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St Maarten’s Top All-Inclusive Just Named a New GM

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Sonesta Resorts St. Maarten has appointed Bernard Mazet as its new General Manager, effective immediately. In the role, Mazet will oversee operations and provide strategic leadership for Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Sonesta Ocean Point, bringing more than 30 years of international hospitality experience across luxury and all-inclusive resorts worldwide. Mazet most recently served as […]

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A New All-Inclusive Hotel Is Coming to Punta Cana

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Surging travel company Apple Leisure Group is adding yet another new resort in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean’s hotbed of hotel development.  Apple Leisure Group’s AMResorts subsidiary will be opening its new Dreams Macao Beach Punta Cana in the first quarter of 2020, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new all-inclusive Punta Cana resort will open […]

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US State Department Officials Visiting Haiti, Dominican Republic

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Two top United States officials are visiting Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week. Counselor Thomas A Shannon and Special Coordinator for Haiti Thomas C Adams are traveling to the two countries from March 29 to 31. The pair will meet with senior government officials, civil […]

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Dominican Republic Names New Ambassador to Brazil

Above: the National Palace in Santo Domingo (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina has officially appointed Alejandro Zarzuela Arias as the country’s new Ambassador to Brazil. The Caribbean country’s new envoy had been serving as Minister Counsellor at the Dominican Republic’s Embassy in Brazil, after having served in the […]


US State Department Officials Visiting Haiti, Dominican Republic

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Dominican Minister of the Presidency Gustvao Montalvo in Juan Dolio on Thursday (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic have signed a new trade agreement, the two sides announced following high-level talks on Thursday. The meeting in the Dominican town of Juan […]

Joe Biden, US Vice President, Visiting Dominican Republic

Above: United States Vice President Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden was set to arrive at Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo on Wednesday. Biden was visiting the Dominican Republic after having had to cancel a planned trip to the country in March. That trip was canceled […]

Dominican Republic Gets $100 Million Loan For Health Sector

Above: the Dominican Republic (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic will soon be receiving a $100 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank following its approval this week. The loan aims to boost health care in the country through “investments designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of spending in the […]

Dominican Republic President Meets With Pope Francis

Above: Pope Francis and Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina (Photo: OP Dominican Republic) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina met Friday with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The 29-minute meeting included talks about the government’s social policy and, at the request of the Pope, the Dominican Republic’s new legislation addressing people […]

Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina Arrives in Rome

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina in Rome (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina arrived in Rome on Thursday ahead of his visit with the Pope on Friday at the Vatican. Medina arrived on a flight from Spain at the Ciampino airport in Rome at around 8:30 AM EST. […]

Dominican Republic's Danilo Medina Makes Visit to El Salvador

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina departing from San Isidro Air Base (left) (DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina departed from San Isidro Air Base on Saturday for El Salvador, where he will be on hand for the swearing in of the country’s new President, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, who won […]

Dominican Republic: IDB Approves $78M Loan For Electricity Grid

Above: the Dominican Republic (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $78 million loan to the Dominican Republic to improve the country’s electrical distribution grid and reduce electricity waste. The project, which is part of the country’s Integrated Electricity Sector Plan for 2013-2016, seeks “ensure the proper functioning […]

Barack Obama Writes Letter to Dominican Republic's Medina on Trade Talks

Above: United States President Barack Obama (White House Photo: Pete Souza) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States President Barack Obama has written a letter to Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina about the possible impact of Trans-Pacific Partnership apparel provisions on the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States free trade agreement (CAFTA-DR). Medina had earlier sent a […]