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Bimini Bay Hires Miami-Based KW Property Management

Above: Bimini Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas has tapped Miami-based KW Property Management and Consulting to manage its residential component. The resort, which will soon be adding a casino run by Malaysian […]

Growing a Basketball Future in Haiti

By Alexander Britell At the national level, Haiti’s athletics continue to grow. Haiti’s football is on the rise. Les Grenadiers recently rose to 39th on the FIFA world rankings following a strong showing in the Caribbean Cup. A new, 12,000-seat […]

Op-Ed: Building on a Decade of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Hasan Tuluy Op-Ed Contributor NEXT YEAR marks a decade since Latin America and the Caribbean took a dramatic turn for the better. After decades of stagnation, the region began a speedy economic and social transformation in 2003 that […]

Durandis: Rethinking Education in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor FOR MANY HAITIAN STUDENTS, the day starts before sunrise and ends well past sunset. In Haiti, the road to education is not only hard — at times inaccessible — but, plainly put, the end often […]

New Party Launches in Grenada

Above: Glynis Roberts (second from left) last year (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff A third party has officially launched in Grenada, ostensibly led by former Environment Minister Glynis Roberts, who resigned from the Prime Minister Tillman Thomas’ National Democratic […]

Forbes: Jamaica’s Women’s Coalition Marks First Anniversary

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The 51% Coalition – One Year Later About 15 organizations representing a broad cross-section of Jamaican society, including NGOs, the government and the private sector turned out to participate in a forum hosted to […]

Talking Caribbean Travel With Expedia’s Marco Tagliatti

Above: Luperón in the Dominican Republic (Photo: GDR) By Alexander Britell Despite its traditional allure as a vacation destination, the Caribbean is finding itself in an increasingly competitive global travel marketplace. But while the onset of the global financial crisis […]

Op-Ed: Elections and Democracy in the Turks and Caicos Islands

By Erik Neff Op-Ed Contributor Nov. 9 sparks a new beginning for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). Wracked by corruption, the overseas territory has been directly ruled by the United Kingdom since 2009. This November will be the first […]

Bringing Mandarin to St Kitts

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mandarin Chinese is now being taught in high schools in St Kitts, the government announced this week. The language is being taught in afternoon sessions at the Washington Archibald High […]

Op-Ed: Energy Generation Needs to Change in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay Op-Ed Contributor The Bahamas’ only privately-owned power provider – Grand Bahama Power Company – recently commissioned an additional 52-megawatt power plant. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Grand Bahama – Dr Michael Darville – urged the owners […]

Op-Ed: What Role Did the Environment Play in Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic?

By Renaud Piarroux Op-Ed Contributor On Oct. 21, 2010, a cholera epidemic began in Haiti, an area which had never been struck by this terrible disease. Two years later, more than 600,000 new cases have been recorded and more than […]

Marcia Forbes: Jamaica’s Inner-City Boys Defy Robert Mugabe

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor After Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s recent piercing comments about Jamaican males, it was heartening to analyze responses from 57 inner-city residents who attend non-traditional high schools on the island. They gave their opinions about […]

Haiti’s Government Creates Commission on Price Stabilization

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe (centre) said the commission would look to fight high food prices (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government has created a commission on price stabilization, the office of Haiti Prime Minister Laurent […]

Haiti Insurance Company Receives $2 Million in New Investments

Above: a farming project in Haiti, which is reportedly seeing increased interest in insurance (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Alternative Insurance Company has received $2 million in new investments, according to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. […]

Marcia Forbes: The Internet and Inner-City Girls in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A Love Affair “The Internet mean a lot to me, without the Internet I can’t survive. It’s my life.” “The Internet is the part of the computer I love the most.” “The net is […]

Rum Journal: Tasting Guatemala’s Ron Botran Solera 1893

GUATEMALA HAS RISEN to become one of the world’s rum production hubs — from Ron Zacapa to Zaya, which was made in the country until moving its production (and Guatemalan recipe) to Trinidad. But a longtime player is Ron Botran, […]

Op-Ed: Harnessing the Power of Small Business in Jamaica

By Richard Kildare Op-Ed Contributor It is a fact that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises are critical to the development of every nation’s growth. It is not a position that can be seriously disputed; MSME’s are a virtual powerhouse and […]

Trinidad at 50: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Independence Address

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad […]

Jamaica Overtakes Haiti, Regains Top Caribbean Spot in FIFA Rankings

Above: Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz By the Caribbean Journal staff After marked improvement by Haiti last month in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Football Rankings, Jamaica has surged to regain the lead among Caribbean sides. The rankings, released Wednesday, place Jamaica at 66th […]

Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Returns from Trip to US, UK

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe and IOC President Jacques Rogge (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is back in Haiti following a week-long trip to the United States and the United Kingdom and […]

Jamaica Eyes Future as Logistics Hub

Above: Investment Minister Anthony Hylton at the roundtable this week (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff With the expansion of the Panama Canal on the way, Jamaica’s proposal to establish the country as a global logistics hub is integral […]

Nigel Spence: 50 Years of Jamaican Food

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor This is a stellar year in Jamaica’s history, as Jamaicans and well-wishers everywhere will soon be celebrating the country’s 50th Anniversary of Independence. Easily one of the most beautiful places on earth, Jamaica is not […]

Interview With Barbados Energy Minister Senator Darcy Boyce

Above: Minister Darcy Boyce (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell Like the rest of the Caribbean, Barbados is working to deal with the problem of increasing energy costs. With imported fuel dominating foreign exchange and the accordant high gas prices putting […]

Jamaican Small Businesses Going Green through New DBJ Programme

Above: DBJ Managing Director Milverton Reynolds, DBJ Project Coordinator Christopher Brown, Minister of State Julian Robinson and CAC 2000’s Steven Marston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican small businesses are getting a green boost thanks to a new project from […]

Op-Ed: What Barack Obama’s New Immigration Policy Means for Jamaica

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Jamaican-American citizens were positively surprised by US President Barack Obama’s bold move to permit young illegal immigrants to work and study in the United States. One of the major problems fueling crime in Jamaica is […]

Haiti Led Caribbean GDP Growth Last Year, Will Again in 2012: ECLAC

Above: a newly-inaugurated staircase in Petionville (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s economy led the Caribbean in 2011 and will do so again in 2012, according to new data from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America […]

Jamaica’s Education Ministry Planning Changes to National Curriculum

Above: Deputy Chief Education Officer Sharon Neil (left) after delivering a message on behalf of Education Minister Ronald Thwaites (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Ministry of Education is planning modifications to the country’s national curriculum, according to […]

Op-Ed: Austerity and Growth in Jamaica

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor Professor Michael Witter, writing in the Jamaica Gleaner, recently outlined a conflict of interest in the management of recession by governments’ policies in the United States and Europe. It seems that there are two approaches […]

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