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The Best Room at Park Hyatt St. Kitts Is a Two-Story Villa With a Rooftop Infinity Pool

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A look inside the resort’s two-story villa, where the entire upper floor is a private rooftop with an infinity pool, dining pergolas and sunbeds — and the deck nearly outsizes the rooms below. Most hotel rooms give you a balcony. The One Bedroom Bi-Level Villa with Rooftop Pool at Park Hyatt St. Kitts gives you […]

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Nevisians Complete Emergency Response Training in Montserrat

Above: Earl Freeman, a volunteer fireman on Nevis (right) participates in a search-and-rescue simulation exercise in Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of three Nevisians recently concluded a five-day emergency response training programme in Montserrat. The three, which included firefighter Earl Freeman, Fire Sub Officer Catherine Joseph and Project Officer at the Nevis […]

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UK Team in Montserrat to Review Strategic Growth Programme

Above: Little Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff A team from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development is in Montserrat to examine whether has Montserrat has met its six-month milestones in the Strategic Growth Programme. The move comes after Premier Reuben Meade signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the DFID in May that linked […]

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Montserrat Holding Talks on Geothermal

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is holding a public meeting Wednesday on the effects of the proposed geothermal project on the island. The meeting, which is being held at the Lyme in Brades, will focus on the government’s plans to drill for geothermal energy. Montserrat currently has opened a tender for site preparation works […]


UK Team in Montserrat to Review Strategic Growth Programme

Above: VC Bird International Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff A Fly Montserrat flight crashed shortly after taking off Sunday from Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport, leaving three dead. The pilot, Jason Forbes, was pronounced dead on the scene. A 50-year-old Guyanese woman and Annya Duncan, a Jamaican teacher at the Montserrat Secondary School, also […]

S&P Affirms Montserrat Credit Rating; Outlook Remains "Stable"

By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor’s this week affirmed Montserrat’s “BBB-/A-3” sovereign issuer credit rating, while also affirming its “BBB-” transfer and convertibility assessment. Monterrat’s outlook remains “stable,” according to the ratings firm. The rating reflected “the UK’s strong institutional and budgetary support of the island, according to credit analyst Kelli Bissett. The […]

Montserrat Premier Urges Use of Technology to Reduce Wastage

Above: Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade called for a green approach to governance and the economy this week during a presentation at a high-level conference of Overseas Countries and Territories in Greenland. Meade, speaking at the 11th OCT-European Union forum, focused on sustainability as an economic driver. […]

Montserrat Hires Firm for Environmental Assessment of Geothermal Project

Above: Montserrat’s volcano could provide an energy boost for the island By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados-based Atom Solutions has been contracted by the government of Montserrat to conduct an environmental and social impact assessment of the island’s impending geothermal exploration. The hiring was confirmed by Ron Beardsley, director of public works in the Ministry […]

Montserrat Breaks Ground on New Homes

Above: the groundbreaking at Davy Hill By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat’s government has broken ground on 20 new affordable homes in the island’s Davy Hill area. The project is located on two-and-a-quarter acres of land previously purchased by the government, which also financed the installation of the area’s infrastructure, including telephone, cable and utility […]

Montserrat Developing Cultural Policy

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is continuing work on the development of a National Cultural Policy. The policy would offer a framework for developing Montserrat’s culture offer the next 10 years. The process is being led by Sir Howard Fergus. Beverley Mendes, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Premier, said she would provide […]

Montserrat Development Corporation Names New Board of Directors

Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff The Montserrat Development Corporation has named a new board of directors to help execute the company’s mandate of driving private sector growth. Its incoming chairman will be John Ryan, a local Montserratian businessman and former Financial Secretary for Montserrat’s government. Also on the board will be former MDC […]

Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade Survives No-Confidence Motion

Above: Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade has defeated a no-confidence motion filed against him by Opposition Leader Donaldson Romeo by a vote of 7-2. All members of Meade’s Movement for Change and Prosperity, along with one member of the opposition Montserrat Democratic Party and two parliamentary secretaries […]