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St Kitts Is Getting Two Major New Museums

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The historic Fort Thomas property in St Kitts, is entering a bold new chapter. The 8.7-acre site, long a silent witness to Saint Kitts’ past, will soon be home to a transformative $30 million development that blends culture, education, and tourism. Prime Minister Terrance Drew led the official groundbreaking for The Symbol of Love Museum […]

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Interview with Jamaican Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett

By Alexander Britell As the Caribbean’s integral tourism industry has been hurt by the global financial downturn, countries in the region have been forced to looked to new markets and devise new initiatives to spur both new visitors and new investors. Jamaican Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett talked to Caribbean Journal about the newly-important Latin […]

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UN "Concerned" about Haiti's Government

Above: From left, Haitian President Michel Martelly and Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is encouraging political actors in Haiti to work on a finding a consensus after lawmakers again rejected President Michel Martelly’s choice for a new prime minister. “MINUSTAH […]

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Partners in Health's Joia Mukherjee on Haiti, Cholera and the "Free Man"

By Alexander Britell Since 2000, Dr Joia Mukherjee has been the medical director at global healthcare nonprofit Partners In Health, which is active in 12 countries around the world. Dr Mukherjee, a Harvard professor who also consults for the WHO on the treatment of HIV and Tuberculosis in developing countries, arrived in Haiti the day […]

UN "Concerned" about Haiti's Government

By the Caribbean Journal staff The massive Baha Mar resort project in Nassau has signed agreements with Hyatt Hotels, Rosewood and the Morgans Hotel Group to manage hotels at the project. Hyatt will manage the planned 700-room Grand Hyatt convention hotel at the site, Morgans will manage a 300-room hotel under the Mondrian brand and […]

Cuban Biomedical Team in Jamaica

 The first members of a Cuban biomedical engineering team are in Jamaica to restore medical equipment in the public health system. The biomedical agreement between Jamaica and Cuba will last for two years and cost $350,000, according to Health Minister Rudyard Spencer. “The repair of pediatric equipment is important in helping us to reduce the […]

Second Martelly PM Pick Rejected

Haitian President Michel Martelly’s second choice for prime minister, Bernard Gousse, has been rejected by lawmakers, the second PM pick by Martelly that the government has denied. Sixteen members of the 30-seat Haitian Senate voted against Gousse, a former justice minister. [Reuters]

How the Caribbean Airlines Crash Could Hurt Guyana's Agriculture

Above: Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud (GIS Photo) The recent crash of a Caribbean Airlines flight at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airpot could disrupt the Guyana Ministry of Agriculture’s plan to increase the size of its agriculture exports shipped by air freight. “The assurance I got from the CEO [of Caribbean Airlines] by the way […]

Tropical Storm Watch for Bahamas, Turks

 The Bahamian government has issued a tropical storm watch for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands. As of 5PM yesterday, Tropical Storm Emily was located about 185 south-southeast of Puerto Rico, and 650 miles southeast of Great Inagua. According to the Bahamas government, residents in the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas were […]

Report: Cayman Economy Trending Up

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands’ economy is trending upwards, with positive growth of 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to a report from the government’s Economics and Statistics Office released Friday. The growth represented a 1.2 percent increase from the same period in 2010, when it actualy contracted by […]

Bermuda to Host Regional Health Summit

 Above: Tucker’s Point in Bermuda Bermuda will host the Sixth Caribbean Conference on Health Financing Initiatives in November as part of Bermuda’s ongoing debate over healthcare costs. “When we met last November, we didn’t have a whole lot of dialogue between stakeholders and attendees, so this time will be a time to have more interaction,” […]

Sloop with 100 Haitian Migrants Lands on Shores of New Providence

More than 100 Haitian migrants traveling in a sloop ran aground in the waters off of southeastern New Providence in the Bahamas this morning, according to Ismella Davis of the Royal Bahamas Police Force. A mother and her baby were being treated by emergency services, and 30 of the migrants had been gathered at a […]