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Barbados Launches Task Force on Tourism Recovery

Barbados Tourism Minister Kerrie Symmonds has launched the new Barbados Recovery Tourism Task Force. The unit is responsible for managing the island’s tourism sector during the pandemic and its aftermath and “mapping its transformation.” The unit is being chaired by […]

How to Buy Jason Giambi’s Cabo Villa

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A 12,079-square-foot villa in Cabo San Lucas co-owned by former Major League Baseball star Jason Giambi will sell at auction next month at auction. Located in the gated community of Pedegral de Cabo San Lucas, […]

A Reimagined Waterpark at the Hilton Rose Hall

Jamaica’s Hilton Rose Hall resort has “reimagined” its Sugar Mill Falls Water Park, the property announced. The $400,000 renovation project included new blue mosaic tiling, a new coping, a repainted 280-foot waterslide and a new windmill, among other changes. The […]

Op-Ed: Climate Change and the Caribbean

By George Nicholson and Anastasia Ramjag Op-Ed Contributors This debate surrounding our climate has polarized the world into two different groups for a long time; some theorists maintain that an intrinsic characteristic of climate is that it changes while a […]

What’s Next for Caribbean Cable?

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Shocked by Sinclair I was shocked at Gary Sinclair’s seeming honesty and openness as he responded to Journalist Dionne Jackson Miller’s probing questions about cable TV and copyright infringements. Sinclair is the head honcho […]

Singapore’s Lesson for Jamaica

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor Singapore is an island city-state in Southeast Asia. It was founded by Britain as a trading colony in 1819. Lee Kuan Yew became its first Prime Minister in 1959. Four years later, Singapore joined the […]

Medical Tourism in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor The fifth “Global Ministerial Summit” was held in Washington, DC on Sept. 21. Ministers of health, tourism and economic development, trade commissioners, and health attachés from 25 nations gathered to discuss medical tourism challenges and […]

OECS Looking to Create Regional Climate Change Institution

Above: St Vincent (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Climate change will disproportionately impact small island states like those in the Caribbean, and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is looking to explore its options for coping with the […]

Jamaica Gets “Very Low” Economic Return on Reggae: Study

Above: Bob Marley By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica brought reggae to the world — but it may not have brought back much economic return, according to a new study at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. PhD […]

Guerda Nicolas: Haiti’s “Resilience” and Mental Health

By Guerda Nicolas CJ Contributor FOLLOWING THE AFTERMATH of the 2010 earthquake, some of the news headlines read “Haitians Resilient Despite Disasters” or “Haitians Resilient Amid Destruction.” Haiti has experienced a longstanding history of significant issues with environmental calamites, poverty, […]

Mental Health in Haiti: Freeing the Mind From Bondage

By Guerda Nicolas CJ Contributor IT IS BECOMING CLEARER to everyone that in order for individuals as well as groups of individuals to thrive that a good mental state is necessary. That became even more apparent to Haitians in Haiti […]

Op-Ed: Cayman’s Lionfisher Kings

By Jim Hart, Stacy Frank and Courtney Platt Op-Ed Contributors The lionfish’s day of reckoning may be at hand, however a modest reckoning it may be. These beautiful, voracious feeders, with a prodigious reproductive rate of up to 30,000 eggs […]

Haiti and the Psychology of Freedom

By Guerda Nicolas CJ Contributor I recently made a trip to Cape Town, South Africa to give a talk, and so many incidents there reminded me of Haiti and other countries in the Caribbean region. Many folks are aware of […]

Facebook & Raging Hormones in Trinidad

The following is the latest in a series of excerpts from Dr Marcia Forbes’ new book, “Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles,” published in Caribbean Journal. By Marcia Forbes, PhD Naturally curious and adventuresome, some adolescents will use Facebook to seek […]

South Korea to Provide Grenada with Coastal Management Help

By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of South Korea will be providing $470,000 to Grenada to help the country with a coastal management initiative. The aid package is part of an agreement signed between Grenadian Environment Minister Joseph Gilbert […]

Disabled in a Handicapped Country

By James English All photos by James English PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Sainte Marie is a neighborhood located on the side of a steep hill in southern Port-au-Prince. The area was heavily damaged during the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and […]

Barbados Moves toward Green Economy

The Government of Barbados is moving to green its economy with the help of the United Nations Environment Programme. “My government continues to be committed to that vision and the emphasis at this point is to consolidate and elevate its […]

In Antigua and Barbuda, a Must-Visit Caribbean Event for Foodies