Jamaica's Phillips: Country Must Put Debt on Downward Trajectory
Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica must develop comprehensive policies aimed at putting the country on the path toward reducing its debt burden, according to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips. Jamaica’s debt payments were, […]
Haiti's Martelly, Dominican Republic's Medina Planning Bilateral Talks
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Dominican Republic President-Elect Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s President, Michel Martelly, and Dominican Republic President-Elect Danilo Medina are planning to convene bilateral talks. The two sides are pledging to further strengthen […]
Rum Journal: From the Dominican Republic, a Rum With a Cuban Soul
Above: an advertisement for Matusalem from 1957 (Photo: Ron Matusalem) JUST 10 YEARS after Don Facundo Bacardi Masso began operations in Santiago de Cuba, Benjamin and Eduardo Camp, brothers from Spain, along with a third partner, Evaristo Alvarez, opened a […]
Panama Gets Firearms Marking Machine from Organization of American States
Above: Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama is the latest regional country to receive a firearms marking machine from the Organization of American States, as part of an […]