News Couples Resorts Close to Purchase of Almond Casuarina Resort in Barbados
Above: the Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica-based Couples Resorts is in “firm negotiations” concerning the purchase of the 280-room Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados, Couples CEO Glenn Lawrence and Casuarina Chairman Anthony […]
Report Urges US Lawmakers to Promote Agricultural Imports from Haiti
Above: farmers in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Congress should help foster agricultural imports from Haiti, according to an issue brief from the Washington, DC-based think tank the Heritage Foundation. The report brief, […]
Development Bank of Jamaica Sets Aside $20 Million for Tech Projects
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Development Bank of Jamaica has put aside $20 million USD for potential on-lending to investors to support the construction of information and communications technology facilities, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller […]
News Lamothe: Haiti Among the Safest Destinations in the Americas
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Responding to a pair of new travel warnings from the United States and Canada on Haiti last week, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said the country was […]
Taiwan, St Kitts Planning Solar Farm
Above: solar lights installed in St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan and St Kitts and Nevis are planning to establish a solar farm in the twin-island federation, Taiwanese Ambassador to St Kitts and Nevis Miguel Tsao […]
News Haiti: Students Depart for Ecuador for Training Initiatives
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in Ecuador in 2012 (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of 30 students in Haiti departed for Ecuador Monday for a series of training programmes in that country, according to Haiti’s […]
At Dominica's Secret Bay, Finding the Hidden Caribbean
Above: Secret Bay in Dominica (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell DOMINICA — There’s mystery here. I arrive, not by airplane, which of course offers its own unique vantage points, but by ferry, from the neighbouring French department of […]
Op-Ed: Why Jamaica's Cabinet Must Respond to the Contractor General
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor THE CONTRACTOR GENERAL is a Jamaican official whose job is to prevent corruption in the awarding of government contracts. Back-scratching contracts have been a significant problem for more than three decades in Jamaica. Many Jamaican […]