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Antigua to Put Wi-Fi in High Schools

By the Caribbean Journal staff Secondary schools across Antigua and Barbuda will get campus-wide Wi-Fi internet as part of the government’s Technology for Education 20/20 Initiative. As part of the programme, LIME will install Wi-Fi access points on all public […]

St Kitts and Nevis, USVI Talk Policing

Above: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas and Police Commissioner CG Walwyn (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Police Commissioner CG Walwyn recently held a meeting with his newly-appointed counterpart in the […]

At New York’s El Museo del Barrio, Caribbean Art in the Spotlight

Above: Prefete Duffaut, Habour/Vue de Jacmel avec le Pont de Noel, 1968, oil on canvas (Photo by Jason Mandella) By Alexander Britell Beginning Jun. 12, New York’s El Museo del Barrio will put Caribbean art in the spotlight, with Caribbean: […]

Grenada Seeks End to Industrial Impasse

By the Caribbean Journal staff While it appeared that the industrial strike at Grenada Breweries Limited had ended at the end of December, the impasse continues, and Grenada’s government is seeking to bring it to an end. If the impasse […]

Interview with Turks and Caicos Chief Financial Officer Hugh McGarel-Groves

By Alexander Britell Turks and Caicos has embarked on a series of measures aimed at returning stability both to the country’s economy and the government’s financial position. Now, Chief Financial Officer Hugh McGarel-Groves is cautiously optimistic, predicting that the government’s […]

Jamaica Tackles its Lionfish Problem

By the Caribbean Journal staff The invasive Lionfish has spread across the Caribbean – from the Cayman Islands to Grenada. The continued threat has led to some unusual solutions – like that of renowned Chef Michael Schwartz, whose eponymous restaurant […]

Increased Airlift in St Kitts

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Helped by markets in North America, St Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport has seen increased airlift this year. The improvement comes in part due to two new weekend rotations […]

“Haiti is a Land of Opportunity”

Above: Jose Agustin Aguerre (Photo: CJ) By Alexander Britell “Haiti is a land of opportunity.” It’s that phrase which Jose Agustin Aguerre, the manager of the Haiti Country Department for the Inter-American Development Bank, hopes becomes the new paradigm for […]

CARICOM Begins Cholera Response Project in Haiti’s Cite Soleil

Above: patients with cholera wait for treatment (UN Photo/Sophia Paris) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community has begun a project to improve sanitation infrastructure and sensitize residents of Haiti’s Cite Soleil community in the practice of safe personal […]

Interview with Roger Chang, President of the Jamaica Solar Energy Association

By Alexander Britell The Caribbean’s green energy movement has made strides in recent years, from a burgeoning geothermal sector on islands like Nevis and Dominica to wind farms like the one at Wigton in Jamaica. It’s Jamaica, however, which is […]

UN: Significant Advances in Haiti

Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff There have been significant advances in Haiti in the areas of education, health, job creation and infrastructure, among others, according to Nigel Fisher, deputy special representative of UN Secretary General […]

Shakespeare Finds a Home in Nassau

Above: a production of The Tempest in 2009, the festival’s first year (Photo: Shakespeare in Paradise) A piece set on an island, sometimes prone to storms. It’s not The Tempest, but the work of husband-and-wife team Nicolette Bethel and Philip […]

Disabled in a Handicapped Country

By James English All photos by James English PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Sainte Marie is a neighborhood located on the side of a steep hill in southern Port-au-Prince. The area was heavily damaged during the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and […]

Making Haiti Safer by Design

Above: the Centre de Reconstruction in Port-au-Prince (Photo: Open Architecture Network) While Haiti once had its own comprehensive building code, along with a zoning code, construction in Haiti has lost a coherent structure, according to Stacey McMahan. While Haitian architects […]

How the Caribbean Airlines Crash Could Hurt Guyana’s Agriculture

Above: Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud (GIS Photo) The recent crash of a Caribbean Airlines flight at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airpot could disrupt the Guyana Ministry of Agriculture’s plan to increase the size of its agriculture exports shipped by […]

Bahamas Looks to Solar Power

Above: Solar panels in Andros, Bahamas The Bahamas is starting a large-scale initiative to install solar water heaters across the country, as part of the country’s National Energy Policy. The turn to solar power is part of an effort to […]

Cristina Savescu, World Bank Economist, on Caribbean Growth

By Alexander Britell Earlier this week, the World Bank released a report on growth prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean. That macro region had three distinct areas – Latin America itself, which is in the midst of an economic […]

United Is Extending Its Bermuda Schedule for the Summer