News Turks and Caicos Islands Names New Police Commissioner
Above: Turks and Caicos By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands has named James Smith the British Overseas Territory’s new police commissioner. Smith’s appointment was announced by TCI Governor Peter Beckingham on Wednesday. Smith is a former […]
Major Hotel Project Coming to Belize
Above: Caye Chapel By the Caribbean Journal staff A major new resort project is coming to Belize’s island of Caye Chapel. The country’s government announced Tuesday evening that a leading Mexican luxury hotel development group had purchased the 265-acre island. […]
Delta Launches New Barbados Flights From New York, Atlanta
Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Airlines is ramping up its service to Barbados. The carrier officially launched new nonstop flights to the island last week from both New York and Atlanta. The flights will operate […]
News Jamaica Eyes Deeper Ties Between Tourism, Entertainment Industries
Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By Guy Britton MONTEGO BAY — For Minister of State Damion Crawford and the government of Jamaica, it’s a natural fit — linking two of the country’s most famous industries: tourism and entertainment. For decades, Jamaica’s artistic and […]
Rum Journal: The Rum of Early America
THERE WAS a time when rum was as American as apple pie. Before there even was apple pie. In the colonial period, rum was one of the major industries of America, and the spirit’s popularity continued to soar for years, […]
Haiti to Receive $24 Million in Education Funding From IDB
Above: students in Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will be receiving a $24 million donation from the Inter-American Development Bank, following approval this week. The funding will target the expansion of access to education; it is […]
Overcoming Poverty in Jamaica
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ACCORDING to the recently released 2012 Survey of Living Conditions (SLC), Jamaica has recorded an increase in poverty levels between 2009 and 2012. “The all-Jamaica individual poverty prevalence increased by 2.3 percentage points relative to […]
A New Hotel in Curacao
Above: the ACOYA Hotel suites and Villas in Curacao By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Curacao has a new hotel, the ACOYA Hotel Suites and Villas. The property, which became fully operational in November, is part of the […]
Carnival Adding Tobago As Cruise Stop
Above: Tobago (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Lines will be sailing to the island of Tobago for the first time next year. The news was announced as part of a series of new longer voyages the […]