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The Best Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad Has a Sushi Bar, Ocean Views, and a Rooftop Infinity Pool

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Angostura 1919 at the Waterfront. Tekka don at the sushi bar. Warm greetings from the staff as the city hums outside. I arrive in Port of Spain and the Hyatt Regency feels like exactly what I was looking for — a place that balances the buzz of Trinidad’s capital with the calm of a waterfront […]

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Paraguay, St Kitts and Nevis Establish Diplomatic Ties

Above: the signing ceremony in Washington (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Paraguay and St Kitts and Nevis have established formal diplomatic relations, the government of St Kitts and Nevis announced Wednesday. The relevant documents were signed last week by Paraguay’s Ambassador to the OAS, Martin Sannemann and St Kitts and Nevis’ OAS Ambassador, […]

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Kerzner International Completes $145 Million Debt Refinancing

Above: the Atlantis on Paradise Island By the Caribbean Journal staff Kerzner International has completed the refinancing of $145 million of the company’s debt, it announced this week. The company, which operates properties including the One & Only Ocean Club and the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, extended its debt maturity profile to five years […]

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Op-Ed: Bringing Google to Jamaica

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor WITH THE RIGHT economic environment Jamaica should benefit enormously from technological investment. So why hasn’t the government of Jamaica been able to attract more technology-related investment? Almost every Jamaican commentator records the passion of Jamaicans for technology. So why haven’t Microsoft, Dell, Samsung and others made the shift to Jamaican […]

Kerzner International Completes $145 Million Debt Refinancing

Above: the meeting house of the Nevis Island Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Island Assembly has named Farrel Smithen its new president, the body announced this week. Smithen, who had previously served as Clerk of the House, was elected unopposed at the first sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly since the Concerned […]

OECS Assembly Holds First Session

 Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer at the OECS Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States held its first-ever session on Tuesday in Antigua. The assembly is made up of appointed members from both the governments and opposition parties of each member state. It followed a session Monday to determine the […]

St Kitts and Nevis Set to Complete First Phase of Agro-Tourism Farm

 Above: a rendering of the final project By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis will officially complete the first phase of its agro-tourism farm project on Thursday. The first phase, called “flora appreciation,” is a 16,956-square-foot green house comprising 1,600 pieces of glass, a botanic garden, a fruit farm and two flag images […]

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz Lose to Costa Rica in Qualifying Match, 2-0

 Above: the Reggae Boyz (file photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz followed up their 1-1 draw with Panama with a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Tuesday evening in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose. Costa Rica’s Michael Umana put one home past Jamaica’s Donovan […]

Haiti's Martelly Names New Director General for Industrial Parks

Above: the Caracol Industrial Parks By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has named businessman Bernard Schettini as the new director general of Haiti’s National Society of Industrial Parks, the National Palace announced in a statement Tuesday. That includes the Caracol Industrial Park, which officially opened last year, which is owned by Haiti’s […]

Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Heads to Cote d'Ivoire

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe departed Tuesday for a three-day trip to Cote d’Ivoire, his office announced. The trip to Abidjan will include meetings with Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan and President Alassane Ouattara. The purpose of the visit iis to discuss potential […]

Sandals Grenada Begins Accepting Reservations for December Opening

Above: the Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa has begun taking bookings ahead of its planned December opening. The property, which is currently being renovated, is the former LaSource Resort. Sandals Resorts International completed the purchase of the property in November 2012. It is located on […]

Jamaica Foreign Minister Urges New Definition of "Middle-Income" Country

 Above: Jamaica Foreign Minister AJ Nicholson By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is likely to be graduated from receiving grant funding from the World Global Fund and other funding agencies, due to its status as a “middle-income” country. But the definition of “middle income” needs to change, according to Jamaica Foreign Minister AJ Nicholson. “We […]