Citadelle Laferriere — Haiti
Set high on a mountaintop above the town of Milot, this early 19th-century fortress is part of one of the Caribbean’s great historical parks.
Above: the first graduates (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has graduated the first class of cadets of its new “tourist police,” the government announced. The officers, who will be part of a force called “Politour,” graduated at the National Police Academy in Petion-Ville last week. Above: the force’s new logo The […]
Above: Bahamas PM Perry Christie (UN Photo/Ryan Brown) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations needs to develop mechanisms to govern offshore financial services in order to protect small offshore economies, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie told the UN General Assembly this weekend. Christie said high-powered countries were trying to force their will on […]
YOU MAY be fooled — but this villa is not on the Cote D’Azur — it’s actually on the Caribbean island of St Thomas. Villa Gwenn, which is being listed by Sotheby’s International Realty’s Shelley Blyth, is a six-bedroom, six-bathroom, 4,000-square-foot stunner above the Atlantic Ocean in St Thomas. The modern, luxurious property has wrap-around […]
