Travel has always carried an unspoken contract. Visitors arrive to enjoy a destination, but they also share in the responsibility of preserving it — its landscapes, its culture, and the communities that sustain it. As tourism grows across the Caribbean, the question of what travelers owe the places they visit has taken on new urgency. […]
Above: St George’s Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government will deliver its budget in the next two to three weeks ahead of the April 30 deadline, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. The Prime Minister recently led a consultation last week involving Members of Parliament, financial officials and Cabinet Secretary […]
Above: Governor John de Jongh at a community meeting last week in St Croix (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Governor John de Jongh has submitted the US Virgin Islands’ budget for fiscal year 2013, promising that his administration took “extreme care to craft the leanest possible budget.” De Jongh said the budget addressed […]
By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica is barely emerging from its worst economic downturn in the last 30 years. Even after positive growth returned in 2011, the economy remains 3 percent below its 2007 level, and with anaemic growth projected for the foreseeable future, the economy won’t reach its pre-recession level until sometime in 2015. […]
