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Month: November 2014

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Rum Journal: Is This the Coolest Beach Bar in St Kitts?

Above: SALT Plage in St Kitts (All photos by CJ) It’s only opened earlier this year, but SALT Plage, the new beach bar at St Kitts’ Christophe Harbour development, just might be the coolest beach bar on the island. Whether […]

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Ranking the Caribbean on Gender Equality

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Which Caribbean countries have the highest level of gender equality? The World Economic Forum has released its latest Global Gender Gap Report, looking at how countries around the world fare when […]

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British Airways Expanding Tobago Service

Above: Tobago (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff British Airways will be launching an additional weekly flight to the island of Tobago. The news was announced by British Airway’s head of commercial, Colm Lacy, at the UK launch of […]

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CARICOM Leaders Hold Special Meeting on Threat of Ebola, Chikungunya

Above: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago is hosting a special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community this week. The special one-day meeting, which was […]


This is the Best Island in the Caribbean For Doing Business

Above: San Juan, Puerto Rico (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff What’s the best island in the Caribbean for ease of doing business? According to the newest edition of the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, it’s Puerto Rico […]


Carnival Cruise Lines Making Return to Dominica

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Lines is returning to the island of Dominica for the 2014/2015 season. Dominica had been removed from the line’s itinerary in 2010. According to Kathleen Cuffy-Jno Jules, the company’s […]

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Caribbean Art: A New Look at the Contemporary Art of Haiti

Above: one of the works by Joseph Eddy Pierre (courtesy of Kolektif 509) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Kolektif 509 will be holding its third exhibition of contemporary Haitian art beginning Friday, Nov. 7. This year’s exhibition is being […]


Rum Journal: Dominica’s Seaside Magic

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor From the Caribbean’s “nature island,” of Dominica we’re sharing Rosalie Bay resort’s signature cocktail, a rum-vodka combo guaranteed to transport you to where the Rosalie River meets black-sand beaches in a single sip. The […]


Barbados Tourism Marketing Names New Chief Executive Officer

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The newly-formed Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc has named William Griffith its new chief executive officer. The BTMI is one of two newly-created divisions of tourism, along with the Barbados Tourism Product […]

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Haiti Begins Work on Another New International Airport

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe lays the first stone (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Just weeks after debuting its new airport terminal in Cap-Haitien, Haiti has begun work on a brand-new airport in Jeremie. Haiti Prime […]


Costa Rica Shaken By 4.3M Earthquake

Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Costa Rica was shaken Sunday by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The quake’s epicentre was in San Antonio, about 2 […]


FRHI Names New Regional Vice President for Bermuda, Caribbean

Above: the Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff FRHI Hotels and Resorts, which operates Raffles, Fairmont and Swissotel hotels and resorts, has named a new regional vice president for Bermuda and the Caribbean. The company announced that […]


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