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Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc Is Bringing Culinary Pop-Ups to the Caribbean

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This winter, two of the Caribbean’s most celebrated resorts will host a taste of the French Riviera. Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, the legendary Côte d’Azur retreat, is launching a pair of limited-time culinary pop-ups at Eden Rock – St Barthsand Jumby Bay Island in Antigua, blending Mediterranean artistry with Caribbean flair. From Nov. 18–21, 2025, Eden Rock – St Barths […]

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Rum Journal: From the Dominican Republic, a Rum With a Cuban Soul

Above: an advertisement for Matusalem from 1957 (Photo: Ron Matusalem) JUST 10 YEARS after Don Facundo Bacardi Masso began operations in Santiago de Cuba, Benjamin and Eduardo Camp, brothers from Spain, along with a third partner, Evaristo Alvarez, opened a distillery of their own in the city. While it’s not quite as old as the […]

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Dominican Republic Elects Danilo Medina As Its New President

Above: President-elect Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Liberation Party’s Danilo Medina will be the next president of the Dominican Republic, according to provisional results from the country’s Central Election Board. Current First Lady Margarita Cedeño de Fernandez was elected the country’s next vice president. Medina is a former Secretary of State […]

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Dominican Republic Signs Agreement to Create European Studies Centre

Above: EU Representative Irene Horejs (Photo: CIG/José Ramón Cuevas) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic will be home to a new Center for European Studies, following an agreement between the Directorate General of Multilateral Cooperation and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development. The agreement, which was signed in the presence of Irene […]


Dominican Republic Elects Danilo Medina As Its New President

Above: the new highway By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has inaugurated the new Mao-Santiago Rodriguez highway, built at a cost of just under $18 million. The project, which involved a significant rehabilitation, aimed to improve interaction between the provinces of Valverde and Santiago Rodriguez, according to the Ministry of Public […]

Haiti and Dominican Republic to Hold Collaboration Talks in Santo Domingo

Above: Dominican Republic Planning Minister Temistocles Montas (OECD Photo/Natali Wyson) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic will meet in Santo Domingo next week to coordinate initiatives on bilateral cooperation that were part of an agreement the two countries signed in March. The “Binational Workshop on Coordination for Cooperation” will begin Monday […]

JW Marriott Plans Santo Domingo Hotel

Above: a rendering of the planned JW Marriott in Santo Domingo By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott’s JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts will open a new JW Marriott hotel in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic in 2014, the company announced Friday. The 131-room hotel will be operated by Marriott under an agreement with Grupo […]

Dominican Republic and OAS Discuss Prison Policies in the Region

Above: Dominican Republic Attorney General Radhames Jimenez and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic Attorney General Radhames Jimenez met Thursday with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza to discuss penitentiary policies in the region. The two sides stressed the need to further expand […]

Dominican Republic President Proposes Regional Small Business Fund

Above: Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez is proposing the creation of a fund to finance micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. The momentum for these kinds of companies would attract employment generation and social integration, according to Fernandez, who was speaking […]

Dominican Republic President Proposes Group to Analyze Food, Oil Price Volatility

Above: President Leonel Fernandez (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez is proposing the creation of a multidisciplinary group to analyze the factors affecting the volatility of food and oil prices. The group would work in coordination with the G-20, the United Nations General Assembly and all organizations concerned with […]

Dominican Republic Economy Projected to Grow 4.5 Percent: Central Bank

Above: Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Given the behaviour of the Dominican Republic’s economy in the first quarter, the country’s economy is projected to grow 4.5 percent by the end of 2012, according to Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu. That number matches a 2012 projection by […]

Dominican Republic Developing Community-Based Tourism Plan

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism is developing a “National Community Tourism Plan” to improve growth in the sector. The announcement of the plan, which was made in San Juan de la Maguana, was made by Deputy Tourism Minister Luis Simó, who said the province boasted a number of “wonders,” […]