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Norwegian Cruise Line Just Ordered 3 New Cruise Ships

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is planning the next stage of its fleet expansion, with new ships coming for each of its three cruise brands. The company announced it has reached an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the design and construction of three new cruise ships, one each for Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and […]

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St Kitts Looks to Taiwan for Tourism Help

Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) The federation of St Kitts and Nevis is sending 16 nationals to Taiwan to begin courses at the country’s National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism. The students will be focusing on restaurant management, tourism marketing, hotel management and casino management, among other fields, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas told […]

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China Vice Premier to Visit Jamaica

Above: Hui Liangyu (UN Photo: Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the commencement of the China-Caribbean Economic Forum in Port of Spain this week, China’s Vice Premier Hui Liangyu will be visiting Jamaica beginning on Sunday. Hui will meet with the Governor General, Prime Minister Bruce Golding and other senior officials. It will […]

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Haitians Protest UN Peacekeepers

Above: UN peacekeepers from Bolivia in Haiti last year (UN Photo: Marco Dormino) Haitians gathered to protest the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Haiti after allegations that a contingent from Uruguay sexually assaulted a young man. The scandal has seen a formal apology by Uruguay’s president to Haiti, along with an announcement by the UN that […]

China Vice Premier to Visit Jamaica

 The Caribbean needs to change its traditional way of thinking at the political level, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo said at a roundtable of the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. “We still operate in a global system, that will generate a whole deal of instability, so we have to advocate for changes,” […]

Bahamas to Host Climate Conference

 Bahamas to Host Climate Conference Above: Elma Garraway, permanent secretary at the Bahamas’ Ministry of Education, Philip Weech, director of the BEST Commission, Deidre Bevans and Terry Archer (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) The Bahamas will host a UNESCO conference on the impact of climate change next week in Nassau. The three-day meeting will look at UNESCO’s […]

Remembering the Life of Eugene Dupuch

By Sir Arthur Foulkes Judge Nathaniel Jones, a distinguished Judge of United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeal and former General Counsel for the NAACP, once surveyed the large number of persons entering the legal profession in that country and commented that there was always room for one more good lawyer. No doubt his definition […]

Aristide to Make First Public Appearance

Above: Aristide on a United Nations visit while president (UN Photo: Milton Grant) Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide will make his first major public appearance since his return to Haiti in March, delivering a speech and inaugurating the expansion of his university. The University of the Aristide Foundation, which closed in 2004, reopened in […]

CARICOM, UN Meet on Crime

Above: the UN and CARICOM teams (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM and the United Nations met yesterday to review earlier deliberations between the two bodies on the issue of crime. Delegations from CARICOM’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security and the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime expressed a desire to strengthen […]

CJ Spotlight: Major Daps

 Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, Major Daps is working on a synergy of the roots reggae music of the past with that of the present. In this CJ Spotlight, we talk to Major Daps about what makes his music and what his music means. To see his definition of reggae music, click here. Talk about your […]

Bahamian Farmers Recover from Irene

Above: farmer Dwight Saywer lost his entire banana crop. Also pictured: BAIC Executive Chairman Edison Key and Assistant GM Arnold Dorsett (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) The Bahamian Agricultural and Industrial Corporation has stepped in to help farmers on Grand Bahama whose crops were wiped out by Hurricane Irene. “From what I saw, the famers suffered extensive […]

Trinidad, China Sign $6.2M Agreement

 Above: China and Trinidad sign a cooperation agreement (Photo: TGISL) Trinidad and China signed a $6.2 million agreement Tuesday, the latest in a series of economic and cooperation agreements between China and Caribbean countries at the China-Caribbean forum in Port of Spain. Trinidad Foreign Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan signed on behalf of Trinidad, while China’s […]

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