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Interview with Jamaican Parliamentary Candidate Dr Dayton Campbell
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This New $225 Million All-Inclusive Resort in the Dominican Republic Just Held Its Grand Opening

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One of the most anticipated resorts in the Dominican Republic has now held its grand opening. The new resort has joined the Dominican Republic’s growing luxury map. The Zemi Miches All-Inclusive Resort, Curio Collection by Hilton has held its grand opening on the island’s northeast coast — the latest addition to Miches, one of the […]

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Interview with Jamaican Parliamentary Candidate Joan Gordon-Webley

By Alexander Britell Joan Gordon-Webley was born in Pell River, Hanover, Jamaica. She is the past president of Caribbean Women for Democracy, the Jamaica Women’s Freedom Movement, among other posts, and previously represented East Rural St Andrew in Jamaica’s Parliament in the 1980s. Most recently, Gordon-Webley was the executive director of the National Solid Waste […]

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Interview with Professor Ian Boxill

By Alexander Britell Jamaica’s elections are quickly heating up, and one of those monitoring the political developments closely is University of the West Indies Professor Ian Boxill, who is the Carlton Alexander Chair in Management Studies. Dr Boxill is also a veteran pollster, having surveyed the political and electoral attitudes of Jamaicans for some time […]

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Jamaica: Surveillance Flight Part of Normal Agreement with United States

Above: a Lockheed P-3 Orion (Photo: Lockheed) By the Caribbean Journal staff The deployment of a United States surveillance plane during last year’s raid of the Tivoli Gardens neighbourhood in Kingston was part of a normal agreement Jamaica enjoys with the US and other governments, according to Major General Antony Anderson, chief of defense staff […]

Interview with Professor Ian Boxill

 In a shift from earlier comments by National Security Minister Dwight Nelson, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness admitted that the government had accepted an offer from the United States government for surveillance and imagery assistance during the May 2010 raid in Kingston’s Tivoli Gardens. Earlier, Nelson had said that the Jamaican government had not made […]

Holness Calls for Safe, Peaceful Election

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for peaceful and incident-free elections, according to a statement. The announcement followed reports of the stoning of buses transporting supporters of the Jamaica Labour Party from its rally in Mandeville Sunday night, when Holness announced the Dec. 29 election date. Holness has instructed […]

St Lucia's Anthony Names Cabinet

Above: Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony, Foreign Minister Alva Baptiste and Commerce Minister Emma Hippolyte By the Caribbean Journal staff New St Lucian Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony named his new cabinet yesterday, which was sworn in at a ceremony in Parliament. Anthony’s St Lucia Labour Party regained power by winning the country’s elections last […]

Interview with Jamaican MP and Former Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton

 Over the summer, Jamaica approved a ban on the sale and trade of scrap metal in the country, with Commerce Minister Dr Christopher Tufton citing a “correlation between increased demand, high metal prices and the rise in metal theft.” An early critic of the decision was Jamaican MP and former Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton, who […]

Jamaica to Hold Elections Dec. 29

 Above: PM Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will hold national elections Dec. 29, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Sunday night at a rally for his ruling Jamaica Labour Party in Mandeville. “Now is decision time,” he said. “I have a feeling that our future is going […]

Guyana Waits on Election Results; Jagdeo Calls for Announcement "Immediately"

By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo has called on Guyana’s Elections Commission to accelerate its declaration on the preliminary results of Monday’s vote. Jagdeo, who is not running for another term (the country’s constitution prohibits it), expressed disappointment over the pace of the results, and called for an announcement “immediately.” His party, […]

Shahine Robinson Replaces Mike Henry as Jamaican Transport Minister

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Shahine Robinson has been named Jamaica’s Minister of Transport and Works following the resignation of former Minister Mike Henry. Robinson, a member of the Jamaica Labour Party, was serving as Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Local Government in the Ministry of Housing. Robinson was among the Jamaican MPs involved […]

Preliminary Results: St Lucia's SLP, Kenny Anthony Return to Power

By the Caribbean Journal staff Preliminary results from the St Lucian election show former Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony’s St Lucia Labour Party has defeated the ruling United Workers Party to regain control of the government, according to the country’s Electoral Department. The early totals show a victory of nine seats for Anthony and eight […]