By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has appointed Michael Brotherson as the country’s first Consul General to Barbados. According to Barbadian Foreign Minister Senator Maxine McClean, Brotherson’s resident posting to the island will be “of great benefit” to Guyanese nationals […]

By Alexander Britell CHINA AND EUROPE remain the biggest threats to the Caribbean’s economy — that is, Chinese deceleration and European debt. But how vulnerable is the Caribbean to those potential external shocks? A recent study from the Inter-American Development […]

By the Caribbean Journal staff For many visitors to Barbados, local crafts are the “pieces of the rock” that accompany them back to their homes. Now, Barbados’ government says it is looking to continue those that create them. The next […]

By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados has sworn in attorney Verle De Peiza as the country’s newest Senator. De Peiza, who has been a practising lawyer since October 2000, took the oath of allegiance before Acting Governor-General Eliot Belgrave in […]