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Improvements in Bahamian Prison System

Snorkeling in the Caribbean

These Caribbean Resorts Are Perfect for Snorkeling Lovers, From Antigua to Bonaire to The Bahamas

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It’s one of the most popular activities in the Caribbean — snorkeling. There’s nothing quite like slipping on a mask and fins and diving into another world just offshore. Coral gardens, schools of tropical fish, sea turtles drifting by — snorkeling calls to the adventurer in all of us. Yes, you can snorkel at just about […]

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New Speaker of the House in Jamaica

Above: Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert at her first sitting in Parliament (JIS Photo) The Jamaican House of Representatives welcomed new Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, along with Deputy Speaker Tarn Peralto, at their first sitting since Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding appointed new ministers and ministers of state. Dalrymple-Philibert, formerly deputy speaker, replaces Delroy Chuck, who took up the […]

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Maintaining Leonard Howell's Legacy

By Alexander Britell Thirty years after his death, a group of Jamaicans are working to keep alive the legacy of Leonard Howell, a Jamaican religious figure considered to be the first Rastafarian. Monty Howell, one Howell’s sons, is in a legal bid to get control of Leonard’s one time home in St Catherine, in Spanish […]

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Clinton Foundation Probes Haiti Shelters

Above: Former US President Bill Clinton in Haiti (Photo: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund) The foundation of former US President Bill Clinton is sending investigators to Haiti to examine reported problems with storm shelters it donated to the town of Leogane in Haiti. According to Foundation Chief of Staff Laura Graham, there are 20 shelters in […]

Maintaining Leonard Howell's Legacy

Above: Director of the National STI/HIV Programme, Dr. Kevin Harvey (right), greets Dr Fitzroy Henry, director, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (JIS Photo) Dr Kevin Harvey, the director of Jamaica’s National STI/HIV Programme is encouraging Caribbean health institutions to play a pivotal role in ensuring access to healthy foods in the region. “Having regard to […]

CARICOM, Kazakhstan Meet on Economy

Above: From left: Serik Amirov, Olzhas Toguzbayev and Beisenbek Duisebayev (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Serik Amirov, the vice-chairperson of Kazakhstan’s Commission of Economic Collaboration, met yesterday with acting Secretary-General Lolita Applewhaite at CARICOM’s headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. Amirov was joined by Olzhas Toguzbayev, vice director of the consular services department at Kazakhstan’s […]

Oxfam: Time to Lead on Haiti's Tent Cities

Above: a tent city in Haiti (Photo: UN) By the Caribbean Journal staff International aid group Oxfam warned that leadership is needed from new Haitian President Michel Martelly’s government to help the 630,00 people still living in tent cities in the country. Relocating the over-600,000 people still living in the camps was never going to […]

Jamaican Opposition Plans Island-Wide Protest over Extradition Affair

 Jamaica’s Opposition People’s National Party is planning an island-wide protest concerning the government’s handling of the extradition crisis involving Christopher “Dudus” Coke. Former Justice Minister KD Knight, the lead attorney representing the party during the recently-concluded Commission of Enquiry, said the protests will begin tomorrow. [Jamaica Observer]

Texaco to Sell Cayman, Jamaica Properties

 Following the purchase of 174 gas stations in the Eastern Caribbean by Vitogaz, a subsidiary of French petroleum company Rubis, Texaco is putting its stations in Cayman and Jamaican on the block. The initial deal included stations in 11 countries, with additional approval being sought in Belize and two other countries in Central America. Rubis […]

Barbados Preps Agriculture for Hurricanes

 Above: a cane field in Barbados With the hurricane season officially under way in June, Barbados’ Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management is working to ensure the island’s food and fisheries infrastructure are secure in the event of a natural disaster. The Ministry is advising farmers in ways to safeguard their livestock […]

In Oil Paint, a Forgotten Trinidad

 Mariquita Johnson painted perhaps two of the oldest paintings in Trinidad, but little is known of her life. Johnson’s “Around the Queen’s Park Savannah” and “The Angels” were both painted in 1905 and are among the country’s oldest paintings along with the watercolor works of Michel Jean Cazabon. The only extant remains of her family […]

Bahamas Tackles Mortgage Delinquencies

 Above: Housing Minister Kenneth Russell (BIS Photo) The Bahamas Mortgage Corporation is looking to reconstruct mortgage payments to count toward paying off the principal in a bid to reduce its 40 percent delinquency rate. “[The BMC is] still having about a 40 percent delinquency and they’re working to send some letters out to persons … […]