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A Secrets Resort Is Coming to St Martin in 2019

By Alexander Britell AMResorts is expanding to the French Caribbean for the first time. The company’s Secrets all-inclusive brand is coming to St Martin with the signing of a new resort brand management deal. The resort, which is owned by […]

Jamaica Establishing Global Center for Tourism Resilience

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has unveiled the new Global Center for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management, a first-of-its-kind resource based in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica. […]

A Climate of Change for Caribbean Internet

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Spring storms with winter qualities clobbered North America this week, threatening Canada with slow-moving storms, and pounding the United States with near-record snowfall in the midwest, low temperatures in the south and tornadoes further east. […]

Climate and the Future of Caribbean Internet

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor The threat of climate-driven natural disaster and the struggle to keep pace with the global digital economy are among the key factors driving the need for Caribbean Internet stakeholders to strengthen the resilience of the […]

A Caribbean Internet Forum in Miami

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor An upcoming gathering of Internet experts could change the conversation around cyber security, network autonomy and network resilience in the Caribbean. On April 19, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) will convene a special […]

Making Caribbean Internet Climate Resilient

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A new initiative to make Caribbean Internet infrastructure less vulnerable to the impact of climate change and natural disasters is gaining momentum across the region. Several Internet organisations recently held talks in Puerto Rico to […]

A Big Caribbean Hurricane Relief Concert

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Members of the Caribbean community have planned the first annual live “Caribbean Relief Concert” to raise money for natural disaster relief efforts for those countries impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The concert is scheduled […]

Caribbean Looks to Become World’s First Climate-Resilient Region

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor As the Caribbean Community enters the new year, incoming CARICOM chairman and Haiti President Jovenel Moïse is moving to create the first climate resilient region in the world. He highlighted the rebuilding process after the […]

Nigel Spence: Christmas in Jamaica

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor As we approach my most favorite time of the year, I am somewhat saddened by the backdrop of fear and apprehension that has slowly taken over our Nation and which now understandably lurks in the […]

What’s Next for Marriott Hotels in the Caribbean?

By Alexander Britell The world’s biggest hotel company has a massive footprint in the Caribbean, and it’s only getting bigger. But with such a large network of properties around the region, Marriott was also impacted by Hurricanes Maria and Irma. […]

The Rising Caribbean Drought Risk

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has called for Caribbean countries to boost efforts to prepare for increased drought in the region. In a report entitled Drought Characteristics and Management in the Caribbean, the FAO noted that the region […]

Op-Ed: Debt Relief for Climate Action

By Kamalesh Sharma Op-Ed Contributor Global warming is emerging as one of the greatest injustices of our time. Small island states in the Pacific, for example, have done little to cause climate change, yet may soon disappear into a rising […]

Grenada Getting $15 Million Loan For Growth, Climate Resilience

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a $15 million Development Policy Credit and Loan (DPC/DPL) with Grenada. This financing aims to foster sustainable conditions for private investment, improve public resource management, strengthen the […]

The US Virgin Islands Is Making a New Push to Combat Climate Change

By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands is launching a new fight against the impact of climate change. Governor Kenneth Mapp has signed an executive order that provides for the launch of a territorial climate change initiative and […]

How Can Haiti’s Growth Improve?

How can Haiti grow — and grow in a different way? By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A new report from the World Bank Group has outlined key opportunities and constraints to faster sustainable and inclusive growth in Haiti. The report cites the […]

Making Caribbean Hospitals “Smart”

A new program to target vulnerable hospitals By the Caribbean Journal staff A new project by the Pan American Health Organization is promoting “safe, green and smart” hospitals in the Caribbean. Nearly seven out of every 10 hospitals in Latin […]

How Jamaica Is Providing Access to Green Tech

A new project By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has partnered with First Global Bank (FGB) to offer loans to businesses and individuals for the installation of climate-smart technologies in Jamaica. The loans […]

UK Sends Humanitarian Aid to Dominica

British ship rerouted to Dominica By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The United Kingdom’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lyme Bay ship has been rerouted to assist humanitarian relief efforts in Dominica following the destruction of Tropical Storm Erika. The British ship […]

How Colombia is Building Green

Above: Medellin By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Colombia has embarked on a significant new green building initiative. The plan to promote efficiency in water and energy use in new buildings is now receiving praise abroad, from both the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and […]

Reducing Vulnerability in the Caribbean

By George Nicholson and Anastasia Ramjag Op-Ed Contributors The topic of vulnerability is one that has been on the agenda of the countries within the Greater Caribbean, and in particular those of the insular Caribbean for a long time. In the […]

How the Red Cross Failed Haiti

Above: The Red Cross promised to build hundreds of new homes in Campeche but none have been built. Many residents still live in crude shacks. (Marie Arago, special to ProPublica) By Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR THE NEIGHBORHOOD […]

In Martinique, Caribbean Governments Talk Climate Change

Above: Serge Letchimy, president of Martinique’s Regional Council, and French President Francois Hollande in Martinique this weekend By the Caribbean Journal staff French President Francois Hollande headlined a major conference in Martinique this weekend addressing one of the Caribbean’s biggest […]

Tourism Policy and Sustainability in the Caribbean Region

By Julio Orozco and Tevin Gall Op-Ed Contributors Regional policies with respect to Tourism development initially arose as a response to threats to tourism sustainability, which began to appear in the 1970’s as a result of the rapid global expansion […]

Making the Caribbean Blue

By Deodat Maharaj Op-Ed Contributor CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES face a variety of serious economic challenges which act as major impediments to their growth and development. The continued reliance on one major export product with associated vulnerability to economic shocks as well as […]

These are Four Clear Ways to Stimulate Development in Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor MOST times when we speak about economic and social development, many of us think about the cost of infrastructure or costs associated with the government providing stimulus to the economy. Or if we talk about […]

Grenada Reaches Deal to Restructure Taiwanese Debt

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Grenada says it has reached a “comprehensive” agreement to restructure its debt to the Export-Import Bank of Taiwan. The agreement reduces the principal outstanding on the $36.6 million […]

In St Vincent and the Grenadines, Drumming to Fight Climate Change

Above: St Vincent and the Grenadines (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s no secret that the Caribbean faces an existential threat when it comes to climate change. But a new project in St Vincent and the Grenadines is […]

Raul Castro Pledges Cuba’s Cooperation With CARICOM

Above: Raul Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba is pledging its continued cooperation with its neighbours in the Caribbean Community, according to Cuba President Raul Castro. The Cuban leader was addressing the Cuba-CARICOM Summit in Havana on Monday. “We […]

The Rise of Caribbean Luxury Villas, From Turks and Caicos to St Barth