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Haiti, Qatar Launch Joint Fund, With Help from New Orleans
Above: Qatar Ambassador Mohammed Abdulla Al-Rumaihi and Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Haiti and Qatar launched a joint development fund Tuesday, the culmination of a funding plan first pledged at a conference in […]
Haiti Continues Artibonite Development With Help from Venezuela, Spain
Above: discounted fertilizer in Desdunes (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly inaugurated a new drinking water supply and distribution system in Verrettes during a tour of the Artibonite region on Tuesday. The system came […]
Grenada and Japan Hold Talks on Renewable Energy, Environment
Above: Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and Japanese Ambassador to Grenada Yoshimasa Tezuka (Photo: OPM Grenada) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas welcomed Japan’s new Ambassador to Grenada, Yoshimasa Tezuka, for talks following the presentation of […]
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 […]
Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, Brazilian Ambassador Hold Talks
Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe received Brazilian Ambassador to Haiti Jose Luiz Machado e Costa at his private residence for talks this week. The discussions, which focused on […]
Haiti’s Martelly Receives Ambassadors from Jamaica, Norway and Denmark
Above: Jamaican Ambassador Paul Robotham and Haitian President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Michel Martelly received the credentials of three new envoys to Haiti Tuesday, the latest in a series of new ambassadors to the […]
Grenada Appoints Dr George Vincent as Country’s New Tourism Minister
Above: Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has named Dr George Vincent as the country’s new Tourism Minister, following the resignation of former Tourism Minister Peter David last week. Vincent will be sworn in on […]
Barbados and South Korea Talk Security
Above: Barbados FM Maxine McClean and South Korean Special Envoy Min Dong-seok (UN Photos/Erin Siegal and Pierre-Michel Virot) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados, as a small island state, needs a multidimensional security strategy, according to Foreign Minister Senator Maxie […]
Haiti’s Martelly Asks Investors to Remain Calm After Resignation of Prime Minister
Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly addressed the nation Friday night following the resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille this morning, calling for both foreign and domestic investors to remain calm. […]
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille Sends President Martelly His Resignation
Above: Former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has resigned his position, according to the office of Haitian President Michel Martelly. Martelly’s office said the President received Conille’s […]
Durandis: Haiti’s Climate of Opinion
By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Reading Milton Friedman’s book, Free to Choose, the concept of a “climate of opinion” as a tool to help shape policies could be just what the doctor ordered for the upcoming year for Haiti. Friedman […]
Convergys to Open Jamaica Call Centre
Above: Investment Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Convergys, one of the largest agent-assisted customer service companies in the world, will open its first Convergys Jamaican centre in Montego Bay. The company said it would […]
Large Technology Company Coming to Jamaica, Commerce Official Says
Above: Ambassador Patrick Casserly By the Caribbean Journal staff A “very large player” in information and communication technology will be coming soon to Jamaica, according to Ambassador Patrick Casserly, special envoy with responsibility for ICT in the country’s Ministry of […]
United Nations’ Fernandez “Concerned” over Arrest of Haitian Lawmaker
Above: MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The top United Nations envoy to Haiti said he was concerned over the political tension arising from the arrest of Haitian Member of Parliament Arnel Belizaire. Belizaire was […]
UN Urges Haitian Parliament to Approve Conille’s Government Programme
Above: Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez, the Special Representative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Haiti, voiced hope that the decision by Haiti’s Senate to approve Garry Conille as Prime Minister could mean […]
Disabled in a Handicapped Country
By James English All photos by James English PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Sainte Marie is a neighborhood located on the side of a steep hill in southern Port-au-Prince. The area was heavily damaged during the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and […]
Clinton, Martelly Form Investment Board
Above: Bill Clinton and Haitian President Michel Martelly (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) Haitian President Michel Martelly and former US President Bill Clinton announced a new advisory board aimed at attracting investors to Haiti. “To build the economy, we need new ideas […]
Martelly Taps Former Clinton Aide for PM
Garry Conille, a former aide to former US President Bill Clinton, has been tapped as the next appointment for Haiti’s as-yet-unfilled prime minister position, according to Chamber of Deputies President Saurel Jacinthe. Conille was the former chief of staff for […]
Jamaica to Expand Tech Sector
Jamaica’s government announced a plan to expand the country’s information and communications technology sector, along with its business process outsourcing industry, according to Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Dr Christopher Tufton. “It is our position, as a government, that the […]
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