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Punta Cana Is Getting a New Adults-Only All-Inclusive — With 239 Suites, Swim-Up Rooms, and a Wave Pool

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Another adults-only all-inclusive is coming to Punta Cana Playa Bávaro runs for miles along the eastern edge of the Dominican Republic, a stretch of white sand lined with palms and large resorts facing the Caribbean. It’s the center of tourism in Punta Cana, the place most travelers picture when they think about the country’s Caribbean coast. […]

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Jamaica Eyes India for Investment

Above: India (Photo: IT) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) recently invited tenders for representatives in China and India, as the country hopes to capitalize on its proximity to the United States to promote investment. “We feel that Jamaica’s near-shore advantage to the US is going to be of interest to […]

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Trinidad Opposition Party "Gravely Disturbed" by Police Raid on Media House

Above: Dr Keith Rowley By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said his party was “gravely disturbed” by the police raid on the Newsday newpsaper last week. Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar has also said the government was viewing the development with “grave concern.” “If this is allowed to become an acceptable […]

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Trinidad Talks Development, Security with United Nations Development Programme

Above: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and the United Nations Development Programme held talks this week focusing on the launch of the new Caribbean Human Development Report and a proposed partnership on security. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held talks with Helen Clark, the United Nations […]


Trinidad Opposition Party "Gravely Disturbed" by Police Raid on Media House

Above: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff The police raid on Trinidadian newspaper Newsday and the home of one of its senior reporters is viewed “with grave concern” by the government, Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said in a statement yesterday. Persad-Bissessar said her government had no prior knowledge […]

India Has "Great Potential" for Trinidad

Above: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Photo: India MEA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Partnering with India offers “great potential for the advancement of key sectors within Trinidad’s economy,” Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. Persad-Bissessar, who is in India on a State Visit, was speaking to […]

Trinidad PM Concludes India Visit

Above: Persad-Bissessar on a visit to her family’s ancestral village in Bihar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Concluding her State Visit to India, Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar renewed her call for more economic relations between the two countries during a business seminar in Mumbai. “India has grown to become a trillion […]

Trinidad's Prime Minister Heads to India

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will travel to India Monday on a state visit as an official guest of the government of India. Persad-Bissessar will pay a courtesy call on Indian President Smt. Partibha Devisingh Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari. She will also meet with Prime Minister […]

Cuba's Raul Castro Heads to Trinidad

Above: Cuban President Raul Castro (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuban President Raul Castro will pay a State Visit to Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow, coinciding with his participation in the CARICOM-Cuba Summit. Castro, who will be in the country until Friday, will meet with Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and President George […]

Trinidad on High Alert after Alleged Assassination Plot on PM, Government

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad is in high alert, with security forces in control of the situation after a claimed assassination threat against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and members of the government. The government will not be reinstating a curfew and will continue to be advised by […]

Op-Ed: Treason in Trinidad?

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Trinidad has once again discovered a major conspiracy aimed at the overthrow of the constitutionally-elected Government. The twin island nation seems engulfed with the suppression of a major anti-government conspiracy. This stunning announcement was made yesterday by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Prime Minister also identified the Attorney General […]

Trinidad: $236 Million in Drugs Seized, 7,269 Arrests during State of Emergency

Above: Minister of National Security Brigadier John Sandy addressing a press conference during the emergency. Others, from left: Chief of Defence Staff Brigader Kenrick Maharaj; Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Commissioner of Police Dr Dwayne Gibbs (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Since the start of Trinidad’s State of Emergency, there have been 7,269 […]

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