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Antigua Prime Minister Holds Discussions With Republic of Abkhazia

Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer (UN Photo/Michelle Poiré) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer held talks this week with Dr Irakli Khintba, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic Abkahzia, which is seeking recognition as a state. […]

Facebook & Raging Hormones in Trinidad

The following is the latest in a series of excerpts from Dr Marcia Forbes’ new book, “Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles,” published in Caribbean Journal. By Marcia Forbes, PhD Naturally curious and adventuresome, some adolescents will use Facebook to seek […]

CJ Politics

President of Jamaica's G2K, Delano Seiveright, to Step Down Next Month

By the Caribbean Journal staff Delano Seiveright, the president of the Jamaica Labour Party’s G2K young professional organization, will vacate office next month. In an email to supporters, Seiveright said he had confided the plan to several members of the […]

Healthcare in the Caribbean

Haiti's Martelly Opens Therapy Centre, Launches Insurance Card Initiative

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly with airport “Red Cap” workers, some of the first beneficiaries of a newly-launched insurance card programme (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly officially opened a new physiotherapy department at the […]


From Heat to Spurs, Caribbean Islands Well Represented in NBA Playoffs

Above: Guard-Forward Mickael Pietrus (Photo: NBA) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Dwyane Wade and LeBron James have deservedly received much attention for the Miami Heat’s success thus far in the NBA Playoffs, they’ve gotten some help from the Caribbean. […]


CARICOM Receives New Japanese Envoy

Above: Ambassador Yoshimasa Tezuka and SG Irwin LaRocque (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff New Japanese Ambassador to CARICOM Yoshimasa Tezuka presented his credentials to CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque this week, pledging to “do his best” to “provide […]

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St Kitts and Nevis Mourns Dr Simeon Daniel, First Premier of Nevis

Above: a Requiem Mass for Simeon Daniel By the Caribbean Journal staff The federation of St Kitts and Nevis is mourning the death of Dr Simeon Daniel, the first Premier of Nevis. The country held a Requiem Mass for Daniel […]


Haiti's Government Launches Mobile Money Transfer Plan in Cite Soleil

Above: the launch of the programme By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian First Lady Sophia Martelly and new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe have officially launched a programme aimed at distributing funding to families with young children living extreme poverty. The […]


Grenada's Government Looks to Integrate Technology and Agriculture

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s Prime Minister is urging the country’s Agriculture Ministry to find ways of integrating science and technology into the agricultural sector as a means of improving productivity. “We have the potential […]

A New Social Infrastructure in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor In Haiti, the future looks so distant, yet it is touchable. It seems so far away, but its scents bring pleasure to the nose. The present is melancholic; the past makes us nostalgic, while the […]


Nevis, Vatican Officials to Collaborate on Youth Development Project

Above: Culture Minister Hensley Daniel, Vatican Ambassador Nicola Girasoli and Bishop Kenneth Richards By the Caribbean Journal staff Officials from the Nevis Island Administration and the Vatican are planning to collaborate on a youth development project. The announcement was made […]


Barbados' Eco-Friendly Four Seasons Project Gets $55M in IDB Financing

Above: a rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff An environmentally-friendly hotel project to be operated by the Four Seasons at Barbados’ Clearwater Bay has received a $55 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. The IDB said […]


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