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OECS Receives New Brazil Ambassador

Above: Ambassador Salles and Director General Ishmael (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Joaquim Augusto Whitaker Salles, the new Brazilian Ambassador to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, has presented his credentials to Director General Dr Len Ishmael. During […]

Jamaican Prime Minister Sets Up Committee to Clean Up Environment

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee to develop a programme to push cleanup activities across the island nation. The committee will include an island-wide public education campaign focusing on […]

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 […]

Trinidad and Jamaica Meet in Qatar to Discuss Trade, Caribbean Court of Justice

Above: Jamaican Foreign Minister AJ Nicholson (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Foreign Minister AJ Nicholson met Friday in Doha with Trinidad Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz to discuss a range of issues, including regional trade and CARICOM. According […]

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 […]

US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Delegates Seek to Extend Rum Cover Over

Above: USVI Delegate Donna Christesen and Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen has introduced legislation to extend the rum cover over for two years from $10.50 per […]

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 Roots of Jamaica’s Brain Drain

By Javed Jaghai Op-Ed Contributor During a speech at Hillel Academy on March 20, Jamaican Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna, admonished students to resist the urge to migrate to more developed countries. I was amused by the request […]

Grenada Continues Push to Strengthen Ties With Diaspora Community

Above: Carriacou By the Caribbean Journal staff As part of a continued push to strengthen its working relationship with Grenadians living abroad, the government recently met with returning nationals in Carriacou. Grenada, which is preparing for Grenadian Homecoming in August […]

UN’s Ban and UNASUR Chief Talk Falklands, Haiti Reconstruction

Above: Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations Maria Emma Mejia Velez (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Maria Emma Mejia Velez, the head of the Union of South […]

Honduras Succeeds Haiti for Chairmanship of OAS Permanent Council

Above: Honduras’ Leonidas and Haiti’s Duly Brutus (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Honduras’ Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Leonidas Rosa Bautista, yesterday assumed the chair of the OAS Permanent Council, succeeding Haitian Ambassador […]

Interview with US Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christensen on Health Care, HOVENSA

Above: US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen (Photo: WH) By Alexander Britell The US Virgin Islands is in one of the most challenging periods in its history, in large part due to the closure of the HOVENSA oil […]

Panama and Nicaragua to Deepen Ties on Security, Regional Integration

Above: Daniel Ortega and Ricardo Martinelli (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega agreed to encourage and deepen their two countries’ cooperation on security matters and the fight against transnational crime. […]

OAS Secretary General Holds Talks with United States Trade Official

Above: US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza held talks Tuesday with Francisco Sanchez, the United States Undersecretary of […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Signs Executive Order to Restore Historic Towns

Above: Charlotte Amalie By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Virgin Islands Governor John De Jongh signed an executive order last week laying the groundwork for new economic and cosmetic renewal projects in historic towns on St Croix and St […]

China and OAS to Increase Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Chinese official Yang Wanming (OAS Photo/Jose Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff China and the Organization of American States are looking at new options to further collaborate on projects and programmes […]

US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh Meets with Danish Ambassador

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh and Danish Ambassador Peter Takso-Jensen By the Caribbean Journal staff Discussing a host of issues including green energy, climate change and business opportunities, US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh met with Danish Ambassador […]

Interview with Francis Fonseca, Candidate for Prime Minister of Belize

By Alexander Britell BELIZEANS HEAD TO THE POLLS Wednesday to choose their next government — deciding between Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s ruling United Democratic Party and the Opposition People’s United Party, led by Francis Fonseca, which is looking to return […]

USVI Delegate Pursues Economic Disaster Declaration After HOVENSA Closure

Above: Delegate Donna Christensen (centre) By the Caribbean Journal staff Donna Christensen, the US Virgin Islands’ delegate to the US Congress, is pursuing an Economic Disaster Declaration for the territory after the closure of the HOVENSA oil refinery, its single-largest […]

Op-Ed: Why the Economy Is the Biggest Issue in Belize’s Elections

By Kay Menzies Op-Ed Contributor The voters of Belize will go to the polls next week to decide which party will form the next Government of Belize. Without a doubt, most voters will make their decisions based on, among other […]

Virgin Atlantic Will Absorb Cost of British Air Passenger Duty

Above: a Virgin plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Virgin Atlantic has made the decision not to pass on what it calls an “unfair retrospective” increase to passengers in the form of Britain’s Air Passenger Duty, according to a letter […]

Durandis: As Garry Conille Exits, Haiti Heads Toward a Fish-Tail Ending

Above: Garry Conille at the installation of his cabinet (Photo: OP) By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Early on in life, I was taught one thing about fish: don’t mess with the tail. In Haiti, the saying of “queue poisson” is […]

From St Lucia to Jamaica, OAS Launches Caribbean Small Business Project

Above: officials on hand in Washington at the announcement of the project (Photo: Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Five CARICOM member states, including Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Dominica and St Lucia will be the sites of a joint OAS-United […]

Argentina and Dominican Republic Hold Talks on Trade Relations, Integration

Above: the discussions in Santo Domingo (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez held talks today with Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman in Santo Domingo. The two officials, who were joined by Dominican Republic Foreign […]

Martelly: Jobs Key to Haiti’s Recovery

Above: St Kitts and Nevis PM Denzil Douglas and Haitian President Michel Martelly exchange gifts (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Job creation and a strengthened government capacity are the keys to Haiti’s recovery, according to Haitian President Michel […]

Premier: Nevis Is Still “Very Safe”

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Premier Joseph Parry said his island was still “very safe,” and that the government had taken “as many steps as they can” to ensure the security of its people and […]

Taiwan, St Kitts and Nevis Begin Negotiations on Extradition Treaty

Above: the Taiwanese delegation (Photo: Erasmus Williams) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan and St Kitts and Nevis are in final negotiations on an extradition treaty, the government announced. The talks began Monday in Basseterre. “No country by itself alone […]

Cigars: The Heart and Soul of Cuba: An Interview with James Suckling

By Alexander Britell While Cuban cigars are renowned the world over for their quality and their history, the process of how Cuban cigars are made – and just what they mean to the Cuban people – have remained largely unexplored, […]

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