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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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Turks and Caicos Government, Digicel Sign Contract for IT Upgrade

Above: Turks and Caicos By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands government has announced that Digicel TCI will be performing a $1.76 million upgrade of its IT systems. The government said the upgrade would save around $62,000 per month, or $3.7 million over the five-year term of the contract, over its current […]

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In Mexico, Haiti's Art on Display

Above: A Haitian student in Mexico shows his colleague one of the exhibition’s paintings (Photo: Embassy of Haiti in Mexico) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new exhibition in Mexico puts Haitian art at the forefront. “Haiti, Stories and Dreams” shows more than 70 works by art masters from different regions of Haiti. It was […]

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Grenada Tourism Minister: Visitors "Want More of Our History"

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The critical tourism issue in Grenada is getting visitors to spend more money during their stays, according to Tourism Minister Senator Dr George Vincent, and safeguarding the country’s intangible cultural heritage is one way to solve that problem. “What is happening in Grenada is that we […]

In Mexico, Haiti's Art on Display

Above: St George’s (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada will launch a climate change adaptation project in 2013, the government announced. The four-year plan, which is being funded by a grant from the German government to the tune of up to $6.5 million USD, is called the “Programme of Integrated Adaptation Strategies in […]

Rum Journal: Making the Rum Pilgrimage to Barbados

 Above: the Mount Gay Distillery in Barbados (All photos by CJ) BARBADOS — This is a rum mecca. And making the pilgrimage to the Mount Gay Distillery on the outskirts of Bridgetown is a religious experience. It’s here that the three-centuries-old Mount Gay brings its Barbados sugarcane for distilling and bottling. And the rum may be […]

Dominica: 4.6-Magnitude Earthquake Off Country's Eastern Coast

 Above: Dominica By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.6-magnitude earthquake occurred Friday off the eastern coast of Dominica, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicentre of the quake was about 24 kilometres east of La Plaine, and about 26 kilometres east-southeast of Rosalie, and about 27 kilometres east-southeast of Roseau. That was about […]

Jamaica Expects to Conclude Letter of Intent With IMF By End of 2012

 Above: Jamaica Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (left) (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government expects to conclude a letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund by the end of December, with negotiations expected to be finalized this calendar year, according to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips. Phillips, who was speaking this week […]

Barbados Seeking to Be Rebanded Within British Air Passenger Duty

 Above: a British Airways Flight By the Caribbean Journal staff The fight for a “fairer” British Air Passenger Duty, a levy on flights originating in the United Kingdom based on their destination, will continue until a resolution is found, according to Barbados Tourism Minister Richard Sealy. The Minister, who was speaking at a press briefing […]

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 […]

Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe Holds Talks With Japanese Ambassador

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (left) in talks with Japan’s Ambassador to Haiti, Kenji Kuratomi (right) (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Thursday with Kenji Kuratomi, Japan’s Ambassador to Haiti, to identify areas of priority for Japanese-Haitian cooperation. The Prime Minister has asked Japan for further […]

CARICOM Team Visiting Antigua, Dominica to Assess Environment Data

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A team of representatives from the CARICOM Secretariat are visiting several Member States to examine their current position regarding statistics on the environment. The team from CARICOM’s Regional Statistics Programme is currently in Antigua after leaving Dominica on Thursday after a two-day visit. On Monday, the […]