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Haiti Receives Emergency $8 Million UN Allocation After Funding Shortfall

Above: UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti Nigel Fisher (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti was selected to receive an $8 million emergency allocation from the United Nations-managed Central Emergency Response Fund as a result of a funding […]

Panama’s Metro Project Moves Forward

Above: construction work on Panama’s new Metro project (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Construction on Panama City’s new Metro is moving forward, with 30 percent of the project completed, according to the government. The first tests runs will […]

Bahamas Moves Forward on Gun Point Base, Planning More Security Outposts

Above: Gun Point Island By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ new Gun Point base, which is currently under development, should be operational this year, according to National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest. The base, which will be located on Ragged […]

Op-Ed: Haiti: Impunity or Justice?

By Irwin P Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor Two years and two months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti killing approximately 350,000 people, leaving several million homeless and destroying thousands of buildings, including most of the landmark buildings in Port-Au- Prince, Haiti […]

Prince Harry Begins Visit to Jamaica with Race Against Usain Bolt

Above: Information Mnister Sen. Sandrea Falconer and Prince Harry (Photo JIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following his trip to the Bahamas, Prince Harry arrived in Jamaica Monday for the beginning of a four-day visit to the country as part […]

Arrest Made in Robbery of US Justice Breyer, Bail Hearing Set for Tuesday

Above: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer By the Caribbean Journal staff Vedel K Browne has been arrested for the robbery of US Supreme Court Justice in Nevis on Feb. 9. The report, first made by the St Kitts and Nevis […]

Barbados Working to Secure More Jobs for Residents in Canada

Above: Calgary, Alberta (Photo: Calgary Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Barbados is working to secure more employment for residents as part of Canada’s Overseas Work Programme. A number of Canadian provinces are showing strong economic growth, […]

Canadian Firm Begins Gold Drilling Programme in Southern Guyana

Above: Marudi Mountain (Photo: GF) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian firm Guyana Frontier has begun a 3,000-metre drilling programme at the Marudi Mountain Gold Project in Southern Guyana. The project is slated to continue until April at Marudi Mountain, […]

Trinidad Opposition Party “Gravely Disturbed” by Police Raid on Media House

Above: Dr Keith Rowley By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said his party was “gravely disturbed” by the police raid on the Newsday newpsaper last week. Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar has also said the government […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Signs Territory’s First Tsunami Response Plan

Above: Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. and VITEMA Director Elton Lewis (front) and Bill Proenza, Regional Director of the National Weather Service, Crista von Hillebrandt-Andrade, Manager of the Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program and retired UVI professor and oceanographer Roy […]

In the Bahamas, Chantal Bethel Prays for Haiti through Art

By Alexander Britell NASSAU – At Nassau’s Vincent D’Aguilar Art Foundation, a gallery that is one of the great new spaces of the quickly-growing Bahamian arts scene, Haitian artist Chantal Bethel is producing “Poto Mitan,” a three-dimensional production of work […]

Starbucks Heads to Curacao

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Curacao has its first Starbucks at the Renaissance Curacao Resort and Casino. Starbucks currently has locations in several Caribbean countries, including the Bahamas (at the Atlantis resort), Puerto Rico, and Aruba. It […]

Caribbean Hotel Industry Has Best Year Since 2008: Report

Above: the Viceroy Anguilla By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s hotel industry reported improvements in three key metrics in 2011, according to data from STR. Hotel occupancy in the region rose by 2.6 percent to 61.8 percent, the average […]

St Kitts and Nevis, USVI Talk Policing

Above: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas and Police Commissioner CG Walwyn (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Police Commissioner CG Walwyn recently held a meeting with his newly-appointed counterpart in the […]

Op-Ed: Kingston, Washington and the Way Forward for Jamaica

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor The first priority for Jamaica’s Portia Simpson-Miller administration should be to consolidate and improve its bilateral relationship with the United States. It should be made clear at the highest levels that Jamaica intends to […]

Montserrat Probes Police Misconduct

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Royal Montserrat Police Service has been undertaking an internal investigation into alleged police misconduct by two officers in December, the government announced. Officers George Leonard and George Farrell were arrested Dec. 17, leading to […]

Commissioner Promises More Changes for St Kitts and Nevis Police Force

Above, from left: Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Police Commisioner CG Walwyn By the Caribbean Journal staff More changes are in store for the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force, according to Commissioner CG Walwyn, who has helped spearhead […]

International Monetary Fund Approves $3.1 Million Disbursement for Dominica

By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved a disbursement for $3.1 million to Dominica under its Rapid Credit Facility. The funding is aimed at helping Dominica with reconstruction and rehabilitation following a series of […]

Interview with Jamaican Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill

By Alexander Britell Dr Wykeham McNeill was part of a sizable victory by the opposition People’s National Party in Jamaica’s national elections Dec. 29, winning his Western Westmoreland constituency and being appointed the country’s new Minister of Tourism and Entertainment […]

Grenadian Tourism Minister: Country is “Extremely Safe” Destination

By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the continued controversy over the death of Canadian tourist and Grenadian native Oscar Bartholomew on Boxing day, the country’s Tourism Minister, Peter David, said Grenada remained an “extremely safe” destination. He was speaking in […]

Five Officers Now Charged in Grenadian Boxing Day Incident

Above: the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) By Alexander Britell A total of five Grenadian police officers have now been charged with manslaughter in the death of Grenadian native and Canadian resident Oscar Bartholomew, his family’s lawyer, Derick Sylvester, confirmed […]

The Caribbean in 2012

What’s in store for the Caribbean in 2012? In our Year in Review, we looked at the big stories of 2011, from the continued influence of China to the growth of green energy in the region. To find out more […]

Interview with Attorney Derick Sylvester

Boxing Day in Grenada was the scene of high controversy, when Oscar Bartholomew, a Grenadian native who was visiting from Canada, died after an alleged incident involving the Royal Grenada Police Force. The police have launched an investigation into the […]

The Caribbean Year in Review

For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]

A New Dawn for Haiti Tourism?

Above: Cayes-Jacmel (Photo: HTO) By Maura R. O’Connor CJ Contributor When Dominican business entrepreneur Frank Ranieri wanted to get involved in tourism in the 1970s, he crossed the border into Haiti to see how it was done. “[Haiti’s tourism] was […]

Grenadian Minister Calls for Refocusing

By the Caribbean Journal staff The coalition of individuals and groups that helped Grenada’s ruling NDC win the 2008 general elections needs to refocus and regroup, according to Tourism Minister and senior NDC official Peter David. “Delivering on the basic […]

Jamaican Loses Privy Council Appeal of Murder Conviction

By the Caribben Journal staff The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London has dismissed the appeal by Jamaican Samuel Robie of his conviction for the murder of Roy Bailey in 2003. Robie was appealing his conviction on three […]

Haiti: Where Did the Money Go? An Interview with Michele Mitchell

Above: a camp in Port-au-Prince (Photo: Leslie Owen) By Alexander Britell The aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010 saw waves of aid workers pouring into the country, backed by billions in aid funds. But […]

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