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Clinton: Haiti Could be Regional Leader

Above: Former US President Bill Clinton and Haitian President Michel Martelly (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) Haiti has the potential to be an economic leader in the Caribbean, former US President Bill Clinton said at the annual forum for his Clinton […]

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Report: Science Key for Haiti's Future

Above: Haitian students commemorating International Environment Day in June (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Building a robust science sector would go a long way toward helping Haiti recover from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake and […]

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Talking Reggae with Ossie Dellimore

Reggae star Ossie Dellimore has built a varied career in the art form with albums like “Freedom’s Journal,” “Reggae Music” and the recent single “Gone So Far.” The native of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ style is at the cutting […]

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St Kitts Looks to Taiwan for Tourism Help

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) The federation of St Kitts and Nevis is sending 16 nationals to Taiwan to begin courses at the country’s National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism. The students will be focusing on restaurant management, […]

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China Vice Premier to Visit Jamaica

Above: Hui Liangyu (UN Photo: Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the commencement of the China-Caribbean Economic Forum in Port of Spain this week, China’s Vice Premier Hui Liangyu will be visiting Jamaica beginning on Sunday. Hui will […]


Jagdeo: Adopt a System That Works

The Caribbean needs to change its traditional way of thinking at the political level, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo said at a roundtable of the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. “We still operate in a global system, […]


Remembering the Life of Eugene Dupuch

By Sir Arthur Foulkes Judge Nathaniel Jones, a distinguished Judge of United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeal and former General Counsel for the NAACP, once surveyed the large number of persons entering the legal profession in that country and […]

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Bahamas to Host Climate Conference

Bahamas to Host Climate Conference Above: Elma Garraway, permanent secretary at the Bahamas’ Ministry of Education, Philip Weech, director of the BEST Commission, Deidre Bevans and Terry Archer (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) The Bahamas will host a UNESCO conference on the […]


Aristide to Make First Public Appearance

Above: Aristide on a United Nations visit while president (UN Photo: Milton Grant) Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide will make his first major public appearance since his return to Haiti in March, delivering a speech and inaugurating the expansion […]


CARICOM, UN Meet on Crime

Above: the UN and CARICOM teams (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM and the United Nations met yesterday to review earlier deliberations between the two bodies on the issue of crime. Delegations from CARICOM’s Implementation Agency for Crime […]

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Trinidad, China Sign $6.2M Agreement

Above: China and Trinidad sign a cooperation agreement (Photo: TGISL) Trinidad and China signed a $6.2 million agreement Tuesday, the latest in a series of economic and cooperation agreements between China and Caribbean countries at the China-Caribbean forum in Port […]


For Bahamian Women, a Story in Art

Above: Lyndah Wells’ The Walking Reds (Courtesy of BIS) The Bahamas’ Public Treasury Department has turned its first five floors on Nassau’s East Street into an art gallery featuring the works of Bahamas’ female artists. Entitled “Bahama Mama,” the exhibition […]


CARICOM Looks at State of Cricket

Above: Cricket’s pan-Caribbean future is being evaluated (Photo: Digicel Cricket) By the Caribbean Journal staff During the CARICOM Meeting of Heads of Government in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis in July, the conference expressed serious doubt about the future of […]