Five Great Small Hotels in the Dutch Caribbean

By: - October 15th, 2013
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Bellafonte Bonaire

This condominium hotel is directly on the ocean, giving you the chance to wake up, fall out of bed and dive or snorkel. (And yes, the Bellafonte comes from Harry Bellafonte, who one of the island’s most famous visitors who actually once owned the nearby islet of Klein Bonaire).


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Buoyed By Cruise Calls, Nevis Hopeful For "Excellent" Tourist Season

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis is hopeful for a prosperous tourist season in 2013/2014, according to Tourism Minister Mark Brantley. Brantley, who was speaking last week on an interview on Nevis Television Channel 8, said he hoped that Nevis would experience a “fruitful” year this season, which begins in November, […]

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Guyana Launches Small Business Development Project

Above: Guyana President Donald Ramotar (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has launched a project targeting small and micro-enterprise development. The project offers loans that require interest rates below six percent, offering a maximum of just under $1,500 dollars. Guyana President Donald Ramotar helped launch the new initiative, which is called the […]

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CONCACAF to Hold Sports Summit in Cayman Islands

Above: CONCACAF play earlier this year between Honduras and Costa Rica By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional football body CONCACAF will be hosting a sports summit in the Cayman Islands next week. The summit will be held under the theme of “Transformation through Partnership.” The objective is to “enhance the partnership between governments and football […]


Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank Sign $60 Million Loan Contract

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank have signed a $60 million loan contract. The loan is the third tranche of financing for a public financial and performance management programme, according to the IDB. Jamaica Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno signed […]

OAS Urges Caribbean Nations to Explore Green Energy

Above: a solar panel By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean needs to improve collaboration to promote the use of green technology in the region, according to Organization of American States Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin. The OAS ASG, who was in Aruba recently to open the Caribbean Renewable Energy forum, said there seemed to […]

St Kitts Begins Work on Expansion of Airport Arrival Terminal

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank have signed a $60 million loan contract. The loan is the third tranche of financing for a public financial and performance management programme, according to the IDB. Jamaica Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno signed […]

HOVENSA to Increase Supply of Fuel to US Virgin Islands

Above: the USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff The owners of the HOVENSA oil facility in St Croix have purchased and will take delivery of additional fuel for local distribution in the United States Virgin Islands, according to Governor John de Jongh. The fate of the facility, once the Caribbean’s largest oil refinery before its […]