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British Virgin Islands Lightly Shaken by 4.0-Magnitude Earthquake

Updated: 11:30 PM By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.0-magnitude earthquake lightly shook the British Virgin Islands Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, the epicentre of which was located approximately eight miles north-northeast of Tortola, occurred […]

Business of Haiti: Dr Jean Orelien Has Big Tourism Plans on Lake Azeui

Above: Dr Jean Orelien Caribbean Journal’s new Business of Haiti feature takes a look at Haiti’s economy — and the people who are working to move it into a new era. By Alexander Britell While Haiti is working hard to […]

Haiti Opens New Artificial Lakes

Above: the opening of a new artificial lake in Haiti (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly visited the country’s northwest this weekend to inaugurate a group of new small artificial lakes. Martelly’s trip included stops […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Next 50 Years

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor There are a lot of comments of late relating to Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence. In Wednesday’s Gleaner, Din Duggan made a few comments about the unforgivable fracas in Parliament recently, and Mr McConnell’s comment […]

Haiti’s Martelly Visits Caracol Park

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly at the park By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly visited the the town of Caracol in northern Haiti on Tuesday. The visit was highlighted by a trip to the construction site housing […]

United Nations “Concerned” as Haitians Continue Fleeing Country By Sea

Above: Haiti’s northwest coast (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The death of a Haitian migrant who drowned trying to reach the Bahamas this week was the latest in a series of incidents of Haitians fleeing their country […]

Cricket: Windies “At Home” in Florida

Above: the pitch this weekend (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The two Digicel T20 Internationals between the West Indies and New Zealand at the Central Broward Regional Park last week are receiving high praise in the cricket world. […]

Interview With Barbados Energy Minister Senator Darcy Boyce

Above: Minister Darcy Boyce (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell Like the rest of the Caribbean, Barbados is working to deal with the problem of increasing energy costs. With imported fuel dominating foreign exchange and the accordant high gas prices putting […]

Haiti’s Laurent Lamothe Meets Robert De Niro, Diplomats in New York

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe traveled to New York Friday for a visit with Haiti’s United Nations Mission and the staff of the country’s Consulate General. Lamothe held talks […]

Boat Carrying Haitian Migrants Sinks Near Abaco in the Bahamas

Above: Marsh Harbour in Abaco By the Caribbean Journal staff A boat carrying Haitian migrants heading for the United States from the Bahamas has capsized, killing at least 11 people. The boat reportedly sank off the coast of North Abaco. […]

Interview with Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin on Remaking Haiti’s Brand

By Alexander Britell Haiti’s tourism sector is beginning again. Two years since the earthquake, new hotels are beginning to pop up, new hospitality students are being trained and destinations like Jacmel are entering the consciousness of international travelers. While it’s […]

Guyana’s Natural Resources Sector Gets More Assistance from Canada

Above: Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls By the Caribbean Journal staff While several Canadian firms are already working in Guyana’s oil, gas and mining sectors, the country could get more assistance from Canada. Two Canadian institutions, the College of the North Atlantic […]

Montserrat Air Carrier Launches Nevis Flights, Mulls St Kitts Route

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Air carrier Fly Montserrat made its inaugural flight between Nevis and Montserrat Monday in what Montserrat’s tourist board hopes will increase travel between the islands. The daily flights will spend a […]

Grenadian Minister Looks to Diaspora for Help Beyond Remittances

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government is planning to engage the country’s diaspora to assist in the nation’s development, according to Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Patrick Simmons. Simmons, who recently represented Grenada at the […]

Op-Ed: Hyatt’s Carlos Cabrera on the Future of Caribbean Hotels

By Carlos Cabrera Op-Ed Contributor When asked about Hyatt’s strategy to enhance its distribution during the company’s Q1 earnings call in May, Mark Hoplamazian, President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, specified that expanding the Hyatt Resort presence was one […]

Bahamas PM Appoints New Senators

Above: Senator Jerome Gomez By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie has appointed seven new senators in what is being called the youngest-ever group appointed to the Bahamian Senate. Christie announced the appointment of Frank Smith, Gregory […]

Choosing a Partner to Live with in Jamaica: From Marcia Forbes’ “Streaming”

STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Marcia Forbes, artfully combines relevant and often humorous short stories to explain and support her research findings about what youths do online. Here, online refers to the Internet and cell phones. […]

Cayman to Host Visit from United Kingdom Minister for Overseas Territories

Above: Minister HEnry Bellingham (Photo: FCO) By the Caribbean Journal staff United Kingdom Minister for the Overseas Territories Henry Bellingham will visit the Cayman Islands beginning Wednesday, seeking to reinforce ties between the UK and the territory. Bellingham will meet […]

Bahamas Signs Contract on Road Works Projects in San Salvador, Inagua

Above: a road in Inagua (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has signed a pair of contracts for roads projects on the islands of San Salvador and Inagua. In San Salvador, the government signed a $587,523 contract […]

On the Ground: Journalism Ethics in Haiti

By Kathie Klarreich A few months into my Knight International Journalism Fellowship in Haiti, I was conducting a training session in a radio newsroom in the capital when a reporter danced through the open door. He proudly announced that he’d […]

Guyana Must Capitalize on Country’s Close Proximity to Brazil: Ramotar

Above: Guyana President Donald Ramotar with Secretary of State of Roraima Eduardo Oestreicher (left) and Guyana’s Consulate General in Brazil, Leila King By the Caribbean Journal staff It is incumbent on Guyana to take advantage of the country’s close proximity […]

In Haiti’s Tabarre Issa, Finding Out the Truth about Ecological Toilets

Above: Septic systems dug by residents at Tabarre Issa (Photo: Fritznelson Fortune) By Lafontaine Orvild TABARRE, HAITI — COMPLETE WITH GALLERY AND GARDEN, 534 wood and plasterboard houses dot a gravel plot of former sugarcane fields northwest of Haiti’s capital. […]

Jamaica Records Lowest Monthly Murder Total Since February 2003

Above: Minister of National Security Peter Bunting (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The murder rate in March was the lowest in Jamaica since February 2003, according to National Security Minister Peter Bunting. There were a total of 69 […]

Op-Ed: Nuclear Energy in Jamaica

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor Last year, the aspect of liquefied natural gas being of uncertain supply, and rapidly increasing in price, was brought to the forefront of the energy supply in Jamaica. Some months later, so-called “clean coal,” was […]

Bahamas Pushes Agro-Processing Training, With Help From Jamaica

Above: Edison Key, left and Donna Bromfield (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is continuing its agricultural push, now with a focus on turning locally-sourced fruits and vegetables into food byproducts. Last week, the Bahamas Agricultural […]

Dominican Republic Concludes Feasibility Studies on Santo Domingo-Cibao Train

Above: Engineer Diandino Peña By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of the Dominican Republic has completed technical and economic feasibility studies of a proposed rail link between the capital Santo Domingo and the northern Cibao region. The announcement was […]

Jamaica Aids Bahamas’ Coconut Push

Above: coconuts slated for distribution (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation is continuing its push to cultivate the coconut industry in the country, distributing 6,000 coconuts resistant to lethal yellowing to farmers […]

Montserrat’s Plymouth Port Operational Again After 15-Year Hiatus

Above: trucks transporting sand through the Plymouth Port (Photo: GIU) By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat has reopened its Plymouth Port, after a 15-year wait. The island’s government has given sand miners using the port a 50 percent reduction on […]

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