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CHTA Says Activity Increased at 2013 Caribbean Travel Marketplace

Above: the Grotto Pool at the Atlantis resort By the Caribbean Journal staff This year’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace showed increased activity and interest, according to the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association. This year’s event, held at the Atlantis resort in […]

Haiti Looking to Ease Registration Process for New Companies

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government says it is continuing its efforts to smooth the process of registration for new companies in the country. On Tuesday, Haiti Prime Minister Laurent […]

Barbados Showing “Significant Increases” in Arrivals from Canada

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados continues to see tourism growth from Canada, according to Foreign Minister Maxine McClean. Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States have traditionally been the country’s largest source markets, but […]

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Officially Ceases Operations; MIF Assumes Portfolio

Above: the Royal Oasis in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund officially ceased formal operations Monday, a move the organization announced in early December. The fund was launched by former United States Presidents Bill Clinton […]

St Maarten Airport Sees Increase in Private Jet Traffic

Above: private jets parked at Princess Juliana International Airport in St Maarten (Photo: SXM Airport) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Martin’s Princess Juliana International Airport is seeing an increase in private jet traffic and demand, according to Michel Hyman, […]

Haiti: Designs Released for $5 Million Football Stadium in Cite Soleil

Above: a rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Project Phoenix has officially unveiled the designs for its planned football stadium in Haiti. The 12,000-seat, $5 million stadium in Port-au-Prince’s Cite Soleil neighbourhood is the brainchild of Delos’ […]

USVI Sees Big Increase in Air Arrivals

Above: St Croix By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands is reporting its highest levels of air arrivals since the mid-1990s, according to a report from Texas-based consultants Reynolds, Smith and Hills. The report, which was retained […]

St Lucia Sees Caribbean’s Biggest Increase in Net Foreign Direct Investment

By the Caribbean Journal staff Net foreign direct investment in St Lucia has risen by 81.6 this year percent compared to 2011, the largest increase in the Caribbean this year, according to estimates from the United Nations Economic Commission for […]

Haiti’s Apparel Exports to United States Increase “Substantially”: Report

Above: an atelier in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Exports of apparel from Haiti to the United States under a government allowance programme have increased “substantially” since 2011, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office. The […]

Cayman Premier Released on Bail; Investigations “Still Very Active”

Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush, who was arrested Tuesday in a corruption investigation, has been released and placed on bail until February 2013, according to the Royal Cayman Islands […]

Bahamas Releases Preliminary Report on Abaco Helicopter Crash

Above: Baker’s Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Ministry of Transportation and Aviation has completed its preliminary report on the Abaco helicopter crash that killed a New York businessman last week. The report, which was completed through the […]

Jamaica Sees Decline in Major Crimes, Slight Increase in Murder Rate

Above: PIOJ Director General Dr Gladstone Hutchinson By the Caribbean Journal staff Major crimes in Jamaica fell 9.56 percent between January and September 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, according to data from the Planning Institute of Jamaica. […]

Survey: Latin American, Caribbean Banks Plan to Increase Credit for SMEs

Above: downtown Basseterre (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Around 77 percent of banks in Latin America and the Caribbean expect to increase credit for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a survey conducted by the Inter-American Development […]

Turks and Caicos Releases List of Nominated Candidates for Election

Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands has released the list of nominated candidates for the upcoming general election on Nov. 9. The release, issued on behalf of the Elections Office, has a total of […]

Puerto Rico Tops Caribbean, St Lucia Tops CARICOM for Ease of Doing Business

Above: Puerto Rico By the Caribbean Journal staff For the second year in a row, St Lucia is the top-ranked CARICOM country for ease of doing business, according to the Doing Business 2013 Report from the World Bank. St Lucia […]

Taiwan to Help St Lucia in Fight Against Black Sigatoka Disease

Above: a banana plant (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is finding help as it works to combat the increasing problem of the black sigatoka banana plant disease. Taiwan has announced a donation of just under $700,000 […]

Cayman Islands Increases Import Duties on Cigarettes and Alcohol

Above: Georgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands has introduced increased import duties on cigarettes and alcohol as part of the territory’s new revenue measures for the 2012/2013 fiscal year, the office of Cayman Premier McKeeva […]

Usain Bolt: “I Am Very Pleased” With Olympic Performance

Above: Usain Bolt in Kingston Tuesday (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Usain Bolt was honoured Tuesday for his accomplishments at the London Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m races, and set an […]

Jamaica Reports Tax Revenue Increase

Above: Jamaican Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica saw an 11 percent increase in tax revenues in June compared to the same period in 2011, according to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips. The Minister made […]

Jamaica to Increase Minimum Wage

Above: Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will be increasing the national minimum wage on September 3, according to Labour and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier. The move means the national minimum wage will increase 11 percent, from $51 […]

Turks and Caicos Projects Revenue Increase, But “Further Work” Remains

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos’ draft budget projects a 20 percent increase in revenues for the financial year 2012/2013. The new draft budget, which goes to Turks and Caicos’ […]

Jamaica’s Government Could Decrease Budget Allocations Based on Energy Bills

Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is looking to decrease energy consumption across the island, and that could mean lowering budgetary allocations for governmental departments whose energy bills go up. That was the message […]

Montserrat Releases Census Data

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat’s Statistics Department released its first publication based on newly-collected census data, with the island’s population standing at 4,922. Montserrat is the first in the OECS to release data, and plans tow more publications based […]

Guyana Police Force Reports 8 Percent Decrease in Serious Crimes

Above: Members of the Guyana Police Force By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana saw an 8 percent decrease in serious crimes at the end of March, compared to the same period in 2011, according to a report from the Guyana […]

Jamaica’s Tarrus Riley Set to Release New Acoustic Album, “Mecoustic”

Above: Tarrus Riley By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican reggae star Tarrus Riley will be releasing his new acoustic album on April 17, Mecoustic in European markets. The album, which is being released in conjunction with France-based Soulbeats Records, features […]

Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño Releases Tax Return for 2011

Above: Governor Fortuño in a meeting in Puerto Rico last week (Photo: LFP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño released his tax returns Wednesday, with the Governor and his wife, Lucé Vela, reporting a taxable income […]

Haiti Sees Rise in Cholera Cases; 200,000 Could Contract Disease in 2012

Above: Patients with cholera await treatment in Haiti following the earthquake (UN Photo/Sophia Paris) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has seen an increase in cholera cases in three departments, confirming predictions of higher incidence of the disease with the […]

Jamaica Adopting New Procedures in Bid to Decrease Shootings by Police

Above: Police Commissioner Owen Ellington (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Police Commissioner Owen Ellington said the police would be adopting several new strategies involving the use of force by police during operations. The police are looking to reduce […]

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