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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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Beenie Man Regains United States Visa

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man has regained his United States visa, he announced today in a release. According to a spokesperson, Beenie Man, whose real name is Moses David, said he re-affirmed his “commitment to decency and family values as integral aspects of Jamaican reggae music.” Beenie Man was represented […]

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UN: Politics, Aid Challenges Hurt Haiti

Above: debris-clearing in Haiti (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti has seen improvements, aid coordination in the country remains a challenge, and the inability of Haiti’s political leaders to form a government has presented a challenge, according to a report by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council’s Ad Hoc Advisory Group […]

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Bahamas' Turnquest to Commonwealth: Help Small Democracies in Crime Fight

Above: Bahamas Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Bahamian Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest called for the world’s larger democracies to help island democracies like the Bahamas in the battle against piracy, illegal drug trafficking and terrorism. Turnquest was speaking at the 31st Small Branches Conference of the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary […]


UN: Politics, Aid Challenges Hurt Haiti

Above: St Kitts viewed from Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year Stand-By Arrangement for $84.5 million with St Kitts and Nevis, in a bid to support the federation’s economic program and help it with comprehensive debt restructuring. Of that amount, $35.6 million is available for […]

In Jamaica, a Row over Scrap Metal

Above: From left: Industry, Investment and Commerce State Minister, Hon. Michael Stern and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Christopher Tufton (right), at his New Kingston offices, Tuesday. (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A controversy is growing in Jamaica over the decision by the government to totally ban the export of scrap […]

Barbados Looks to Draw Chinese Tourists

Barbados is seeking to tap the growing tourist market in China. Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and two of his ministers met yesterday with a visiting Chinese resident, Dionne Holder, a Barbadian who resides in Beijing. Holder is part of a 16-member contingent from China visiting Barbados’ Crop Over Festival. The group discussed developing a […]

Chinese Companies Setting Up in Cayman

Many Chinese firms have chosen to create shell companies in the Cayman islands in order to control businesses back in China, according to the Wall Street Journal. Because they are in Cayman, they can issue American depository receipts that trade in New York exchanges, but manage to avoid some US securities laws. [WSJ]

Trinidad, OAS Sign Security Agreements

Above: Trinidad Minister of National Security John Sandy at Chaguaramas in February (Photo: TIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Trinidad signed two cooperation agreements yesterday with the Organization of American States to strengthen information on public security and for the promotion of firearm marking. The agreements were signed by Minister of National […]

Improving Jamaican Manufacturing

Above: Minister of Industry Dr Christopher Tufton (JIS Photo) There still issues for the Jamaican government to adjust as it seeks to expand the country’s manufacturing sector, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Dr Christopher Tufton said. “It’s a challenge, because manufacturing, over the years, has not benefited from a macroeconomic environment conducive to its […]

Bahamas, Japan Meet on Tax Agreement

Above: Tadahito Yamaguchi, first secretary, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica and Ambassador Joshua Sears, director-general at the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) The governments of the Bahamas and Japan exchanged their notes yesterday on the two countries’ most recent tax agreement, which is aimed at preventing fiscal evasion. Ambassador Joshua Sears, director-general […]

Trinidad Looks to Avert National Strike

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (TIS Photo) Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed confidence that there will be no general national strike, following meetings with labour leaders yesterday. There have been ongoing negotiations between the government and labour unions, centering on the question of a five percent cap on wages. “I indicated to [the […]