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The Caribbean Mourns a Visionary

Above: Norman Girvan By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean is mourning the loss of one of its greatest intellectuals, Professor Norman Girvan. The Jamaican-born Girvan, who died this week, was one of the pioneers of the regional integration movement […]

Turks and Caicos Apprehends Sloop Carrying 114 Migrants From Haiti

Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos has intercepted a sloop carrying 114 migrants from Haiti, officials said on Monday. The sloop was carrying 94 men and 20 women from Haiti, according to the Governor’s office. “It […]

Rum Journal: A Secret Jamaican Rum

Above: Smatt’s white and gold rums APPLETON. J Wray and Nephew. Myers’s. These are the undisputed heavyweight champions of Jamaican rum. For a fine sipping rum, it’s Appleton (we like the 12 year). For a powerhouse white rum, it’s J […]

Grenada Expresses “Concern” Over Situation in Venezuela

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Grenada issued a statement Thursday expressing its “increasing concern” over the situation in Venezuela. Grenada said it was concerned by the “latest tendency of forces to resort to the use […]

St Maarten Prime Minister Meets With Delegation From Dutch Parliament

Above: St Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams recently held talks with a visiting delegation from the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Committee for Kingdom Relations. The talks with […]

Haiti’s Lamothe to Lead Commission For Talks With Dominican Republic

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe will lead a five-member commission for high-level talks with the Dominican Republic that begin Tuesday, the government announced. The two countries are set to […]

The Caribbean’s 25 Most Interesting People For 2013

Who were the newsmakers in 2013? Who were the people making a difference in the Caribbean in 2013? We’ve put together our list of the Caribbean’s 25 most interesting people this year. And whether you like what they’re doing or […]

21 Caribbean Storylines to Watch in 2014

Above: wind turbines in Bonaire (CJ Photo) What will be the big stories of 2014? What will be the major issues facing the Caribbean region? And what will be the most interesting ones? CJ has put together a list of […]

Jamaica to Put “Increased Focus” on Crime Prevention in 2014

Above: Courtney Brown, Director of Crime Prevention and Community Safety in the Ministry of National Security By the Caribbean Journal staff As Jamaica continues to struggle with a high rate of violent crime, the government says it will be placing […]

Alex Rodriguez Meets With Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina

Above: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez By the Caribbean Journal staff New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez met Thursday afternoon with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina in Santo Domingo. Rodriguez is in the midst of a high-profile […]

Trinidad, Jamaica Hold Talks Following Immigration Row

Above: Jamaican Foreign Minister Sen AJ Nicholson By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran and Jamaica Foreign Minister Senator AJ Nicholson held talks in Kingston Tuesday to discuss an immigration dispute between the two countries. […]

Dominican Republic Recalls Ambassador to Haiti

Above: Dominican Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols and Haiti Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Fritz Cineas (Photo: OPDR) By Alexander Britell The Dominican Republic has recalled its Ambassador to Haiti, Ruben Silie, for “consultation,” the government announced Wednesday night. […]

Nevis Names Winning Bidder For Geothermal Project Development

Above: Nevis Peak By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Renewable Energy International Company, a consortium of international companies, has been announced as the winning bidder to develop geothermal energy on the island, the Nevis Island Administration announced. The company, which […]

Op-Ed: What the Shanique Myrie Case Means for Caribbean Law

By J. Emile Ferdinand QC Op-Ed Contributor THE SIGNIFICANCE of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (“CCJ”) judgment delivered on Oct. 4, 2013 in the case of Myrie v Barbados arises more from the reasoning and related pronouncements of the Court […]

Caribbean Plate: Trinidad’s Chaud Creole

Trinidad is the undisputed street food capital of the Caribbean. Doubles. Corn soup. Roti. Bake ‘N Shark. At every corner, there is a new taste, a new flavour, a new experience. For Chef Khalid Mohammed, the challenge is taking Trinidad’s […]

St Vincent’s Gonsalves Urges UN to Apologize For Bringing Cholera to Haiti

Above: St Vincent and the Grenadines PM Dr Ralph Gonsalves (UN Photo/Ryan Brown) By the Caribbean Journal staff The UN needs to apologize for its role in bringing cholera to Haiti in 2010, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister […]

Op-Ed: What’s Next For the Jamaica Labour Party?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor A recent article in the Jamaica Gleaner reported on what seemed to be a major dispute within the Jamaica Labor Party. This development has fundamental implications for Jamaica’s Westminster parliamentary democracy and Jamaica’s political future. […]

IMF: Trinidad Economy “Poised for Modest Recovery” in 2013

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The economy of Trinidad and Tobago is “poised for a modest recovery” in 2013, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF’s Executive Board recently concluded its Article IV […]

US, CARICOM Sign Trade Agreement

Above: US Vice President Joe Biden and Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and Haiti President Michel Martelly signed a US-CARICOM Trade and Investment Framework Agreement agreement on […]

Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes CJ Contributor Trinidadian & Jamaican, Working Together TWO DYNAMIC WOMEN, Racquel Goddard from Trinidad and Kellie Magnus from Jamaica, got together to pull off an event hosted in Jamaica on World Book Night, celebrated April 23. Facebook […]

Nassau Experience Contest Rules

OFFICIAL RULES Nassau Experience sponsored by Graycliff The Nassau Experience at Graycliff (the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Caribbean Journal the “Sponsor”). ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: Three (3) nights, EP (room only) at the Graycliff in Nassau Bahamas Approximate retail value: […]

Op-Ed: Why Venezuela Ought to Reconsider Its Withdrawal From ICSID

By Alexander G Leventhal Op-Ed Contributor IN JANUARY OF 2012, Venezuela announced that it would withdraw from the ICSID convention, a 1966 treaty that established an arbitration and conciliation institution based in Washington, DC to deal with international investment disputes. […]

Op-Ed: Obama and the Caribbean

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor IF UNITED STATES PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s foreign policy can be criticized, it can be on the basis that it has been somnolent and reactionary with regard to Caribbean policy. Neither the United States nor […]

Hyatt “Continuing to Pursue” Claims Over Curacao Resort

Above: the property in Curacao By Alexander Britell Hyatt is continuing its legal actions over the property it managed in Curacao, the company told Caribbean Journal in a statement. Hyatt had managed the Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and […]

Curacao’s Santa Barbara Resort, Formerly Hyatt, Officially Launches

Above: the former Hyatt resort in Curacao By the Caribbean Journal staff The former Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina has officially launched as the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort, the property announced in a release Wednesday. […]

Belize, Guatemala Foreign Ministers Meet With OAS SG Insulza

Above: Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and Guatemala Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Carrera held tripartite talks this weekend with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in Santiago. […]

Owner Removes Hyatt from Curacao Resort; Hyatt Vows to “Protect Its Rights”

Above: the Hyatt Regency Curacao property By the Caribbean Journal staff Hotel investment group Santa Barbara Hospitality says it has removed Hyatt as the manager of its Curacao resort property, renaming it as the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort. […]

Op-Ed: Rum Subsidies in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

By Frank Ward Op-Ed Contributor RUM HAS A SPECIAL PLACE in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people. It is the product of an industry mainly comprised of small, local distillers which, as a significant economic operator, brings much […]

Frontier Airlines Is Adding Another Caribbean Island: Trinidad