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Greentech’s James Whittaker on Green Building in Grand Cayman

By Alexander Britell The first residential home certified as part of the US Green Buildings Council’s International LEED programme is in Grand Cayman, the initiative of Greentech Managing Director James Whittaker, who is spearheading the green building movement in Cayman. […]

The WNBA’s Next Big Star Is From St Thomas, USVI

The WNBA’s next big star is from the United States Virgin Islands. Aliyah Boston, an All-American forward for the University of South Carolina, was selected first overall in the WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever. Boston’s accolades last year included […]

Small Caribbean Hotel of the Week: A Bucket-List Bahamas Retreat

If you’ve been to the waters of Exuma in The Bahamas, you know it’s about as close you can get to heaven on earth. There’s something otherworldly about the color of the water, a hue that’s been called everything from […]

La Soufriere Volcano Erupts in St Vincent

Early Friday morning, an “explosive” eruption occurred at St Vincent’s La Soufriere volcano. The eruption’s ash plume extended at least 10 kilometers into the sky, according to Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Local pilots were […]

How (And Why) to Buy Turks and Caicos Real Estate Right Now

The pandemic has put a new emphasis on where we actually live — on the home itself and its physical location. And, if and when this happens, again — where we would be willing to spend months stuck inside our homes. […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards — 2018

It’s hard to believe that this year is the seventh annual edition of the Rum Awards, a celebration of rum that was one of the earliest innovations of Caribbean Journal. And it’s just as remarkable how much rum has changed […]

Venezuela Earthquake Shakes Trinidad, Southern Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit Venezuela on Tuesday, rocking northern Venezuela and causing strong tremors across much of the southern Caribbean. The quake, which struck at 5:31 PM local time, was felt most strongly in neighboring […]

St Martin, St Barth Pummeled by Irma

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Category-5 Hurricane Irma pummeled the dual-nation island of St Martin/St Maarten and nearby St Barth on Wednesday, leaving massive flooding and widespread destruction. The storm caused the deaths of at least two people, confirmed […]

VIDEO: White Bay, Guana Island

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It’s hard to imagine a beach more perfect: Sand as white and fine as confectioners’ sugar. Water the same transparent turquoise as a Tanqueray gin bottle. Near constant breezes that straddle the line between […]

What’s Next for Expedia in the Caribbean?

Global travel giant Expedia has been growing significantly in the Caribbean, and it looks like that will continue in the next few years. To learn more about the company’s plans for what it says is a “thriving” market, Caribbean Journal […]

Why You Should Move to the Caribbean, And One Way to Do it

When you think of paradise, what springs to mind? A hammock swaying among the palm trees, a white sandy beach beneath your toes and a glistening turquoise sea gently lapping at the shore, for starters. It’s no surprise, then, that the […]

Why Aruba Just Banned Plastic Bags

A major environmental push in Aruba By Juliet D. Carvalhal Op-Ed Contributor At a beach cleanup in 2014 where I hosted a few teenage students from the environmental club I was volunteering to coach, I asked them a few questions […]

How to Move to Turks and Caicos

We continue our How to Move series with a look at the luxurious Turks and Caicos islands, most famous for the tony island of Providenciales and exclusive private islands like Parrot Cay. So what’s it like to move there? And […]

Rethinking Caribbean Tourism Education

By Ryan Peterson Op-Ed Contributor It is no secret that sustainable tourism is imperative to the wealth and wellness of Caribbean island economies. From ‘green’ to ‘eco’, ‘small’ to ‘slow’, ‘responsible’ to ‘resilient’, there is no shortage of ideas nor […]

IACHR: “Grave Violations” of Right to Nationality in Dominican Republic

Above: OAS Headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concluded its visit to the Dominican Republic on Friday, saying it had found “grave violations” of the right to nationality in the country. The IACHR had […]

The Future of PetroCaribe

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor At the end of June, leaders from around the Caribbean region met in Nicaragua for the 8th PetroCaribe Summit. Created with the largesse of Hugo Chavez, the cornerstone of PetroCaribe has been the discounted […]

Doing Business in the Caribbean: Lessons From Singapore

By Paul Hay Op-Ed Contributor In the “Competitiveness of Small Nations: What matters?”, Densil Williams and Beverly Morgan analyze the competitive performance of Singapore, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago under the “Global Competitiveness Report” over a period spanning 2004/5 to […]

Op-Ed: 50 Years and Sovereignty

Above: the Middlesex Guildhall in London By Jeffrey Foreman Op-Ed Contributor This year is a historic one in the region. In August, Jamaica, then Trinidad and Tobago will mark 50 years as independent nations. These two countries were the first […]

Triple Jumper Samyr Laine Dreams of Olympic Glory for Haiti

By Alexander Britell It was 1928 when Haiti’s Silvio Cator won a silver medal in the men’s long jump at the Amsterdam Olympics (his name now graces a stadium in Port-au-Prince). While Haitian athletes have competed in 11 Olympic Games […]

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