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Grenada Holds Talks with Hoteliers
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Finance Minister Nazim Burke and Tourism Minister Senator George Vincent recently held talks with a representation of the country’s hotel sector in order to explore options on issues affecting the […]
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. […]
Grenada, Thailand Talk Investment
Above: Downtown St George’s Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Thailand’s Ambassador to Grenada Udomphol Ninnad visited Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas this week at his office in Botanical Gardens. The two sides both expressed the need for […]
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. […]
Commentary: Why Grenada Should Establish a National Sports Hall of Fame
By Michael Bascombe CJ Sport Contributor One of the biggest lessons learnt from Grenada’s campaign at last weekend’s IAAF World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey is to prepare for disappointments during the careers of our top-flight competitors – Kirani James and […]
Interview with Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas
Above: Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell GRENADA – Last weekend, Grenada hosted the seventh UK-Caribbean Forum, a series of high-level talks aimed at developing a new and more modern relationship between the UK and […]
How the Press (and Politicians) Embraced Social Media in Jamaica’s Election
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The 2011 general election in Jamaica saw the use of traditional and social media in ways never before experienced on that island. This was the first such election in that country since the coming […]
Tortuga Unites Caribbean Operations
By the Caribbean Journal staff Rum company Tortuga has united its operations across the Caribbean, consolidating affiliates in Cayman, Jamaica, Barbados and Florida. The founders of Miami-based Tortuga Imports will lead the company, now called Tortuga International, with Marcus Simmonds […]
Op-Ed: Jake Johnston on Humanitarian Aid in Haiti: Supply and Demand
Above: A woman sits in front of her home at a camp for persons displaced by the January 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor “Donors and aid organizations prefer to be the boss […]
Grenada Seeks Flagship Hotel
By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada needs to introduce a flagship hotel in order to promote itself on the world stage, according to Michael McIntyre, chairman of Grenada’s Airlift Committee. “Venturing into an area like this will result in greater […]
In the Bahamas, a Fresh Look at Art
By Alexander Britell Just off Nassau’s East Street North, in a place known more for tax than talent, a new generation of Bahamian artists is getting its chance to be seen. The once-bare walls and open spaces of the Bahamas’ […]
Jamaica Takes Closer Look at Casinos
By the Caribbean Journal staff Several would-be hotel investors in Jamaica are interested in adding casinos to their properties, but it is a process that Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett said would require strict adherence to existing criteria. “All that have […]
Bahamas Row over Urban Renewal
Above: Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour Rudolph Pratt opening the Bain Grants Town Urban Renewal Centre in Nassau in March 2010. (BIS Photo/Raymond Bethel) By the Caribbean Journal staff A controversy has arisen in the Bahamas over […]
Southwest Could Fly to Nassau
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly hinted in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the carrier could be adding Nassau as a destination. Minister of Tourism and Aviation Vincent Vanderpool Wallace, who talked Bahamian tourism with the Caribbean Journal […]
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