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UN: “Haiti Is At a Crossroads”

Above: the UN’s ASG for Human Rights in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti is showing “encouraging signs of progress,” a number of challenges remain, particularly on the fronts of poverty and justice reform, according […]

Haiti Begins Training Public Officials on Management of State Assets

Above: The office of Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (centre) has launched a programme aimed at strengthening management of government assets By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Office of Human Resources Management launched a training seminar this week aimed at […]

In Haiti’s Land of Canaan, a Promised Land Empty of Promise

Above: Canaan in Haiti By Kendi Zidor Haitian Press Agency Jeanne St Fleur spent more than two years living in a tent on the dusty hillside known as Canaan, in the northern end of Port-au-Prince’s metropolitan area. She moved there […]

Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Calls for Calm After Spate of Attacks

Updated: 7:55PM Above: Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas (Photo: OPM Grenada) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas called for calm in a national address after a spate of three murders rocked the tri-island country. Thomas’ speech […]

Mental Health Issues in Haiti

By Guerda Nicolas CJ Contributor The 2010 earthquake in Haiti has led to the development of several organizations created by Haitians for the purpose of addressing the mental health needs of Haitians in Haiti and abroad. This report provides a […]

Op-Ed: How to Fix the Bahamas’ Economy

By Mark Turnquest Op-Ed Contributor After analyzing The Bahamas’ economic conditions for the past three years and reviewing international watchdog agencies’ (Moody’s, IFC/World Bank, Standard & Poor’s) reports, it is imperative that the public and private sectors focus on small […]

Op-Ed: Haiti’s Fight for Transparency

By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, donors pledged billions of dollars for reconstruction efforts. With those dollars was a commitment to “build back better”; this time was supposed to be different from previous […]

Op-Ed: The Bahamian Election and the Importance of Small Business

By Mark A Turnquest Op-Ed Contributor Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) owners must carefully review all political parties’ platforms for the upcoming May 7, 2012 general election in the Bahamas. SME owners must determine which political party best articulates […]

Op-Ed: Fighting Injustice in Jamaica

By Javed Jaghai and Jaevion Nelson Op-Ed Contributors Jamaicans are known for our vibrancy and assertiveness, but when it comes to social justice and human rights advocacy, we are lackluster at best. An appreciation of human rights and its significance […]

In Haiti’s Villa Rosa, Building Back May Not Prove to Be Better

Above: Villa Rosa (Photo: Kendi Zidor) SEVERELY DAMAGED DURING HAITI’S 2010 EARTHQUAKE, the metropolitan area known as Villa Rosa is a striking example of what has gone wrong with reconstruction. The absence of a government presence is as noticeable as the […]

Haiti’s Camp Residents Seek Solutions As Money to Clean Latrines Disappears

Above: Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince AS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS in Haiti begin their drawdown, millions earmarked for cleaning latrines departs with them, while those in the country’s camps seek answers. With support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism in Haiti, Phares […]

Forbes: Women in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8. Many will argue that every day is women’s day, especially in a country like Jamaica, where women make up at least 70 percent of university graduates […]

Durandis: Haiti’s Aid-Industrial Complex

Above: a home in Leogane By Ilio Durandis Even before the disastrous earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, the country suffered immensely from the symptoms of its Aid Industrial Complex (AIC). The term Republic of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) […]

Interview with Yele Haiti CEO Derek Johnson

Above: graduates from the charity’s vocational training programme in July By Alexander Britell Yele Haiti, which was founded by Haitian-American singer Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis and Hugh Locke in 2005, had a large hand in the recovery efforts in Haiti […]

Trinidad on High Alert after Alleged Assassination Plot on PM, Government

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad is in high alert, with security forces in control of the situation after a claimed assassination threat against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and members of the government. […]

Interview with Jamaican Parliamentary Candidate Damion Crawford

By Alexander Britell Damion Crawford, People’s National Party candidate for the East Rural St Andrew seat in Jamaica’s Parliament, attended Kingston College, and then went to the University of the West Indies, where he received a master’s degree in tourism […]

Op-Ed: Developing the Right Small Business Act for the Bahamas

Above: Bay Street in Nassau (CJ Photo) By Mark A Turnquest Op-Ed Contributor After my organization hosted the country’s first Small Business Summit in 2009, it was evident that the Bahamas needed a national strategic plan for the development of […]

Remembering the Life of Eugene Dupuch

By Sir Arthur Foulkes Judge Nathaniel Jones, a distinguished Judge of United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeal and former General Counsel for the NAACP, once surveyed the large number of persons entering the legal profession in that country and […]

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