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Canada-Based Energy Firm Plans Tank Storage Facility in Nevis

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis could soon be the site of a planned $400 million tank storage facility for refined and unrefined hydrocarbon products, the company announced Tuesday. The project, which could bring 150 […]

Premier: Nevis Culturama a “Success”

Above: masqueraders in Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The 2012 edition of Nevis’ annual carnival-style Culturama festival was a “success,” according to Premier Joseph Parry. “This year’s Culturama was incident-free, the attendance was extremely good and […]

Nevis Police Force Gets a Boost, with Help from Four Seasons Resort

Above: Assistant Police Commissioner Robert Liburd in one of the new vehicles By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Division of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force has received three vehicles from the Four Seasons Homeowners Association to […]

Nevis Debt Restructuring Will Help Realign Economy: Parry

Above: Charlestown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis’ ongoing debt restructuring will help realign the island’s economy, according to Premier Joseph Parry. The Premier said his administration was taking the process “very seriously,” appealing to Nevisians to do […]

St Kitts and Nevis Passes International Monetary Fund’s December Tests

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis met all of the International Monetary Fund’s quantitative performance criteria at the end of December in addition its structural benchmarks, according to George Tsibouris, head of […]

Nevis Establishes Import-Export Unit

Above: Charlestown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Island Administration has established an import-export unit at the Long Point Port, according to Dwight Morton, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade. Morton said the establishment to the […]

Nevis Urges Farmers on Crop Schedule

Above: a produce market in Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Agriculture Director Keithley Amory is urging local farmers to adhere to the department’s planting schedule to avoid a glut on the market and ensure year-round […]

St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Reports Increase in Assets

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank is reporting a growth in total assets from $840.7 million to $918.5 million as of the end of June. Net income before and after tax […]

IMF: St Kitts and Nevis Met Performance Targets, Despite Weak Growth

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: CJ) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis has met all quantitative performance targets through September 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund. The targets were met despite what the IMF […]

St Kitts and Nevis’ Douglas Moves for More Productive Public Servants

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has issued a warning to the country’s public servants, urging them to be more productive and cherish their employment opportunities. “We still have […]

St Kitts and Nevis Government Working on Debt Restructuring Plan

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) The government of St Kitts and Nevis is in advanced discussions with the Caribbean Development Bank on a comprehensive debt restructuring exercise. The two sides are discussing a partial guarantee from the CDB that would […]

St Kitts and Nevis Project Positive Growth

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) By the Caribbean Journal staff The economy of St Kitts and Nevis is projected to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent his year, with a slightly higher rate in 2012, according to the […]

The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, […]

Alexander Hamilton’s Forgotten Caribbean Island

Since the release of the smash Broadway hit Hamilton, the Caribbean island of Nevis has been in the limelight, with visitors drawn to the Eastern Caribbean destination to see U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace in downtown Charlestown. Hamilton was […]

6 Summer Carnivals to Visit in the the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Summertime in the Caribbean brings warmer days, the sweetest mangoes, and an array of joyous Carnival celebrations. Whether they’re organized to commemorate independence from Colonial governments; a successful sugarcane harvest; or simply to celebrate […]

Regent Seven Seas Adding New Caribbean Ports of Call

Luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas is adding new Caribbean ports of call for 2018, the company announced. The line’s Seven Seas Voyager will be wintering in the Caribbean in 2018-2019, with alternating seven to 12-night Eastern and Western Caribbean […]

A Caribbean Christmas Cruise

Thinking of a new way to spend Christmas in the Caribbean? Why not try a cruise? Enter Azamara, which is offering a special eight-night Caribbean Christmas Cruise out of PortMiami. Azamara offers a very different kind of Caribbean cruise experience, with […]

The Caribbean’s Best Small Cruise Ports

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Modern mega-ships can take you to marquee Caribbean ports such as San Juan, Puerto Rico; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; and St Thomas in the USVI. But the region’s lesser-known cruise stops are worth a look, […]

How to See the Caribbean History Behind “Hamilton”

Your own trip to Hamilton’s home island By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sure, you could spend $1,500 on a ticket to the Broadway hit and recent GRAMMY winning play, “Hamilton.” Or you could invest just a little bit more […]

How to Find the Haunted Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Halloween means our minds are turning to ghosts, goblins and all things ghoulish. Check out these spooky Caribbean spots – if you dare. El Convento, Puerto Rico Apparently not all dead nuns go to […]

The Caribbean Earthquake Threat

By Dr Joan Latchman CJ Contributor BIG, DAMAGING earthquakes are an important part of the written history of the Eastern Caribbean, which began with Europeans in the region. In bringing their architecture with them, the vulnerability of the region to […]

10 Caribbean Museums to Visit in 2014

The mercury is slowly starting to rise, and while Caribbean beaches are just as great in the summer (thanks to cool ocean breezes), it’s the perfect excuse to check out some of the region’s museums. Last year, we took a […]

Arrest Made in Robbery of US Justice Breyer, Bail Hearing Set for Tuesday

Above: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer By the Caribbean Journal staff Vedel K Browne has been arrested for the robbery of US Supreme Court Justice in Nevis on Feb. 9. The report, first made by the St Kitts and Nevis […]

In St Kitts, a Call for Order

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Traditional shapers of society must reassert their roles to mitigate the culture of youth gangs and violence that have pervaded society, said Marcella Liburd, St Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of […]

US, OECS Establish Diplomatic Ties

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States have formally established diplomatic relations. OECS Director General Dr Len Ishmael called it “the beginning of a new chapter in […]

St Kitts Looks to Taiwan for Tourism Help

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) The federation of St Kitts and Nevis is sending 16 nationals to Taiwan to begin courses at the country’s National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism. The students will be focusing on restaurant management, […]

At Nassau’s Baha Mar Resort, The Art of Everything