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Greentech’s James Whittaker on Green Building in Grand Cayman

By Alexander Britell The first residential home certified as part of the US Green Buildings Council’s International LEED programme is in Grand Cayman, the initiative of Greentech Managing Director James Whittaker, who is spearheading the green building movement in Cayman. […]

Jamaica Tries to Reassure Public on International Monetary Fund Agreement

While the last completed review with the IMF on Jamaica’s economy as September 2010, Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw said the December 2010 and March 2011 assessments had not yet been reviewed by the IMF. “We have neither passed nor […]

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 […]

Partners in Health’s Joia Mukherjee on Haiti, Cholera and the “Free Man”

By Alexander Britell Since 2000, Dr Joia Mukherjee has been the medical director at global healthcare nonprofit Partners In Health, which is active in 12 countries around the world. Dr Mukherjee, a Harvard professor who also consults for the WHO […]

Baha Mar Signs Morgans, Hyatt, Rosewood

By the Caribbean Journal staff The massive Baha Mar resort project in Nassau has signed agreements with Hyatt Hotels, Rosewood and the Morgans Hotel Group to manage hotels at the project. Hyatt will manage the planned 700-room Grand Hyatt convention […]

Cuban Biomedical Team in Jamaica

The first members of a Cuban biomedical engineering team are in Jamaica to restore medical equipment in the public health system. The biomedical agreement between Jamaica and Cuba will last for two years and cost $350,000, according to Health Minister […]

Trinidad Looks to Avert National Strike

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (TIS Photo) Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed confidence that there will be no general national strike, following meetings with labour leaders yesterday. There have been ongoing negotiations between the government and labour unions, […]

Jamaica Seeks More Chinese Investment

Above: the Chinese embassy in Jamaica Above: the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica (Photo: Chinese Embassy) Jamaican Minister of Finance Audley Shaw said an invitation has been extended to the Chinese to expand their investments in the country. Shaw, who was […]

Cayman to Create Technology District

By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush signed an agreement today with Cayman Enterprise City, Ltd in a deal that will give CEC the opportunity to build a special economic zone based on technology in Grand Cayman. “CEC […]

UN, Police Crack Down on Haitian Crime

Above: peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations and the Haitian National Police have begun a joint operation, “Operation Phoenix,” to tackle criminal activity in Port-au-Prince. The initiative was launched in the Bel Air, […]

Bahamas Expands Telemedicine Initiative

Above: Minister of Health, Dr Hubert Minnis, Dr Akos Tatar of the Fresh Creek District, Dr Colin Bullard, Director of Emergency Services at Princess Margaret Hospital and South Andros MP Picewell Forbes (BIS Photo: Patrick Hanna) As part of an […]

Moody’s Gives Trinidad Stable Outlook

Above: Port of Spain, Trinidad Moody’s recently rated Trinidad and Tobago with a “Stable Outlook,” along with rating its government bonds at BAA1–Stable for foreign currency and BAA1 for local currency. According to a July credit analysis report, the country’s […]

A New Jamaican Port Works to Improve

Despite the introduction of cruise ship tourism in Jamaica’s city of Falmouth, Mayor Collin Gager is concerned that the area is not capitalising on the number of opportunities available. Gager, who is also a councillor in Falmouth, appealed to the […]

Barbados Health Ministry Announces Establishment of Climate Change Unit

The government of Barbados has established a climate change unit within its Ministry of Health as part of a commitment to the United Nations’ Global Environmental Facility project. Health Minister Donville Inniss announced the move today, commending the efforts of […]

Op-Ed: OBMI’s Tim Peck on How to Improve the Caribbean Hotel Market

By Tim Peck Despite challenges the Caribbean has faced in the past few years, the future for the industry shows great potential. The prudent hotel owner should now be focusing on repositioning their property to preserve their asset and prepare […]

Freundel Stuart: Barbados “Unequivocally Committed” to Caribbean Integration

Above: Barbados PM Freundel Stuart By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart addressed the CARICOM Meeting of Heads of Government at its opening ceremony last night in Basseterre, St Kitts, telling assembled leaders that Barbados was committed […]

Bridgetown Named World Heritage Site

Above: Bridgetown and its colonial garrison (Barbados Government Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados’ capital, Bridgetown, has been named by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, joining the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany and a Hiraizumi, Japan. Historic Bridgetown […]

Empowering Women in the Bahamas

From left: Pauline Allen-Dean, Social Development Minister Loretta Butler-Turner and retired Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Bahamas Police Force Juanita Colebrooke (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is working to support women’s empowerment in the country, with a […]

Bahamas Telecom Extends Cable to Haiti

Above: an undersea cable Bahamas Telecom Company will be extending its U.S.-Caribbean cable to improve connectivity in Haiti. “We are going to make a significant investment into expanding the capacity of the Miami cable,” said BTC CEO Geoff Houston in […]

Jamaica, International Financial Centre?

Jamaica has strong potential as an international financial centre, according to Eric Crawford, chairman of the Jamaican International Financial Services Authority. “It’s a very high value-added industry everywhere it exists,” he said at the Diaspora Convention in Ocho Rios this […]

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 […]

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 […]

Heavy Rains Lead to at Least 23 Deaths in Still-Vulnerable Port-Au-Prince

Earthquake destruction in Port-au-Prince (UNDP Photo) Heavy rains in Haiti have led to the deaths of at least 23 people this week. The rain, which caused flashfloods and mudslides, followed 10 days of showers, and underscored the problems still facing […]

Bahamas Oil Refining Company’s $40 Million Expansion Underway

The Bahamas Oil Refining Company has contracted with CB&I, a U.S. firm, for the construction of 14 new oil storage tanks, as part of a $40 million expansion. “CB&I’s scope of work includes the engineering, fabrication and construction of 14 […]

Inspirato’s Brian Corbett on Caribbean Travel and the Promise of Anguilla

Sheriva in Anguilla By Alexander Britell Luxury destination club Inspirato was founded in part by brothers Brent and Brad Handler, who also started Exclusive Resorts, the ultra high-end vacation club. The company is now in nine cities in the Americas […]

Controversy over Haitian Refugees

A growing number of Haitian earthquake victims are under threat of eviction from their refugee camps, with almost a quarter of the nearly 700,000 refugees living in such camps in Haiti in danger of eviction, according to the International Organization […]

Air Jamaica, Caribbean Airlines Merge

Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines have formally merged, with the Jamaican and Trinidadian airlines agreeing to create a “larger product which will build capacity and critical mass,” according to Audley Shaw, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance. “It will also allow for […]

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 […]

The Cayman Islands’ Seven Mile Beach Has a Brand-New Resort