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Interview with Radio Soleil’s Ricot Dupuy on Martelly, Reconstruction and UN Cholera
By Alexander Britell Three months after new President Michel Martelly took office in Haiti, the country is still without a prime minister, and accordingly, without a government. Haiti’s political situation has drawn the attention of a number of world organizations […]
Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again
Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]
China Investing $156M in Jamaican Sugar
Above: the Chinese embassy in Jamaica COMPLANT, the state-owned Chinese company which acquired the state-owned assets of Jamaica’s sugar industry, is rolling out $156 million to invest in the renovation of three factories and sugar cane fields over the next […]
Interview with Jamaican Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett
By Alexander Britell As the Caribbean’s integral tourism industry has been hurt by the global financial downturn, countries in the region have been forced to looked to new markets and devise new initiatives to spur both new visitors and new […]
CARICOM Plans Regional Sports Academy
Above: Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz in Gold Cup play (Photo: CONCACAF) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Single Market plans to establish a Regional Sports Academy that would focus on using sports as a vehicle for Caribbean integration. The plan […]
New Director at PANCAP
Above: the PANCAP board By the Caribbean Journal staff The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS has named Juliet Bynoe-Sutherland its new director. A native of Barbados, Bynoe-Sutherland has worked for more than 16 years in both the regional […]
Barbados Preps Agriculture for Hurricanes
Above: a cane field in Barbados With the hurricane season officially under way in June, Barbados’ Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management is working to ensure the island’s food and fisheries infrastructure are secure in the event […]
Israel Looks to Help Jamaica on Energy
Israeli Ambassador to Jamaica Moshe Sermoneta said Israel is interested in helping Jamaica solve its energy problems, along with offering knowledge on tourism and agriculture. “Israel is a country that lacks natural resources,” he said. “We don’t have oil, we […]
Interview with Former Bermuda Premier Sir David Gibbons
By Alexander Britell Sir David Gibbons KBE is the former Premier of Bermuda. He led the United Bermuda Party government for 5 years from 1977 to 1982, in addition to having served as finance minister and Member of Parliament. Gibbons […]
Director Chris Browne’s Quest to Bring Jamaican Film to the World
By Alexander Britell Despite a number of landmark films shot in Jamaica, from Dr. No, the first James Bond film (along with several other Bond films) to Legends of the Fall, the domestic Jamaican film industry is very much in […]
Bahamas’ Worker’s Party Dissolves, Joins Democratic National Alliance
The Bahamian Worker’s Party, which was formed 35 years ago, will be dissolving and merging with the new Democratic National Alliance, headed by Bamboo Town MP Branville McCartney. “We have been in the field for over 30 years,” said Rodney […]
Director Stevan Riley on his Film “Fire in Babylon” and the Power of Cricket
By Alexander Britell For almost fifteen years beginning in the 1970s, the West Indian cricket team was the best in the world, and perhaps the best side in any sport. In an era of prejudice and racial upheaval, the Windies […]
BHP Billiton Starts Drilling in Caribbean
BHP Billiton has begun drilling gas at its Agostura Project off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. According to CEO Michael Yeager, the platform has a design capacity of 280 million cubic feet of gas per day. BHP has a […]
Trinidad, Ghana Partner on Natural Gas
Trinidad and Tobago’s state-run National Gas Company has been tapped by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation to supply energy for power plants in Ghana. “NGC is breaking new ground as it is the first state company to be extending its […]
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