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Jamaica, IMF Reach $750 Million Staff-Level Agreement
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has reached its long-awaited agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the organization announced in a statement Friday. The staff-level agreement is on the key elements of an economic programme that […]
Analyzing the Court Case that Led to the Turks and Caicos By-Election
By L Andrew S Riccio CJ Legal Contributor On Feb. 7, 2013, the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands decided that the election of Amanda Missick as Member of the House of Assembly for Electoral District No. 7, […]
Westin Grand Cayman Debuts Following Multimillion-Dollar Renovation
Above: the Westin Grand Cayman’s pool By the Caribbean Journal staff The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa has officially unveiled the results of its multimillion-dollar “resort renewal project,” the property announced in a release. The renovations […]
IMF: Tourism Uptick, New Construction to Lead St Kitts and Nevis Recovery
Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth estimate for St Kitts and Nevis in 2012 from -0.7 percent to -0.9 percent, but an economic recovery is reportedly on the way […]
Haiti: Former Director General of Tourism Sworn In as Culture Minister
Above: New Culture Minister Josette Darguste (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Josette Darguste, the former Director General of Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism, has been officially sworn in as the country’s new Culture Minister. Darguste was one of […]
EFM Hospitality’s John Murphy on Tobago, Haiti and Caribbean Tourism
Above: the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — The Caribbean tourism sector is starting to rebound — with improved hotel occupancy and arrivals, despite increased competition from markets around the world. EFM Hospitality Solutions has been […]
Stuart: Barbados, US in “High-Level” Talks on Rum Subsidies
Above: the Mount Gay Distillery in Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados, other CARICOM states and the Dominican Republic are currently engaged in “high-level” talks with United States officials on the issue of rum subsidies, according to […]
“Haiti Is at a Crossroads”
Above: a community rehabilitation project in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Three years after the earthquake, Haiti is “at a crossroads,” according Michael Posner, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. […]
Haiti Remembers a Tragedy
Above: Haiti’s police band at the ceremony (All photos: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti paused Saturday to remember the greatest tragedy in the country’s history — a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that took the lives of nearly 320,000 Haitians […]
Haiti Readies to Mark Anniversary of January 2010 Earthquake
Above: a memorial in Carrefour-Feuilles (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will mark the three-year anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that killed almost 320,000 people and forever changed the country. Saturday is an official day […]
Op-Ed: Why Jamaica’s Cabinet Must Respond to the Contractor General
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor THE CONTRACTOR GENERAL is a Jamaican official whose job is to prevent corruption in the awarding of government contracts. Back-scratching contracts have been a significant problem for more than three decades in Jamaica. Many Jamaican […]
Dennis Chung: Jamaica Without the IMF
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor AS I READ the Dec. 29, 2012 statement, issued by Jamaica’s Finance Minister concerning the status of the International Monetary Fund negotiations, I thought to myself that it is not clear when Jamaica is […]
Haiti Launches Construction on New Parliament Building
Above: a rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has laid the first stone on a new planned Parliament building in Port-au-Prince. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and other Haitian government […]
Lurel Urges French Overseas Departments to “Break the Chains of Fate”
Above: Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff French Overseas Minister Victorin Lurel urged the French overseas departments to “break the chains of fate” in his 2013 New Year’s address. Guadeloupe’s Lurel, who first sent out […]
Jamaica’s Phillips: Negotiations With IMF Technical Staff “Virtually At An End”
The following is a statement from Jamaica Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips concerning the country’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund: On assuming office, one of the most urgent priorities of this administration was to reopen the line of communication […]
Op-Ed: Kent Gammon on Reversing Jamaica’s Economic Decline
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor THE JAMAICAN ECONOMY continues to lag behind the rest of the world with a dismal 1.3 percent growth forecast for 2013. The Jamaican dollar is being sold officially for 92 dollars to one US […]
Haiti: UN Appoints Paul Farmer to Help Lead Anti-Cholera Efforts
Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has officially appointed Dr Paul Farmer to help “galvanize support” for anti-cholera efforts in Haiti. The move was first […]
Durandis: Rethinking Education in Haiti
By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor FOR MANY HAITIAN STUDENTS, the day starts before sunrise and ends well past sunset. In Haiti, the road to education is not only hard — at times inaccessible — but, plainly put, the end often […]
Trinidad Hosting US Security Delegation
Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad is currently hosting a delegation from the United States for the third Caribbean-United States Cooperation Dialogue on Wednesday. The dialogue marks the third year of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, […]
Fantino: Canada Expects “Transparency and Accountability” from Haiti
Above: Minister Julian Fantino (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly hosted a visit by Canadian International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino at the National Palace on Monday. The trip by Fantino, which began Sunday, is […]
Jamaica on “Unsustainable” Energy Path
Above: Julian Robinson, State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, says Jamaica must cut its energy costs (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is on an “unsustainable path” when it comes to energy costs, and the country […]
Grenada, Kazakhstan Establish Ties
Above: the signing ceremony in New York By Michael Bascombe Grenada has formally established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan. Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Ambassadors Dessima Williams and Byrganym Aitimova signed a Joint Communiqué on behalf of […]
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 […]
Grenada’s New York Consulate Helping Diaspora Affected by Sandy
Above: Grenada Consul General Derrick James helping with cleanup in Brooklyn By the Caribbean Journal staff While Hurricane Sandy took a severe turn through the Caribbean, it has also impacted those Caribbean nationals living in New York and its surroundings […]
Haiti’s Michel Martelly Meets With Haitian Community in DR Congo
Above: Martelly meeting with members of Haiti’s diaspora in the DR Congo (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly met this weekend with the small community of the Haitian diaspora in the Democratic Republic of […]
Paulwell: Jamaica Aiming to Introduce Liquefied Natural Gas By 2015
Above: Jamaica Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is planning to introduce Liquefied Natural Gas in Jamaica by 2015, despite a recent decision by the government to remove itself from the process of fuel selection. In […]
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