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Year: 2013

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Moody's Downgrades Barbados Rating; Outlook Remains "Negative"

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the government bond rating of Barbados to Ba3 from Ba1, the New York-based firm announced. The two-notch downgrade reflected several key drivers, including the country’s “continued […]

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Trinidad PM Calls on Dominican Republic to "Immediately Restore Nationality"

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is urging the Dominican Republic to “immediately restore nationality” to those impacted by the country’s controversial citizenship judgment. In a letter to […]

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New Project to "Transform" Ocho Rios

Above: a rendering of the “new” Ocho Rios By the Caribbean Journal staff A new $3.8 million USD project will “transform” the Jamaican town of Ocho Rios, according to Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill. The project will include work on […]

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Bermuda, US Sign FATCA Agreement

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Bermuda and the United States have signed an agreement on the US’ Foreign Account Compliance Act Regulations. The deal, which is a model two intergovernmental agreement, was signed by US […]


Haiti Aviation Suspends Flights

Above: a Haiti Aviation plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Startup air carrier Haiti Aviation has suspended its flights “until further notice,” the company said in a statement on Friday. The North Miami-based company said it had had to deal […]


Political Independence and Economic Development in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 2003, Alvin G. Wint – former head of the Department of Management Studies at the University of West Indies, Mona Campus – noted in his book, “Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the […]

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Island Hop: Celebrating Old Year's Night on Jost Van Dyke

WAS ISLAND HOPPING invented for Jost Van Dyke? You might think so. JVD is a place to celebrate – no matter what the occasion or the time of year.  And if you are lucky enough to be on Jost Van […]


Why the Caribbean Needs to Go Green

Above: a wind farm in Nevis (CJ Photo) By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor NO, THE FOCUS of the following is not going to be on the impending doom of global climate change and the peril that island nations will […]


Building Caribbean Data Journalism

By Gerard Best Op-Ed Contributor INTERNET USERS are bombarded daily with a vast world of digital content via news feeds, blogs, webcasts, live streams, image galleries, videoclips and sound bites. Access to huge information repositories is no longer restricted by […]

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Rum Journal: A New Rum From Belize

Above: Tiburon Rum (all photos by RJ) BELIZE is one of the region’s sugar production hubs. And yet, even for a land in love with the spirit as much as its neighbours in the Caribbean, Belizean rums are not well […]


Trinidad Takes Caribbean Lead in Year-End FIFA Rankings

Above: Trinidad’s Soca Warriors By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors are now the Caribbean’s top-ranked football side, according to the year-end rankings from FIFA and Coca-Cola. Trinidad is now ranked 78th in the world, one spot […]


New Radisson Opens in Grenada

Above: the new Radisson Grenada Beach Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Radisson Grenada Beach Resort has opened on Grenada’s Grand Anse Beach, parent company Carlton Rezidor announced. The property, which officially opened this week, is set on […]


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