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Antigua and Barbuda Officially Launches Citizenship By Investment

Above: Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Dr Baldwin Spencer has officially launched the country’s new Citizenship By Investment Programme. The project comes two years after Antigua’s Citizenship By Investment Task […]

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Preserving Grenada's Heritage

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s National Monuments Committee is currently working to identify locations that can be declared as “National Heritage Landmarks” in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. So far, the government says it has identified 20 […]

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St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia Look to Improve Local Internet

Above: Bevil Wooding, Internet Strategist with Packet Clearing House, facilitates the CTU CARCIP workshop in St Vincent and the Grenadines By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), together with US-based research firm Packet Clearing House (PCH), is […]

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Caribbean Room With a View: Guadeloupe's Le Jardin Malanga

As you may or may not know, the French department of Guadeloupe is actually an archipelago, with two main islands joined by a bridge and a series of smaller islands. Of the two main islands, Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre, the former […]


Caribbean Photo of the Week: The Hills of Newcastle, Jamaica

This week’s Caribbean Photo comes from CJ reader Marcia Mayne, who took this snapshot in the hills of Newcastle in Jamaica. Do you have a great photo of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com and it could be the next […]


Rum Journal: Trinidad's Angostura Jammy Rum Sour

Above: Angostura’s rums We rather like Angostura Rum here at Rum Journal — usually with ice alone. But the famous House of Angostura’s rums are actually quite at home in a number of unique cocktails, from simple daiquiris to complex […]

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Jamaica's Reggae Boyz Eliminated From World Cup Qualifying

Above: the Reggae Boyz By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s not getting any better for the Reggae Boyz. Jamaica’s national football team was eliminated from World Cup Qualifying on Friday night, falling to the US Men’s National Team, 2-0. The […]


Bahamas Opens New Nassau Airport Gateway, With Help From China

Above: the new airport gateway (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has officially opened the new dual-lane gateway to Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau. The project includes a four-lane carriageway, the construction of nine new roundabouts […]


Trinidad Shaken By 6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Near Venezuela

Above: a map of the quake (Graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Venezuela on Friday evening and was felt in Trinidad and Tobago, according to the United States Geological Survey. There […]

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UNICEF Warns of Dominican Republic Citizenship Ruling's Impact on Children

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 […]


UN: Lesson Learned From Haiti Is to "Screen Peacekeepers For Cholera"

Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the lessons learned from the cholera epidemic in Haiti is to screen peacekeepers for cholera, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon […]


IMF: Economic Growth Slows in the Dominican Republic

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 […]


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