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Trinidad National Security Minister Jack Warner Resigns

Above: Jack Warner By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago National Security Minister Jack Warner has resigned, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced. The PM said she had officially accepted his resignation in a statement on Monday. “I wish to […]

Haiti: IDB Approves $4 Million in Loans for Garment Company Expansion

Above: Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff South Korean firm Willbes Co, Ltd will be expanding its facility in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince with up to $4 million in loans approved by the Inter-American Development Bank. The facility at […]

Trinidad Says “Every Effort” Being Made to Protect Sea Turtles

Above: a sea turtle (Sea Turtle Conservancy) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad’s government says it is making “every effort” to protect endangered nesting sea turtles in the country’s waters. Trinidad and Tobago supports one of the largest populations of […]

Haiti: UN’s Nigel Fisher Continues Call to Hold Elections in 2013

Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti must overcome its ongoing political stalemate and hold elections, according to Nigel Fisher, the Acting Special Representative of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti. Fisher was making his […]

Jamaica’s Government Ramps Up Production of Turmeric, Ginger

Above: a farmer at a ginger greenhouse (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries says a new project to grow turmeric and ginger launched last year is yielding strong results. The project, begun in […]

Haiti, US Open Pair of Public Health Buildings in Port-au-Prince

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the United States have officially inaugurated a pair of new public health buildings in Port-au-Prince. US Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White and CDC Director Tom Frieden led the opening […]

Durandis: The Closed Box in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor SOMETIME IN THE 19TH CENTURY, in 1849 to be precise, long after Haiti’s independence from imperial France; there was an American slave, Henry “Box” Brown, who had himself mailed in a box to freedom. Henry […]

US Virgin Islands to Begin Charlotte Amalie Improvement Project

Above: St Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands will beginning work Feb. 11 on a planned revitalization project of downtown Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas. USVI officials met last week to discuss the project with merchants […]

Transat Unveils Haiti Travel Offerings

Above: Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian tour operator Transat has unveiled its new tourism packages for travel to Haiti. The company, which is based in Montreal, is the first major operator in the country to offer such packages […]

British Virgin Islands Names New Director of Tourism

Above: Little Dix Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff British Virgin Islands Premier Dr Orlando Smith has named Sharon Flax-Mars as the new director of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board. Flax-Mars, a 25-year veteran of the industry, has served […]

Murders in Jamaica Reach Nine-Year Low, Remain “Unacceptably High”

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Murders in Jamaica reached a nine-year low in 2012 as part of a “significant reduction” in criminal activity, according to Jamaica National Security Minister Peter Bunting. But the 1,087 murders in […]

Bimini Bay Hires Miami-Based KW Property Management

Above: Bimini Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas has tapped Miami-based KW Property Management and Consulting to manage its residential component. The resort, which will soon be adding a casino run by Malaysian […]

Canada’s Transat to Begin Offering Vacation Packages to Haiti

Above: Cocoye Anglade in Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian travel company Transat will begin offering vacation packages to Haiti out of Montreal starting Jan. 23, the company announced Thursday. The packages will combine stays in […]

Op-Ed: Iniquitous Legislation in Jamaica

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor There was a recent seminar in which the head of Jamaica’s FID (Financial Investigation Division) outlined the purpose of some new acts in process of legislation: namely, AML, POCA, FATCA, ARA (Money Laundering Act, Proceeds […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Nominates Three New Judges

Above: the Alexander A Farrelly Justice Centre in St Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has nominated three attorneys as Superior Court Judges. Denise Hinds has been nominated as a judge in the […]

Bahamas and Brazil Hold High-Level Trade Talks in Brasilia

Above: Brazil Minister of External Relations Antonio de Aguiar Patriota and Bahamas Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder (Photo: MFS Bahamas) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas and Brazil convened high-level trade talks this week aimed at improving commercial […]

In Haiti’s Land of Canaan, a Promised Land Empty of Promise

Above: Canaan in Haiti By Kendi Zidor Haitian Press Agency Jeanne St Fleur spent more than two years living in a tent on the dusty hillside known as Canaan, in the northern end of Port-au-Prince’s metropolitan area. She moved there […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s Cabinet Approves New Budget for Crime Fight

Above: Trinidad National Security Minister Jack Warner (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s cabinet has approved $45.39 million USD for the country’s fight against crime, National Security Minister Jack Warner announced Thursday. The funding will be used […]

Bahamas Says Police Officer “Immersion” Having Impact on Crime

Above: downtown Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has been deploying police resources to the “front lines” to assist in the fight against crime, highlighted by a strategy of “immersing” police officers in communities. The strategy, […]

Haiti and Ecuador Sign Technical Agreements on Security Cooperation

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in Ecuador (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and Ecuador have signed several cooperation agreements in the area of defence. The agreements were signed during Haiti President Michel Martelly’s visit to Ecuador this […]

New Casino to Open in Bahamas’ Bimini

Above: the marina at the Bimini Bay Resort, the largest in the Bahamas (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian island of Bimini will soon be home to a 10,000-square-foot full-service casino. The $24 million RAV Bahamas project, […]

Dominica and France Sign Agreement to Finance Airport Road Project

Above: Dominica By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Dominica and France have signed a $12.6 million loan agreement aimed at financing the second phase of Lot Two of Dominica’s Airport Road Rehabilitation Project. The project is one of […]

Puerto Rico’s Fortuño Urges President Obama for Caribbean Border Initiative

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño at the hearing in Washington By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño is calling on US President Barack Obama and federal law enforcement officials to establish a US Caribbean Border Initiative […]

Haiti Gets $12 Million IDB Grant to Transform Country’s Energy Sector

Above: Haiti’s hydro plant in Peligre By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s is receiving a $12 million grant aimed at modernizing the Haitian energy sector, the Inter-American Development Bank announced Thursday. The funding, which is the second in a series […]

R Allen Stanford Gets 110-Year Sentence for Antigua-Based Fraud Scheme

Above: Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston By the Caribbean Journal staff Financier R Allen Stanford has received a 110-year prison sentence for orchestrating a 20-year investment fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion from his Stanford International Bank. The […]

Former Haiti Teleco Official Sentenced to Nine Years for Bribery Scheme

Above: the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Haiti Teleco official Jean Rene Duperval has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a scheme to […]

Bahamas Government to Unveil New Strategy to Combat Illegal Firearms

Above: National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage at a press conference (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Progressive Liberal Party government in the Bahamas is set to unveil a new National Firearms Control Strategy to combat the […]

Nevis Police Force Gets a Boost, with Help from Four Seasons Resort

Above: Assistant Police Commissioner Robert Liburd in one of the new vehicles By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Division of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force has received three vehicles from the Four Seasons Homeowners Association to […]

Turks and Caicos’ Newest Resort Is Opening in November, With Its Own Private Lagoon