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Why This St Barth Rum Week Is the Caribbean Festival You’ll Want to Plan a Vacation Around

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This Caribbean Rum Festival Has Rare Bottles, Beachfront Parties and a Week in St Barth There’s a moment at the Caribbean Rum Awards when you realize this isn’t just another festival. Maybe it’s sipping a vintage agricole on the rooftop bar at Le Barthelemy with the sea rolling below, or stepping into a dinner at […]

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Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2012

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR— award season. When we look back on 2012, it was a strong year for rum across the Caribbean, from Barbados to Martinique, the Dominican Republic to Guyana, and everywhere in between. Rum Journal traveled across the region, sampling the best cane spirits — and some of the best rum drinks […]

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Grand Cayman's Comfort Suites Completes $2.2 Million Renovation

Above: Seven Mile Beach (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman has completed a $2.2 million renovation of its rooms and facilities, parent company Choice Hotels announced in a release. The property began the renovation in August 2011. “All guest rooms and public areas have now […]

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Cayman Governor Swears in New Cabinet

Above: Front Row: Premier, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly; Governor Duncan Taylor; Rolston Anglin; Back Row: Attorney General Hon. Samuel Bulgin, Cline Astor Glidden, Jr, Mark Scotland and Hon. Dwayne Stanley Seymour.              By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the appointment of the territory’s new Premier, Cayman Islands Governor has officially sworn in its new Cabinet. Joining the Cabinet […]

Grand Cayman's Comfort Suites Completes $2.2 Million Renovation

Above: The Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly By Alexander Britell Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has been named the new Premier of the Cayman Islands, according to a statement from Governor Duncan Taylor. Taylor said a majority of the elected members of the United Democratic Party supported her appointment, after lawmakers passed a no-confidence motion against former Premier McKeeva […]

Cayman Premier: "I Have Done Nothing Wrong and I Shall Not Be Resigning"

Above: Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush By Alexander Britell Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush has issued his first public statement since his arrest Tuesday on suspicions of corruption, maintaining his innocence and vowing not to yield to increasing public pressure to step down. The statement was released by the Premier’s Office Thursday morning, one day after Bush […]

Cayman Lawmakers Pass No-Confidence Motion Against Government

Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Lawmakers in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly voted 11-3 to pass a motion of no-confidence against the ruling United Democratic Party government of embattled Premier McKeeva Bush. Bush abstained from the vote. It’s not yet clear what the impact of the motion […]

Cayman Premier Released on Bail; Investigations "Still Very Active"

Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush, who was arrested Tuesday in a corruption investigation, has been released and placed on bail until February 2013, according to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. The service said, however, that “the investigations involving Mr Bush are still very […]

Cayman Islands Lightly Shaken By 4.1-Magnitude Earthquake

Above: Grand Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands was lightly shaken by a 4.1-magnitude earthquake south of Grand Cayman early Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at about 10:30 AM, 64 kilometres south of Bodden Town and 66 kilometres south of Georgetown — about 394 kilometres […]

Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush Arrested

Above: Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been arrested and is in police custody, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service announced in a statement Tuesday. The arrest came “in connection with a number of ongoing police investigations,” the force said. Bush was arrested at around […]

Cayman Governor: Premier's Arrest a "Matter for the Police Commissioner"

Above: Cayman Islands government offices in Georgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Governor Duncan Taylor has issued a statement that he was “aware” of the arrest of Premier McKeeva Bush Tuesday morning and that the conduct of the investigations was a “matter for the Police Commissioner.” Bush was detained by the […]

Cayman Signs Tax Agreement With Italy

Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands and Italy signed a tax information exchange agreement on Monday. “We are pleased to see this tax information exchange agreement come to fruition, and we note that Italy is in the final of the G7 countries to have a […]