You don’t just dive into Saint Lucia. You discover it, glimpse by glimpse, layer by layer. The first view is usually green — impossibly green — as rainforest folds into volcanic ridges and then drops toward the sea. By the time you reach the coast, the island has already shifted your pace. Mornings stretch longer […]
Above: the inauguration ceremony By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has formally opened the new San Pedro de Macoris-La Romana highway. Dominican President Danilo Medina was on hand to inaugurate the project, which is part of the government’s Eastern Tourist Corridor project. The 22-kilometre road project has the capacity for more than 2,000 […]
Above: Puerto Cortes By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $17.2 million loan to widen and improve the principal highway in Honduras, it announced. The loan will complement a $30 million loan approved by the IDB in 2007 and a $50 million loan first approved by the IDB in 2004 […]
Above: Puerto Rico By the Caribbean Journal staff New York-based Standard & Poor’s has placed a group of highway-related bonds in Puerto Rico on CreditWatch with negative implications, citing insufficient reporting. The bonds, which include a BBB+ rating on the Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority’s highway revenue bonds, a BBB rating on the PRHTA’s […]
