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Grenada Swears In Country’s First Female Governor General

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada officially swore in the country’s first-ever female Governor General, Dr Cecile La Grenade, Tuesday morning. La Grenade succeeds former Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean, who had served in the post […]

Jamaica My Way: A Motorbike Tour of Jamaica’s South Coast

By Kristi Keller Jamaica My Way She’s been there this whole time … AS IF I haven’t discovered enough magical moments in Jamaica, I have now found my lost inner girl because of this motorbike tour of the south coast. […]

China Earmarks $31.5 Million For Grenada Stadium Project

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff China’s government has earmarked $31.49 million for the rebuilding of the National Athletic and Football Stadium in Grenada, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. The project is part of what […]

Grenada Plans Tax Break to Boost Construction Sector

Above: downtown St George’s (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government plans to reduce the value-added tax on a group of items in a bid to stimulate the construction sector, according to Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dr […]

Haiti: Another Study Points to Nepal Origin For Cholera Outbreak

Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff Another new study is pointing to Nepal as the likely source for the devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010. The outbreak, which has killed […]

Grenada, Barbados Prime Ministers Hold Talks in Bridgetown

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell held talks Wednesday with Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart in Bridgetown. It was the first meeting between the two since both were elected in their […]

Grenada Names First Female Governor General, Cecile La Grenade

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has named Dr Cecile La Grenade the country’s first-ever female Governor General, Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell announced in a national address Tuesday night. La Grenade will be succeeding current […]

Grenada Prime Minister Meets With OECS Director General

Above: PM Keith Mitchell (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell met Thursday with a delegation from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States led by Director General Len Ishmael. The group, which also […]

Bahamas Foreign Minister Visits United Arab Emirates

Above: Bahamas FM Fred Mitchell and Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamas Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell recently traveled to the United Arab Emirates on an official visit. Mitchell met on the trip […]

Grenada Prime Minister Vows Budget Before April 30 Deadline

Above: St George’s Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government will deliver its budget in the next two to three weeks ahead of the April 30 deadline, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. The Prime Minister […]

US Attorney General Eric Holder Meets With Bahamian Delegation

Above: US Attorney General Eric Holder with the delegation (BIS Photo/) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Attorney General Eric Holder hosted a Bahamian delegation in Washington on Friday for high-level talks on national security issues. The delegation included […]

Caribbean 2030: A Digital Revolution in Sports Coverage?

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Boys & Girls Champs The air was electric. Everyone brought their A game — not only the thousands of athletes from 238 high schools across the island but also the 70 member television production […]

Grenada, Kuwait Fund Reach Agreement

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Kuwait Fund has agreed to lift a suspension imposed on Grenada, the Grenadian government announced Thursday. The agreement, reached following negotiations led by Works Minister Gregory Bowen, paves the way […]

Nigel Spence: A Culinary Adventure in Jamaica’s Port Antonio

Above: Port Antonio By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I have found that the best way to introduce squeamish people to new foods is to include lots of familiar ingredients along with the unfamiliar. This became particularly apparent […]

S&P Downgrades Grenada Credit Rating

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor’s has lowered its foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Grenada to “SD” from “CCC+/C,” citing the announcement that the country would not pay its coupon due […]

Grenada Plans to Restructure Debt

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government will undertake a “comprehensive and collaborative restructuring of its public debt, it announced this weekend. The government said “circumstances have forced” the move, which will include its US and […]

Grenada Names New Cabinet

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has named his new Cabinet, with a total of 11 Ministers. The announcement comes after Mitchell led the New National Party to a landslide sweep […]

Grenada PM, BVI Premier to Co-Host Environment Summit

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell and British Virgin Islands Premier Dr Orlando Smith will co-host Leadership Summit for the Caribbean Challenge Initiative in May. The conference, which will bring together environment ministers, heads […]

Grenada Prime Minister, German Officials Talk Climate Change

Above: St George’s, Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff New Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell met this week with officials from the German Agency for International Cooperation to discuss climate change projects in the country. A major […]

Opposition New National Party Wins Grenada Election in Sweep

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The opposition New National Party has won Grenada’s national election in a landslide. Preliminary results showed the NNP winning all 15 out of 15 seats contested, meaning a return to power for NNP […]

Grenadians Head to the Polls to Choose Next Government

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) Grenadians go to the polls Tuesday to decide the country’s next Parliament and Prime Minister. Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and the National Democratic Congress face off against former Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell’s New National Party […]

Love and Jamaican Food

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor A few months ago I was approached to film an episode for a cooking channel. The idea behind the show was to highlight typical aphrodisiac dishes from across the globe to showcase for a Valentine’s […]

Bonaire’s Carnival Pub Crawl

Above: Bonaire’s Little Havana (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell BONAIRE — WHILE LARGE-SCALE CARNIVALS like those in Trinidad and Haiti have received much of the attention this week, the celebration in tiny Kralendijk, Bonaire has its own unique […]

CARICOM Secretary General to Make Official Visit to Bahamas

Above: Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque will be making an official visit to the Bahamas beginning Wednesday. LaRocque will meet with Bahamian Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell, National Security Minister Bernard Nottage and […]

Bahamas, Canada Talk Aviation

Above: Canadian Ambassador Robert Ready and Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell met with new Canadian Ambassador Robert Ready in Nassau Friday to accept the latter’s credentials. The two sides discussed […]

OAS’ Albert Ramdin: “Many Positive Developments” in Haiti

Above: the OAS’ Yadira Soto, Albert Ramdin and Shelly Dass Clarke (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff There have been “many positive developments” in Haiti, from the “return of investment opportunities” to the relocation of hundreds of […]

Jamaica Mulls Hosting Diamond League Track and Field Meet

Above: a Diamond League event in Birmingham (Photo: Samsung Diamond League) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has begun exploring the possibility of hosting a Diamond League Track and Field meet, according to Sports Minister Natalie Neita-Headley. The Jamaica Athletics […]

Rum Journal: Barbados’ Cockspur VSOR

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) There’s a clear rum celebrity in Barbados — Mount Gay. It’s the rum ambassador for the island and its famous red caps dot many a sailing regatta. But Mount Gay is far from the only rum […]

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