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Above: the signing ceremony (Photo: PADF) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Pan-American Development Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at providing food aid to the country’s southeastern region. The agreement comes following two devastating storms, Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storm Isaac, that hit Haiti this year. The MoU was signed […]

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The critical tourism issue in Grenada is getting visitors to spend more money during their stays, according to Tourism Minister Senator Dr George Vincent, and safeguarding the country’s intangible cultural heritage is one way to solve that problem. “What is happening in Grenada is that we […]

Above: Danilo Perez By the Caribbean Journal staff Panamanian pianist and jazz composer Danilo Perez will be named a United Nations Artist for Peace, the world body announced Monday. The appointment came due to Perez’s efforts to promote music programmes for children living in extreme poverty in Panama, and due to his “dedication to the […]

Above: US Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White at the Ecole Charles Lebossé (Photo: US Embassy in Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White recently conducted a tour of Haiti’s northeastern region, visiting a series of projects currently being funded by the US government. The trip began with a visit […]

Above: small children are most vulnerable to the residual impact of Hurricane Sandy (World Food Programme Photo/Elio Rujano) By the Caribbean Journal staff More than 1.5 million people in Haiti could be at risk of food insecurity in 2013 if adequate assistance is not given, according to the United Nations. The risks are the continued […]

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 has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a form of Muscular Dystrophy, and is believed to be the […]

Above: San Juan (Photo: Puerto Rico Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Voters in Puerto Rico will show their preference for Puerto Rico’s future political status in a vote on Tuesday. The vote, which will come alongside elections for Puerto Rico’s governor, non-voting U.S. Congress representative and local officials, will ask Puerto Ricans two questions: […]

Above: flooding in Haiti (File Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The death count in Haiti from Hurricane Sandy has reached 16, according to Haiti’s Office of Civil Protection. Of those, seven people were killed in Haiti’s South department, with eight in the West and one in Grand-Anse. Five members of one family were killed […]

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 flooding and blocked roads, with evidence of widespread damage to small farms and crops, she […]

Above, from left: Maria Bello, President Michel Martelly and Danielle Saint-Lot (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Longtime Haiti advocate and American actress Maria Bello has been named a goodwill ambassador for the country, President Michel Martelly announced. Bello is the latest high-profile American to earn the title, following fellow actor Sean Penn. […]

By Richard Smith Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica has in recent times had a vigorous debate on the use of Patois (pronounced Patwa) as its official language, replacing English. This view has been fueled by poor results in CSEC English exams, which has seen many people questioning the validity of an official language not comprehended by the […]

Above: Jamaicans marching Friday against domestic abuse By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaicans took to the streets Friday to voice their outrage over the country’s continued crime wave, and particularly a recent incident involving the rape of five women in Montego Bay, a moment National Security Minister Peter Bunting called a potential turning point for […]

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 include initiatives such as providing 1.5 million people with cholera education and prevention, repairing and […]

By Guerda Nicolas CJ Contributor Since the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, the Boston-based Haitian Mental Health (HMH) Network has collaborated with several organizations in the US and Haiti to create a Capacity Building Initiative in International Mental Health (CBI-IMH). The primary goal of the CBI-IMH is to provide clinical and didactic training to students in […]

By Alexander Britell Jimmy Cliff, one of the titans of reggae, had gone seven years without an album until releasing “Rebirth” earlier this year. The crisply-made work, created in collaboration with veteran punk-music producer Tim Armstrong, represents a rebirth, not just of Cliff’s sound, but of the roots reggae music which he helped bring to […]

By Drew Aiken Op-Ed Contributor Since January 2011 — a year after Port-au-Prince and its environs were pummeled by a devastating earthquake — the United States has deported hundreds of Haitian nationals, many of whom had long been legal permanent residents of the US, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti and the impact the […]

Above: Jamaica PM Portia Simpson Miller (left) at the handing over ceremony (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The community of Trench Town in Jamaica’s St Andrew parish is home to a new 150-student school. The basic school facility, which was built by Jamaica’s National Housing Trust, cost a total of J$20.6 million, or […]

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor A means to an end or an end to any means. Democracy, since ancient times, has not simply been a means to attain certain political power, but it has been a way of life for many, or, in other terms, simply an end that allows individuals to attain all of […]

By Geoffrey Philp Op-Ed Contributor On June 16, 2012, the Rootz Foundation, Institute for Caribbean Studies, and the Marcus Garvey Celebrations Committee, of which I am a member, launched an online petition for the exoneration of Marcus Garvey, leader of the largest movement for social and economic justice in the early twentieth century, who was […]

Above: CARICOM headquarters in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Health Minister Dr Florence Duperval Guillaume is calling on members of the Caribbean’s Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS to strengthen coordination efforts and improve integration efforts. Guillaume made the remarks at the official opening of the Pan Caribbean Partnership’s executive board meeting in Port-au-Prince […]

By the Caribbean Journal staff A minibus carrying 74 Haitian immigrants was apprehended in the Dominican Republic, the government announced Saturday. The bus, which was stopped by members of the Dominican Republic’s Fourth Army Brigade, was en route to Santiago, officials said. It was apprehended near Aguas de la Palma in the Montecristi province. It […]

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s address to the nation on the occasion of its […]

Above: flooding in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is ramping up its humanitarian relief efforts following Tropical Storm Isaac. The storm, which departed from Haiti this weekend, continued to pose flooding risks and reportedly killed at least 19 people across the country. “In support of the government’s coordination […]

By the Caribbean Journal staff The death toll from Tropical Storm Isaac has risen to eight, according to the country’s Civil Protection office. Three of the deceased were children. The latest death was caused by someone killed in a landslide in Dondon, the office said in a statement. The office is part of Haiti’s National […]

By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, more than nineteen months ago, left a huge trail of destruction.  Approximately 350,000 people died, 500,000 were injured, almost half of them children, an estimated two million people were left homeless in Port-au-Prince alone, and hundreds of thousands left the city […]

Above: Canaan in Haiti By Kendi Zidor Haitian Press Agency Jeanne St Fleur spent more than two years living in a tent on the dusty hillside known as Canaan, in the northern end of Port-au-Prince’s metropolitan area. She moved there with her husband and four children after their home was destroyed in Haiti’s January 2010 […]