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Interview with Radio Soleil’s Ricot Dupuy on Martelly, Reconstruction and UN Cholera

By Alexander Britell Three months after new President Michel Martelly took office in Haiti, the country is still without a prime minister, and accordingly, without a government. Haiti’s political situation has drawn the attention of a number of world organizations […]

Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again

Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]

Norman Girvan on Irwin LaRocque and the Necessity of a Caribbean Parliament

Dr Norman Girvan, Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, is one of the foremost experts on Caribbean political economy. Girvan, who was formerly the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States, was appointed last year as […]

A Dominican Republic Presidential Candidate Courts Voters in Antigua

Above: Hipolito Mejia Dominguez (Photo: US DOD) Hipolito Mejia Dominguez, who was the president of the Dominican Republic from 2000 and 2004 and is currently running for the office in 2012, will arrive in Antigua on Friday looking to woo […]

New CARICOM SG Takes Office

Above right: CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque By the Caribbean Journal staff New CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will assume office duties on Monday, April 15th. “Ambassador LaRocque assumes office as the Community’s seventh Secretary-General, with the full confidence and […]

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. […]

Bahamas Uses New Tools in Crime Fight

Above: Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest addressing the conference (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) The Bahamian government is implementing a series of new programmes aimed at addressing crime and criminality, according to Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest. Yesterday, in similar […]

Jamaica Begins Wind Mapping Study

Above: the wind farm at Wigton In a bid to improve its renewable energy strategy, the Jamaican government is commissioning a Wind Mapping study undertaken by Wigton Wind Farm Limited, which controls the country’s only wind farm. Wigton Wind Farm […]

Blackberry to Supply Jamaican Teachers

Above: RIM’s headquarters in Canada The Jamaican Ministry of Education is partnering with Research in Motion to provide some 20,000 teachers on the island with Blackberry smartphones. “If we are ever to close the development divide, technology will be one […]

OAS, CARICOM to Observe Guyana Vote

Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo (File Photo) Several international organizations will observe Guyana’s general elections this year, according to a senior Guyanese government official. Both CARICOM and the Organization of American States have agreed to send observers, and Guyana asked […]

Partners in Health’s Joia Mukherjee on Haiti, Cholera and the “Free Man”

By Alexander Britell Since 2000, Dr Joia Mukherjee has been the medical director at global healthcare nonprofit Partners In Health, which is active in 12 countries around the world. Dr Mukherjee, a Harvard professor who also consults for the WHO […]

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 […]

Barbados Health Ministry Announces Establishment of Climate Change Unit

The government of Barbados has established a climate change unit within its Ministry of Health as part of a commitment to the United Nations’ Global Environmental Facility project. Health Minister Donville Inniss announced the move today, commending the efforts of […]

Bahamas Reshapes its Road Network

Above: Prince Charles Drive in Nassau (BIS Photo) The Bahamas is in the midst of a massive infrastructure project that is reshaping nearly the entire road system of the main island of New Providence. The New Providence Road Improvement and […]

Patterson to CARICOM: Support Martelly

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson called for CARICOM’s Heads of Government to maintain support for Haiti and the priorities and processes of new President Michel Martelly. Patterson, who was […]

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 […]

Bahamas Continues Solar Push

After a series of blackouts from electrical load shedding, the Bahamian government is working to implement its National Energy Policy with the installation of solar panels. “The majority or the largest consumer of petroleum products in the Bahamas is BEC […]

Jamaica Eyes Smart Grid

Above: the Wigton wind farm Jamaica is considering the feasibility of introducing a smart grid to the island’s electrical distribution network, Minister of State for Energy and Mining, Laurence Broderick, announced yesterday. “We are looking at [a smart grid],” he […]

Bahamas Looks to Solar Power

Above: Solar panels in Andros, Bahamas The Bahamas is starting a large-scale initiative to install solar water heaters across the country, as part of the country’s National Energy Policy. The turn to solar power is part of an effort to […]

U.N.: Don’t Deport Haitians

U.N. Photo/Sophia Paris By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is urging governments to suspend all involuntary returns to Haiti due to the still-precarious situation in the country. “Despite the recent elections and ongoing reconstruction efforts, Haiti, weakened by […]

New Governor for Turks and Caicos

By the Caribbean Journal staff Damian Roderic Todd, former finance director on the board of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has been selected as the next governor of the Turks and Caicos, assuming the role in September to succeed […]

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz Singing a Happier Tune for Caribbean Football

Above: Demar Phillips (Photo source: CONCACAF) By Alexander Britell In the face of an ongoing FIFA scandal, Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are bringing the sport’s attention to the West Indies in a far more positive light. With the football world’s eyes […]

Edward Seaga: Warner Must Resign

Edward Seaga, left, and Jack Warner Former Jamaican Prime Minister and current President of the Football Association of Jamaica, Edward Seaga, called for embattled Trinidad Minister Jack Warner, the suspended head of CONCACAF, to resign. “We cannot continue this thing […]

Could Gardening Help with Food Prices?

Caribbean governments are encouraging citizens to plant their own gardens, in an effort to mitigate the impact of soaring food prices. Beatrice Buchanan, who lives in Kingston, Jamiaca, said her new garden is helping her to combat rising costs of […]

Trinidad’s Jack Warner in FIFA Probe

Source: FIFA Trinidad and Tobago’s Jack Warner is involved in a bribery probe by officials of FIFA, football’s global governing body. Warner, the president of the CONCACAF federation, a FIFA vice president and Trinidad’s Minister of Works and Transport, has […]

Bahamas’ Democratic National Alliance to Launch This Week

The Democratic National Alliance, a new political party in the Bahamas, is set for launch this week by leader Branville McCartney, MP for Bamboo Town. McCartney, who was a former cabinet minister and member of the ruling Free National Movement, […]

Martelly Embarks on U.S. Trip

Haitian President-Elect Michel Martelly is heading to the United States for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and World Bank and IMF officials. According to a statement, Martelly will be discussing “job creation, education, security, reconstruction and health.” […]

A New Beginning for the End of the World

At the edge of the Atlantic and the farthest boundaries of the Bahamas, in a small bar off Queen’s Highway, roamed the ghosts of presidents, outlaws and writers. But after years of neglect, even Ernest Hemingway couldn’t get a drink […]

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