Why Jamaica Needs a Long-Term View
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Recently, I said to someone that one of the challenges Jamaica has as a country is that we are too focused on immediate gratification, and not on the long-term effects of our actions. As a consequence, […]
How to See James Bond's Jamaica
Above: Goldeneye in Jamaica By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Get your Goldfinger on at Jamaica’s GoldenEye Hotel & Resort (former home of James Bond creator, author Ian Fleming), where they’ve just announced a new promotional package that allows guests […]
Haiti Still Faces “Humanitarian Emergency” From Cholera
Above: the UN’s Pedro Medrano Rojas (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti’s cholera problems may not be receiving as much media attention of late, the country still faces a humanitarian emergency, according to Pedro Medrano Rojas, […]
News Caribbean Home: A Private Island for Less Than $2 Million
Above: Finley Cay near Eleuthera By the Caribbean Journal Caribbean Home continues our tour across the region’s private island listings for a property near Eleuthera in the Bahamas. It’s called Finley Cay, and it’s about an hour by boat from […]
Melia Reports Strong Caribbean Growth
Above: the Paradisus Palma Real in the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana region By the Caribbean Journal staff Melia Hotels International reported strong growth in the Americas in the first quarter of 2015, according to a new statement from the company. […]
United States, Cuba Set to Resume Talks on Reopening Embassies
Above: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and Cuba will be resuming their high-level bilateral talks next week on re-establishing diplomatic ties and reopening embassies, the State Department […]
News Southwest Announces Launch Dates for New Caribbean Flights
Above: a Southwest Airlines flight By the Caribbean Journal staff Southwest Airlines has revealed launch dates for a host of new flights out of Houston’s William P Hobby Airport. The company announced this week that it would be launching daily, […]
In Puerto Rico, Turning the Travel World into an Island
Above: the Puerto Rico Convention Center By Alexander Britell SAN JUAN — The Caribbean’s newest travel conference began with a simple idea. “We decided that the world should become an island,” says Ingrid Rivera Rocafort, executive of the director of […]
Guyana Election Results: Opposition Wins By Just Under 5,400 Votes
Above: the APNU+AFC’s David Granger By the Caribbean Journal staff Four days later, the Guyana election results are in. In a nail-biter of an election, Guyana’s opposition has claimed victory, according to preliminary results released Thursday by the Guyana Elections […]
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