The blue cobblestones of Old San Juan are packed long before lunch. At El Yunque National Forest, the sound of waterfalls carries through the trees. Along the west coast in Rincón, surfers paddle out beneath orange evening skies. Puerto Rico has become one of the Caribbean’s most in-demand destinations, and getting there is about to […]
Above: a JetBlue plane By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue is ramping up its Caribbean flights out of Fort Lauderdale, with new nonstop service to Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, the company announced Tuesday. JetBlue will fly once daily to Montego Bay and Punta Cana, with service officially launching on […]
Above: a graphic of the quake By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.2-magnitude earthquake caused light shaking in the Dominican Republic early Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred about 11 km north of Estebania, and about 13 km west of San jose de Ocoa. It was 67 km from […]
Above: a Seaborne Plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Seaborne Airlines is launching service to the Dominican Republic, the company announced Wednesday. The St Croix-based carrier will be introducing service from San Juan to La Romana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, beginning Dec. 12. The service will initially operate Thursdays and Sundays, with daily […]
WHEN YOU look at the the variety of adventure experiences you can have from Puerto Plata, it’s easy to see why the destination stands the test of time. Puerto Plata and Playa Dorado were some of the first tourist destinations of the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean and sure — Puerto Plata has great beaches […]
Above: the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community issued a statement Thursday expressing concern over the recent citizenship ruling in the Dominican Republic that could leave hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent without a nationality. It was the first major pronouncement from CARICOM since the ruling earlier […]
Above: the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean/Mexico hotel development pipeline has risen to 22,532 rooms, according to data from STR, with the Dominican Republic leading Caribbean countries. The Dominican Republic has 11 hotels and 2,455 rooms in the active pipeline. Mexico leads the wider region with 87 hotels and 12,666 rooms […]
Above: Luis Liriano, Jakaira Cid ,Fausto Fernandez, Anny Mariel Gomez and Maximo Iglesias By the Caribbean Journal staff PUERTO PLATA — Earlier this year, the Dominican Republic announced its plan to “relaunch” the destination of Puerto Plata. For now, the plan seems to be heading in the “right direction,” according to Fausto Fernandez, Deputy Minister […]
Above: the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has the best climate for green investment in the Caribbean, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The Climatescope 2013 report assessed the investment climate for climate-related investment in Latin America and […]
Above: the Dominican Republic (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Economic growth in the Dominican Republic decelerated in early 2013, according to the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded a post-programme monitoring discussion with the country. The deceleration came in the context of “fiscal contraction and weak confidence,” the Fund said, with real GDP […]
Above: the National Palace in the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff A recent ruling by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court that could deprive hundreds of thousands of Dominican-born Haitians of their citizenship could have a “devastating impact” on thousands of children in the country, UNICEF said this week. Without a nationality, the world […]
Above: the Be Live Grand Marien By the Caribbean Journal staff The Discover Puerto Plata conference in the Dominican Republic will be hosting travel agents and journalists from more than 17 countries, organizers announced at an official launch this week. The initiative, which is being organized with support from the Dominican Ministry of Tourism and […]
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