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Op-Ed: Developing the Right Small Business Act for the Bahamas

Above: Bay Street in Nassau (CJ Photo) By Mark A Turnquest Op-Ed Contributor After my organization hosted the country’s first Small Business Summit in 2009, it was evident that the Bahamas needed a national strategic plan for the development of […]

Talking Reggae with I Wayne

Jamaican native I Wayne has taken a versatile path to the top of reggae, mastering both reggae and dancehall rhythms, and sometimes a fusion of the two. His newest album, Life Teachings, debuted at #5 on the Billboard Reggae Chart. […]

Singer Belo on Social Conscience and Rebuilding Haiti through Music

By Alexander Britell (Photos: CJ) Since his first album, Lakou Trankil, in 2005, Haitian singer Belo has seen his star soar, finding a global following for his mix of traditional Haitian, jazz and reggae styles. Belo, whose real name is […]

Anguilla Chamber of Commerce President Keithley Lake Talks Business

Above: the Viceroy Anguilla By Alexander Britell While Anguilla saw a wave of luxury resort development during the economic boom in the middle of the decade, like the rest of the Caribbean it was hurt by the economic downturn. Some […]

IDB to Help Caribbean Hotels Go Green

Above: Goldeneye in Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean hotels will receive a boost from the Inter-American Development Bank, which is granting $2 million to help the tourism sector in eight regional countries improve their energy efficiency. The four-year […]

Interview with Belize Chamber of Commerce President Kay Menzies

Above: Cayo Espanto, Ambergris Caye, Belize By Alexander Britell One of three non-island members of CARICOM, Belize is among the gateways to South America for the Caribbean. While the country has suffered from the downturn like the rest of the […]

Grenada to Launch Insurance Institute

By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada will formally establish an insurance institute at the end of this month, a project aimed at providing training for professionals in the industry. The project, which is the brainchild of the Association of Grenada […]

New Director at Cayman National Museum

By the Caribbean Journal staff Archaeologist Dr Margaret Leshikar-Denton has been named the new director of the Cayman Islands National Museum. Leshikar-Denton had previously worked at the museum as an archaeologist for 16 years doing research and producing displays. “I […]

Painting the Future of Bahamian Art

Ashley Powell is part of a growing movement of young Bahamian artists, the first of whom, photographer Lyndah Wells, CJ talked to last month. Powell, who is currently furthering her art studies at the Art Institute of Atlanta, is working […]

Interview with Clinton Bush Haiti Fund CEO Gary Edson

Above: Employees at an atelier in Port-au-Prince (Photo: CBHF) By Alexander Britell Soon after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, at the behest of President Barack Obama, founded a fund aimed at […]

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 […]

Martelly: Keep UN Peacekeepers in Haiti

Above: Michel Martelly and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this week (UN Photo: Eskinder Debebe) Haitian President Michel Martelly said he had changed his mind on an earlier position against the presence of UN peacekeepers in the country in […]

How Grammy Winner Dion Parson is Bridging Jazz and the Caribbean

By Alexander Britell It’s not easy to innovate in any musical genre –- but Grammy-winning drummer Dion Parson, a native of St Thomas, is doing just that – bringing together the worlds of the Caribbean and jazz and creating what […]

Ed Robinson on the Global Art Form

Ed Robinson occupies several seats in the world of reggae—from a long career as a reggae drummer to broad work now as a reggae singer. It’s taken him from his native Jamaica to Brooklyn, which he now calls home. Caribbean […]

Belize Swears in New Chief Justice

Above: the Belizean Supreme Court By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize’s Governor General Sir Colville Young has sworn in the country’s new Chief Justice, Guyanese native Kenneth Benjamin. Benjamin is a former magistrate in Antigua, where he became Chief Magistrate […]

Qshan Deya and the Power of Reggae

Qshan Deya, the “volcano trumpet,” is part of a younger generation hearkening back to the roots reggae music of the past. A native of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Union Island, Qshan’s career has seen him go from his home […]

In Jamaica, a Move to Protect Rum

The Jamaican government has instructed the country’s Intellectual Property Office to fast-track efforts to protect the brand of Jamaican rum. A new timetable of year-end 2012 has been set up to put forth Geographical Indication legislation, a move Commerce Minister […]

Remembering the Life of Eugene Dupuch

By Sir Arthur Foulkes Judge Nathaniel Jones, a distinguished Judge of United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeal and former General Counsel for the NAACP, once surveyed the large number of persons entering the legal profession in that country and […]

Isadore Sharp, Founder of Four Seasons, on the Caribbean, Social Media and the Future

Above: Isadore Sharp (Photo: Four Seasons) By Alexander Britell In 1961, Isadore Sharp was a neophyte in the hospitality industry who had just opened his first property in Toronto. Fifty years later, the company he founded and built, Four Seasons, […]

Richard Branson Opens Entrepreneurship Centre in Jamaica’s Montego Bay

Above: Sir Richard Branson (Photo: Virgin) The Sir Richard Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship has opened in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The centre, which was established by the Virgin Group billionaire at a cost of approximately $3.5 million, is supported by several […]

Economist Dr Michael Witter on Debt, Globalisation and the Jamaican Economy

By Alexander Britell Dr Michael Witter is an economist and senior lecturer at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies Mona. He is also one of the Caribbean’s experts on […]

Douglas: OECS Will Join CCJ

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas said the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are in full support of the Caribbean Court of Justice, and will accede to the court as a unit once […]

Canadian Senator Don Meredith Talks CARICOM, Free Trade and Caribbean Tech

By Alexander Britell Senator Don Meredith is one of the leading figures of the Caribbean diaspora. A native of Jamaica, Meredith is an ordained minister, and was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2010. Meredith, who immigrated to Canada in […]

Trinidad PM: Intelligence to Determine Changes to State of Emergency

Above: Minister of National Security Brigadier John Sandy addressing apress conference Saturday. Others, from left: Chief of Defence Staff Brigader Kenrick Maharaj; Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Commissioner of Police Dr Dwayne Gibbs (Photo: GISL Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal […]

The US Downgrade’s Impact on Jamaica

The downgrade of the United States’ credit rating by Standard and Poor’s earlier this month could have an impact on the Jamaican economy as part of increased global uncertainty, according to Bank of Jamaica Governor Brian Wynter. The BOJ has […]

Author Matthew Parker on Sugar and the Rise and Fall of the British West Indies

Above: a sugar mill in the 17th century (Photo: www.matthewparker.co.uk) By Alexander Britell The Caribbean was built largely on the success of its sugar crop — and the story of the success and decline of “white gold,” and the wide-ranging […]

Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again

Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]

In the Bahamas, Help for Organic Farming

By Gladstone Thurston IICA’s Bahamas representative, Dr Marikis Alvarez (left), farmer Kirk Deleveaux, Edison Key (centre) and assistant general manager for agriculture, Arnold Dorsett (BIS Photo) The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture is continuing its push for agricultural development […]

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