St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie is all about shopping, with some of the best duty-free shops in the region (and over 400 shops in total on the main street alone). Plus, the duty-free exception for US visitors is almost double what you’ll find in the rest of the Caribbean.
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan is continuing its financial support to St Lucia with a $775,436 grant for the government’s capital programme. The grant, which works out to EC $2 million, will target projects including the lighting of the Phillip Marcellin Grounds in Vieux-Fort and several other playing fields; the construction […]
Above: St Kitts(CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan and St Kitts and Nevis have signed a five-year agreement aimed at developing information and communication in the twin-island federation. Information Technology Minister Glen Philip and Taiwanese Ambassador Miguel Tsao signed the agreement this week. “Our aims for technology enhanced national development are not frenetic […]
Above: King Willem-Alexander on the royal visit (Photo: SMG) By the Caribbean Journal staff King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited St Maarten this week, the first stop on a tour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ Caribbean territories. Willem-Alexander and Maxima met with Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams on Wednesday, taking a brief […]
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