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Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Opens Florida Office
Above: the new office in Kissimmee By the Caribbean Journal staff The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration has opened a new regional office in Kissimmee, Fla. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla opened the new centre this weekend; it will replace the […]
Bahamas, Jamaica Talk Agriculture
Above: a banana plant By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica recently played host to a delegation of agricultural officials from the Bahamas. The Bahamian delegation, which visited from July 23 to July 25, met with Jamaican agricultural officials including Agriculture […]
Haiti, Brazil Sign Agriculture Agreement
Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe and Brazil FM Antonio de Aguiar Patriota By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe continued his Brazilian trip Tuesday with a meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota. The two […]
St Lucia Plans Green Energy Push
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is planning a series of “major initiatives” in the area of sustainable energy this year, according to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy. The Governor General, who was speaking this week […]
Trade Increasing Between Haiti, Vietnam
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe in Hanoi with PM Nguyen Tan Dung (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and Vietnam are continuing to increase bilateral trade, following record levels in 2011, according to the government of […]
Bringing Haiti’s Coffee to Market
Above: a Cocano office in La Croix, Haiti (Photo: Cafe Cocano) By Alexander Britell While Jamaica’s Blue Mountain coffee has grown in international prominence in recent years, Haiti is actually one of the region’s oldest coffee-producing countries. The difficulty has […]
In St Lucia, Joining ICT and Agriculture
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean governments are looking to the importance of the Information and Communication Technology more and more often. And its reach is expanding to areas one might not traditionally associate with ICT, such […]
Haiti President Holds Talks With Brazil’s Rousseff, Panama’s Martinelli
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during his trip to the Ibero-American Summit in Cadiz, Spain this week. The two sides […]
Haiti Declares One-Month State of Emergency Due to Impact of Hurricane
Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe distributing aid kits last week (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government has declared a one-month-long national state of emergency following continued damage to the country from Hurricane Sandy last week. The […]
Haiti: World Bank Strategy to Include Focus on Cholera, Housing, Energy
Above: a tent camp in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank has approved a new two-year strategy for the institution in Haiti. The plan, which was endorsed by the bank’s Board of Directors, will […]
Grenada’s Government Looks to Integrate Technology and Agriculture
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s Prime Minister is urging the country’s Agriculture Ministry to find ways of integrating science and technology into the agricultural sector as a means of improving productivity. “We have the potential […]
BBVA Panama Gets $25 Million to Expand Lending for Small Businesses
Above: Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Banco BBVA Panama today signed an agreement with the IFC to provide $25 million to the bank to support its efforts to expand lending to farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises. SMEs […]
St Lucia Looks to New Era of Diplomatic Relations with Argentina
By the Caribbean Journal staff Argentina was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with St Lucia after it attained independence in 1979, and the two countries are looking forward to a continued partnership with a new Argentine […]
St Lucia Looks to Costa Rica for Help in Fight to Save Banana Industry
By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is continuing to look for solutions in its fight against the Black Sigatoka disease, which has been ravaging the country’s agricultural sector and its banana industry in particular. Agriculture Minister Moses Jean Baptiste […]
Haiti, Venezuela Sign Cooperation Pact
Above: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Haitian President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly’s visit to the ALBA Summit in Caracas this weekend culminated in the signing of a cooperation agreement between Haiti and Venezuela. […]
New “Chamber” for Jamaican Agriculture
Above: Senator Norman Grant and Minister of State Ian Hayles (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaica Agricultural Society has established a new forum in a bid to improve dialogue in the sector dubbed “The Chamber.” The forum, […]
In Jamaica, Help for Rural Youth
Above: Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke By the Caribbean Journal staff A new pilot programme in Jamaica aims to find employment for rural youth in the agricultural sector. The initiative, which was announced yesterday by Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, will be […]
Barbados Mulls Agriculture Overhaul
By the Caribbean Journal staff An overhaul to Barbados’ agriculture sector is long overdue, according to prominent agriculturalist Dr Chelston Brathwaite. Brathwaite said Barbados is still operating a model inherited from the pre-independence period. “That model has run its course,” […]
Trinidad PM Concludes India Visit
Above: Persad-Bissessar on a visit to her family’s ancestral village in Bihar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Concluding her State Visit to India, Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar renewed her call for more economic relations between the […]
New Grenadian Initiative Targets Poverty through Agriculture
By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Grenada Market Access and Rural Enterprise Development Programme aims to tackle poverty in the country’s rural communities, according to Environment and Foreign Trade Minister Joseph Gilbert. “The MAREP offers us an opportunity to […]
Jamaica Food Security Project a Success, European Union Says
By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Union-funded EU Food Facility in Jamaica has recently completed, and the EU is urging the programme’s beneficiaries to build upon its success. The $7.8 million plan sought to improve agricultural productivity and increase […]
Ron Daniels Talks Haiti
Above: the Sans Souci Palace in Haiti (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By Alexander Britell Dr Ron Daniels is the President of the Institute of the Black World and the Founder of the Haiti Support Project, an organization that has been working […]
Caribbean Talks Agriculture in Dominica
Above: CARICOM SG and Dominican native Irwin LaRocque in Roseau for talks (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff High-level talks have begun in Dominica at the Climate Change and Science Technology Workshop during the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture […]
Sylvan Jolibois: Haiti’s Second Revolution
Above: a man climbs the steps at the 200-year-old palace of King Henri-Christophe of Haiti, near Cap-Haitien (UN Photo: Victoria Hazou) By Sylvan Jolibois, Jr Op-Ed Contributor Having recently celebrated its second century as an independent nation, the republic of […]
Interview with Clinton Bush Haiti Fund CEO Gary Edson
Above: Employees at an atelier in Port-au-Prince (Photo: CBHF) By Alexander Britell Soon after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, at the behest of President Barack Obama, founded a fund aimed at […]
Jamaican Bananas Get a European Boost
Jamaican Deputy Governor-General Steadman Fuller is praising the support the European Union has given the Jamaican banana industry, calling it an important catalyst for economic activity in the agricultural sector. “The European Union-funded Banana Support Programme is an indication of […]
Barbados’ Benn Warns on Climate Change
Above: a Beach in Barbados Given its small size, the Caribbean must seek help to develop effective mitigation and adaptation strategies to address climate change, Barbados Acting Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management Haynesley Benn said yesterday. […]
Rum Journal: Martinique’s Rhum Clement Is At It Again
Rhum Agricole is different. But it’s not just the complexity, the artistry, the overwhelming quality. It’s that every year, the sugarcane harvest is different; and when you’re dealing with a pure agricultural product, with pure sugarcane juice, that means every […]
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