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Haiti and Dominican Republic Postpone Talks Until May

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Dominican Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo earlier this year (Photo: OPDR) By Alexander Britell Haiti and the Dominican Republic have postponed their high-level talks for a second time, Caribbean Journal has learned. […]

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12 Rooftop Caribbean Bars

Just you, the sky and a cocktail. That’s the ideal of a rooftop bar, and you can’t only find it in places like New York and Miami — the Caribbean has quite a few. The region is full of trendy rooftop […]

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Radisson Hotel Opens in Trinidad

Above: the new Radisson hotel in Trinidad (photo: Rhondor Dowlat) By Andrea Perez CJ Contributor PORT OF SPAIN — The former Capital Plaza Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad is now a Radisson Hotel. The $30 million dollar structure was […]

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Health City Cayman Islands Officially Launches Medical Operations

Above: Health City Cayman Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff A little over a month after it first officially launched, Health City Cayman Islands has admitted its first patient, the project announced. The local patient underwent a cardiac procedure performed […]


Trinidad, China Talk Infrastructure

Above: the Chinese delegation with Trinidad Urban Development Minister Roodal Moonilal By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Housing and Urban Development Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal recently hosted a high-level delegation of Chinese officials for talks on infastructure. The […]


Caribbean Eats: In the Dominican Republic's Bavaro, the Art of Chicken

Above: Solo Pollo in Bavaro (all photos by CJ) BAVARO — Yes, they serve other things here. But at a place called “Only Chicken,” why would you order anything else? Solo Pollo, as it’s actually known, is a small outdoor-only […]

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The Caribbean's Best Eco-Lodges

They’re often rustic, with the luxury usually in the details. That’s because they focus on one thing: getting in touch with the natural environment in the Caribbean. They’re not hotels — they’re the Caribbean’s eco-lodges, the tiny properties surrounded by […]


Barbados Willing to Help Venezuela Resolve Situation

Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is willing to “use its good offices” to help in quelling the “restlessness on the streets of Venezuela,” Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said Sunday. Stuart, who […]


Costa Rica Chooses New President

Above: Luis Guillermo Solis (Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez) By the Caribbean Journal staff Opposition candidate Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera has won Costa Rica’s presidential elections. Solis, a former Professor who leads the Citizens’ Action Party in Costa Rica, will succeed […]

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Dominica Announces Formation of National Committee on Reparations

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the Caribbean Community’s recent agreement to set up national committees on reparations for slavery, Dominica has announced the formation of its own national committee. The purpose of the national committees […]


Caribbean Cigar: Robert Dipano Tastes the Graycliff Silver

By Robert Dipano CJ Contributor GRAYCLIFF’S master Cuban torcedores and expanded cigar rolling operations have catapulted the Bahamian brand to the forefront of the luxury cigar market. And Caribbean Cigar was lucky enough to get its hands on Graycliff’s Silver […]


Nevis Looks to Set Up Refueling Point for Super Yachts

Above: the CLAN VIII Valletta super yacht By the Caribbean Journal staff There are scores of super yachts cross the Caribbean year-round, and they all have one thing in common — they need to refuel. A new pilot project on […]


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