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Caribbean Journal Staff

CJ Politics

Jamaica's Manatt Commission of Enquiry Report to Go Public June 14

Information Minister Daryl Vaz The Jamaican Cabinet will discuss the report of the Manatt Commission of Enquiry on June 13 at Jamaica House, according to Information Minister Daryl Vaz, and the report will be tabled in Parliament the next day. […]

Markets

Jamaica's Golding Talks Economy to Brookings Institution in Washington

Heavy Rains Lead to at Least 23 Deaths in Still-Vulnerable Port-Au-Prince

Markets

Caribbean Must Shift Growth Strategy, according to World Bank Report

Jamaica's Golding Meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Markets

Bank of Jamaica Governor Brian Wynter: "Remarkable Change" Under Way
Sport

Report: Caribbean Football Officials Ask FIFA for New Investigator

News

A Daughter of Calypso Returns Home
CJ Politics

Jamaican Prime Minister Begins High-Level Talks in Washington, D.C.
Markets

Could Gardening Help with Food Prices?

CJ Politics

Jamaican Governor General Set to Receive Commission of Enquiry Report

Bahamas Greets New Chinese Ambassador
CJ Politics

Guyana Expects November Elections

News

Rihanna Discriminated Against for Caribbean Heritage, According to Lawsuit

By Alexander Britell A former lawyer for Gucci who worked on singer Rihanna’s contract with the design firm claims her superior discriminated against the Barbados-born singer because of her Caribbean heritage, according to the text of a complaint filed in […]

News

Edwin Carrington Named Trinidad's Ambassador to CARICOM

Edwin Carrington, the former secretary general of CARICOM, has been named Trinidad’s ambassador to the body, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced. Carrington was CARICOM secretary general for 18 years, from August 1992 to December 2010, the longest-serving CARICOM secretary general. […]

Law

Bahamas' Turnquest: More Cooperation Needed to Fight Transnational Crime

Bahamas Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest called for renewed cooperation in the international war on drug crime at the first meeting of the Technical Working Group on Maritime and Aerial Domain Awareness Security Cooperation. The meeting was part of […]

CJ Politics

Trinidad Government Divided on FIFA's Warner Allegations

The FIFA corruption scandal has an especially close relationship with Trinidad, as Jack Warner, one of several officials suspended pending a FIFA probe, was not just CONCACAF’s president, but remains Trinidad’s Minister of Works and Transport. But the People’s Partnership […]

Bahamas Oil Refining Company's $40 Million Expansion Underway

The Bahamas Oil Refining Company has contracted with CB&I, a U.S. firm, for the construction of 14 new oil storage tanks, as part of a $40 million expansion. “CB&I’s scope of work includes the engineering, fabrication and construction of 14 […]

Ahead of Strong Hurricane Season, Worries over Jamaica's Preparedness

Ahead of a hurricane season that could see between three and six major hurricanes, Jamaica’s National Works Agency said it had only a third of the nearly $94 million ($8 billion JMD) needed to repair Kingston’s gully network. According to […]

CJ Politics

Bahamas' Worker's Party Dissolves, Joins Democratic National Alliance

The Bahamian Worker’s Party, which was formed 35 years ago, will be dissolving and merging with the new Democratic National Alliance, headed by Bamboo Town MP Branville McCartney. “We have been in the field for over 30 years,” said Rodney […]

Inspirato's Brian Corbett on Caribbean Travel and the Promise of Anguilla

Sheriva in Anguilla By Alexander Britell Luxury destination club Inspirato was founded in part by brothers Brent and Brad Handler, who also started Exclusive Resorts, the ultra high-end vacation club. The company is now in nine cities in the Americas […]

REDjet's Burns: No Plans to Sue

REDjet CEO Ian Burns said his company had no plans to bring a lawsuit against Jamaican authorities after its application to operate flights to the island had been delayed. “We’re in business in the Caribbean to work with governments and […]

Travel

Jamaican Tourism Looks to Latin America

Jamaican Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett announced that the Jamaica Tourist Board had negotiated deals to bring 10,000 Latin American visitors to the island this year, with airline seats secured out of Brazil, Chile and Colombia. “We succeeded,” Bartlett said. “We […]

Bahamas Football Association President Exposed FIFA Corruption

Bahamas Football Association President Anton Sealey led a group of Caribbean officials who exposed the alleged bribery that took place at a Trinidad-based meeting concerning the presidential bid of Asian Football Confederation President Mohammed Bin Hammam, who has been suspended […]

Acting CONCACAF President Gives Blazer 48 Hours to Explain Investigation

FIFA photo Concacaf Secretary General Chuck Blazer has been given two days to explain why he decided to investigate members of the football body. Barbados’ Lilsle Austin, who assumed temporary control of Concacaf after Jack Warner was suspended by FIFA’s […]

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