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This Cancun Resort Is Throwing a Winter Festival

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Cancun’s newest upscale resort is bringing a burst of holiday spirit to Mexico’s Caribbean coast. AVA Resort Cancun has announced the debut of its first-ever Winter Festival, a multi-week celebration designed for families, couples and travelers looking to close out the year with energy and style. The festival will run from Dec. 15, 2025, through […]

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IMF Lowers Haiti GDP Projection, Citing Storms, Public Capital Spending

Above: flooding like that during Hurricane Sandy impacted Haiti’s GDP growth this year (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Real GDP growth in Haiti has slowed to 2.5 percent in 2012, down from an earlier projection that the country’s economy would grow by 7.8 percent this year, according to estimates from the International […]

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Cayman Governor: Premier's Arrest a "Matter for the Police Commissioner"

Above: Cayman Islands government offices in Georgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Governor Duncan Taylor has issued a statement that he was “aware” of the arrest of Premier McKeeva Bush Tuesday morning and that the conduct of the investigations was a “matter for the Police Commissioner.” Bush was detained by the […]

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Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush Arrested

Above: Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been arrested and is in police custody, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service announced in a statement Tuesday. The arrest came “in connection with a number of ongoing police investigations,” the force said. Bush was arrested at around […]

Cayman Governor: Premier's Arrest a "Matter for the Police Commissioner"

Above: the Royal Grenada Police Force’s station in St George’s (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Royal Grenada Police Force is launching a campaign to address the ways corruption is dealt with in the force, it announced this week. The initiative is part of a wider public sector reform initiative. “We have to […]

Michel Martelly, in Miami, Vows to "Change the Way Haiti is Perceived"

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in North Miami Beach (CJ Photo)   By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Haiti President Michel Martelly traveled to South Florida Monday for a meeting with the country’s Diaspora community, offering a defence of the first 18 months of his administration and vowing to continue working to change the country’s image […]

Bahamas' Pink Sands Resort Names New Executive Chef

 Above: Pink Sands By the Caribbean Journal staff The Pink Sands resort on Harbour Island in the Bahamas has named Chef Ed Boncich its new executive chef. Bonich was most recently the executive chef at Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas and had previously been a consulting chef at the Ladera Resort in St Lucia […]

Haiti Ramps Up Hotel Development

Above: a rendering of the Best Western Haiti project By the Caribbean Journal staff Over the last 12 months, Haiti’s Interministerial Commission on Investment has approved 11 hotel projects totaling $161 million, according to Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism. According to data from the Ministry, the total includes 11 hotels in Haiti, and 474 rooms. Another […]

Study: Food Security Situation in Haiti "Looks Bleak"

Above: small children are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity (WFP Photo/Elio Rujano) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s food security situation continues to deteriorate in the wake of a pair of intense storms this year, according to a study by the Igarape Institute, a Rio de Janeiro-based think tank. The study surveyed a total of […]

Haiti Receives $17.5 Million Grant to Promote Investment, Exports

Above: an atelier in Haiti (Photo: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $17.5 million grant to promote investment and development in Haiti, the Bank announced. The grant aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of Haiti’s Centre for Investment Facilitation, along with several other government agencies […]

Jamaica FM: "Cuba Is An Integral Partner"

 Above: State Minister Arnoldo Brown, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica Yuri Gala Lopez and Jamaica Foreign Minister Sen. AJ Nicholson (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and Cuba this week marked the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two sides. And the ties between the two sides remain strong, according to Jamaica Foreign […]

Boat Carrying 127 Haitian Nationals Intercepted by Turks and Caicos Police

 Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff A sloop carrying 127 Haitian nationals was intercepted early Sunday morning by the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force, the government said in a statement. The boat, which was intercepted at 2:27AM by the police force’s marine arm, contained 104 men and 23 women. The Haitians were escorted […]