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China and Guyana Sign Agreement on Economic, Technical Cooperation
Above: the signing ceremony in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana and China have signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation that will provide up to $4.8 million in support from China. The deal follows a similar agreement […]
Interview with Barbados Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy
Above: Tourism Minister Richard Sealy (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Caribbean tourism sector is in a period of change, as the region seeks to emerge from the global downturn. As Caribbean nations like Barbados look to move beyond the […]
Talking Caribbean Real Estate With Coldwell Banker’s Jim Reed
Above: the “Happy Ours” home on Harbour Island in the Bahamas (Listing: Coldwell Banker) While the Caribbean real estate market was impacted by the recession, it is beginning to show signs of growth. And at the centre of the regional […]
China Signs $506 Million Agreement to Build Guyana Hydro Plant
Above: a rendering of the Amaila Falls project By the Caribbean Journal staff A $506 million contract was signed this week by a Chinese state-owned company to build the planned hydro power plant at Amaila Falls. The engineering procurement and […]
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s Message for Jamaica 50
The following is the text of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s message to the country on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its independence. My fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora, our visitors and our well-wishers, […]
Bahamas’ Graycliff Continues Expansion
Above: a roller at the company’s new Nassau factory (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NASSAU — The Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant in Nassau is continuing its expansion, highlighted by a new 4,000-square-foot cigar factory. The new, 21-roller facility is part […]
Op-Ed: The Bahamas Election Looms
By Ian Strachan Op-Ed Contributor The Bahamas braces itself for the eighth election in its 39-year history. It promises to be just as close as its last, in which less than 4,000 votes separated the two major parties. So far […]
Interview with Mary Anastasia O’Grady on US Policy in the Americas, China and Haiti
Above: Guatemala’s Otto Perez Molina, Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez By Alexander Britell This week, heads of state from around the region will gather in Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, on the theme of […]
China and OAS to Increase Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Chinese official Yang Wanming (OAS Photo/Jose Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff China and the Organization of American States are looking at new options to further collaborate on projects and programmes […]
China, Antigua Look to Strengthen Ties
Above: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and Ambassador Liu Hanming (Photo: ABG) China has pledged to further strengthen relations between its government and that of Antigua, according to Chinese Ambassador to Antigua Liu Hanming. The two countries will celebrate the 30th […]
China Hands Over $1.1 Million Community Centre in Barbuda
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Chinese government has handed over a $1.1 million community centre to Antigua, following a ceremony yesterday. Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said the relationship between the two countries was at its highest level in […]
China Hands Over Ferries to Guyana
Above: the two ferries are valued at $14.4 million (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Chinese government has handed over two roll-on, roll-off ferries to Guyana, doing so in a ceremony yesterday. The two ferries are valued at […]
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), […]
Op-Ed: If Matters Go Wrong
By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor If matters go wrong in a free society, it is in the public interest that a free media exist to provide the public with information that the public has a right to know. This […]
China Pledges to Expand Bilateral Cooperation with Guyana
By the Caribbean Journal staff China has pledged to expand bilateral cooperation with Guyana following the country’s election last Monday. Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a congratulatory message to new Guyanese President Donald Ramotar on behalf of the Chinese government […]
China Helps Grenada on Climate Change
By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada will receive more than $2 million in technology assistance from a Chinese project aimed at helping the country adapt to climate change. The AOSIS-China Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Programme, Grenada will receive the funding […]
Interview with St Lucian Tourism Minister Sen. Allen Chastanet
By Alexander Britell St Lucians head to the polls on Monday, with a choice between Prime Minister Stephenson King’s ruling United Workers Party and former Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony’s Saint Lucia Labour Party. The major issues in a tightly-fought […]
For St George, a Place of Relaxation
Above: Ambassador Xu Jianguo, Alice Roberts of the Grenada Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister Tillman Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and China, with backing from the private sector, have opened Tri-Centennial Park, to commemorate the Town […]
Talking China with World Bank Lead Caribbean Economist Auguste Kouame
Above: the Chinese embassy in Kingston By Alexander Britell China’s involvement – and influence – in the Caribbean region has grown rapidly over the last several years – from the construction of new national sports stadiums to large-scale infrastructure projects. […]
Rowe: Holness, Nine-Day Wonder?
Above: National Security Minister Sen. Dwight Nelson, Finance Minister Audley Shaw and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Photo: OPM Jamaica) By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor In 1554, Lady Jane Grey was, for nine days, Queen of England before her […]
Following China’s Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted […]
Antigua, China Extend Loan Schedules
Above: Antigua and China signing the loan rescheduling (Photo: ABG) Antigua and China have agreed on rescheduling the payment period of three interest-free loans between the two countries, the government announced today. The loans were used for the construction of […]
China Funds Housing for Carib Indians
The Chinese government is funding a housing project in the Carib Territory of Dominica, with the first tranche of funds already release for the construction of 41 new homes. Last year, the government of Dominica announced that it had offered […]
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