The water along Eagle Beach has a luminous blue that seems to go on forever. In Montego Bay, the hills rise behind a sweep of resorts, beaches and old sugar-estate country. On St. Thomas, ferries leave the harbor for St. John, sailboats cross Pillsbury Sound and Magens Bay curves around one of the Caribbean’s most […]
Above: US Vice President Joe Biden with Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden thanked the Caribbean this week for its “encouragement” to the US on shifting its longstanding policy on Cuba. Biden thanked the region for urging the US to “make the change” […]
Above: the Holiday Inn Resort Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff The Holiday Inn Resort Aruba is entering the final phase of its $20 million refurbishment programme. The project, which included a new pool and jacuzzi, a new lobby and full-scale remodeling of guestrooms, is slated for completion in the middle of next month. “[InterContinental […]
Above: a JetBlue plane By Alexander Britell Continuing its Caribbean expansion, New York City-based air carrier JetBlue announced Thursday that it would begin service to Haiti’s Port-au-Prince. The flights, which will include one daily nonstop flight between New York’s John F Kennedy Airport and Port-au-Prince and twice-daily flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port-au-Prince. […]
