the 2010 earthquake, some of the news headlines read “Haitians Resilient Despite Disasters” or “Haitians Resilient Amid Destruction.” Haiti has experienced a longstanding history of significant issues with environmental calamites, poverty, […]


Haiti's National Museum Comes to Miami

Above: the Haitian Heritage Museum By Alexander Britell MIAMI — A new exhibition at the Design District-based Haitian Heritage Museum takes a look at the history of Haiti’s road to freedom. Chimen Libete, (“The Road to Freedom”), is a collaboration […]

News

Trinidad's Persad-Bissessar, Grenada's Mitchell Meet in Port of Spain

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Grenada PM Keith Mitchell By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hosted Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell for talks on Thursday in Port of Spain. The visit marked Mitchell’s first overseas […]


Caribbean Room With a View: A Suite at the JW Marriott Cancun

IT’S REALLY the beaches that are the true stars of Mexico’s tourism hub of Cancun, with its power-soft white sand and bright turquoise slice of the Caribbean Sea. And you can see all of it from the Caribbean Suite at […]


Cuba's Raul Castro Meets With Former Japan PM Yoshiro Mori

Above: Yoshiro Mori (UN Photo/Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuban leader Raul Castro met Thursday with Yoshiro Mori, the former Prime Minister of Japan, who is currently on a working visit to the country. During what Cuba’s government […]

Markets

British Virgin Islands Planning to Open Representative Office in Hong Kong

Above: Hong Kong By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands plans to open a representative office in Hong Kong, Premier Dr Orlando Smith announced this week. The office would be part of the territory’s strategy to improve ties […]


Taiwan Presents $5 Million Grant to Belize For Infrastructure Projects

Above: Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Taiwan Prime Minister David CK Wu By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan has granted $5 million to the government of Belize for infrastructure projects. The funding, which was officially presented by Taiwanese Ambassador […]


Ritz-Carlton to Cease Management at Montego Bay Resort

Above: the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall By the Caribbean Journal staff Ritz-Carlton will be ceasing management at its Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall in Jamaica’s Montego Bay, the company announced this week. The 427-room property will no longer be […]


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