The Caribbean’s Best Walking Beaches

By: - July 3rd, 2013
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Eagle Beach, Aruba

Aruba is about the colour of the sand, the combination of the water and the island’s special light – and Eagle Beach is an ideal place to take it all in. And being in the low-rise hotel district makes the vistas that much better.


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Bahamas

Richard Branson Helps LIAT Complaint Letter Go Viral

By the Caribbean Journal staff It started out as a simple complaint letter in a local newspaper in the British Virgin Islands, but it soon went viral. Tennis pro Arthur Hicks, writing in the BVI Beacon newspaper, wrote satirically to Caribbean carrier LIAT of how he “particularly enjoyed sampling the security scanners at each and […]

Bahamas

Trinidad and Tobago Assumes Chairmanship of CARICOM

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has assumed the chairmanship of CARICOM from Haiti, following the expiration of the latter’s six-month rotating term. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is now the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, and will be presiding over the […]

Bahamas

Trinidad Energy Minister Urges Greater Natural Gas Collaboration With Venezuela

Above: Minister Kevin Ramnarine By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine is calling for “greater collaboration and partnership” between Trinidad and Venezuela in the area of natural gas development. Ramnarine made the call this week during a visit to the 2nd Gas Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum in […]


Courtyard By Marriott Hotel Set to Break Ground in Kingston

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A Courtyard by Marriott hotel is set to break ground in Jamaica next week, according to Jamaican Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill. The property, which is reportedly being developed by a group of local investors, will be located in Kingston. McNeill revealed the news at the […]

Jamaica's Williams-Mills Won Olympic Bronze After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Above: Novlene Williams-Mills (centre) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican sprinter Novlene Williams-Mills won a bronze medal in London last summer despite dealing with breast cancer, she revealed in an interview with the Daily Mail. Williams-Mills learned of the diagnosis just weeks before the Olympics in London, where she won a bronze medal in the […]

CDB Continues Poverty Alleviation Programme in Guyana

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A Courtyard by Marriott hotel is set to break ground in Jamaica next week, according to Jamaican Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill. The property, which is reportedly being developed by a group of local investors, will be located in Kingston. McNeill revealed the news at the […]

Barbados Leads Winners at Taste of the Caribbean Competition

Barbados Leads Winners at Taste of the Caribbean Competition Above: the Barbados culinary team By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados’ culinary team took home the award for Caribbean Culinary Team of the Year this weekend at the Taste of the Caribbean competition. The event, which was held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami, featured […]