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Jagdeo, IMF’s Lagarde Meet

Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (Photos: GINA and IMF) Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo met Friday with the newly-appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. The two officials spoke on the issue […]

Jamaica’s Golding Won’t Seek Re-Election

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said he would not be seeking re-election at the Jamaica Labour Party’s annual conference in November, and will step down as Prime Minister as soon as a new leader has […]

Dookeran: Caribbean Nations “Innocent Bystanders” in Global Financial Crisis

Above: Finance Minister Winston Dookeran last year with IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean nations are “innocent bystanders” in the ongoing world economic downturn, Trinidad Finance Minister Winston Dookeran told finance ministers assembled at the […]

In the Bahamas, a Look at Climate Change

Above: Minister of State, Ministry of Environment Phenton Neymour (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) More than 100 experts are gathering in the Bahamas to discuss the importance of climate change education for small island developing states at the UNESCO Conference on Climate […]

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 […]

Tim Peck: For a Sustainable Tourism Model, Look to Antigua

Above: Carlisle Bay, Antigua By Tim Peck The Caribbean tourism industry waits with bated breath for the announcement of the OECS Common Tourism Policy on October 1. As the first policy of its kind for our region, a tourism blueprint […]

Jamaica Devising a New Building Code

Above: Kingston The Jamaican government is moving to have a proposed new National Building Act approved, Industry Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said this week. According to Tufton, the first draft of this act has been completed and reviewed by the […]

LIAT CEO: Travel Sectors Must Cooperate

Above: LIAT CEO Brian Challenger (Photo: Dominica Information Service) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s tourism and travel sectors must cooperate to help resolve the constraints faced by air travelers, LIAT CEO Brian Challenger said last week. The executive […]

New Judges for Jamaican Supreme Court

Jamaican Governor General Sir Patrick Allen swore in five new judges to serve in the country’s Supreme Court in a ceremony yesterday at Kingston’s King’s House. The five judges are Frank Williams, Carol Edwards, Kirk Anderson, who have been appointed […]

Talking Reggae with Ossie Dellimore

Reggae star Ossie Dellimore has built a varied career in the art form with albums like “Freedom’s Journal,” “Reggae Music” and the recent single “Gone So Far.” The native of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ style is at the cutting […]

World Bank Loans Jamaica $100M

By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank announced that its board of executive directors had approved a $100 million, 18.5-year loan to Jamaica. The loan will support a series of measures in the country aimed at enhancing fiscal and […]

Grenada’s James Continues Run

Above: Kirani James By Lincoln Depradine Kirani James has done it again. After the 19-year-old Grenadian star won the 400 meters on August 30 at the World Championships in South Korea in 44.60 seconds, he bettered his own World Championship […]

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 […]

New Film Looks at How Diaspora Travels

By Alexander Britell Above: Dr Keith Nurse A new film set to premiere in Toronto Wednesday looks at the concept of “diasporic tourism” or the way the Caribbean diaspora travels back to its home countries. The film, “Forward Home,” is […]

Trinidad Could Establish Gun Court

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad’s State of Emergency, which was just extended for another three months, is presenting a new set of challenges as courts struggle to deal with a vastly-increased case load. One possibility to deal with the […]

Digicel Group CEO Colm Delves on 4G, a Dynamic Haiti and Caribbean Integration

By Alexander Britell Colm Delves has been Digicel Group CEO since 2005, after joining the company as Group Chief Financial Officer in 2004. Delves has overseen a fourfold increase in the number of markets the company reaches, helping to bring […]

OAS: Involve Small States in G20 Talks

Above: OAS Assistant Secretary-General Albert Ramdin (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The time has come for small states and smaller economies like those in the Caribbean to be involved in the delibrations of the G20 economic summit, OAS […]

Barbados Sugar Plan Includes Ethanol

Following the completion of an EU-funded study of the Barbadian sugar industry, Agriculture Minister Dr David Estwick said there is every possibility the industry can be profitable, in part by diversifying its sugar product to include ethanol. Sugar officials from […]

Trinidad State of Emergency Continues; Police Arrest 22 in Port of Spain

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad’s limited State of Emergency continued today, with the government announcing the arrest of 22 gang leaders and members in a police exercise in East Port of Spain Tuesday afternoon. “We are in this together,” […]

China Investing $156M in Jamaican Sugar

Above: the Chinese embassy in Jamaica COMPLANT, the state-owned Chinese company which acquired the state-owned assets of Jamaica’s sugar industry, is rolling out $156 million to invest in the renovation of three factories and sugar cane fields over the next […]

Douglas to LaRocque: Be Creative

By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Chairman Dr Denzil Douglas, the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, has charged incoming Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque to devise creative ways to surmount the region’s “crippling” challenges. “The large prints in the sands […]

Interview with Dr Keith Nurse: What Climate Change Means for Caribbean Tourism

By Alexander Britell The Caribbean is continually looking for ways to emerge from the downturn. And with an economy largely dependent on tourism, a changing world economy – and a changing world climate — pose new problems for the region. […]

ECLAC: Development Aid “Not Sufficient”

Above: ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena (Photo: UN) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean and Latin American authorities gathered in Santiago, Chile last week for a dialogue on the international cooperation system and its relation to development. The “Latin America […]

Greentech’s James Whittaker on Green Building in Grand Cayman

By Alexander Britell The first residential home certified as part of the US Green Buildings Council’s International LEED programme is in Grand Cayman, the initiative of Greentech Managing Director James Whittaker, who is spearheading the green building movement in Cayman. […]

Interview with Tim Hoffman, Owner of Nevis’ Montpelier Plantation and Beach

By Alexander Britell Tim Hoffman is the owner of the historic Montpelier Plantation and Beach in Nevis. Originally a sugar plantation when Nevis’ crop ruled the Caribbean, the property has hosted everyone from Horatio Nelson to Princess Diana. Hoffman, whose […]

Interview with Jamaican Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett

By Alexander Britell As the Caribbean’s integral tourism industry has been hurt by the global financial downturn, countries in the region have been forced to looked to new markets and devise new initiatives to spur both new visitors and new […]

Jamaican Bananas Get a European Boost

Jamaican Deputy Governor-General Steadman Fuller is praising the support the European Union has given the Jamaican banana industry, calling it an important catalyst for economic activity in the agricultural sector. “The European Union-funded Banana Support Programme is an indication of […]

Beenie Man Regains United States Visa

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man has regained his United States visa, he announced today in a release. According to a spokesperson, Beenie Man, whose real name is Moses David, said he re-affirmed his “commitment to […]

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