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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 […]
Jamaica Ratifies New Anti-Doping Rules
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has ratified a series of proposed changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency code. The changes, which will become effective in January 2015, the government said, aim to “strengthen the capacity of WADA and various […]
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 […]
As Miami Heat Depart, Bahamas Looks to Sports Tourism Future
Above: Bahamas PM Perry Christie and Heat President Pat Riley By the Caribbean Journal staff The Miami Heat’s visit to the Atlantis Resort for a pre-season training camp made international news. The question is, can the Bahamas replicate the visit […]
Nevis Tourism Authority Names New CEO
Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Tourism Authority has named Greg Phillip its new Chief Executive Officer. Phillip, a former chairman of the NTA’s Board of Directors and manager of the Nevis branch of Scotiabank, […]
New CEO for West Caicos Resort Project
Above: West Caicos By the Caribbean Journal staff Apex Development has named a new chief executive officer for the resort hotel development on West Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Apex, which is the development manager of the project, […]
New Development Projects Planned For St Vincent’s Canouan
Above: Canouan By the Caribbean Journal staff Developers Canouan Resorts Development are planning a series of development projects on the island of St Canouan in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The projects, which would cost around $11.1 million, would include […]
Cayman Names New Cabinet
Above: Cayman (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin named his new Cabinet on Tuesday at his government’s first press briefing. McLaughlin himself will hold the portfolio of Home and Community affairs, while Deputy Premier Moses […]
Barbados and China Talk Renewable Energy, Trade
Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados and China are planning to expand their bilateral cooperation to areas including green energy and trade, according to Foreign Minister Senator Maxine McClean. The Minister recently met with Chinese Ambassador […]
Cuba, Zambia Talk Sports Cooperation
Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Zambia Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili began an official visit to Cuba on Monday. The visit is part of an effort to renew the sports cooperation agreement signed between Cuba and Zambia in 2007, […]
Nevis, Brazil Mull Cooperation in Sports, Alternative Energy
Above: the Bath Hotel office in Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Premier Vance Amory hosted Brazilian Ambassador Antonio Jose Rezende de Castro last week for a meeting aimed at strengthening cooperation. “The Ambassador and I, we […]
Caribbean 2030: A Digital Revolution in Sports Coverage?
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Boys & Girls Champs The air was electric. Everyone brought their A game — not only the thousands of athletes from 238 high schools across the island but also the 70 member television production […]
Barbados Announces New Cabinet
Above: Parliament in Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has announced his new Cabinet, following his Democratic Labour Party’s 16-14 election victory last week. The Cabinet includes 16 Ministers, excluding Stuart, with some […]
Nevis Names New Tourism Minister
Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis Premier Vance Amory has appointed Mark Brantley as the island’s new Tourism Minister. Brantley’s portfolios will also include health, social development, youth and sports, culture and gender affairs. “We are […]
Cayman Governor Swears in New Cabinet
Above: Front Row: Premier, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly; Governor Duncan Taylor; Rolston Anglin; Back Row: Attorney General Hon. Samuel Bulgin, Cline Astor Glidden, Jr, Mark Scotland and Hon. Dwayne Stanley Seymour. By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the appointment of the territory’s […]
Caribbean’s Youngest Ministers Offer New Ideas on the Future of Tourism
Above: Junior Ministers at the Tourism Youth Congress in St Kitts (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell ST KITTS — Should Jamaica build a museum to honour sporting heroes like Usain Bolt? Or should Dominica hold an annual “Nature Island Games” […]
West Indies Cricket Board Signs Kit Agreement With Admiral Sportswear
Above: Marlon Samuels (Photo: Digicelcricket.com/Brooks LaTouche) By the Caribbean Journal staff The West Indies Cricket Board has signed an agreement with Admiral Sportswear that will make the company the official kit supplier of West Indies Cricket until August 2013. “We’re […]
In the Bahamas, a New Vision of Junkanoo
Above: Junkanoo By the Caribbean Journal staff “Junkanoo is probably a $10 million business,” said Bahamas Culture Minister Dr Daniel Johnson. “We have not yet opened this market up fully.” Johnson, the Bahamas’ new Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture, […]
In Jamaica, a New Tack on Sport
Above: Usain Bolt By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s University of Technology has launched a new project aimed at developing a new commercial sports business model in the country. The programme, “Development of Sports Business Value Chains in Jamaica,” which […]
From Jamaica to Trinidad, Finding the World of Caribbean Food in New York
By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Food has been a part of my life since I can remember, and New York City has contributed an amazing amount to my learning process, my experiences and my knowledge of it. It has intensified […]
A Big Leap for Sports in Haiti
Above: Haiti’s Samyr Laine By the Caribbean Journal staff What amounted to a distance of about a metre kept Haiti from its first medal since 1928 on Thursday. But while triple jumper Samyr Laine didn’t end up taking home hardware […]
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, […]
Dominican Republic Inaugurates Sports Complex in San Francisco de Macoris
Above: the new facility in San Francisco de Macoris (CIG Photo/Felix Lara) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has officially opened the Mario Ortega multipurpose pavilion and sports complex, following a ceremony Tuesday led by President Leonel Fernandez. […]
US Virgin Islands Governor Signs Agreement for New St Croix Soccer Facility
By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has signed an agreement with the USVI Soccer Federation for the development of a new soccer facility in St Croix. The facility, which will include bleachers, a concession […]
Belize Prime Minister Names New Cabinet
Above: Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow By the Caribbean Journal staff Returning Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow has named his new cabinet, following his re-election in the country’s March 7 vote. Barrow’s Deputy Prime Minister will be Gaspar Vega, joined […]
Antigua and Barbuda Plans Sports Village
Above: The Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua and Barbuda is planning to create a new Sports Village as the country seeks to position itself as a sporting destination. The Antigua and […]
Bahamas Opens New National Stadium
Above: the opening ceremony of the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium (BIS Photo/Derek Smith and Patrick Hanna) The Bahamas has officially opened its new 15,000-seat national stadium. The Thomas A Robinson National Stadium is the culmination of a two-year project […]
Reggae Star Elan Atias on His New Album and Memories of The Wailers
By Alexander Britell IN 1997, ELAN ATIAS began a musical journey as the frontman for legendary reggae group The Wailers. Since then, his career has brought him across the globe and the industry – spreading his talent across genres and […]
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