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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 […]
Grenada Looks Ahead to April’s Junior CARIFTA Games in Bermuda
Above: CARIFTA qualifying (Photo: Jennings Photography) By Michael Bascombe CJ Sport Contributor ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA — A seven-member team will represent Grenada at next month’s staging of the 41st edition of the Junior CARIFTA Games in Bermuda. The Grenada Athletics […]
Jamaica Unveils Hydroelectric Plans, Considering “All Options” on Energy Costs
Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell at NCU this week (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The high cost of energy is the biggest issue affecting Jamaica today, according to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell. “On the matter of fuel, I […]
Belize Readies for Election
Above: Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Opposition Leader Francis Fonseca By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize is gearing up for national and municipal elections Wednesday, the first in the country since 2008, in a race pitting Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s […]
CARICOM’s LaRocque: Caribbean Integration a “Work in Progress”
Above: CARICOM Secretary Genreal Irwin LaRocque (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff Emphasizing the Caribbean Single Market and Economy is “relevant” but still a “work in progress,” according to CARICOM Secretary General Irwin Larocque. But the private sector […]
Haiti Has “Disturbing Level” of Political Infighting: US Ambassador to UN
Above: Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the UN (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti has made “important progress” since the earthquake in January 2010, it has a “disturbing level of political infighting in a country […]
Bermuda GDP Falls Again in 2011, But Tourism Industry a Bright Spot
Above: Bermuda (Photo: BT) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda’s economy contracted by an estimated rate of between 1.5 and 2.5 percent in 2011, following a 1.9 percent decline in 2010, according to the National Economic Report of Bermuda 2011 […]
Jamaica Reviving Traditional Crops, With Sugar Sector a Priority
Above: Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke and JAS President Glendon Harris in Trelawny (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is seeking to revive its traditional crops, with sugar at the top of the list. There is currently around $6.6 […]
Interview with Benjamin Krause, Haiti Director for Sean Penn’s J/P Charity
Above: a street in the town of Delmas 32 in the days after the earthquake. Since 2010, J/P Haitian Relief Organization has cleared 200,000 cubic metres of rubble — and is still doing so. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By Alexander Britell […]
Forbes: Living a Mobile Lifestyle
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor We’ve Come a Long Way! For one thing, mobile technology has moved way beyond the days of cumbersome, dumb mobile phones to small, sleek, savvy, smart phones with increasingly multi-functional capabilities, made possible by […]
Solamon Plans to Build Largest Caribbean Solar Farm in Jamaica
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Canada-based Solamon company announced its plan to build the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean in Jamaica, at an estimated cost of $450 million. The programme aims to improve the country’s energy infrastructure […]
Interview with Turks and Caicos Chief Financial Officer Hugh McGarel-Groves
By Alexander Britell Turks and Caicos has embarked on a series of measures aimed at returning stability both to the country’s economy and the government’s financial position. Now, Chief Financial Officer Hugh McGarel-Groves is cautiously optimistic, predicting that the government’s […]
Interview with St Lucian Tourism Minister Sen. Allen Chastanet
By Alexander Britell St Lucians head to the polls on Monday, with a choice between Prime Minister Stephenson King’s ruling United Workers Party and former Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony’s Saint Lucia Labour Party. The major issues in a tightly-fought […]
Large Crime Drop in St Kitts: Report
By the Caribbean Journal staff Crime has fallen by double digits in the last two months in St Kitts and Nevis, according to Prime Minister Denzil Douglas. “Overall crime in September fell 48 percent compared to August, and in October, […]
US, UK Visits Increase to St Kitts and Nevis
Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bookings to St Kitts and Nevis by United States and United Kingdom visitors have increased by double digits over the past year, according to Tourism Minister Richard Skerritt. To date for […]
Isadore Sharp, Founder of Four Seasons, on the Caribbean, Social Media and the Future
Above: Isadore Sharp (Photo: Four Seasons) By Alexander Britell In 1961, Isadore Sharp was a neophyte in the hospitality industry who had just opened his first property in Toronto. Fifty years later, the company he founded and built, Four Seasons, […]
In Jamaica’s Spanish Town, One Woman’s Crusade against Gun Violence
Above: Spanish Town By Alexander Britell While the Jamaican government released a report last week showing a dramatic drop in violence, including murders, the country still faces a tall order in controlling the problem — evidenced by a rash of […]
OAS to Haiti: Form New Government
Above: OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insuiza (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insuiza has notched his serious concern for Haiti’s continuing difficulty to approve a new prime minister and form a new […]
Interview with Tim Hoffman, Owner of Nevis’ Montpelier Plantation and Beach
By Alexander Britell Tim Hoffman is the owner of the historic Montpelier Plantation and Beach in Nevis. Originally a sugar plantation when Nevis’ crop ruled the Caribbean, the property has hosted everyone from Horatio Nelson to Princess Diana. Hoffman, whose […]
Barbados, Italy Meet on Airlift, Tax
Above: Ambassador Paolo Serpi, left, and Barbados PM Freundel Stuart Barbados PM Freundel Stuart met with Italian Ambassador to Barbados Paolo Serpi to discuss a number of issues, including an air services agreement between the two countries, a double taxation […]
Moody’s Gives Trinidad Stable Outlook
Above: Port of Spain, Trinidad Moody’s recently rated Trinidad and Tobago with a “Stable Outlook,” along with rating its government bonds at BAA1–Stable for foreign currency and BAA1 for local currency. According to a July credit analysis report, the country’s […]
Haiti’s Cholera Up, Aid Falling
Above: UN Photo The cholera problem on the island of Hispaniola has only been getting worse since being introduced to Haiti, reportedly by Nepalese UN workers, in October. But the surge in cholera has not been met with corresponding aid, […]
Jamaica Reports Increase in Cruise Ships
There was a nearly double-digit increase in the number of cruise ship arrivals to Jamaica during the winter, according to Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett. “The stage is now set for yet another remarkable year of performance in terms of […]
Jamaican Guitar Legend Eugene Grey Talks about His New Album, Burning Spear and the Evolution of Reggae
By Alexander Britell Guitarist and composer Eugene Grey, in addition to a long-thriving solo career, has played with some of the most famous bands in Jamaican history – from Toots and the Maytals to Burning Spear. Classically trained, Grey has […]
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