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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 […]
For Haiti’s Health Care, a Virtual Boost
Above: a Cuban doctor administers a vaccine in Haiti (UN Photo/Sophia Paris) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s healthcare delivery is getting a virtual boost. Medical workers and volunteers both in Haiti and abroad are now being virtually connected through […]
Trinidad Ramping Up Tourism Projects
By the Caribbean Journal staff In an effort to boost Trinidad’s tourism sector, the government is launching a series of projects aimed at developing domestic tourism in the country, according to Tourism Minister Dr Rupert Griffith. “In an attempt to […]
Ilio Durandis: Why Haiti Must Invest in an Innovative Revolution
By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Haitian government officials are saying that the country is ready for takeoff, but the destination is unknown, and how the country will take off is still not clear. The time can no longer be about […]
Excerpt 1 from Marcia Forbes’ “Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles”
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. […]
Nevis Police Force Gets a Boost, with Help from Four Seasons Resort
Above: Assistant Police Commissioner Robert Liburd in one of the new vehicles By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Division of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force has received three vehicles from the Four Seasons Homeowners Association to […]
Bahamas Swears in Perry Christie as PM: “The Voice of the People Was Heard”
Above: Prime Minister Perry Christie and Governor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Perry Christie has been sworn in as the Bahamas’ Prime Minister for the second time, following a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at Government House. […]
Haiti’s Martelly Congratulates Hollande
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s President, Michel Martelly, is congratulating incoming French President Francois Hollande on his victory in the second round of the country’s elections Sunday. Martelly said he took the opportunity to […]
Guadeloupe’s Lurel Hails Hollande Win
Above: Francois Hollande By the Caribbean Journal staff Victorin Lurel, the current head of the Regional council of Guadeloupe, is hailing the victory of Francois Hollande in the French presidential election. Lurel, who was also the head of the overseas […]
Bahamas Election: Interview with Bahamian Health Minister Hubert Minnis
Above: Dr Hubert Minnis, Bahamian Health Minister and Parliamentary candidate for Killarney (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NASSAU — The Bahamas’ election, which already began with the country’s Advance Poll on Tuesday, is set for May 7, when nationals will […]
Ahead of Bahamas Election, OAS and CARICOM Observers Arrive in Nassau
Above: The OAS mission is headed by Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez (third from left) (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NASSAU — Electoral observers from CARICOM and the Organization of American States have arrived in Nassau to watch the electoral process and […]
Op-Ed: The Bahamas Election Looms
By Ian Strachan Op-Ed Contributor The Bahamas braces itself for the eighth election in its 39-year history. It promises to be just as close as its last, in which less than 4,000 votes separated the two major parties. So far […]
Op-Ed: The Bahamian Election and the Importance of Small Business
By Mark A Turnquest Op-Ed Contributor Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) owners must carefully review all political parties’ platforms for the upcoming May 7, 2012 general election in the Bahamas. SME owners must determine which political party best articulates […]
Interview with Rondell Bartholomew
Grenada will highlight a strong Caribbean presence at this year’s London Olympics, with not one, but two star runners: Kirani James (see our interview here) and 22-year-old Rondell Bartholomew, both of whom specialize in the 400 metres. Bartholomew, a 400-metre […]
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 […]
Bahamian Election Heats Up in Bimini
Above: two of the many political signs adorning Bimini’s main thoroughfare (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell BIMINI — Large billboards dominate the landscape along King’s Highway, some artful, others strongly-worded. It’s election season in the westernmost district of the Bahamas, […]
Op-Ed: Dance and Jamaican Politics
By Lorenzo Smith Op-Ed Contributor Dance as an expression and practice of relations of power and protest, resistance and complexity, has been the subject of a number of historical and ethnographic analyses in recent years. These analyses complicate issues of […]
Haiti’s National Team Falls 1-0 to Harvard
By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s national soccer team fell to Harvard College’s squad Sunday on a goal in the 86th minute. The game, which was the second of a two-match charity series that began with a similar 1-0 defeat […]
Op-Ed: Education in Jamaica
By Lorenzo Smith Op-Ed Contributor Aside from food, water, and shelter, the one thing that a person will most need in life is an education. Of those four necessities, education is the only one that can help ensure a person’s […]
Op-Ed: The Death Penalty in Jamaica
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica currently has one of the highest murder rates in the world. More people are killed proportionally in Jamaica monthly than are recorded killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in the same period. The country remains […]
Marcia Forbes: Branding Cuba
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A Country in Transition I first visited Havana, Cuba at the end of the 1980s. It was a country in transition, with the “Cold War’” beginning to thaw. That “war,” driven by mighty rhetoric, […]
Rum Journal: Haiti’s Rhum Barbancourt
Above: Barbancourt’s distillery This week’s Rum Journal takes a look at the best-known rum out of Haiti, which is, in fact, a rhum. In the world of cane spirits, the letter “h” says a lot — signifying the difference between […]
Op-Ed: Fighting Injustice in Jamaica
By Javed Jaghai and Jaevion Nelson Op-Ed Contributors Jamaicans are known for our vibrancy and assertiveness, but when it comes to social justice and human rights advocacy, we are lackluster at best. An appreciation of human rights and its significance […]
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 […]
Rum Journal: A Conversation with Atlantico Rum’s Aleco Azqueta
The story of Ron Atlantico begins in the Dominican Republic. But even before that, it began at Georgetown University. It was there that co-founders Aleco Azqueta and Brandon Lieb were classmates, and soon after colleagues at Bacardi. Azqueta then went […]
Haiti and France to Strengthen Collaboration With New Initiative
Above: Haitian Interior Minister Thierry Mayard-Paul By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of Haitian delegates will soon head to France as part of a new initiative between the two countries’ Ministries of Interior. Following talks between Haitian Interior Minister […]
Op-Ed: Kathie Klarreich: Investigative Reporting on Haiti, by Haitians
By Kathie Klarreich Op-Ed Contributor For nearly two years, the battle cry over what is happening to the billions of dollars of aid money earmarked for Haiti’s reconstruction has resounded on the front pages of some of the world’s most […]
St Lucia’s Government Urges End to Deforestation on Western Coast
By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Port Services and Transport is urging those engaged in acts of deforestation on the island’s west coast to desist. According to Alison Jean, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, officials have […]
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