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JetBlue Is Adding Extra Nonstop Flights to to Saint Lucia This Winter

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Saint Lucia is getting a significant airlift boost just in time for the peak winter travel season. JetBlue will be adding a second weekly nonstop flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Saint Lucia, operating on Saturdays from Nov. 22 through January. The new service supplements JetBlue’s existing daily flight from New York, a […]

Grenada PM Urges CARICOM on ICT

Above: the Buccament Bay resort in St Vincent By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing his push for information and communication technology development in the region, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell urged CARICOM heads of government to enhance the region’s ability to compete on the “global stage.” Mtichell, addressing the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting […]

Tourism on the Rise in Suriname

Above: Suriname By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname saw a solid improvement in tourism arrival numbers in 2013, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country welcomed 202,225 stopover visitors in the first 10 months of 2013, a 4.8 percent over the same period in 2012, according to the CTO numbers. The country’s […]

New Sheraton Santo Domingo Hotel Set to Open This Month

Above: a rendering of the lobby at the new Sheraton Santo Domingo By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s newest Sheraton hotel is set to open its doors this month. The new Sheraton Santo Domingo Hotel, located on the waterfront Avenida George Washington in the Dominican Republic’s capital, is set to open on March 27, […]

Tourism on the Rise in Suriname

 Above: After Heade: Moonlit Landscape, 2013, Edouard Duval-Carrié’s By the Caribbean Journal staff An upcoming solo exhibition at the new Perez Art Museum in Miami will feature the work of acclaimed Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié’s. The exhibition, “Imagined Landscapes,” which officially begins on Thursday, will debut with an opening night conversation with the artist and […]

United States Government: UN "Absolutely Immune" in Haiti Cholera Suit

Above: United Nations headquarters in New York (Photo: UN) By Alexander Britell All of the defendants in the Haiti cholera lawsuit are “immune from legal process and suit,” US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara wrote in a statement of interest submitted to Federal Judge Paul Oetken on Friday. In a […]

United States Vice President Joe Biden Visits St Croix

 Above: United States Vice President Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr Jill Biden visited the island of St Croix in the United States Virgin Islands this weekend. Biden has been a frequent visitor St Croix during his time in office, most recently at the […]

Caribbean Eats: In Puerto Rico, the Joy of the Bacalaito

PUERTO RICO — This island has some of the most diverse offerings of street food in the Caribbean — particularly of the fried variety. And on an early morning visit to the beaches on the outskirts of San Juan, one particular variety stood out. It’s called the Bacalaito, a hand-held, deep-fried, golden brown cod fritter. It’s […]

Martinique's Serge Letchimy Attending CARICOM Conference

 Above: Serge Letchimy, president of Martinique’s Regional Council (Photo: RM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Martinique Regional Council President Serge Letchimy will be on hand for this week’s 25th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at the Buccament Bay resort in St Vincent, CARICOM announced. It’s the latest […]

Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell Visits Barbados and Montreal

 Above: Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister visited Barbados and Montreal, Canada this weekend, ahead of his visit to the CARICOM conference in St Vincent this week. Mitchell visited Barbados on Friday to attend a meeting of the Regional Security System. Following that trip, he departed for […]

Pedro Delgado-Hernandez Confirmed as Federal Judge in Puerto Rico

Above: Federal District Court in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Senate has confirmed Pedro Delgado-Hernandez as the new federal judge for the District of Puerto Rico. Delgado-Hernandez, who was confirmed by a 98-0 vote, is a former solicitor general of Puerto Rico and a former Judge on the […]

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins Gold at World Indoor Championships

Above: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the Jamaican flag after her victory on Sunday By the Caribbean Journal staff Indoors or outdoors, it doesn’t seem to matter to Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The two-time Olympic Gold Medalist took home the gold in the women’s 60M race on Sunday at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. Fraser-Pryce, a […]