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A New Street Art Movement in Cancun
Cancun is welcoming an array of street artists set to transform its public spaces through a vibrant street art movement. New colorful murals have already started to emerge on Cancun’s street walls and abandoned residential areas. The first stage of […]
Haiti’s Martelly Visits Ile a Vache
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in Ile a Vache By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s perhaps the keystone of Haiti’s renewed tourism hopes: Ile a Vache. And the beach-laden island, which is the site of a major new development project, […]
The US Virgin Islands’ New Cabinet
Above: St Thomas, USVI (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor-Elect Kenneth Mapp, who will be sworn in as Governor on Monday, has named the members of his Cabinet. Mapp defeated US Virgin Islands Delegate to […]
New Ferries For the US Virgin Islands
Above: the US Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands will soon have new ferry service. Public Works Commissioner Darryl Smalls said the new service would traffic between Cruz Bay, St John and Red Hook, St […]
Haiti Reshuffles Cabinet
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has announce a major Cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle comes under a condition of the recently-signed El Rancho Agreement, an accord between Haiti’s branches of […]
Dominica Prime Minister Visits Martinique
Above: Fort de France (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Serge Letchimy, president of Martinique’s Regional Council, held talks on Tuesday with Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. The talks focused on green energy in the Caribbean in general and […]
Haiti and Vietnam Sign Cooperation Agreement on Energy
Above: Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Haiti (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Haiti and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the energy sector, the government announced. The agreement […]
Dominica, European Commission Sign $9.5 Million Agreement
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Dominica has signed a $9.5 million financing agreement with the European Commission. The agreement falls under the Natural Disasters Remedial and Mitigation Measures Infrastructure, according to the government. […]
Dominica Government to Assist Homeowners Impacted By Floods
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s government is moving to assist homeowners impacted by last week’s serious floods on the island. Heavy rainfall which began on Dec. 24 caused “extensive damage” to homes, businesses and public […]
Haiti’s Martelly, Lamothe Visit Venezuela
Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe and President Michel Martelly in Caracas (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe departed the country Sunday for a two-day visit to Caracas, Venezuela. The […]
IMF: Barbados Faces “Considerable Economic Challenges”
Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados continues to face “considerable economic challenges,” according to the International Monetary Fund. The fund recently concluded 10 days of discussions with Barbados for the 2013 Article IV consultation, led by […]
Dominica, Chinese Firm Planning New Hotel Project
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Dominica and Chinese firm Anhui Shui An Construction Group have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a “modern type” hotel in the country. The project […]
Montserrat Set to Begin Long-Term Testing of Geothermal Wells
Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat will soon begin long-term testing at one of its geothermal wells, according to Director of Public Works Ron Beardsley. The process, which he said will take about three weeks, follows the completion […]
Dominica to Embark on Solar Street Light Project, With Help From China
Above Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica is embarking on a project to install solar street lights across the country. The project, which will involve the installation of 4851 solar lights, will be supported by the government […]
Antigua Airport Gets Solar Boost
Above: the airport approach road By the Caribbean Journal staff Motorists heading to the VC Bird International Airport in Antigua will be getting a lift from the environment, thanks to a new solar installation on the airport approach road. Agencies […]
Montserrat Completes First Geothermal Well, Readies to Drill Second
Above: the geothermal drill in Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff Drilling has reached the “desired depth” for completion on Montserrat’s first geothermal well, the government announced this week. In four weeks, the drilling team will test to determine the […]
Guyana, US Sign Open Skies Agreement
Above: the Umana Yana in Georgetown By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and Guyana have signed an Open Skies air services agreement, the State Department Announced this week. The agreement was signed March 25 by US Ambassador to […]
Haiti’s Laurent Lamothe Meets With Mexican Ambassador
Above: the meeting in Haiti (FP: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Tuesday with Mexico’s Ambassador to Haiti, Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno, in Lamothe’s private residence. Lopez was joined at the meeting by […]
US Virgin Islands Could Lose $100 Million Due to Sequestration: Report
Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands could lose $100 million in federal funding by fiscal year 2021 due to the federal sequestration spending cuts that became official this week. […]
Haiti PM Reshuffles Cabinet
Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has reshuffled the country’s Cabinet and replaced several ministers, he announced Tuesday night. It follows a similar reshuffle by Lamothe in early August, when Haiti’s […]
Moody’s Downgrades Bahamas Credit Rating; Outlook Remains Negative
Above: Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating of the Bahamas’ government to “Baa1” from A3, the New York-based ratings firm announced Friday. The government’s outlook remains negative. Moody’s cited three major […]
US Virgin Islands Senator Indicted for Alleged Role in Bribery Scheme
Above: the legislature building in Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff A federal grand jury in St Thomas has indicted US Virgin Islands Sen. Alvin Williams, Jr with operating and participating in a criminal enterprise that […]
Haiti: IDB Planning $17.5 Million Grant for Road, Bridge Reconstruction
Above: flooding in Haiti (MINUSTAH Photo: Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank expects to approve a $17.5 million grant to help Haiti’s government finance the reconstruction of roads and bridges destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The […]
Post-Earthquake Housing in Haiti
Above: housing near Delmas 32 (Photo: Mercidieu Moranvil) By Dieudonné Joachim The already acute pre-earthquake housing problem in Haiti was magnified when 190,000 homes were destroyed or damaged after the Jan. 12, 2010 trembler. Even though the construction sector experienced […]
Moving Forward on Disability in Haiti
By James English CJ Contributor Gerald Oriol, Jr, Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, recently discussed his first year in office and the road ahead for the Caribbean nation’s one million disabled citizens. Oriol […]
Dominica Making Road Upgrades
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica is working to make improvements to the country’s road network, following the residual effects of Tropical Storm Ophelia in 2011. “We have started doing some of the river defence works […]
Haiti Receives $53 Million IDB Grant for Upgrade to National Highway
Above: road works in Haiti (IDB Photo/Peter Bate) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will receive a $53 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank for an upgrade to the country’s principal highway, Route Nationale #1 (RN1), the bank announced […]
Haiti’s Martelly Unveils Road Rehabilitation Project in Petit-Goave
Above: the new stretch of road near Petit-Goave (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly, joined by United States Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White, inaugurated a newly-completed road works project in Petit-Goave this week. The […]
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