Above: Madonna in Ile a Vache with Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin By the Caribbean Journal staff Singer Madonna is on a visit to Haiti this week, at the invitation of Haiti Goodwill Ambassador and Actor Sean Penn. (Penn and […]

Above: the University of Oxford By the Caribbean Journal staff Timar Jackson has been named Jamaica’s 2014 Rhodes Scholar. The 24-year-old Jackson, who will be studying at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom next year, is currently an […]

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago is setting up a national committee on reparations for slavery, the government announced last week. In a statement, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar expressed “delight” on the […]

Above: the dedication photo (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A $2 million infrastructure project funded by Prince Charles through a grant from the government of Kuwait has opened in the Rose Town neighbourhood of Kingston. The project was […]