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This All-Inclusive St. Thomas Resort Hides Bottles of Rum Underwater — and Guests Snorkel to Find Them

At the all-inclusive Bolongo Bay Beach Resort in St. Thomas, the water in front of the beach is usually busy with fins and masks. Guests drift over the sandy bottom, scanning the bay the way snorkelers always do, eyes tuned for movement, color, something worth stopping for. Then someone spots glass. Not coral, not sea […]

St Lucia's Capella Marigot Bay Resort Planning August Opening

Above: the Capella Resort in St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Capella Marigot Bay resort in St Lucia is set to open on Aug. 15, according to the property’s Web site. The opening will come after a multimillion-dollar renovation of what was the former Discovery Hotel, which was purchased last year by […]

Delegation From New Zealand Visits St Kitts and Nevis

Above: Basseterre, St Kitts (Caribbean Journal Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from the government of New Zealand began a five-day visit to St Kitts and Nevis this weekend. The delegation was led by Sir Donald Charles “Don” McKinnon, a special envoy of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. McKinnon has previously served […]

British Virgin Islands, United States Sign FATCA Agreement

Above: the British Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands and the United States have officially signed an intergovernmental agreement relating to the latter’s FATCA act. The FATCA law requires, among other provisions, US citizens living outside the US to report their foreign bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service. The […]

Delegation From New Zealand Visits St Kitts and Nevis

Above: Chaloka Beyani, special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons for the United Nations (UN Photo/Evan Schneider) By the Caribbean Journal staff It is time to move from a “largely humanitarian approach to a development-based drive in Haiti,” a United Nations official said this week. Chaloka Beyani, the UN’s special rapporteur on […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Holly, who sent in this snapshot of the beach on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Do you have a great Caribbean Photo? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line. It could be the next one! — CJ

Major Oil Discovery in Trinidad

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) Spain-based energy firm Repsol recently made what Trinidad’s government is calling a “major” oil discovery. The Ministry of Energy said Repsol had discovered 40 million barrels of oil, which is “already on production and adding to overall national production,” according to Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine. Repsol operates the field […]

Caribbean Cookbook: Crispy Skin Black Cod From Chef Ron Duprat

THE LATEST Caribbean Cookbook comes to you from Haiti’s most famous chef, Ron Duprat, who sent in his recipe for crispy skin black cod. Duprat sent in the recipe on the occasion of the recent Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami, where he was representing the US Virgin Islands thanks to his relationship with […]

Dominican Republic President, Edrington CEO Hold Talks

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina and Edrington CEO Ian Curle By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina met this week with Ian Curle, Chief Executive Officer of Scotland’s The Edrington Group. Edrington owns approximately 60 percent of Dominican rum brand Brugal, a stake which it acquired in 2008. In Curle’s first […]

In Miami, A Look at Caribbean Film

Above: a still from A Natural History 5 Sequence 2 By the Caribbean Journal staff Each Thursday this month, the Perez Art Museum Miami will be presenting a series of videos and films that “challenge conventional notions” of the Caribbean region. At the Crossroads: Critical Film and Video from the Caribbean, looks at “images and […]

Caribbean Airlines "Returns to Normal Operations" After Pilot Shortage

Above: a Caribbean Airlines plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines returned to “normal operations” this week after 47 pilots called in sick in an apparent industrial action. In a release, the company said that all disruptions from the “unprecedented pilot shortage” on July 1 had been addressed with “minor delays in some cases” […]

A Strategic Plan For CARICOM?

Above: CARICOM Headquarters in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Is CARICOM ready for a strategic plan? Regional leaders said this week that a strategic plan was among the items of consideration at the Heads of Government conference in Antigua. The five-year strategic plan, which covers the period 2015-2019, is the product of “wide public […]

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