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Sandals Is Opening a Beaches All-Inclusive Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines 

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Sandals is opening a new Beaches resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Sandals and Beaches Executive Chairman Adam Stewart made the revelation during the Skift Global Forum this week.  The new resort is a 360-room all-inclusive development planned for Mount Wynne Beach on the western coast of St Vincent – […]

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Alex Rodriguez Meets With Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina

Above: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez By the Caribbean Journal staff New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez met Thursday afternoon with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina in Santo Domingo. Rodriguez is in the midst of a high-profile dispute with Major League Baseball over alleged PED use during his time with the Yankees. […]

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Dominican Republic Vows "Respect For Human Rights" With Citizenship Plan

Above: Presidential spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Marchena By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s government said Monday that it would apply its new National Regularization Plan for Foreigners “attached to a respect for human rights.” The plan, which was unveiled last week, applies to the citizens impacted by a September court ruling which stripped citizenship […]

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IACHR: "Grave Violations" of Right to Nationality in Dominican Republic

Above: OAS Headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concluded its visit to the Dominican Republic on Friday, saying it had found “grave violations” of the right to nationality in the country. The IACHR had visited the Dominican Republic amid a growing controversy over a Constitutional Court ruling that effectively […]


Dominican Republic Vows "Respect For Human Rights" With Citizenship Plan

CASA DE CAMPO in the Dominican Republic’s La Romana area is one of the titans of Dominican hospitality. But the large-scale resort, which features some of the best golf courses in the Caribbean (including the famous “Teeth of the Dog” by Pete Dye), is also home to some serious villas. The Terraza at Casa de […]

Dominican Republic Opens San Pedro de Macoris-La Romana Highway

Above: the inauguration ceremony By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has formally opened the new San Pedro de Macoris-La Romana highway. Dominican President Danilo Medina was on hand to inaugurate the project, which is part of the government’s Eastern Tourist Corridor project. The 22-kilometre road project has the capacity for more than 2,000 […]

Dominican Republic President Meets With MINUSTAH Chief

Above: Dominican President Danilo Medina and MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danillo Medina held talks on Friday with Trinidad native Sandra Honore, the special representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti and the head of the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission. The talks in Santo Domingo took […]

Dominican Republic, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hold Talks

Above: the meeting at the National Palace (Photo: OPDR) By the Caribbean Journal staff Officials from the Dominican Republic and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights met Monday at the National Palace in Santo Domingo. The meeting covered the recent constitutional court decision that mostly impacts Dominicans of Haitian descent; the government said the IACHR […]

Dominican Republic President Signs Decree on New Citizenship Policy

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina signed a decree Friday establishing the terms and conditions for what he called the “regularization of foreigners in an irregular situation” in the country. The government said the decree of the “National Plan for Regularization” fulfilled the mandate of […]

Dominican Republic Recalls Ambassador to Haiti

Above: Dominican Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols and Haiti Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Fritz Cineas (Photo: OPDR) By Alexander Britell The Dominican Republic has recalled its Ambassador to Haiti, Ruben Silie, for “consultation,” the government announced Wednesday night. In a release issued by the government, the Dominican Republic revealed that it had recalled […]

Boston Red Sox Star David Ortiz Meets With Dominican Republic President

Above: David Ortiz and Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff David Ortiz, who helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series last month with an MVP performance, visited with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina on Thursday. The two sides “exchanged views,” according to a statement, while Ortiz gave Medina a […]

Dominican Republic Pulls Out of Planned Meeting With Haiti on Citizenship Ruling

Above: the Presidential Palace in the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s government will not be attending a meeting planned with the government of Haiti in Venezuela to discuss the country’s controversial citizenship ruling. The country announced the move in a statement issued by Dominican Republic Minister of the Presidency Gustavo […]