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Flights

Flight Watcher: You Can Fly From Miami to St. Croix for $297 on American Airlines

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The water just off St. Croix’s north shore drops from bright turquoise to deep blue within a few yards of the sand at Cane Bay. Shore divers step into the sea from the beach and descend along a dramatic underwater wall. In Christiansted, the harbor stays busy with boats heading to Buck Island Reef National […]

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Japan Is Giving St Vincent and the Grenadines $2 Million in Aid

Above: St Vincent (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Japan is giving $2 million in aid funding to the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, the country’s government announced this week. The funding comes as the result of the signing of an agreement between the two countries. Foreign Minister Camillo Gonsalves made the […]

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IMF: "Substantial Strides Have Been Made" in St Kitts and Nevis

Above: downtown Basseterre, St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis has made “substantial strides” sing its home-grown economic programme, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF recently concluded its ninth and final review of the country’s economic performance under a programme supported by a 36-month Stand By Arrangement. […]

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Jamaica Meets Latest IMF Targets

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica met all of its quantitative performance targets and indicative targets for the end of December, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF, which recently concluded a nine-day mission to Jamaica, said it had reached “preliminary understandings” with Jamaican authorities on a set of economic […]


IMF: "Substantial Strides Have Been Made" in St Kitts and Nevis

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and the CARICOM Development Fund will be signing a $5.83 million agreement on Monday. The pact will be signed by Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell and CARICOM Development Fund CEO Lorne McDonnough. It will focus on four areas: a line of credit to the Grenada Development […]

Durandis: Crunching the Numbers on Haiti’s National Education Fund

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor WHAT IS likely one of the most important tariffs on any sector in the Haitian society was imposed on the Haitian Diaspora shortly after the inauguration of Haiti President Michel Martelly in May 2011. The tariffs to fund free schooling for all children in primary schools in Haiti targeted incoming […]

Grenada, Kuwait Fund Reach Agreement

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Kuwait Fund has agreed to lift a suspension imposed on Grenada, the Grenadian government announced Thursday. The agreement, reached following negotiations led by Works Minister Gregory Bowen, paves the way for work to begin next month. The new agreement will feature a $1 million payment […]

China to Provide $2 Billion for IDB Latin America and Caribbean Fund

Above: the Chinese Embassy in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank and the People’s Bank of China have approved a new fund to support private and public sector projects that promote “sustainable economic growth” in Latin America and the Caribbean. The China Co-Financing Fund, which will be managed by the IDB, […]

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