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BBVA Panama Gets $25 Million to Expand Lending for Small Businesses

Above: Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Banco BBVA Panama today signed an agreement with the IFC to provide $25 million to the bank to support its efforts to expand lending to farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises. SMEs […]

Dominican Republic to Open Training School for Larimar Craftsmen

Above: Larimar (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff It is a stone found only in the Dominican Republic. And now, a semi-precious stone called Larimar will get its own school in the country. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce […]

Belize’s UDP Wins Narrow Re-election; Opposition Gains Eight Seats

Above: Prime Minister Dean Barrow (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Alexander Britell Belize’s ruling United Democratic Party has won the country’s general elections with a total of 17 out of 31 seats, Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai told Caribbean Journal. The […]

Panama President Opens New KIO Networks Regional Headquarters

Above: the new facility in Panama Pacifico (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has inaugurated information technology firm KIO Networks’ new data centre in the Panama Pacifico development. The facility will be KIO’s new regional […]

Panama President Meets with SICA, US Vice President Biden in Honduras

Above: the meeting in Tegucigalpa (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli met Tuesday with the member presidents of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Martinelli and the SICA leaders were joined at […]

Prince Harry Begins Visit to Jamaica with Race Against Usain Bolt

Above: Information Mnister Sen. Sandrea Falconer and Prince Harry (Photo JIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following his trip to the Bahamas, Prince Harry arrived in Jamaica Monday for the beginning of a four-day visit to the country as part […]

Interview with Francis Fonseca, Candidate for Prime Minister of Belize

By Alexander Britell BELIZEANS HEAD TO THE POLLS Wednesday to choose their next government — deciding between Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s ruling United Democratic Party and the Opposition People’s United Party, led by Francis Fonseca, which is looking to return […]

Russian Election Commission Signs Framework Agreement With OAS

Above: OAS Headquarters in Washington (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Russian Federation’s Central Electoral Commission has signed a framework agreement with the Organization of American States. The move coincides with Sunday’s Russian election, in which Prime Minister […]

Sweden to Help Trinidad and Tobago Restructure Statistical Office

Above: Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan ((Photo: MPA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago have finalized a contract to help modernize and restructure Trinidad’s Central Statistical Office. The deal was signed with Statistics Sweden, a government […]

Dominican Republic Economy Grew By 4.5 Percent in 2011: Report

Above: Independence Square, Puerto Plata (Photo: DR Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s economy grew by 4.5 percent in 2011, according to a report from President Leonel Fernandez. The President said 160,000 jobs were created last year, […]

IMF’s Christine Lagarde: World Economy “Not Out of the Danger Zone”

Above: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (IMF Photo/Dirk Enters) By the Caribbean Journal staff The world economy is “still not out of the danger zone,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said following the conclusion of the G20 Finance […]

Eastern Caribbean Economy Declines, But Tourism Sector Shows Promise

Above: St Kitts and Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The economies of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union saw a 0.6 percent drop in economic activity in 2011, although that represented an improvement from a 2.2 percent drop […]

Jamaica’s Simpson Miller: CARICOM Countries Must Support Regional Trade

Above: Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff There is a need for greater support from CARICOM countries in strengthening trade within the region, according to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. Simpson Miller made the remarks […]

Dominican Republic to Invest $3 Million to Help Earthquake-Damaged Schools

Above: Education Minister Josefina Pimentel (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic will invest approximately $3 million to help 39 school buildings that suffered damage from recent earthquakes in the country, according to the Ministry of Education. […]

In the Bahamas, Antonius Roberts Builds a New Home for Art

Above: Hillside House in Nassau (CJ Photo) NASSAU — A CORAL-HUED PROPERTY on Cumberland Street could be a significant driver in the development of downtown Nassau, if celebrated Bahamian artist and sculptor Antonius Roberts has his way. Roberts has brought […]

Dominican Republic Unveils Multi-Year Public Sector Planning Programme

Above: Economy Minister Temistocles Montas (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development unveil today its multi-year public sector planning programme through 2014. The plan contains the programmes and projects with budget […]

Inter-American Development Bank’s Caribbean Governors Meet in Suriname

Above: Paramaribo (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean governors of the Inter-American Development Bank met in Suriname Monday to discuss development challenges and opportunities in the region. It was the first annual meeting of the Governors of […]

St Lucia Prepares “Robust Plan” to Combat Black Sigatoka Disease

By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of St Lucia is preparing to unveil a “robust plan” to fight the Black Sigatoka disease, which has been ravaging the country’s agriculture sector, particularly the banana industry. The plan includes cabinet-approved aid […]

Eastern Caribbean Finance Ministers Hold Talks in Basseterre

Above: the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Eastern Caribbean’s Finance Ministers began talks in Basseterre today as part of the 72nd Meeting of the Eastern Caribbean Monetary Council. The talks are being held […]

International Monetary Fund: Trinidad’s Economy “Turning the Corner”

Above: St Augustine, Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff Despite “ongoing technical disruptions” in Trinidad’s energy sector, the country’s economy is showing positive signs, according to the International Monetary Fund, which completed a visit to conduct the 2011 Article IV […]

Haiti, Panama Sign Technical Agreements

Above: El Palacio de Las Garzas in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and Panama signed several technical agreements during President Michel Martelly’s visit to the Central American country. The two states signed an investment protection agreement that will […]

Antigua Names Indian Native Its New Comptroller of Customs

Above: Antigua’s Parliament By the Caribbean Journal staff Raju Boddu, a native of India who has been on loan from the Indian government in Antigua for the last 10 years, has been named the country’s new comptroller of customs, according […]

Haiti’s Michel Martelly, Joined by Sean Penn, Heads to Venezuela

Above: Martelly with Vice-Minister Temir Porras and actor Sean Penn By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly arrived in Caracas Friday for talks with the Venezuelan government and to attend the ALBA summit before he heads to Panama […]

Op-Ed: Why the Caribbean Matters

By Michael W Edghill Op-Ed Contributor When it comes to US foreign policy, most of the focus tends to be on the Middle East and, increasingly, China. There is rarely a cursory glance offered in the direction of Latin America […]

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: […]

Turks and Caicos Government Appoints Five New Permanent Secretaries

Above: The Turks and Caicos House of Assembly (Photo: GIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands’ government has appointed five new Permanent Secretaries, following ratification by Governor Ric Todd today. The new Permanent Secretaries are Judith […]

Marcia Forbes: Jamaica Votes 2011 and the Women Who Ran

Above: MPs Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, Shahine Robinson and Denise Daley By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor In the recently-concluded December 2011 national elections the two major political parties in Jamaica, the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), […]

New General Secretary for CONCACAF

Above: Ted Howard By the Caribbean Journal staff Longtime CONCACAF Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard has been installed as the organization’s acting general secretary, the organization announced today. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, […]

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