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Jamaica Looks to Diaspora to Increase Investment
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Hyatt Just Opened A New Puerto Rico Resort With 223 Rooms, A Beach Club, and A Splash Pad

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There’s a new way to experience Puerto Rico’s beach capital of Isla Verde. Hyatt has officially opened its first Hyatt Centric–branded hotel in Puerto Rico, bringing the lifestyle-focused flag to Isla Verde with the debut of Hyatt Centric San Juan Isla Verde. The opening follows a $30 million transformation of the former Verdanza Hotel and […]

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St Lucia Looks to Diaspora to Market Tourism Industry

Above: St Lucia (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is looking to strengthen ties with its diaspora community to boost the country’s tourism sector. The St Lucia Tourist Board has launched a new programme called “Se San Nou,” ours, designed to boost ties with St Lucians abroad. The goal is to tap […]

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Martinique Holds First Diaspora Forum

Above: Martinique Regional Council President Serge Letchimy leads a meeting in the context of the Diaspora forum By the Caribbean Journal staff What role should Martinique’s diaspora community play in its development and economy? That was among the issues addressed as the French Caribbean department held its first-ever Diaspora Forum this week at the Madiana […]

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Antigua Courts Diaspora Investors

Above: the ABIA’s tour in the US By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority recently concluded a three-city tour of the United States aimed at increasing investment by members of the country’s diaspora. Sascha Mercer, director of marketing and business development at the ABIA, met with Antiguans and Barbudans in Washington, […]

Martinique Holds First Diaspora Forum

 Above: the Hilton Rose Hall By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Diaspora is integral to the country’s prospects for growth, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said this week at the opening of the Fifth biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference. “We take the position that Jamaica’s growth and prosperity agenda is incomplete without the committed engagement and […]

Jamaica Looks to Diaspora in Developing Health Tourism Sector

 Above: Montego Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is looking to the country’s Diaspora as it seeks to develop a health tourism sector on the island, according to Minister of State Arnaldo Brown. Health is “one of the areas that the Diaspora is strongest in,” he said, with Jamaicans abroad making “significant contributions […]

Grenada Tourism Minister Meets With Diaspora Community in London

Above: London By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Tourism Minister Alexandra Otway-Noel met with members of the country’s Diaspora community in the United Kingdom during a visit this week. Otway-Noel, who was appointed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell in March, was joined at the meeting in London by Grenada’s High Commissioner to the United […]

Jamaica Considering Establishment of Diaspora Database

 Above: Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is considering the creation of a database of Jamaican investors and professionals living in the diaspora, according to Arnaldo Brown, State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. “We will be embarking on a mapping of this later on in the year with […]

Michel Martelly, in Miami, Vows to "Change the Way Haiti is Perceived"

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in North Miami Beach (CJ Photo)   By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Haiti President Michel Martelly traveled to South Florida Monday for a meeting with the country’s Diaspora community, offering a defence of the first 18 months of his administration and vowing to continue working to change the country’s image […]

Dominica Seeks Diaspora Investment

By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica is looking abroad for help in nation-building at home. The island nation wants help from the diaspora, according to Minister for Constituency Empowerment Ambrose George. “Dominicans living overseas can participate in the actual development of [the] country,” he said recently. “You can open up accounts at the credit unions […]

Haiti's Michel Martelly Meets With Haitian Community in DR Congo

Above: Martelly meeting with members of Haiti’s diaspora in the DR Congo (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly met this weekend with the small community of the Haitian diaspora in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Martelly, who has been visiting the country for the La Francophonie summit, is […]

Grenada Seeks Stronger Link With Track and Field Athletes in Diaspora

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government is collaborating with the Grenada Athletics Association (GAA) and the Grenada Olympic Committee (GOC) to create a greater linkage between Grenada and track and field athletes in the Diaspora, according to Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Patrick Simmons. The Minister confirmed that a meeting […]