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Caribbean’s Largest Oil Refinery Sold

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh By the Caribbean Journal staff HOVENSA, the St Croix-based oil refinery that was the largest in the Caribbean until it shuttered in 2012, has a new buyer. And it could mean an […]

Six Fun Things to Do in Grand Bahama

By Robert DiPano CJ Contributor GRAND BAHAMA — The island of Grand Bahama offers beautiful scenery, beautiful beaches and ideal settings for good, old-fashioned Caribbean relaxation. But if you’re feeling adventurous and want to get out and explore the island, […]

How to Make Jamaican Peppered Shrimp

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor As a kid I remember very well my brother teaching me to drive my grandfather’s old beat up blue stick shift Vauxhall Viva that was always parked in the driveway at home, while my grandfather […]

10 Ways You Can Eat in the Caribbean For Less Than $10

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor You don’t have to spend a fortune to eat well in the Caribbean. Sample some authentic local flavor – and get back change from a $10 bill – when you try these island street-food […]

Hotel Highlight: A Spirited Welcome at the Grand Velas Riviera Maya

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor I’ve been lucky enough to stay at some nice hotels in my time, and more often than not there’s welcome token awaiting me in my room. Usually it’s a bottle of sparkling wine, a […]

Major Caribbean Expansion For Private Jet Terminal Operator

Above: Robert L Bradshaw International Airport in St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Signature Flight Support, a US-based fixed-base operator, is expanding in the Caribbean region. The company announced last week that it had acquired the assets […]

Guyana to Receive $31.6 Million Loan to Improve Water, Sanitation

Above: Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana will be receiving just under $32 million in loans to strengthen and improve access to drinking water and sanitation services. The funding will come from a pair of sources; it includes $16.8 […]

St Maarten Airport to Launch Construction of New Private Jet Facility

Above: St Maarten’s Princess Juliana Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport will soon be launching construction on a new state of the art Fixed Base Operations facility for private jets. The facility is “urgently […]

Interview With Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association CEO Jeff Vasser

Above: CHTA CEO Jeff Vasser By Alexander Britell MIAMI – Jeff Vasser took over as the Director and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association at the end of 2013, having most recently served as president and COO of […]

What’s Holding Back Jamaica’s Reforms

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE who has been reading or listening to my recent commentaries would realize that I am fully in support of the reform agenda otherwise known as the IMF programme in Jamaica. Similarly, anyone who has […]

Moody’s Follows S&P, Downgrades Puerto Rico to Junk Status

Above: San Juan (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the general obligation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Ba2, or “junk” status, the New York-based firm announced Friday. The move follows a similar […]

A New Vision For Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THIS week I am going to look at the positive impact we can have on Jamaican development if we were to fix the crime and bureaucracy challenges I discussed last week. I will once again […]

Dominica Receives $3.3 Million in European Union Budget Support

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s government has received a new infusion of budgetary support from the European Union. The latest funding is in the amount of $3.27 million from the EU, the second tranche of […]

Durandis: On Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Citizenship

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC share the island of Hispaniola. The western third is mostly inhabited by black people of African roots, while the eastern two-thirds is predominantly inhabited by Hispanics with people of a […]

21 Caribbean Storylines to Watch in 2014

Above: wind turbines in Bonaire (CJ Photo) What will be the big stories of 2014? What will be the major issues facing the Caribbean region? And what will be the most interesting ones? CJ has put together a list of […]

Political Independence and Economic Development in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 2003, Alvin G. Wint – former head of the Department of Management Studies at the University of West Indies, Mona Campus – noted in his book, “Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the […]

Top Gear Festival Coming to Barbados

Above: Top Gear hosts James May and Jeremy Clarkson at a previous Top Gear Live event (Photo: Top Gear) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados will be hosting the live Top Gear Festival in May 2014, the Tourism Authority announced. […]

Dominican Republic President Signs Decree on New Citizenship Policy

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina signed a decree Friday establishing the terms and conditions for what he called the “regularization of foreigners in an irregular situation” in the country. […]

St Kitts Planning to Open New Private Jet Terminal in December

Above: the new terminal (Photo: Erasmus Williams) By the Caribbean Journal staff The new private jet terminal at St Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport is nearing completion, with an expected opening in December, the government said. The fixed-base operator […]

St Kitts Begins Work on Expansion of Airport Arrival Terminal

Above: Robert L Bradshaw International Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff Work is underway on the project to expand the arrival terminal at St Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport. The project will mean an additional 1,600 square feet of […]

Dennis Chung: Behaviour and Economic Growth in Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor LAST SATURDAY I was with my cycling group for the ride out to Palisadoes and back. After getting to the airport roundabout we usually turn and go back to Harbour View before heading back to […]

LIAT, Caribbean Premier League in Row Over Service

By the Caribbean Journal staff After the founder of the Caribbean Premier League said regional carrier LIAT cost the league “millions of dollars,” LIAT is now firing back. CPL Founder Ajmal Khan told the Barbados Sun that LIAT’s service was […]

Paulwell: Caribbean’s Goal Should Be “Affordable and Ubiquitous” Broadband

Above: Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Digicel’s recent move to abolish regional roaming fees was “commendable,” but the Caribbean’s true goal should be “affordable and ubiquitous broadband Internet access,” according to Jamaican Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell. The […]

The Jamaican Economy’s Biggest Problem

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ON Wednesday I attended the presentation of a report by Professor Vanus James that examined the foreign exchange policy, and what is most appropriate. The study was initiated by Edward Seaga, and is a very […]

Paul Hay: CARICOM and Caribbean Economic Development

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 1963, the Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS) was established at the McGill University in Canada. William G. Demas – then Head of the Economic Planning Division of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, served […]

Mangoes: The True Caribbean Currency

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor FROM MY YEARS as a youth, to the present — an older youth (no comment), one thing has never ceased to amaze me; the power and value of a Mango. In the Caribbean, mangoes have […]

Scrumptious Street Food in Trinidad

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon JetSetSarah PORT OF SPAIN — Jamaica’s got jerk; Puerto Rico has pinchos; and Barbados has bakes. But Trinidad is the only place you can find doubles, the filling and flavorful roadside snack that’s the twin-island republic’s quintessential […]

Antigua and Barbuda to Receive $10 Million World Bank Loan

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda will receive a $10 million loan from the World Bank, following approval by the bank’s Board of Directors. The loan will support the government’s efforts to “improve public […]

Marriott Is Opening Its New St Regis Resort In Aruba