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15 Caribbean Beaches Where You Can Go Snorkeling Straight From the Sand

The Baths in Virgin Gorda.

You don’t always need a boat to find the Caribbean you dream about. Some of the region’s clearest water and most colorful reefs sit just beyond the shoreline, close enough that all you have to do is step off the sand, lower your mask and let the sea take over. These are the beaches where […]

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Haiti Opens Hotel School in Les Cayes

Above: the new school By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly officially inaugurated the new Is in Les Cayes on Monday. The school is located on the former site of a base of United Nations peacekeepers from Senegal in what is Haiti’s third-largest metropolitan area. Martelly was joined by Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie […]

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Haiti Lays First Stone on Expansion of Airport in Les Cayes

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe laying the first stone on the project (Photo: OPM Haiti)   By Alexander Britell Haiti has laid the first stone on the expansion of the Antoine-Simon Airport project in Les Cayes. The project to make Antoine-Simon a viable international airport is part of the government’s efforts to ramp up […]

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Haiti Begins Recruiting Students for Hotel School in Les Cayes

Above: the hotel school in Les Cayes (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has begun the admission process for the new Hotel and Tourism Training Institute in Les Cayes, according to the departmental directorate of tourism in Haiti’s South department. The new school is slated to open in March. It plans to […]


Haiti Lays First Stone on Expansion of Airport in Les Cayes

Above: carnival in Les Cayes earlier this year (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has launched work on a tourism development plan for the country’s southern region, according to Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin. The plan, which began Monday, falls under the framework of an agreement with Mexico’s FONATUR organization signed in July […]

Lamothe: Haiti to Hold More Government Meetings Outside of Port-au-Prince

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following what he called a “successful” cabinet meeting held in Cap Haitien last month, Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said he intended to hold more such meetings in regions across Haiti. The goal, he said, is to allow cabinet members to […]

Haiti's Government Meets in Les Cayes

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe at a hospital groundbreaking in Vernet (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe led the Fifth Council of Government this week in Les Cayes, the latest in what is expected to be a series of cabinet meetings held outside of the capital of Port-au-Prince. […]

Haiti Celebrates Carnival of Flowers

Above: the Carnival of Flowers in Haiti ({Photos: OP and MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is celebrating its summertime “Carnival of Flowers,” a three-day celebration marked by a two-day national holiday. The celebration is aimed at showcasing Haiti’s culture — and its flora. (Haiti has recently begun using the hibiscus, the country’s […]

Haiti Could Move National Carnival to Another New City in 2013, Martelly Says

Above: Carnival in Les Cayes (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff After holding the country’s national carnival in Les Cayes this year for the first time, Haitian President Michel Martelly said he would like to see another city host the festival next year. This year’s fete was the first time Haiti held its national […]

Haiti Readies for Carnival in Les Cayes

Above: Carnival in Jacmel (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following last week’s carnival celebrations in Jacmel, Haiti is readying for its national carnival Sunday in the city of Les Cayes. The carnival celebration, which draws Haitians from around the country and from across the Diaspora, will last until Feb. 21. On Friday, when […]

Haiti Begins National Carnival

Above: several of the carnival kings and queens (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti began its national carnival celebration in the city of Les Cayes Sunday. The celebrations, which followed last week’s fete in Jacmel, included the crowning of a number of carnival kings and queens. Haitian President Michel Martelly was on hand […]

Haiti: UN Forces on Alert ahead of Storm

Above: UN peacekeepers conduct an emergency response training exercise (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nearly 12,000 United Nations peacekeepers are on emergency standby in Haiti as tropical storm Emily heads towards the island, which is still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake the ravaged the country. Contingent groups of MINUSTAH, the […]