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JetBlue Expanding to Trinidad

Above: JetBlue planes By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue isn’t done with its Caribbean expansion. The New York City-based carrier will be launching flights to Trinidad beginning in July 2014, according to Trinidad’s government. The news, rumoured for several months, […]

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Developers Plan $11.1 Million Project on Canouan Island in the Grenadines

Above: Canouan Island By the Caribbean Journal staff A series of improvement projects on Canouan Island in the Grenadines will total $11.1 million over the next two years, according to the government. The development of the Charles Bay area on […]

CJ Interviews

Interview With Ric Todd, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands

By Alexander Britell Just a few years ago, the Turks and Caicos Islands was in serious trouble. After a UK Commission of Enquiry found evidence of widespread corruption under the government of former Premier Michael Misick, the UK suspended the […]

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Haiti Prime Minister Heads to Europe

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is visiting Europe this week for a five-day visit to the continent . Lamothe will visit France and Belgium on the trip, with the […]


Baha Mar General Managers, Bahamas Tourism Ministry Hold Talks

Above: the group of Bahamian officials at the meeting By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of executives from the Baha Mar project recently held talks with officials at the Bahamian Ministry of Tourism. The group included the newly-named general […]


Who Will Lead Caribbean Transformation?

By Zhivargo Laing CJ Contributor Dr Shelton Nicholls, former deputy director of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, was right when he said Caribbean countries needed to ensure economic growth strategies address the current challenges as well as take […]

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St Kitts Eyes More Hotel Rooms

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Does St Kitts and Nevis need more hotel rooms? It does if it plans to go ahead with plans to increase the number of stayover arrivals to the twin-island federation, […]


Grenada Prime Minister, Cuba Foreign Minister Hold Talks

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell held talks with Cuba Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla this week, as part of the CARICOM-Cuba ministerial conference in St George’s. Parilla said Grenada continued to be […]


CJ Pick: Kava in Port of Spain, Trinidad

Above: Kava (CJ Photo) At first glance, it’s an unassuming restaurant in a hotel lobby in Port of Spain, Trinidad. But Kava, one of the onsite restaurants at the Kapok hotel, is so much more. The modern-styled eatery, which has […]

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Rum Journal: A Rum and Reggae Cocktail From Negril, Jamaica

Above: the Beaches Negril Resort & Spa Few things go together quite as well as rum and reggae. That’s particularly true in Jamaica, the home of the world-famous Appleton Rum and the Beaches Negril Resort. It’s the latter that has […]


Caribbean Photo of the Week: Frederiksted Pier in St Croix

This week’s Caribbean Photo comes from CJ reader John Rains of the Starfish company. John’s took this snapshot of the Frederiksted Pier in Frederiskted on the US Virgin Island of St Croix. Do you have a great photo of the […]


Kassav, Machel Montano Among Headliners at World Creole Music Festival

Above: Kassav By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominica Festivals Committee has revealed the lineup for this year’s edition of the World Creole Music Festival. Artists headlining the show include Haiti’s Nu Look and musicians like Busy Signal, the Zouk […]


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