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Discovering the Other Plymouth — On a Tiny Island in The Bahamas 

 New Plymouth in Abaco.

If you squint, you might mistake these waterside streets for a tiny village in Massachusetts. But in this other Plymouth, the history is a very different one.  Some 1,300 miles as the crow flies to the south-southeast from Plymouth, Mass. is another Plymouth — one hidden away in the Abaco islands. This little town on the […]

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Dominican Republic to Receive $2.8M in EU Funding for Disaster Prevention

Above Dominican and EU officials (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic is receiving $2.85 million USD in grant funding from the European Union to improve disaster prevention in the country. The agreement on the funding was signed Thursday by Dominican Republic Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo and two European Union […]

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European Union Delegation Visits Haiti

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe with the delegation from the European Union (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Tuesday with a visiting delegation from the European Union led by Fernando Frutuouso de Melo, the director general of EuropeAid. The EU official was joined on the trip […]

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What Would Be the Cost of Not Having CARICOM in the Caribbean?

By the Caribbean Journal staff How much does regional integration mean to the Caribbean? It might be time to explore the opportunity costs of not having the Caribbean Community in place, according to Ewout Sandker, head of cooperation at the delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dutch Caribbean. […]

European Union Delegation Visits Haiti

Above: Belmopan By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Belize held talks on Monday with the European Union in Belmopan. The “European Union Political Dialogue” aimed to “engage in discussions on issues of mutual interest and share information on the actions and initiatives that both Belize and the European Union are undertaking in the […]

European Union Eyes New Cooperation Agreement With Cuba

 Above: the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton (Photo: EU) By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Union is looking to launch new political dialogue with Cuba, the European Council announced Monday. The EC adopted new “negotiating directives” for a bilateral political dialogue and cooperation agreement with the Caribbean […]

Cuba "Will Consider" European Union Proposal For Cooperation Pact

 Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s government “will consider” a new European Union proposal to sign a cooperation agreement with the Caribbean country, the government announced Monday. “Cuba will consider the invitation put forth by the European side, in a way that is respectful, constructive and attached to its sovereignty and national interests,” […]

European Union to Fund Upgrade of Dutch Quarter District in St Maarten

Above: the signing ceremony in Brussels By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has signed an agreement with the European Union on a multimillion-dollar upgrade project of the island’s Dutch Quarter District. The EU-funded project will involve the “wide-scale infrastructural upgrading” of the Dutch Quarter District. Wescot-Williams signed the agreement in […]

Trinidad and Tobago, European Union Hold Talks on Climate Change

 Above: Trinidad (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago recently held discussions with the European Union on climate change. The talks in New York last week included Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in Trinidad’s Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action. Also on hand […]

First-Ever EU Ambassador to OECS Presents Credentials

 Above: OECS Director General Len Ishmael and EU Ambassador to the OECS Mikael Barfod By the Caribbean Journal staff Mikael Barfod has officially become the European Union’s first-ever ambassador to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. Barfod, who is also the EU’s Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, presented his credentials to OECS Director […]

Trinidad Agrees on Environment Initiatives With European Union

 Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has signed a financing agreement for $10.67 million with the European Union for an environment programme. The funding, which was announced this week by Sustainable Development and Planning Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, is coming from the EU’s Environmental Programme for Trinidad […]

Jamaica to Receive EU Health Grant

 Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will be receiving approximately $25.3 million USD in health funding from the European Union, according to Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson. The funding will focus on maternal and pediatric care in the country’s public health institutions. Some of the allocation will go toward supporting Jamaica’s […]