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Op-Ed: Education in Jamaica

By Lorenzo Smith Op-Ed Contributor Aside from food, water, and shelter, the one thing that a person will most need in life is an education. Of those four necessities, education is the only one that can help ensure a person’s […]

Grenada Launching UN Climate Project

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s Ministry of Environment is launching a new climate change project in partnership with the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development. Grenada is the only Caribbean country to launch what is, […]

Haiti’s Art Masters on Display in New York, With Help from Hollywood

Above: from left to right, Wesner La Forest’s works (Photo: Edward Thorp Gallery) By the Caribbean Journal staff An ongoing exhibition at New York’s Edward Thorp Gallery looks at the work of four masters of Haitian art: Wesner La Forest, […]

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. […]

Digicel Acquires Haitian Firm Voila

Above: a Digicel stand in Haiti during Carnival By the Caribbean Journal staff Digicel Group has acquired Haitian mobile phone operator Voila from parent company Trilogy International Partners. Voila, formerly known as Communication Cellulaire d’Haiti, launched in Haiti in 1998. […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Local Election: The “Shine on the Ball” Illusion

By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor The Jamaican people have answered the call of the People’s National Party (PNP) that they should elect their local councillor candidates to, as Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller termed, “join up the power of government.” […]

Haiti’s Jacmel Talks Decentralization

Above: Jacmel By the Caribbean Journal Staff A new initiative launched in the Haitian city of Jacmel aims for a conversation on the process of the country’s decentralization. The Cafe Community series recently began its first meeting in Jacmel, with […]

Jamaica Unveils Hydroelectric Plans, Considering “All Options” on Energy Costs

Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell at NCU this week (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The high cost of energy is the biggest issue affecting Jamaica today, according to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell. “On the matter of fuel, I […]

Prince Harry Participates in Military Exercises with Jamaica Defence Force

Above: Prince Harry in a shooting exercise (Photo: JIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Prince Harry participated in several military exercises Wednesday with members of the Jamaica Defence Force at the Up Park Camp base. The Prince is in Jamaica […]

Prince Harry: “The Bahamas Holds a Special Place” in Queen’s Heart

Above: Prince Harry in his Bahamas visit (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Prince Harry unveiled the new exhibition depicting the reign of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, in his visit to Nassau this weekend. The exhibition celebrates the […]

Jamaica Could Lift Scrap Metal Ban

Above: Industry Minister Anthony Hylton By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica could lift the ban on the trade of scrap metal enacted by the previous government in July 2011. Industry Minister Anthony Hylton, who announced the possibility, said that there […]

Taiwan Begins Laptop Programme for Students in St Kitts and Nevis

Above: Technology Minister Glenn Phillip, Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas and Taiwanese Ambassador Miguel Tsao (Photo: Erasmus Williams) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the lead of similar Chinese projects in Guyana and Antigua, the government of Taiwan presented 2,000 […]

Taiwanese Foreign Minister to Make Official Visit to St Kitts and Nevis

Above: PM Dr Denzil Douglas with Taiwanese Foreign Minister Timothy Chin-Tien Yang during a visit last year (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwanese Foreign Minister Timothy Chin-Tien Yang will lead a six-member delegation to St Kitts and Nevis […]

Bahamas Lowering Carbon Footprint

Above: downtown Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff In 2010, the Bahamas imported more than 7.8 million barrels of oil and other petroleum products, spending nearly $700 million in the process. Now, the country is beginning to lower […]

Interview with Benjamin Krause, Haiti Director for Sean Penn’s J/P Charity

Above: a street in the town of Delmas 32 in the days after the earthquake. Since 2010, J/P Haitian Relief Organization has cleared 200,000 cubic metres of rubble — and is still doing so. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By Alexander Britell […]

Prince Harry to Visit Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize in March

Above: Prince Harry in a visit to Mozambique (Photo: Office of Prince of Wales) By the Caribbean Journal staff Britain’s Prince Harry will visit Jamaica in March as part of the international celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth […]

Haiti Has Five Hotels, 763 Hotel Rooms in Development Pipeline: Report

Above: the Oasis hotel, which is under construction (Photo: Oasis) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has a total of five hotels and 763 hotel rooms in the development pipeline as of the end of December, according to data from […]

Canadian Firm Sagres to Continue Offshore Oil Exploration in Jamaica

Above: An offshore rig By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian firm Sagres Energy has received an extension on its licences in Jamaica, continuing the firm’s exploration according to three production-sharing agreements with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica. The three agreements […]

World Bank VP Hasan Tuluy to Visit Haiti

Above: Milome Brilliere Elementary in Port-au-Prince (World Bank photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff New World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Hasan Tuluy will begin a visit to Haiti on Wedneday, his first official visit in […]

Pirates Attack Fishing Boats in Guyana

Above: One of the fishing boats that were attacked (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Three fishermen have been rescued following a pirate attack on fishermen on Guyana’s Pomeroon River. The pirates targeted approximately 15 fishing boats on Friday, […]

In Jamaica, Help for Rural Youth

Above: Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke By the Caribbean Journal staff A new pilot programme in Jamaica aims to find employment for rural youth in the agricultural sector. The initiative, which was announced yesterday by Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, will be […]

Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools

This article originally appeared in Untapped Cities. By Albert José-Antonio López Twelve years have passed since Princeton Architectural Press first published John Loomis’s Revolution of Forms: Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools. In the time that has passed since its humble introduction to the […]

Op-Ed: 50 Years and Sovereignty

Above: the Middlesex Guildhall in London By Jeffrey Foreman Op-Ed Contributor This year is a historic one in the region. In August, Jamaica, then Trinidad and Tobago will mark 50 years as independent nations. These two countries were the first […]

Canadian Oil Firm CGX to Begin Offshore Drilling in Guyana

Above: CGX President Stephen Hermstone meeting with Guyanese President Donald Ramotar (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian oil exploration firm CGX has been cleared to begin drilling one of two wells in the Guyana offshore oil concession, according […]

Taiwan, St Kitts Sign Letter of Intent

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Communications Unit in the Office of St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas and the Taiwanese Embassy in Basseterre have signed a letter of intent aimed at stronger ties between the two […]

Barbados, UK Club Arsenal to Partner on Football Education Programme

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Barbadian Ministry of Education and the Brewster Trust will work with UK club Arsenal on a football programme aimed at helping primary and secondary students build confidence, promote discipline and raise self-esteem. The pilot […]

Antigua to Put Wi-Fi in High Schools

By the Caribbean Journal staff Secondary schools across Antigua and Barbuda will get campus-wide Wi-Fi internet as part of the government’s Technology for Education 20/20 Initiative. As part of the programme, LIME will install Wi-Fi access points on all public […]

Taiwan’s President Gets Support in St Kitts

Above: Ma Ying-jeou By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas was reportedly the first world leader to congratulate Taiwanese President Dr Ma Ying-jeou on his re-election. It came as little surprise, as the […]

Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Nonstop Flights to The Bahamas