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Nevis Continues Agro-Tourism Drive

Above: the new Green House in Prospect By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing the island’s agro-tourism push, Nevis Premier Joseph Parry officially commissioned the new Green House system at the Agricultural Station in Prospect. Parry called the project a great […]

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Trinidad and Tobago Showing Signs of Economic Recovery: IMF

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is turning the corner, with growth expected to resume in 2012, according to the International Monetary Fund. The fund recently concluded its Article IV Consultation discussions with Trinidad. After contraction of […]

Markets

Puerto Rico's Santa Isabel Wind Farm Project Receives First New Turbines

Above: Governor Fortuño takes a look at the new turbines (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The first wave of turbines marked for the new Pattern Energy wind farm in Santa Isabel have arrived at the Port of the […]

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Bahamas and United States Begin Negotiations on Maritime Boundaries

Above: Bahamian Foreign Minister Brent Symonette and US Charge d’Affaires John Dinkelman (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of the Bahamas and the United States are in the process of negotiations to define the maritime border […]


Turks and Caicos Special Investigation and Prosecution Team Gets New Funding

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos government’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Team has received $7.2 million in additional funding from the United Kingdom. The funding, which was announced by […]


Guyana Begins Work on $12.3 Million Water Supply Project in Linden

Above: Linden By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has begun work on the $12.3 million Linden Water Supply and Rehabilitation Programme, a project funded through an Inter-American Development Bank Loan. According to Programme Manager Omar Bissoon, the large-scale rehabilitation works […]

Law

Trinidad PM Seeks to Abolish Privy Council Appeals in Criminal Matters

Trinidad and Tobago’s government will be introducing legislation to abolish Privy Council appeals in all criminal matters, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced in a statement to Parliament Wednesday. All of those cases would be ceded to the Caribbean Court of […]


Haiti Receives $27 Million IDB Grant for Rural Land Tenure Project

Above: An irrigation channel; almost 60 percent of Haitians live in rural areas (IDB Photo/Paul Constance) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will be receiving a $27 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank for a pilot programme aimed at […]


Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Express Opposition to Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño is expressing “total opposition” to a measure that could eliminate as much as $700 million in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico. The Governor’s call […]

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Barbados and South Korea Talk Security

Above: Barbados FM Maxine McClean and South Korean Special Envoy Min Dong-seok (UN Photos/Erin Siegal and Pierre-Michel Virot) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados, as a small island state, needs a multidimensional security strategy, according to Foreign Minister Senator Maxie […]


Bahamas Signs $4.6 Million Contract to Install "Comprehensive" CCTV Network

Above: downtown Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Seeking to step up the fight against crime, Bahamian officials signed a $4.6 million contract Wednesday to install a “comprehensive” Closed Circuit Television network. The agreement means 243 cameras will […]


Haiti's Economy to Grow 7.8 Percent, Lead Caribbean in 2012: IMF Report

Above: Jacmel (Photo: Capponi Group) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Gross Domestic Product is projected to grow by 7.8 percent in 2012, according to the recently-released World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund. Haiti’s projected growth comes after […]


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