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Caribbean Photo of the Week: Dusk on a Dive Boat in Exuma

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Dan Miller, who sent in this stunning photo taken aboard the Aggressor Bahamas II liveaboard dive yacht in the waters of Exuma in The Bahamas. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and […]

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Solar Lights for Jamaica's Streets

Above: a technician installs a solar LED panel in Clarendon (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new pilot project in Jamaica will help light a number of new street lamps in the country through solar power. The project will begin in three parishes in Jamaica over the next six months. The first set […]

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Chicago Tribune Editorial Calls Jamaica "Greece of the Western Hemisphere"

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is the “Greece of the Western Hemisphere,” according to an editorial published Tuesday by the Chicago Tribune newspaper. The editorial, subtitled “The Greece of the Western Hemisphere,” said that while Americans have paid more attention to the debt problems in Greece, Jamaica, too shows the […]

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Taiwan, St Kitts Planning Solar Farm

Above: solar lights installed in St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan and St Kitts and Nevis are planning to establish a solar farm in the twin-island federation, Taiwanese Ambassador to St Kitts and Nevis Miguel Tsao announced this week. Tsao was speaking at the installation of a new phase of solar […]

Chicago Tribune Editorial Calls Jamaica "Greece of the Western Hemisphere"

 Above: the Riu Palace in Negril By the Caribbean Journal staff There will be an injection of more than $200 million USD in Jamaica’s tourism sector in 2013, according to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. The Prime Minister, who was speaking in a national address, said the investment would come through capital expenditure with projects […]

Haiti Opens New United States-Funded Bridge Over Millet Ravine

Above: the new bridge in Freres By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has inaugurated the new Millet bridge on the Route de Freres funded by the United States Agency for International Development. The opening ceremony in Freres this week was attended by Haiti President Michel Martelly and US Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White. The project […]

Trinidad Receives $150 Million Loan from China for Hospital Project

 Above: Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has received a $149.6 million concessional loan from China to build the Children’s Hospital in Preysal. The hospital will reportedly be outfitted with “state-of-the-art medical equipments for diagnosis and treatment.” It will be a “priority healthcare facility,” according to Acting Foreign Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal. […]

Grenada, China Sign $4.8 Million Cooperation Agreement

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and China have signed a $4.8 million economic and technical cooperation agreement, the office of Prime Minister Tillman Thomas announced Thursday. The agreement was signed by Grenada Finance Minister Nazim Burke and China’s Ambassador to Grenada, Xu Jianguo. “On behalf of the government, I wish […]

Bahamas Signs $1.3 Million Contract for Road Repairs in Abaco

 Above: the contract signing (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis signed a $1.3 million contract for road repairs in central Abaco Wednesday. The contract was awarded by the Cabinet to Bill Simmons Construction for a five-mile stretch of road which had significantly deteriorated over a prolonged period […]

Bimini Bay Hires Miami-Based KW Property Management

 Above: Bimini Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas has tapped Miami-based KW Property Management and Consulting to manage its residential component. The resort, which will soon be adding a casino run by Malaysian gaming giant Genting, contains 384 private residences. “They had a fantastic portfolio of local South […]

Caribbean Home: A Gem on Cayman's Seven Mile Beach

The latest property to be featured in Caribbean Home is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom single-family home on Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach. The beachfront property, which is located on a 0.34-acre site opposite Galleria Plaza, was built in 2006 at 42 Lizard Run. The party piece is that the home has 75 feet of sandy beach […]

Caribbean Journal's Entrepreneur of the Year 2012: Jamaica's Tyrone Wilson

 Above: Sagicor Life CEO Richard Byles and Tyrone Wilson (right) CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS often mention the need for the region to go digital. ICT — information and communications technology, for countries that have few natural resources, is a way to diversify their economies, they frequently say. And in an increasingly flat world, it’s digital innovation that […]