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Cayman Premier Gets Expanded Foreign Affairs Responsibilities

Above: Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin has been given responsibility for a number of external affairs matters by Governor Helen Kilpatrick, according to a government release. The delegation of foreign affairs […]

Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Arrives in St Kitts and Nevis

Above: Basseterre (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan Foreign Minister David Yung-lo Lin arrived in St Kitts Saturday for an official visit to the twin-island federation, following a trip to St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Taiwanese envoy […]

Interview with Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs AJ Nicholson

By Alexander Britell GRENADA- The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada this weekend looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. At the […]

Puerto Rico Governor Meets With Spain’s Foreign Minister

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in San Juan (Photo: OG Puerto Rico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla held talks Thursday with Spain’s Foreign Minister, Jose […]

Grenada Foreign Minister Visits Qatar

Above: Qatar By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele recently wrapped up visit to Qatar. The purpose of the trip was to pave the way for Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell’s upcoming trip to Qatar this […]

Foreign Ministers of CARICOM, Cuba to Meet in Grenada

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean Community and Cuba will meet in Grenada on Friday. The officials will be attending the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community and the […]

Guatemala Foreign Minister Visits Guyana

Above: the visit to Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guatemalan Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Carrera Castro led a delegation to Guyana this week. Castro held high-level talks with Guyana Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and His visit was part of […]

Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Visiting South Korea

Above: Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran is currently in South Korea for an official visit. Dookeran’s trip follows a visit to Singapore alongside a group of ministers from […]

St Lucia Foreign Minister Heads to Taiwan

Above: Liberty Square inTaipei (Taiwan Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia Foreign Minister Alva Baptiste departed Friday for a visit to Taiwan. The trip is a “fact-finding journey,” according to Taiwan Ambassador to St Lucia James CP Chang. […]

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird Concludes Visit to Haiti

Above: the talks in Haiti (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canada Foreign Minister John Baird and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy concluded a visit to Haiti on Monday. The purpose of the trip was […]

Taiwan Foreign Minister Visits St Vincent and the Grenadines

Above: St Vincent and the Grenadines By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines Thursday for a two-day visit to the country, the government said. The trip will include […]

St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Sam Condor Resigns

Above: Sam Condor at the UK Caribbean Forum in Grenada last year (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Sam Condor has tendered his resignation. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the […]

Barbados Foreign Minister: Cultural Industries Critical for Development

Above: Bridgetown, Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The cultural industries are a critical sector for Barbados’ development, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Maxine McClean. McClean was speaking following a courtesy call from […]

Jamaican Prime Minister Vows to Cut Red Tape for Foreign Investors

Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller met this weekend with more than 200 members of the business community in Philadelphia at a ceremony given in her honour. Simpson […]

Taiwanese Foreign Minister to Make Official Visit to St Kitts and Nevis

Above: PM Dr Denzil Douglas with Taiwanese Foreign Minister Timothy Chin-Tien Yang during a visit last year (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwanese Foreign Minister Timothy Chin-Tien Yang will lead a six-member delegation to St Kitts and Nevis […]

Trinidad Foreign Minister Meets New European Union Charge D’Affaires

Above: Daniela Tramacere and FM Dr Surujrattan Rambachan By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Foreign Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan met last week with Daniela Tramacere, the newly-appointed European Union Charge D’Affaires to Trinidad. Rambachan expressed his desire to continue the […]

Interview with St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Sam Condor

By Alexander Britell GRENADA – The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada this weekend looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. As […]

Trinidad, Serbia Foreign Ministers Meet

By the Caribbean Journal staff Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic paid a courtesy call on Trinidad’s Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, who was acting Foreign Affairs minister yesterday. Moonilal was in the news last week after calling the […]

JetBlue Launches First-Ever Flights to Guatemala

JetBlue Airways has kicked off its first-ever service to Guatemala City, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier is now operating daily service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Guatemala’s La Aurora International Airport. It’s the only daily […]

St Kitts and Nevis to Reopen for Tourism on Oct. 31

St Kitts and Nevis has revealed that the twin-island federation will reopen for tourism on Oct. 31. The was recently designated as a “No Travel Notice” required destination by the CDC, due to having had only 19 cases to date […]

How Barbuda Is Going Green

After the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in 2017, the beach-filled paradise of Barbuda is about to go green in a major way. The United Arab Emirates is joining with the CARICOM Development Fund and other partners to build a […]

Cape Air Is Relaunching Its Nevis Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional Caribbean airline Cape Air is relaunching its service from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Nevis, the carrier said this week. The airline will be reinstating its daily year-round flights from San Juan to Nevis […]

Antigua and Barbuda Courts Chinese Tourism Market

By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s no bigger potential tourism source market for the Caribbean anywhere on earth — China. And while many destinations have talked about courting tourists from the country, one destination made a measure push this week. Antigua […]

Jamaica Offers Rescued Thai Soccer Team a Vacation

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government will be inviting the 12 boys from a youth soccer team in Thailand and their coach, who were saved in a high-profile rescue from a flooded cave, on vacation. The country is offering […]

Antigua and Barbuda Names New Tourism Minister

By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has named Henry Charles Fernandez as the country’s new Minister of Tourism. Fernandez had already been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration; the Tourism portfolio will […]

United Arab Emirates to Give $10 Million for Caribbean Recovery

By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of the United Arab Emirates has announced the gift of $10 million to Caribbean nations and territories that were impacted by recent severe hurricanes. “The UAE is honored to stand by our friends […]

Delta Launching New York-St. Kitts Flights

Delta Airlines has announced plans to launch new nonstop flights to St. Kitts, including a new route. The highlight is the carrier’s planned launch of a new weekly Saturday flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to St. Kitts, […]

Crystal Cruises Adding New Caribbean Stop

The island of Nevis will welcome Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises’ guests starting this November. Luxury yacht Crystal Esprit will call on the island during its 14-day sailings for the next two years, according to the Nevis Tourism Board. “Nevis looks […]

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