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Cruise Season Begins in St. Maarten With Five-Ship Day

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The Caribbean cruise season is officially underway in St. Maarten. On Thursday, five cruise ships — Azamara Quest, Star Pride, Valiant Lady, Star of the Seas, and Independence of the Seas — docked at Port St. Maarten, bringing thousands of passengers and signaling the start of the 2025–2026 high season. “The port has done its […]

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China, Jamaica Talk Infrastructure Project

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Above: Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Zheng Qingdian and Jamaican PM Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller met today with Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Zheng Qingdian to discuss her government’s desire to make changes to the structure and implementation of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme, which is funded […]

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Op-Ed: David Rowe on Blackstone, the Rule of Law and the JDIP

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Sir William Blackstone, (1723-1780) was an exhibitioner of Pembroke College Oxford. He wrote his immortal commentaries on the laws of England, and thought that all law students must first have a University degree to lay a foundation for the study of law. He cautioned against introducing law to “raw […]