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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. […]

Choosing a Partner to Live with in Jamaica: From Marcia Forbes’ “Streaming”

STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Marcia Forbes, artfully combines relevant and often humorous short stories to explain and support her research findings about what youths do online. Here, online refers to the Internet and cell phones. […]

Puerto Rico Launches Plan to Improve Broadband Internet Access

By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico is looking to expand access to broadband internet across the island, according to a new plan by the Puerto Rico Broadband Task Force. The initiative, unveiled by Governor Luis Fortuño, seeks to widen […]

Grenada: No Oil Feud With Trinidad

Above: the blocks in question (Source: Trinidad Ministry of Energy) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government is denying reports of a conflict with Trinidad and Tobago over oil blocks. The government said it noted an article in the Trinidad […]

Cayman, Brazil Strengthen Economic Ties

Above: Sao Paulo By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from Cayman’s Ministry of Finance recently attended the Brazil Investment Summit in Sao Paulo as part of a bid to strengthen bilateral ties. The Cayman team, which was led by […]

St Lucia Holds Discussions on Draft of New Electronic Communications Bill

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia recently held a two-day consultation on the draft of a new Electronic Communications Bill. According to Information and Broadcasting Minister Senator James Fletcher, the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean counts for at least […]

Grenada, Thailand Talk Investment

Above: Downtown St George’s Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Thailand’s Ambassador to Grenada Udomphol Ninnad visited Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas this week at his office in Botanical Gardens. The two sides both expressed the need for […]

Interview with Mary Anastasia O’Grady on US Policy in the Americas, China and Haiti

Above: Guatemala’s Otto Perez Molina, Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez By Alexander Britell This week, heads of state from around the region will gather in Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, on the theme of […]

In Haiti’s Tabarre Issa, Finding Out the Truth about Ecological Toilets

Above: Septic systems dug by residents at Tabarre Issa (Photo: Fritznelson Fortune) By Lafontaine Orvild TABARRE, HAITI — COMPLETE WITH GALLERY AND GARDEN, 534 wood and plasterboard houses dot a gravel plot of former sugarcane fields northwest of Haiti’s capital. […]

Bahamas Launching Five-Year Plan to Address Drugs, Transnational Crime

Above: Bahamian National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is launching a national plan to tackle what the government considers a still-serious drug problem. Drug abuse is manifesting itself most frequently in the […]

Dominican Republic in Process of “Shifting” Its Economic Model

Above: President Leonel Fernandez at the French-Dominican Business Forum (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic is in the process of shifting its economic model from one that is labour-intensive to one that is capital intensive, according […]

Montserrat Aid Package on Track: DFID

Above: Dr. Kato Kimbugwe (centre) and Governor Adrian Davis (left) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Montserrat and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development are closer to finalising a new aid package for the upcoming 2012/2013 budget […]

Haiti’s Outer Regions Get a Boost

Above: Mass in Cotes de Fer (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly is continuing his bid to support the country’s outer regions and decentralize Haiti’s government. The country remains without a formal government, however, with […]

Grenada’s Kirani James Puts Aside Disappointment, Focused on Olympics

Above: Trinidad and Tobago’s 4×400 Bronze medalists (Photo: M Bascombe) By Michael Bascombe World 400-metre champion Kirani James of Grenada has thrown the disappointment of his world indoor championship campaign behind him and is looking forward to the outdoor season […]

Dominican Republic to Join Central American Security Treaty

Above: Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic will join the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America as part of a commitment to addressing transnational crime, Foreign Minister […]

Jamaican Government “Committed” to Liquefied Natural Gas Project

Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will make every effort to complete the country’s Liquefied Natural Gas project by 2014, according to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell. Under the plan, LNG would be supplied to the […]

In Jamaica, a New Home for Disputes

Above: the opening of the new Restorative Justice Centre in Tower Hill, St Andrew (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new initiative by Jamaica’s Ministry of Justice aims to prevent crime and harmful behaviour by encouraging members of […]

New “Chamber” for Jamaican Agriculture

Above: Senator Norman Grant and Minister of State Ian Hayles (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaica Agricultural Society has established a new forum in a bid to improve dialogue in the sector dubbed “The Chamber.” The forum, […]

Jamaica Swears in New Lawmakers, Chooses Speaker of the House

Above: Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Peart By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s 63 new MPs were sworn in today at the opening of the new session of Parliament at Kingston’s Gordon House. MP […]

Mexico’s New Ambassador to Guyana to Arrive Next Week

Above: President Donald Ramotar and outgoing Mexican Ambassador Fernando Sandoval (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mexico’s new Ambassador to Guyana, Francisco Olguin, is set to arrive in the country next week, according to President Donald Ramotar. Ramotar bid […]

The Caribbean Year in Review

For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]

Op-Ed: Civil Rights in Jamaica

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor The United States, through the Civil Rights Act of 1964, legislated against racism in the workplace and the schoolhouse. The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution prevents the violation of equal protection under the […]

“Haiti is a Land of Opportunity”

Above: Jose Agustin Aguerre (Photo: CJ) By Alexander Britell “Haiti is a land of opportunity.” It’s that phrase which Jose Agustin Aguerre, the manager of the Haiti Country Department for the Inter-American Development Bank, hopes becomes the new paradigm for […]

St Lucia Could Get Universal Preschool

By the Caribbean Journal staff New St Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said he would place an emphasis on developing the “human resource” of the state, aiming to allow citizens to explore their full potential. “We have already signaled our […]

Nigeria, Jamaica Talk in Kingston

Above: Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Foreign Minister Dr Kenneth Baugh held talks yesterday with Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Adeyemi Ashiru in New Kingston’s Courtleigh Hotel. The two officials discussed a […]

Cayman Doppler Project Moves Forward, with Help from Europe

Above: a doppler radar Two contracts have now been awarded to European companies, and a construction tender is now going out locally on the Cayman Islands’ Doppler weather radar station. The contract to manufacture, supply and install the digital radar […]

In Jamaica, a Call for Innovation

Above: Kingston’s Spanish Court hotel Local companies in Jamaica should put a greater emphasis on training their employees in a bid to improve their competitiveness and innovation, according to Reginald Budhan, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and […]

In Guyana, One Laptop Per Family

Above: recipients of the Haier netbooks (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana launched a programme yesterday aimed at supplying families in the country with one laptop per household, an initiative financed in part by the Chinese government. The […]

Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Nonstop Flights to The Bahamas