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New Film Looks at How Diaspora Travels
By Alexander Britell Above: Dr Keith Nurse A new film set to premiere in Toronto Wednesday looks at the concept of “diasporic tourism” or the way the Caribbean diaspora travels back to its home countries. The film, “Forward Home,” is […]
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Grants $1.4 Million for Construction, Green Energy
By the Caribbean Journal staff Above: construction in Haiti (Photo: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund) The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is granting $1.4 million in new funds for three projects in Haiti, including a housing programme, a vocational training programme and […]
A New Owner for Marcus Garvey’s Home
The Jamaican Cabinet has approved the compulsory acquisition of the birthplace of national hero Marcus Garvey, the Jamaica National Heritage Trust announced Thursday. Garvey was born at 32 Market Street in St Ann’s Bay in St Ann. The government made […]
OLINT Investors Await Smith Sentencing
Above: Federal District Court in Orlando, Fla. By Robert Di Pano David Smith, the mastermind behind the Caribbean-based Olint Ponzi Scheme that bilked investors out of over $220 million, will be sentenced Aug. 11 in United States District Court in […]
A Stone’s Throw from the Old Caribbean
At the far end of New Providence in the Bahamas sits an homage to the old Caribbean — the 10-room boutique hotel called A Stone’s Throw Away. Run by German native Chris Illing, the hotel is one of a small […]
IDB grants $35M for Haiti Electricity
Above: 70 percent of Haitians have no electricity (UN Photo: Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank announced it would be giving Haiti a $35 million grant to support the country’s electricity sector and the management […]
In Oil Paint, a Forgotten Trinidad
Mariquita Johnson painted perhaps two of the oldest paintings in Trinidad, but little is known of her life. Johnson’s “Around the Queen’s Park Savannah” and “The Angels” were both painted in 1905 and are among the country’s oldest paintings along […]
Interview with Bahamas Tourism Minister Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace
The Hon. Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace is the Bahamas’ Minister of Tourism and Aviation. After a global financial crisis that hit the tourism industry, and the Caribbean, rather severely, Vanderpool Wallace has moved to bring the Bahamas’ integral tourism sector forward. He […]
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