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Honduras Succeeds Haiti for Chairmanship of OAS Permanent Council
Above: Honduras’ Leonidas and Haiti’s Duly Brutus (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Honduras’ Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Leonidas Rosa Bautista, yesterday assumed the chair of the OAS Permanent Council, succeeding Haitian Ambassador […]
Grenadian Lawmaker Urges Nationals to Rally Around Country’s Olympians
Above: Kirani James By Michael Bascombe CJ Sport Contributor ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA — A Grenadian Parliamentarian is urging his nationals to support their Olympians for the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer. Senator Arley Gill, who is also the Culture […]
Bahamas Moves Forward on Gun Point Base, Planning More Security Outposts
Above: Gun Point Island By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ new Gun Point base, which is currently under development, should be operational this year, according to National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest. The base, which will be located on Ragged […]
REPSOL Begins Offshore Drilling in Guyana, CGX to Begin Next Week
Above: CGX Drilling COO Mike Stockinger, Noel Dennison of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Environment Minister Robert Persaud (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Oil firm REPSOL began offshore drilling in Guyana on Feb. 7, while Canadian firm […]
Guyana Tightens Maritime Security after Pirate Attacks; Rescue Boat Capsizes
Above: one of the boats victimized in this weekend’s pirate attacks (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff A four-person fishing boat that traveled to aid one of the fishing crews victimized by this weekend’s pirate attacks capsized on Saturday […]
Canadian Firm Sagres to Continue Offshore Oil Exploration in Jamaica
Above: An offshore rig By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian firm Sagres Energy has received an extension on its licences in Jamaica, continuing the firm’s exploration according to three production-sharing agreements with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica. The three agreements […]
The Caribbean Year in Review
For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]
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 […]
In Jamaica, a Row over Speech
Above: Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and Information Minister Arthur Wililams By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s politicians are in a row over acceptable speech, with the government calling out members of the opposition for allegedly “concerning” statements. Jamaican Information […]
New Director at Cayman National Museum
By the Caribbean Journal staff Archaeologist Dr Margaret Leshikar-Denton has been named the new director of the Cayman Islands National Museum. Leshikar-Denton had previously worked at the museum as an archaeologist for 16 years doing research and producing displays. “I […]
Caribbean Prosecutors Gather in St Lucia
By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean prosecutors gathered in St Lucia Thursday and Friday to consider the best way forward to meet the challenges of fighting serious organised crime. St Lucia Attorney General and Justice Minister Lorenzo Rudolph Francis emphasised […]
Guyana, Venezuela Meeting on Sea Shelf
Above: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Guyanese FM Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2009 (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) Officials from Venezuela and Guyana are meeting Friday to discuss the decision by Guyana to make a claim […]
Oil Company Anadarko Looks at Guyana
Above: Anadarko VP Ian Cooling meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo. Middle: Noel Dennison, head of GGMC’s Petroleum Division (Photo: GIA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, the largest private US oil company, is brainstorming the prospects of a […]
Sloop with 100 Haitian Migrants Lands on Shores of New Providence
More than 100 Haitian migrants traveling in a sloop ran aground in the waters off of southeastern New Providence in the Bahamas this morning, according to Ismella Davis of the Royal Bahamas Police Force. A mother and her baby were […]
Report: Billions of Barrels of Bahamian Oil
By the Caribbean Journal staff A report by Ryder Scott commissioned by the Bahamas Petroleum Company has found potentially significant oil resources offshore. According to Ryder Scott’s “Competent Persons Report,” which examined newly-acquired seismic data and previous information, even low-end […]
Bahamas Bans Commercial Shark Fishing
The Bahamas announced yesterday it would ban all commercial shark fishing in its 240,000 square miles of waters. The decision followed a campaign by environmental groups and a petition signed by 5,000 Bahamian residents. The Bahamas has nearly 40 species […]
Investors Consider $3 Million Shipwreck Museum in Grand Bahama
Looking to take advantage of the vast number of shipwrecks in Bahamian waters, a $3 million joint venture could mean a priceless-artifact museum in Grand Bahama. “The clock is ticking at the moment,” said Thomas Dean, the attorney representing the […]
Bahamas Looking to Capitalize on “Billion-Dollar” Shipwreck Industry
The Bahamian government is looking to cash in on what, according to experts in Florida, could be a billion-dollar industry with an amendment to the country’s Abandoned Wreck Act. “We are being told it could be a billion-dollar industry if […]
Minister Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace on Bahamian Tourism, Part 2
By Alexander Britell Earlier this month, we talked to Bahamas Minister of Tourism and Aviation Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace about what trends he had seen in the past few years for Bahamian tourism. We followed up with Minister Vanderpool-Wallace to find out […]
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