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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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Digicel Officially Opens Regional Headquarters in Downtown Kingston

Above: Digicel’s new headquarters in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff In what could prove to be a significant lift for Jamaica’s capital, Digicel has officially opened its new regional headquarters in downtown Kingston. The property will house more than 1300 employees for both its group and Jamaica operations. The company, which launched in Jamaica […]

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OECS Regional Assembly to Hold First Sitting Next Week

Above: the OECS Regional Assembly in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Assembly will hold its first official sitting on Tuesday. The regional assembly, consists of a group of appointed government and opposition Parliamentarians from each OECS member state. It was inaugurated in Antigua in the summer of 2012, […]

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Barbados Commerce Minister Urges Businesses to Think Regionally

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Businesses in Barbados need to think beyond their domestic markets in order to generate economic growth for the country, according to Commerce Minister Donville Inniss. The Minister was speaking to stakeholders at the Island Inn in St Michael Thursday about the role of labour standards in […]

OECS Regional Assembly to Hold First Sitting Next Week

 By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Boys & Girls Champs The air was electric. Everyone brought their A game — not only the thousands of athletes from 238 high schools across the island but also the 70 member television production team responsible for providing ISSA, organizers of Boys & Girls Champs, with a broadcast signal […]

Construction Set to Begin on Solar Farm at St Kitts Airport

 Above: Taiwan Ambassador to St Kitts Miguel Tsao (Photo: SKNIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Construction is set to begin of a solar farm at Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport in St Kitts. The project is a collaboration between St Kitts and Nevis and the government of Taiwan, which has donated $1 million in funding. […]

Trinidad Signs $280.6M Loan Agreement With China EXIM Bank

 Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has signed a loan agreement in the amount of $280.6 million with China’s EXIM Bank, the government announced this week. The loan, which was announced by Housing, Lands and Marine Affairs Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, will support several sport and health facilities in […]

Grenada, Kuwait Fund Reach Agreement

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Kuwait Fund has agreed to lift a suspension imposed on Grenada, the Grenadian government announced Thursday. The agreement, reached following negotiations led by Works Minister Gregory Bowen, paves the way for work to begin next month. The new agreement will feature a $1 million payment […]

Former Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush Formally Charged With Corruption

Above: former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush By Alexander Britell Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been formally charged with corruption, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service announced in a statement Wednesday. The charges came following police interviews with Bush on Tuesday. Bush answered bail on Wednesday afternoon and was formally charged with two […]

Owners of Bermuda's Fairmont Hamilton Purchase Site of Former Sonesta Hotel

 Above: the former Sonesta in Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The site of the former Sonesta Hotel in Bermuda has been sold, according to global brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle, which handled the transaction with Bermuda’s Rego Sotheby’s International Realty. The 32-acre site was purchased by Peter, Alexander and Andrew Green from a US-based financial […]

Turks and Caicos Plans Slight Increase to Accommodations Tax

 Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands will be raising its accommodations tax from 11 percent to 12 percent in July, according to a Cabinet statement from Governor Ric Todd. Todd will soon sign into effect regulations increasing the tax, which will officially take […]

Cayman Islands, Brazil Sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement

Above: Georgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands has signed a tax information exchange agreement with Brazil, its 31st such international agreement. The treaty, which was signed on Tuesday, seeks to build on business relationships already in place, according to a government statement. “It sends another strong signal to the global […]