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AMResorts Just Hit Another Milestone

The Caribbean’s fastest-growing hotel company has just hit another milestone: Apple Leisure Group subsidiary AMResorts has announced that its brand management portfolio now extends to 60 properties. That follows the signing of several new hotel deals in the first seven […]

One of the World’s Best Sandcastle Sculptors Is Coming to Anguilla

Sand sculpture in Anguilla By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sand sculptor Matt Long (aka Sandman Matt) will bring his talents to Anguilla’s Maundays Bay next month, when he creates one of his original masterpieces on the beach of Cap […]

A New Look at the One&Only Ocean Club

One of the best hotels in the Caribbean has unveiled a new look. The One&Only Ocean Club has completed its resort-wide enhancement project. The five-month, multimillion-dollar renovation focused on the resort’s historic Hartford Wing, including a complete redesign and the […]

At St Maarten’s Sonesta Ocean Point, a New Kind of All-Inclusive

Redefining all inclusive design By Alexander Britell ST MAARTEN — The hotel room. There are so many, big and small, in the Caribbean, and to this day no one really seems to be able to define what a “Caribbean” hotel […]

How One Caribbean Hotel Is Supporting a University Dream

From Cayman to the UK By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A nineteen year-old Caribbean student is on her way to university in the United Kingdom, thanks in part to a scholarship from Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. […]

St Lucia’s Month of Chocolate

Above: a cacao-accented dish at Boucan by Hotel Chocolat in St Lucia (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Lucia will celebrate the island’s annual Chocolate Heritage Month in August, celebrating the island’s rich centuries-long history of cocoa production. […]

Bonaire’s Month of Food

Above: the At Sea restaurant in Bonaire By the Caribbean Journal staff When it comes to diving and snorkeling, Bonaire is right at the top of the list in the Caribbean. But it’s quietly been developing a rather significant culinary […]

The Best Caribbean Honeymoon Destinations

The Best Caribbean Honeymoon Destinations, from boutiques to large resorts across the islands. By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Seclusion, tranquility, sultry nights tempered by cool ocean breezes … the Caribbean defines romance and honeymoons. The Caribbean and honeymoons amplify […]

United States’ Joe Biden, Haiti’s Michel Martelly Hold Phone Dialogue

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden held a phone conversation with Haiti President Michel Martelly on Friday, according to a statement from the White House. The call continued the pair’s […]

Puerto Rico-Filmed “Crossbones” Makes Debut on NBC

Above: John Malkovich in “Crossbones” (Photo: NBC) By the Caribbean Journal staff New television drama “Crossbones,” which is filmed in Puerto Rico, made its debut on the US’ NBC channel on Friday night. The show, which stars John Malkovich as […]

OAS Urges Guyana to Approve Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza is renewing his call for Guyana’s parliament to approve its Anti-Money Launding and Countering the Financing […]

Honeywell Aerospace Planning Expansion in Puerto Rico

Above: the Las Americas Industrial Park By the Caribbean Journal staff Aerospace and defence firm Honeywell Aerospace is expanding its operations in Puerto Rico, the government announced this week. The company is planning to build a second plant on the […]

Haiti-Dominican Republic Talks Postponed Until April

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Dominican Republic Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo (Photo: OPDR) By the Caribbean Journal staff High-level bilateral talks between the Dominican Republic and Haiti originally scheduled for Thursday have been postponed until April […]

Haiti, Dominican Republic to Resume Talks This Month in Jacmel

Above: Dominican Republic Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic will be resuming their bilateral negotiations this month in the Haitian city of Jacmel. The talks, which will take […]

Reggae Album of the Year 2013: Beres Hammond’s “One Love, One Life”

IN A REGION as musically prolific as the Caribbean, it’s always hard to pick an album of the year. Beres Hammond, the world-famous native of Saint Mary, Jamaica first released his latest album at the very end of 2012; “One […]

New British High Commissioner to Barbados and Eastern Caribbean

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Victoria Glynis Dean has been appointed the new British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. Dean will be non-resident High Commissioner to Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, St Vincent and the […]

New NBC Television Series “Crossbones” to Film in Puerto Rico

Above: John Malkovich as Blackbeard By the Caribbean Journal staff The new NBC show “Crossbones” will soon begin production in Puerto Rico, Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced Tuesday. The first season will shoot on the premises of the former Roosevelt […]

Honduras to Host Inter-American Tourism Congress Next Month

Above: Leonidas Rosa Bautista, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Honduras to the OAS and Alfonso Quiñónez, OAS Secretary for External Relations (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Honduras will be hosting the 21st Inter-American Congress of Ministers and […]

Jamaica “Confident” on Passing First International Monetary Fund Test

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is “confident” that it will pass the first quarterly test under its Extended Fund Facility Agreement with the International Monetary Fund, according to Minister Horace Dalley. The country’s first quarterly […]

Joe Biden, Haiti’s Michel Martelly Talk Security, Elections in Phone Call

Above: Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and Haiti President Michel Martelly held talks by phone on Wednesday, following a meeting between two during Biden’s visit to Trinidad last month. Biden reiterated the […]

PetroCaribe Member States Agree to Establish “Economic Zone”

Above: the summit in Caracas By the Caribbean Journal staff The seventh PetroCaribe summit in Caracas concluded this weekend with an agreement by member countries to establish a PetroCaribe “economic zone.” The move would expand the PetroCaribe oil agreement, which […]

Jamaica’s IMF Loan Rises to $958 Million; Board to Decide This Month

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A proposed 48-month funding arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility for Jamaica would total $958 million, according to the International Monetary Fund. That number is significantly higher than the $750 million […]

US Virgin Islands and HOVENSA Finalize 14-Month Sales Timetable

Above: the HOVENSA refinery By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands and HOVENSA have reached an agreement to govern a 14-month sales process for what was formerly the Caribbean’s largest oil refinery. The sales process will begin […]

Digicel Launching Its Own Smartphone

Above: Digicel’s regional headquarters in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional mobile firm Digicel has launched its own Android smartphone, the company announced late last month. The Digicel Smartphone DL600, which features a 3.5-inch display, uses the Android Jellybean […]

Dennis Chung: Jamaica’s Survival Under the International Monetary Fund

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor AT THE END of December 2012, when it became clear no International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal was coming, I wrote an article titled “Jamaica without the IMF,” as I felt that it was important to […]

Op-Ed: What’s Wrong With Jamaica’s International Monetary Fund Deal

By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor JAMAICA JOINED the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1963. At that time, Jamaica had positive international net reserves of US$115.8 million falling by 1976 to negative net international reserves of $435.5 million. In 1976, Jamaica […]

Bahamas’ One & Only Ocean Club Names New General Manager

Above: the One & Only Ocean Club By the Caribbean Journal staff The One & Only Ocean Club resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas has named John Conway as general manager. Conway was formerly senior vice president and general […]

Haiti: More Than One Million People Face Food Insecurity, UN Says

Above: flooding in Haiti (MINUSTAH Photo: Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Approximately 1.2 million people in Haiti are facing food insecurity due to the residual effects of Hurricane Sandy, according to Johan Peleman, the head of the United […]

Delta Is Adding a New Route and More Flights to Turks and Caicos