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Op-Ed: From Haiti to Cuba, A Vision For the Caribbean in 2030

By Michael W Edghill Op-Ed Contributor AS A REGION, the Caribbean stands at the threshold of opportunity. As with all moments of opportunity, they also come with the simultaneous risks of not achieving the possible and instead, sliding backwards and […]

Lamothe: “We Would Change the Approach That People Have to Haiti”

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe recently concluded a weeklong trip to the United States that featured meetings with officials from the World Bank, the IDB, the UN, donor countries (including Canada) […]

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 […]

Haiti Names Electoral Council, Paving Way For Long-Delayed Elections

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff After months of urging by the international community, Haiti’s government has established a transitional college of its Permanent Electoral Council, a move that paves the way for long-awaited legislative elections, according […]

Haiti: Sean Penn’s J/P HRO Receives $8.75 Million Grant for Housing Project

Above: Haiti (Photo: JP/HRO) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sean Penn’s J/P Haitian Relief Organization has signed a grant with Haiti’s government for an $8.75 million project to help residents in J/P HRO-managed camps to return to their neighbourhoods. Haiti’s […]

Haiti Prime Minister Courts Former NBA Stars for Investment

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister called on a group of retired NBA players to invest in Haiti Saturday during a philanthropic summit in Miami. The event at the Ritz-Carlton […]

IFC Names Haiti Native as VP for Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: the IFC’s headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has named Haiti native Jean Philippe Prosper its new vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prosper, whose portfolio will also […]

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 Media, the United Nations and Leadership in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor The lack of excellent leadership in Haiti over the years is the primary reason why the United Nations is in Haiti. It was after the removal of a democratically-elected government in 2004 and at the […]

UN’s Nigel Fisher Suggests Haiti “Not Yet” Open for Business

Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nigel Fisher, the new chief of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Haiti, made his first public appearance since succeeding Mariano Fernandez Friday, calling for Haiti to move forward on long-delayed […]

OAS Looking Forward to “Timely” Legislative, Local Elections in Haiti

Above: OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States says it is looking forward “to the holding of timely legislative and local elections in Haiti,” according to a statement issued […]

Haiti: UN Security Council Urges Elections “By the End of 2013”

Above: UN Security Council President Masood Khan (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Echoing a call by MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez earlier this month, the United National Security Council is urging Haiti to hold legislative elections by the end […]

Haiti, United States Open Rehabilitated Health Centre in Ouanaminthe

Above: the new centre in Ouanaminthe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti officially opened the rehabilitated health centre in the northern border town of Ouanaminthe on Friday. United States Ambassador Pamela White was on hand for the inauguration ceremony, joined […]

Haiti: UN’s Fernandez Urges Legislative Elections “As Soon As Possible”

Above: MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez, the Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, is urging Haiti’s government to take “all necessary measures” to hold partial legislative elections “as soon […]

Sandals to Close Veranda Turks and Caicos Resort for Renovations

Above: the former Veranda Turks and Caicos Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff Sandals Resorts International has announced that the former Veranda Turks and Caicos resort it purchased last month will close beginning Jan. 7 for renovations. The renovations will […]

Owner Removes Hyatt from Curacao Resort; Hyatt Vows to “Protect Its Rights”

Above: the Hyatt Regency Curacao property By the Caribbean Journal staff Hotel investment group Santa Barbara Hospitality says it has removed Hyatt as the manager of its Curacao resort property, renaming it as the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort. […]

Turks and Caicos Planning to Convene Commission for Independence

Above: the government of Turks and Caicos By the Caribbean Journal staff The government Turks and Caicos is planning to convene a Commission for Independence mandated to define the process required to achieve independence, Governor Ric Todd announced at his […]

Moving Forward on Disability in Haiti

By James English CJ Contributor Gerald Oriol, Jr, Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, recently discussed his first year in office and the road ahead for the Caribbean nation’s one million disabled citizens. Oriol […]

Op-Ed: Energy Generation Needs to Change in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay Op-Ed Contributor The Bahamas’ only privately-owned power provider – Grand Bahama Power Company – recently commissioned an additional 52-megawatt power plant. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Grand Bahama – Dr Michael Darville – urged the owners […]

Altidor: Haiti’s Diaspora “Must Play a Critical Role” in Development

Above: the Global Haitian Diaspora Congress (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza addressed the opening of the Global Haitian Diaspora Congress in Washington on Friday, highlighting what he […]

Haiti: World Bank Strategy to Include Focus on Cholera, Housing, Energy

Above: a tent camp in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank has approved a new two-year strategy for the institution in Haiti. The plan, which was endorsed by the bank’s Board of Directors, will […]

Op-Ed: Harnessing the Power of Small Business in Jamaica

By Richard Kildare Op-Ed Contributor It is a fact that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises are critical to the development of every nation’s growth. It is not a position that can be seriously disputed; MSME’s are a virtual powerhouse and […]

Marcia Forbes: Music Videos and Youth Culture in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The following is an excerpt from Marcia Forbes’ book, Music, Media & Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica . The esearch-based book examines relationships between teens and TV, in particular through the music videos they watch. […]

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 […]

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, […]

Durandis: Why Haiti Must Address Its Policies on Private Land Ownership

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor What was a crisis before the earthquake in Haiti is shaping up to be an omnipotent disaster for the reconstruction effort. Establishing legal land ownership anywhere in the world can be a difficult task, but […]

Haiti’s Economy “Continues to Grow,” But Must Accelerate Reconstruction: IMF

Above: Jacmel during Carnival By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s economy is moving in a positive direction, though at a level below that projected by the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Credit Facility arrangement, the IMF said following the conclusion of […]

President of Jamaica’s G2K, Delano Seiveright, to Step Down Next Month

By the Caribbean Journal staff Delano Seiveright, the president of the Jamaica Labour Party’s G2K young professional organization, will vacate office next month. In an email to supporters, Seiveright said he had confided the plan to several members of the […]

New Flights Will Connect Palm Beach With Eleuthera and Abaco in The Bahamas