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Barbados Swears In New Senator

By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados has sworn in attorney Verle De Peiza as the country’s newest Senator. De Peiza, who has been a practising lawyer since October 2000, took the oath of allegiance before Acting Governor-General Eliot Belgrave in […]

Haiti’s Cotes de Fer Celebrates St Joseph, with Martellys on Hand

Above: A crowd listening to Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly, along with Senator Joseph Lambert, traveled to the southeastern municipality of Cotes de Fer Friday in celebrations honouring the local patron saint, St […]

Former Guyana President Named Envoy for International Conservation Group

Above: Bharrat Jagdeo By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo is set to take on two roles within the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Jagdeo, who was succeeded by Donald Ramotar after the […]

Former Haiti Teleco Official Convicted in Miami for Money Laundering, Bribes

Above: the Federal Courthouse in Miami By the Caribbean Journal staff Jean Rene Duperval, a former director of international relations for Haiti’s state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti SAM, has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a scheme to […]

Jamaica Aids Bahamas’ Coconut Push

Above: coconuts slated for distribution (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation is continuing its push to cultivate the coconut industry in the country, distributing 6,000 coconuts resistant to lethal yellowing to farmers […]

Grenada Unveils 2012 Budget Including Taiwan Debt Payment, Minister Pay Cuts

By Lincoln Depradine ST GEORGE’S – Government ministers in Grenada will take a 5 percent cut in pay starting next month, Finance Minister Nazim Burke has announced. He made the announcement Friday while presenting the country’s $378.9 million USD 2012 […]

Interview with Francis Fonseca, Candidate for Prime Minister of Belize

By Alexander Britell BELIZEANS HEAD TO THE POLLS Wednesday to choose their next government — deciding between Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s ruling United Democratic Party and the Opposition People’s United Party, led by Francis Fonseca, which is looking to return […]

Haiti’s Martelly Opens New Housing Community in Zoranje

Above: the new community in Zoranje (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President inaugurated a new community of 400 homes in the city of Zoranje on Monday. The project, which was financed with $30 million from the Inter-American […]

US Government Seeks Maximum 23-Year Prison Term for Christopher Coke

Above: Christopher Coke By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States is seeking the maximum 23-year prison term for Jamaican strongman Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy and assault charges in August. The US’ efforts […]

Japan Looking to Invest in Jamaica

Above: the Shiodome City Centre in Tokyo, where Fujitsu is headquartered By the Caribbean Journal staff Japanese investors are showing “significant interest” in investing in Jamaica, according to Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Hiroshi Yamaguchi. “Probably for the first time in […]

Dominican Republic: Naval Base Will Not Violate National Sovereignty

Above: the announcement of the new base (Photo: Rafael Beltre) By the Caribbean Journal staff After the announcement of a new United States-built naval station in the Dominican Republic led to a whirl of activity on Twitter, the Dominican government […]

Haiti Readies for Carnival in Les Cayes

Above: Carnival in Jacmel (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following last week’s carnival celebrations in Jacmel, Haiti is readying for its national carnival Sunday in the city of Les Cayes. The carnival celebration, which draws Haitians from around […]

Guyana, Suriname Look to Strengthen Ties

Above: Donald Ramotar By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Donald Ramotar will pay a working visit to Suriname President Desi Bouterse Friday. Bouterse has just returned to Suriname following a trip to Haiti with the CARICOM Bureau of Heads […]

Dominican Republic to Launch New Mountain Road Project in April

Above: the Constanza-Jarabacoa road, inaugurated by President Leonel Fernandez today (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Signaling what the government called a new era in road infrastructure, the Dominican Republic today announced it would launch construction of a new […]

Reggae Star Elan Atias on His New Album and Memories of The Wailers

By Alexander Britell IN 1997, ELAN ATIAS began a musical journey as the frontman for legendary reggae group The Wailers. Since then, his career has brought him across the globe and the industry – spreading his talent across genres and […]

Dominican Republic Gets $130 Million Loan from IDB for Toll Road

Above: the Heroes de la Restauracion Monument in Santiago (Photo: DR Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has received a $130 million loan to refinance the rehabilitation, construction and operation of the Viadom network of toll roads. […]

EU to Fund Study on Geothermal Link from Dominica to French Islands

By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a 1.1 million Euro grant to enhance planning and study the feasibility of exporting geothermal electricity from Dominica to Martinique and Guadeloupe. The bank, which is the […]

Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools

This article originally appeared in Untapped Cities. By Albert José-Antonio López Twelve years have passed since Princeton Architectural Press first published John Loomis’s Revolution of Forms: Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools. In the time that has passed since its humble introduction to the […]

How Jamaica’s Mario C Is Fusing Dancehall and House Music

Mario C is one of Jamaica’s top dancehall producers – winning the EME Award for Dancehall Producer of the Year and well known for his collaborations – from Beenie Man to Lady Saw. But now he has a new project […]

Interview with Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs AJ Nicholson

By Alexander Britell GRENADA- The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada this weekend looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. At the […]

At New York’s El Museo del Barrio, Caribbean Art in the Spotlight

Above: Prefete Duffaut, Habour/Vue de Jacmel avec le Pont de Noel, 1968, oil on canvas (Photo by Jason Mandella) By Alexander Britell Beginning Jun. 12, New York’s El Museo del Barrio will put Caribbean art in the spotlight, with Caribbean: […]

British Virgin Islands Seeks to Reposition Tourism Sector

By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands is looking at ways to reposition its tourism sector, including strengthening the “Brand BVI” product. “Tourism provides business opportunities and jobs to many of our people, it increases the flow of […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Election Paradoxes

By Patrick A Gallimore Op-Ed Contributor The recently concluded general election in Jamaica was filled with a few glaring paradoxes. There was low voter turnout on election day, yet, the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party government administration was vigorously voted out, […]

Guyana Names New Diplomats

By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has made several new appointments to its diplomatic corps, highlighted by naming George Talbot as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Talbot was previously the Charge d’Affaires of Guyana to the UN in […]

Final Results Released in Jamaican Vote; New PM to Be Sworn in Thursday

By the Caribbean Journal staff The final results in Jamaica’s election have been sent to the Govenor-General, with the opposition People’s National Party winning 42 of 63 seats. The PNP had initially totaled 41 seats, until a recount in the […]

The Caribbean Year in Review

For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]

A New Dawn for Haiti Tourism?

Above: Cayes-Jacmel (Photo: HTO) By Maura R. O’Connor CJ Contributor When Dominican business entrepreneur Frank Ranieri wanted to get involved in tourism in the 1970s, he crossed the border into Haiti to see how it was done. “[Haiti’s tourism] was […]

Interview with Dr Peter Phillips

By Alexander Britell Dr Peter Phillips is the former Minister of National Security, Minister of Transport and Works and Minister of Health in Jamaica, having also served in two other ministerial posts. He is now the campaign director for the […]

Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Nonstop Flights to The Bahamas