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Palace Resorts Names New VP

Above: Sun Palace Cancun By the Caribbean Journal staff Palace Resorts has named Alan Doyle its new vice president of global sales, meetings and incentives, the company announced. Doyle had previously been serving as the company’s corporate director of sales […]

Talking HomeAway in the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff The vacation rental market is booming around the world, as established players continue to grow and startups continue to sprout. In the Caribbean, villas and vacation homes have long been popular options for travelers, and […]

“Haiti Provides a Great Opportunity”

Above: Apple Leisure Group CEO Alex Zozaya on Fox Business By the Caribbean Journal staff Could Haiti be the next Bali? Speaking on Fox Business Network last week, Apple Leisure Group CEO Alex Zozaya said Haiti could be a new […]

Caribbean Premier League Kicks Off Second Season in Grenada

Above: CPL action on Friday in Grenada (Photo: CPL) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Limacol Caribbean Premier League kicked off its second-ever season of cricket in Grenada on Friday night. “After the huge success of the inaugural tournament we’ve […]

Jamaica Names New Tourism Director

Above: New Jamaica Tourist Board Director Paul Pennicook By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has a new Director of Tourism, industry veteran Paul Pennicook. Pennicook, who had been serving as chairman of Jamaica Vacations, succeeds John Lynch, a decades-long regional […]

St Croix’s Tim Duncan to Return to Spurs For Another Season

Above: St Croix native and five-time NBA champion Tim Duncan By the Caribbean Journal staff Tim Duncan isn’t going anywhere. The St Croix native, who recently won his fifth NBA championship, will be returning to the San Antonio Spurs for […]

In Miami’s Little Haiti, a Home for the NBA

Above: the opening of the NBA Cares Learn & Play Center at the Little Haiti Cultural Center By the Caribbean Journal staff The Miami Heat have found a home in Little Haiti. Despite taking a tough 111-92 loss to the […]

Las Vegas in Jamaica?

Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is reviewing bids for three proposed Las Vegas-style casinos, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning Horace Dalley. The Minister, who was speaking at the […]

Op-Ed: Toward A New Trajectory For Caribbean Development

By Keston K Perry Op-Ed Contributor With the untimely passing of Norman Girvan, the last Caribbean political economist of the earlier critical tradition, a major gap in radical ideas needs to be filled. These ideas must come from a new […]

One Night in Martinique

By Alexander Britell FORT-DE-FRANCE — When you hear old biguine music on a Thursday night in Fort de France, you find yourself in a place and time you never considered. The band had no name. Its mercurial, talented leader had none […]

Fear and the Jamaican Economy

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor FEAR can be a very important learning tool if one understands and embraces it. A child for example learns through fear, and understanding how to minimize the risk associated with the fear. If, however, the […]

Haiti’s Pierre Desir Selected By Cleveland Browns in NFL Draft

Above: Pierre Desir By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti native Pierre Desir was selected by the Cleveland Browns in last week’s National Football League player draft. Desir, who was born in Port-au-Prince, most recently attended Lindenwood University. A 6’1” cornerback, […]

St Lucia Readies For First Shipment of PetroCaribe Fuel From Venezuela

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is readying for the first shipment of fuel under the island’s PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela. Officials from Venezuela’s PDVSA recently visited St Lucia to prepare the initial stages for the […]

Transforming Jamaica’s Public Sector

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE WHO has been reading my articles will be aware that I have always been caught up with the need to transform the public sector into a more efficient and facilitative support for private sector […]

Panama to Host Games Between Yankees, Marlins in March

Above: Rod Carew Stadium in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff The New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins will play a two-game series of exhibition games in Panama City next month, the clubs announced Thursday. The two-game series will […]

Caribbean Idea: Should an MLB Team Open an Academy in the Bahamas?

Above: the Bahamas Baseball is extremely popular in the Spanish and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. Players from the Dominican Republic account for more than 10 percent of all players in Major League Baseball, and some of the best young prospects in the […]

Caribbean Premier League Names Richard Bevan New Chairman

Above: Richard Bevan By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Premier League has named Richard Bevan its new chairman. The regional cricket league held its inaugural season over the summer, hosting more than 250,000 fans across six countries, even drawing […]

Boston Red Sox Star David Ortiz Meets With Dominican Republic President

Above: David Ortiz and Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff David Ortiz, who helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series last month with an MVP performance, visited with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina on […]

Aruba’s Xander Bogaerts Helps Boston Red Sox Reach World Series

Above: Xander Bogaerts By the Caribbean Journal staff The Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant on Saturday night, with a lot of help from Aruba. It might have been hard to believe a few months ago, but the […]

Cayman Mulls Expansion of Sports, Culinary Tourism

Above: the CONCACAF U-15 championship in Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff Sports tourism is an area “ripe for further expansion,” according to Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin. The Premier, who delivered his 2013 policy statement on Monday, said recent […]

Barbados: “We Have to Strengthen Our Brand in Europe”

Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is looking to increase the number of tourism arrivals it receives from Europe, according to Tourism Minister Richard Sealy. The Minister, who met this week with Belgium’s Ambassador to Barbados, […]

LIAT, Caribbean Premier League in Row Over Service

By the Caribbean Journal staff After the founder of the Caribbean Premier League said regional carrier LIAT cost the league “millions of dollars,” LIAT is now firing back. CPL Founder Ajmal Khan told the Barbados Sun that LIAT’s service was […]

Caribbean Premier League Names “Team of the Tournament”

Above: Chris Gayle By the Caribbean Journal staff The Limacol Caribbean Premier League has named its “Team of the Tournament,” a group of the best 12 cricketers who competed in this year’s inaugural season, according to a panel of experts. […]

Victoria Duval Loses to Daniela Hantuchova at United States Open

Above: Thursday’s match By the Caribbean Journal staff Victoria Duval gave it all she had, but it wasn’t quite enough to top the 48th-ranked Daniela Hantuchova. Duval, who stunned the tennis world with her opening-round victory over former US Open […]

Trinidad’s Cadiz Leads Efforts to Draw Cruise Companies to Southern Caribbean

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean nations must work together to promote the region as a tourism destination, Trinidad Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz said last week at a summit of regional tourism ministers. “We […]

Jamaica Tallawahs Win First-Ever Caribbean Premier League Championship

Above: Chris Gayle (Photo: CPL) By the Caribbean Journal staff One season of the Caribbean Premier League T20 is in the books, and the Jamaica Tallawahs are the league’s inaugural champions. The Tallawahs, led by West Indies star and Jamaica […]

The Jamaican Economy’s Biggest Problem

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ON Wednesday I attended the presentation of a report by Professor Vanus James that examined the foreign exchange policy, and what is most appropriate. The study was initiated by Edward Seaga, and is a very […]

The Business of Caribbean Cricket

Above: CPL play on Tuesday By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor Sport is big business, especially in the Western Hemisphere. Forbes recently released its annual list of the most valuable sport franchises in the world. The value of the franchises that […]

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