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Is Trinidad the Capital of the Caribbean?
By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor On Tuesday, United States Vice President Joe Biden met with CARICOM leaders in Port of Spain as part of a regional tour with scheduled stops in Colombia and Brazil. Perhaps even more intriguing is […]
Trinidad and Tobago Joins UN World Tourism Organization
Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has officially become a member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai announced this week. Trinidad, which, unlike much of the […]
Trinidad, Japan’s Mitsubishi Sign Agreement on Petrochemical Project
Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad’s government has signed a development agreement for the establishment of a group of petrochemical plants at the Union Industrial Estate in La Brea. The plants will produce methanol and dimethyl […]
Trinidad Government Says Unemployment Rate at 5 Percent
Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s unemployment rate currently stands at 5 percent, according to Minister of Trade and Industry Vasant Bharath. The Minister made the revelation during an address to members of the […]
Talking Trinidad Tourism With the TDC’s Cornell Buckradee
Above: Cornell Buckradee (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — Trinidad began to see growth out of the downturn in 2011, with 2012 showing similar improvement. But the Caribbean tourism market faces challenges to return to its pre-2008 levels. […]
Trinidad Central Bank “Cautiously Optimistic” on 2.5 Percent Growth in 2013
Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran is “cautiously optimistic” about a 2.5 percent growth rate for the country’s economy in 2013, he said Tuesday. At the same time, Rambarran […]
Trinidad’s Moonilal: Benefits of BP Gas Discovery Will “Take Some Time”
Above: Housing and Marine Affairs Minister Roodal Moonilal By the Caribbean Journal staff The recently-announced discovery of 1 trillion cubic feet of gas by BP Trinidad and Tobago will provide a boost to the country’s economy — but it will […]
Trinidad Finance Minister: Requirements of US FATCA Law “Onerous”
Above: Trinidad Finance Minister Larry Howai (Photo: MF Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Finance and Economy Minister Larry Howai is describing legislation being introduced by the United States on foreign financial institutions as “onerous.” The Foreign […]
Trinidad at 50: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Independence Address
Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad […]
Marcia Forbes: The Trade Wars Between Jamaica and Trinidad
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The Patty War Many in the Anglophone Caribbean would have heard of Jamaica’s Patty War with Trinidad. It came to a head in 2009. At its root was what some describe as non-tariff barriers […]
Op-Ed: Trinidad and Canada
By Hon. Sen. Don Meredith Op-Ed Contributor As the people of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago reach a historic milestone, it is both a time to celebrate the successes of the past and the opportunities that lie ahead. […]
Trinidad Ramping Up Tourism Projects
By the Caribbean Journal staff In an effort to boost Trinidad’s tourism sector, the government is launching a series of projects aimed at developing domestic tourism in the country, according to Tourism Minister Dr Rupert Griffith. “In an attempt to […]
Trinidad and Tobago Showing Signs of Economic Recovery: IMF
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is turning the corner, with growth expected to resume in 2012, according to the International Monetary Fund. The fund recently concluded its Article IV Consultation discussions with Trinidad. After contraction of […]
Grenada Gets Top Rank for Investment Promotion, Bests Trinidad and Jamaica
Above: St George’s, Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s Industrial Development Corporation has been ranked first among 77 investment promotion institutions in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific, according to the Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking 2012 report, a […]
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 […]
India Has “Great Potential” for Trinidad
Above: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Photo: India MEA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Partnering with India offers “great potential for the advancement of key sectors within Trinidad’s economy,” Prime Minister Kamla […]
Jamaica’s Kent Gammon on Politics, the Economy and Solving the Crime Problem
Jamaican’s Kent Gammon, formerly a caretaker candidate for the St Andrew South-East seat, is an attorney, lecturer at UWI and author, most recently of Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Backward — the Jamaican Story: 1972-2007. Gammon, who now has his […]
Trinidad, Guatemala Talk Trade
Above: Trinidadian and Guatemalan officials (Photo: OPM) Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar met with a Guatemalan trade delegation Thursday to talk about the potential for increased trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. Persad-Bissessar was particularly interested […]
Trinidad Launches Small Business Engine
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has officially launched its National Integrated Business Incubator System, an initiative to spur the development of new businesses in the country. “IBIS was conceived out of the need to carve new paths for our […]
Op-Ed: Royann Dean on Building a Creative Economy in the Caribbean
Above: the Cayman Enterprise City project By Royann Dean Throughout election season in the region, we will inevitably hear talk about sustainable development. Sustainable is commonly synonymous with ‘environmental’ but also includes economic sustainability. Creativity is not likely to be […]
Trinidad PM Shakes Up Cabinet: Energy Minister Replaced, Warner Reassigned
Above: Clockwise from left: PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Works Minister Jack Warner, new Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, Transport Minister Devant Maharaj and new Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reshuffled her cabinet today, naming a new energy […]
Rick Ross, Third World Among Stars for St Kitts Music Festival
The Caribbean’s hottest music event has announced the first wave of music stars for the 26th annual edition of the St Kitts Music Festival, which runs this year from June 22-30, with high-profile stars ranging from Rick Ross to Third […]
Caribbean Airlines Is Adding a New Destination: St Kitts
In another boost for sizzling St Kitts, Caribbean Airlines is adding the Eastern Caribbean island to its airlift roster for the first time. Beginning this month, Caribbean Airlines will launch a new route that begins in Trinidad and Tobago, stops […]
A New Marriott Resort Is Coming to Tobago
By Andrea Perez, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate and investment news in the Caribbean. Subscribe today to unlock this article and receive our newsletter, […]
CSHAE Names New President
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Caribbean tourism industry professional Stacy Cox has been elected president of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives for the next two years. Cox took office early last year following an unscheduled leadership change, and […]
30 Caribbean Islands You Can Visit Right Now
As the Caribbean works to recover from last month’s hurricanes, (a process that is already taking shape), one of the biggest questions we hear from travelers is, “where can I still visit?” Or, for some, “can I still visit the […]
Editor’s Note: The Caribbean, After Irma
On Oct. 9, 1780, the Great Hurricane came to the Caribbean. Huracan San Calixto lasted 11 days in the West Indies, pummeling the southeastern Caribbean with terrifying winds as high as 200 miles per hour, destroying homes and livelihoods. Almost […]
Caribbean History: Remembering ANR Robinson
By David P. Rowe CJ Contributor One of the Caribbean’s political giants of the 20th century was Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, a lawyer, statesman and patriot who survived the violent attempted coup in Trinidad. Robinson was born on the island […]
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