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CARICOM Eyes Increased Funding From Development Partners

Above: CARICOM Headquarters in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM has put forward a case for increased funding from its international development partners, the organization said. The goal is to “ensure that the Community’s positions are reflected in ongoing […]

Paul Hay: CARICOM and Caribbean Economic Development

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 1963, the Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS) was established at the McGill University in Canada. William G. Demas – then Head of the Economic Planning Division of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, served […]

Caribbean Ministers Gather in Singapore

Above: Singapore By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of Caribbean Ministers is currently in Singapore for high-level talks. The first-ever CARICOM High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visit to Singapore was headline Monday by the announcement of an enhanced technical assistance package […]

Grenada Sending Delegation to Morocco For Education Talks

Above: Rabat By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is sending a delegation to Morocco beginning June 30 to discuss cooperation on education between the two countries. Education Minister Anthony Boatswain will lead the delegation, which will include senior human resource […]

OECS and Argentina Establish Formal Diplomatic Relations

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the government of Argentina have established formal diplomatic relations. The relations were formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation. Newly-appointed Argentine […]

OAS Sending Team to Grenada Ahead of National Elections

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will send a team to Grenada to monitor the country’s elections Feb. 13, following an invitation by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas. The […]

CARICOM’s LaRocque: Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Producing Results

Above: CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, a partnership between CARICOM, the United States and the Dominican Republic launched in 2009, is producing tangible results, according to CARICOM […]

In St Lucia, Joining ICT and Agriculture

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean governments are looking to the importance of the Information and Communication Technology more and more often. And its reach is expanding to areas one might not traditionally associate with ICT, such […]

Haiti’s Martelly Heads to Cuba

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in Europe last week (Photo: OP Haiti) Haiti President Michel Martelly, who just returned to the country from a tour of Europe, is heading to Cuba this week for a three-day visit. The trip, which […]

Moving Forward on Disability in Haiti

By James English CJ Contributor Gerald Oriol, Jr, Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, recently discussed his first year in office and the road ahead for the Caribbean nation’s one million disabled citizens. Oriol […]

Haiti’s Cotton Farmers to Receive Support from UN-Brazil Project

Above: farmers in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations and Brazil have signed a $20 million agreement to support cotton farmers in developing countries, starting with Haiti and other MERCOSUR countries. The plan aims […]

Op-Ed: The Internationalization of Jamaica’s Small Business Sector

By Richard Kildare Op-Ed Contributor The challenges in developing any economy are many. It is prove, however, that through the infrastructural development of small businesses and entrepreneurship, this sector can account for employing more than 60 to 80 percent of […]

Grenada and Trinidad Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Oil Exploration

Above: St George’s, Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and Trinidad have signed a cooperation agreement on energy development, according to Trinidad’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs. The framework agreement was signed Sept. 3 by Trinidad Energy Minister […]

Dominica, Grenada Among Countries Developing Regional Black Sigatoka Plan

Above: a banana plant (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica and Grenada are among a group of countries developing a regional plan to combat the Black Sigatoka disease, which is a growing threat to the Caribbean’s banana crop. […]

St Lucia, Brazil Strengthening Ties

By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazil is stepping up its cooperation with the government of St Lucia, buoyed by a trade volume of around $3 billion per year between the two countries. The two countries have negotiated for the deployment […]

In Nevis, Big Plans for an Exotic Fruit

Above: the Pitaya By the Caribbean Journal staff Officials in Nevis, with help from Taiwan, have big plans for the cultivation of a new fruit on the island: the Pitaya. The Nevis Island Administration recently held a one-day workshop with […]

Nevis Continues Agro-Tourism Drive

Above: the new Green House in Prospect By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing the island’s agro-tourism push, Nevis Premier Joseph Parry officially commissioned the new Green House system at the Agricultural Station in Prospect. Parry called the project a great […]

Bahamas and United States Begin Negotiations on Maritime Boundaries

Above: Bahamian Foreign Minister Brent Symonette and US Charge d’Affaires John Dinkelman (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of the Bahamas and the United States are in the process of negotiations to define the maritime border […]

Haiti and Dominican Republic to Hold Collaboration Talks in Santo Domingo

Above: Dominican Republic Planning Minister Temistocles Montas (OECD Photo/Natali Wyson) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic will meet in Santo Domingo next week to coordinate initiatives on bilateral cooperation that were part of an agreement the […]

Op-Ed: The Five Pieces of Haiti’s Puzzle

By Joshua Paul, MD Op-Ed Contributor In the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake of January 2010, scores of NGOs, charities and disaster experts flocked to the country in a valiant effort to conquer the chaos. Former United States President Bill […]

Dominican Republic President Proposes Regional Small Business Fund

Above: Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez is proposing the creation of a fund to finance micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. The momentum for these kinds […]

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 […]

Op-Ed: Why the Economy Is the Biggest Issue in Belize’s Elections

By Kay Menzies Op-Ed Contributor The voters of Belize will go to the polls next week to decide which party will form the next Government of Belize. Without a doubt, most voters will make their decisions based on, among other […]

Dominica, Antigua Sign Firearms Marking Agreements with OAS

Above: Ambassador Hubert Charles, Dominica’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, and Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will implement its “Promoting Firearms Marking […]

CARICOM, Chile Conclude Talks

Above: Santiago, Chile By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community and the government of Chile concluded their second CARICOM-Chile Joint Commission this weekend in Santiago. The talks are the development of the formalization of relations between the two sides […]

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 […]

British Virgin Islands Signs Education Agreement with UK County

By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on education matters with Hertfordshire County in the United Kingdom. Last week, Education Minister Myron Walwyn met with Hertfordshire County Council education officials to exchange […]

Canada, Guyana Agree on Gold Mining

The Canadian International Development Agency and Guyana’s Geology and Mines Commission signed an agreement today to improve Guyana’s technical capacity for gold mining, along with introducing cyanide leaching technology. Guyanese Prime Miniseter Samuel Hinds was joined for the signing in […]

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