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Melissa, an “Extremely Powerful Major Hurricane,” Expected Toward Western Jamaica

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The slow-moving but “extremely powerful major hurricane” Hurricane Melissa was projected to move toward Western Jamaica by Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.  The projected path of the storm would take it across southeastern Cuba on Tuesday night, and then across the southeastern or central Bahamas on Wednesday.  The storm began a northeasterly path […]

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International Criminal Court Swears In Trinidad's Geoffrey Henderson

Above: Judge Geoffrey Henderson By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Criminal Court has sworn in Trinidad native Geoffrey Henderson as a new judge. Henderson was elected to fill a vacancy due to the resignation of fellow Trinidad native Judge Anthony Carmona, who resigned to serve as Trinidad’s current President. Henderson’s previous experience includes a […]

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Trinidad, El Salvador to Begin Second Round of Trade Talks Next Month

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador will commence the second round of negotiations on a Partial Scope Trade Agreement between the two countries next month. The talks, which will be held in Port of Spain, will take place from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24. […]

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Trinidad, IDB, United States Talk Energy

Above: Trinidad Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine (Photo: MEEA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine met this week with officials from the Inter-American Development Bank and the United States government to continue discussions that came out of the Caribbean Energy Ministerial Meeting in Washington last week. Ramnarine, who was joined […]


Trinidad, El Salvador to Begin Second Round of Trade Talks Next Month

Above: Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran is currently in Europe for a series of conferences. On Wednesday, he concludes a visit to the 98th Session of the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States in Brussels. On Thursday, he will […]

Trinidad and Tobago to Establish National Committee on Reparations

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago is setting up a national committee on reparations for slavery, the government announced last week. In a statement, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar expressed “delight” on the formation of a committee, saying that St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph […]

Trinidad's Geoffrey Henderson Appointed to International Criminal Court

Above: the International Criminal Court By the Caribbean Journals staff Trinidad’s Justice Geoffrey Andrew Henderson has been appointed as a judge of the International Criminal Court. Henderson was named in elections during the 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC. Henderson received votes of 98 of the […]

Rebranding at Tobago's Magdalena Grand

Above: the Tobago Plantations Golf Course By the Caribbean Journal staff The Magdalena Grand in Tobago has been renamed the Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort, following a move by operator efm Hospitality Solutions to take over management of the nearby 18-hole Tobago Plantations Golf Course. The golf course will officially reopen with that name […]

JetBlue Gets Final Approval For Service to Trinidad and Tobago

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s Civil Aviation Authority has issued JetBlue its operating licence to begin service to Port of Spain, the Ministry of Transport announced. The New York City-based carrier will begin daily nonstop service from New York to Port of Spain beginning Feb. 24, […]

A New Diplomacy of Development?

Above: Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal staff Is it time for a new diplomacy of development? That’s the view held by Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran, who made the call during a speech to Commonwealth Finance Ministers in Sri Lanka this week. He was speaking during a a meeting […]

Trinidad and Tobago Signs $48 Million MoU on Agricultural Production

Above: Trinidad (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj has signed a $48.3 million USD memorandum understanding with a group of companies in the agricultural sector. The agreement involves the use of the Caroni Green Initiative, which aims to use land that was left uncultivated after the […]

Greater Caribbean Establishes First "Sustainable Tourism Zone"

Above: Trinidad (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The greater Caribbean region is now the world’s first-ever “Sustainable Tourism Zone,” following ratification by member states of the Association of Caribbean States. The convention creating the Sustainable Tourism Zone officially entered into force on Nov. 6; it has been a major priority of the ACS, […]