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Royal Caribbean Confirms Order for Icon 5, Adds Option for Icon 7

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Royal Caribbean Group has confirmed a new order for Icon 5, slated for delivery in 2028, while securing an option to build Icon 7 as part of a multi-year agreement with Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard. The deal expands the cruise line’s already ambitious Icon Class lineup, extending the shipbuilding partnership well into the next decade. […]

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Dominica, China Sign Agreement on $16 Million in Projects

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica and China have signed an agreement on a total of $16 million in new projects. The Chinese-funded projects are slated to come on stream this year, according to a statement from the government. The agreement is highlighted by a hospital project, which will launch this […]

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Dominica’s Search for a Long-Lost Bird

Above: a Diablotin By the Caribbean Journal staff The highest mountain in Dominica is called Morne Diablotins. It gets its name from the Diablotin, the “black-capped petrel.” But a Diablotin bird hasn’t nested in Dominica in more than 150 years — or so it’s thought. A new project in Dominica is searching for the rare and […]

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Dominica Planning More Funding For Ministry of Culture

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica is looking to inject more funding into the country’s Ministry of Culture. New Dominica Culture Minister Justina Charles says “culture needs to be preserved and therefore needs more attention to be able to survive and thrive.” “We’ve had meetings with the department of Culture and […]

Dominica’s Search for a Long-Lost Bird

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica has big plans in the country’s health sector, according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Five years after the country made health care free for those under 18 and over 60 years of age, the country is on a new health push. “In this new term […]

Dominica Election Results: Ruling DLP Wins Another Term

 Above: Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s voters have spoken, and the Dominica Labour Party has earned another term in office, albeit with a slightly smaller majority. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party led the DLP to win 15 of 21 seats in the island’s Parliament, the […]

Dominica Names New Cabinet, Including New Tourism Minister

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica has officially unveiled its new Cabinet, which was sworn in last week. The new Cabinet includes a mix of new and old faces, led by new Tourism Minister Senator Rober Tonge. Tonge succeeds former Tourism Minister Ian Douglas, who has been named Minister for Trade, […]

Dominica, Venezuela Partnering on Link Road Project

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela and Dominica are partnering on a link road project on the Caribbean island. The Petit Soufriere-Rosalie Link Road is now in its fifth phase, with the most challenging portion set to begin in 2015. That phase will include the blasting of the Roche Mark, which […]

OAS to Observe Dominica Elections

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will be sending an electoral observation mission to Dominica for the country’s national elections next week. Dominica will be holding elections on Dec. 8. The OAS and Dominica signed an agreement stipulating the conditions for that mission this week, with OAS […]

Dominica Explores Partnership Opportunities With Malaysia

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff As more and more Caribbean countries look to the Far East for potential investment and political cooperation, Dominica is looking to get into the game. The Eastern Caribbean country recently sent a delegation led by Environment Minister Dr Kenneth Darroux to Malaysia to explore potential partnership […]

Turkey Continues New Push to Deepen Ties With the Caribbean

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Turkey has made no secret of its desire to deepen its relationship with the Caribbean, and the country is continuing that push with a new initiative in Dominica. Dominica announced that Turkey would be donating 50 computers to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture as part of […]

Kempinski to Open First Caribbean Hotel

 Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell Global hotel firm Kempinski is planning its first Caribbean hotel. The company signed an agreement last week with Dubai-based Range to manage a soon-to-be-built hotel in the Cabrits area of Dominica. The two sides first signed a memorandum of understanding on the project earlier this year. The The property […]