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Snorkeling in the Caribbean

These Caribbean Resorts Are Perfect for Snorkeling Lovers, From Antigua to Bonaire to The Bahamas

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It’s one of the most popular activities in the Caribbean — snorkeling. There’s nothing quite like slipping on a mask and fins and diving into another world just offshore. Coral gardens, schools of tropical fish, sea turtles drifting by — snorkeling calls to the adventurer in all of us. Yes, you can snorkel at just about […]

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St Lucia Sees Caribbean's Biggest Increase in Net Foreign Direct Investment

By the Caribbean Journal staff Net foreign direct investment in St Lucia has risen by 81.6 this year percent compared to 2011, the largest increase in the Caribbean this year, according to estimates from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Net foreign direct investment is defined as direct investment in […]

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Suriname Gets $40 Million IDB Loan to Improve Major Road Network

Above: Albina, Suriname, on the border with French Guiana By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname will be receiving a $40 million loan to improve the country’s Meerzorg-Albina integration corridor, following approval by the Inter-American Development Bank. The road connects Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, with the eastern border with French Guiana. The project seeks to reduce travel […]

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Barbados PM: US-CARICOM Rum Issue "May Have to Reach the WTO"

Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is actively working at the CARICOM and international levels to ensure that the country does not face unfair competition with its rum exports, according to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. Caribbean rum producers have been increasingly dismayed over what they see as […]


Suriname Gets $40 Million IDB Loan to Improve Major Road Network

Above: flooding in Haiti lowered the country’s GDP estimate for 2012, but it is projected to grow 6 percent in 2013 (UN Photo/Logan Abassi)   By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is projected to lead the Caribbean in GDP growth in 2013, according to a new report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin […]

S&P Lowers Credit Rating on Caribbean Development Bank; Outlook Negative

Above: Barbados, home to the CDB, is current on its obligations to the bank (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor’s has lowered the long-term foreign currency credit rating on the Caribbean Development Bank to “AA” from “AA+” citing its revised criteria for multilateral lending institutions, the New York-based ratings firm announced […]

CARICOM: "Serious Concerns" About Threat to Caribbean Rum in the US

Above: the St Nicholas Abbey rum company in Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community is increasingly concerned about what it calls a “threat to the competitiveness of Caribbean rum in the United States” due to subsidies provided by Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to multinational rum producers, CARICOM’s […]

US Ambassador Urges Jamaica to Take Advantage of Caribbean Basin Initiative

Above: US Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater (Photo: ACC Mexico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s exporters can take fuller advantage of “extensive opportunity” available under the US-backed Caribbean Basin Initiative, according to US Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater. The US envoy was speaking to the Jamaica Exporters Association’s general meeting in St Andrew at […]

Jamaica Aiming to Generate 30 Percent of Energy from Renewables by 2030

Above: a Caribbean wind farm (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is committed to diversifying its energy generation, and is aiming to generate 30 percent of its energy mix from renewables by 2030, according to State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Julian Robinson. Robinson was speaking at a stakeholder workshop at […]

Bahamas and Dominican Republic Considering Joint Business Council

Above: the Dominican Republic’s Jean Alain Rodriguez and the Bahamas’ Ryan Pinder (BIS Photo/Eric Rose) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas and the Dominican Republic are considering establishing a joint business council with members of the private sector of both countries. The council is a proposal of Bahamian Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder, who […]

IMF: Dominica Economic Recovery Continues, But Losing Momentum

Above: Roseau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s economic recovery is continues, but it is losing momentum, according to the International Monetary Fund, which last week concluded its 2012 Article IV Consultation with the country. “Over the past two years, Dominica’s economy grew at a tepid rate of about 1 percent, supported by […]

IMF: "Slow Recovery May Be Underway" in St Vincent and the Grenadines

Above: Bequia (Photo: Discover St Vincent) By the Caribbean Journal staff Economic indicators suggest that a “slow recovery may be underway” in St Vincent and the Grenadines, according to the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded a visit to the country. The IMF’s visit, which took place from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, was for […]