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A Beachfront Perch at Great Exuma’s Grand Isle Resort

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon GREAT EXUMA — IT’S IRONIC that while I love to travel far from home, many of the resorts I love actually feel a lot like home. Maybe it’s because in reality they’re lot a nicer than my […]

Haiti’s Lamothe, Canadian Ambassador Have “Fruitful” Meeting on Frozen Aid

Above: Canadian Ambassador to Haiti Henri-Paul Normandin and Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe had what he described as a “fruitful” talk with Canadian Ambassador Henri-Paul Normandin over the […]

Anguilla’s CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa Reopens Following $15 Million Renovation

Above: the CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa in Anguilla By the Caribbean Journal staff The CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa in Anguilla has reopened for season following a $15 million renovation to the property. The three-month project made changes to […]

BP Trinidad & Tobago Discovers 1 Trillion Cubic Feet of Offshore Gas

Above: a BP offshore platform in Trinidad (Photo: BPTT) By the Caribbean Journal staff BP Trinidad & Tobago has discovered approximately 1 trillion cubic feet of gas off the coast of Trinidad, doubling the estimated gas in the Savonette gas […]

Op-Ed: Trade Unions in Modern Jamaica

Above: Kingston By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor The trade union movement’s early days in Jamaica The trade unions of Jamaica came into prominence in the workers’ riots of 1938. At that time the workers were protesting the level of […]

Op-Ed: Legal Education in Jamaica

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor There is currently a debate in Jamaica about the number of lawyers who should be admitted to law school. Some stakeholders consider that a larger number than the current number of 180 per year should […]

Turks and Caicos Releases List of Nominated Candidates for Election

Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands has released the list of nominated candidates for the upcoming general election on Nov. 9. The release, issued on behalf of the Elections Office, has a total of […]

Simpson Miller: Jamaica “Spared the Worst” from Hurricane Sandy

Above: Jamaica PM Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addressed the nation Thursday night following Hurricane Sandy, which led to one death in the country. Jamaica was still showing visible signs of […]

Grenada Establishes Diplomatic Relations With Latvia

Above: Ambassadors Dessima Williams and Normans Penke By Michael Bascombe NEW YORK — Grenada has formally established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Latvia. A Joint Communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations between both countries was signed in New York Wednesday. […]

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s Message for Jamaica 50

The following is the text of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s message to the country on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its independence. My fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora, our visitors and our well-wishers, […]

Op-Ed: Three Forgotten Architects of Jamaica’s Independence

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica has many heroes about whom we spend a great deal of time writing and teaching. However, there are some who contributed mightily to the development of the new Jamaica who tend to be forgotten. […]

Barack Obama: “We Have Come to Know Jamaica as a Leader in the Caribbean”

Above: US President Barack Obama and Ambassador Stephen Vasciannie (Photo: Embassy of Jamiaca) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States President Barack Obama praised Jamaica for its commitment to democracy and security following recent talks with Jamaican Ambassador Stephen Vasciannie […]

Jamaica’s Stephen Vasciannie Presents Credentials as OAS Representative

Above: Stephen Vasciannie, Jose Miguel Insulza and Albert Ramdin (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Stephen Vasciannie, the former principal of Jamaica’s Norman Manley Law School, has presented his credentials as Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the […]

Op-Ed: A Rebirth in Haiti’s Champs de Mars; President Martelly Keeps His Word

Above: the Toussaint Louverture Park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti By Vladimir Laguerre Op-Ed Contributor PORT-AU-PRINCE- “Finally, I can bring my children to Champs de Mars. This is where I learned to ride my bicycle, and this is precisely where I met […]

Jamaica Appoints New Solicitor General

Above: Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Public Service Commission has announced the appointment of Nicole Foster-Pusey as the country’s new Solicitor General. Foster-Pusey’s appointment takes effect Aug. 7. She previously served in the Attorney General’s chambers from 1993 […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica, Trinidad and CARICOM

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor At the close of the 33rd regular meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in St Lucia this month, the CARICOM Heads of Government issued a communiqué. One of the highpoints of the communiqué was […]

Op-Ed: Is It Time for Chaguaramas 2.0? Jamaica’s Youth Can Lead the Way

By Fabio Pittaluga Op-Ed Contributor Today, as CARICOM Heads of Government meet to deliberate in Castries, St Lucia, trying to extricate their nations from the crosshairs of the deepest recession since the Community’s 1973 formation by the Treaty of Chaguaramas, […]

In Atlanta, a Home for Jamaican Coffee

Above: Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, Senator Norman Grant and Edgar Munn (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican-born Edgar Munn leads Blue Mountain Inc., an Atlanta-based coffee company delivering Jamaica’s Blue Mountain beans. The Georgia company, which ships its […]

New “Chamber” for Jamaican Agriculture

Above: Senator Norman Grant and Minister of State Ian Hayles (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaica Agricultural Society has established a new forum in a bid to improve dialogue in the sector dubbed “The Chamber.” The forum, […]

Turks and Caicos Swears in Three New Supreme Court Justices

Above: from left, Governor Ric Todd, Justices Joan Joyner, Margaret Ramsay-Hale and Edwin Goldsbrough By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos has sworn in new Supreme Court Justice Joan Joyner, following similar ceremonies for recently-appointed Justices Edwin Goldsbrough […]

JetBlue Expanding Kingston Service

Above: Norman Manley International Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue is growing the airline’s services from Kingston beginning next spring, launching twice-daily nonstop flights to Fort Lauderdale. “We talk about the importance of the Caribbean to JetBlue — we […]

Bahamas Swears in Supreme Court Justice

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has sworn in new Supreme Court Justice Milton Evans. Evans, who received his LLB from the University of the West Indies in 1986 and his certificate of legal education from the Norman Manley […]

LaRocque Begins Term with Guyana Visit

Above: CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque with Acting Guyanese President Samuel Hinds (Photo: CARICOM) New CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque began his term yesterday with a visit to the Guyanese government, meeting with acting President Samuel Hinds and making a courtesy visit […]

Jamaican Senator Seeks Digital Parliament

Above: the Jamaican Parliament (JIS Photo) Communications in Jamaica’s Parliament have traditionally been oral — despite a number of members who violate the rules by reading from prepared texts. But one senator, Norman Grant, has tabled a motion in the […]

A Conversation with Angela Brown-Burke, VP of Jamaica’s People’s National Party

Angela Brown-Burke is the vice president of Jamaica’s People’s National Party, along with being Councillor for the Norman Gardens Division and Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. Caribbean Journal talked to Brown-Burke about the ongoing problems of […]

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