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Understanding Jamaica’s Logistics Hub

 By Marcia Forbes, PhDCJ Contributor Help Me to Believe I WANT to believe in the Jamaica Logistics Hub. I want to feel that this multi-pronged development initiative is going to help to realize the much-touted and highly optimistic Vision 2030 …

Is China’s Plan a Game-Changer For Jamaica’s Logistics Hub?

 By Paul HayOp-Ed Contributor To date, I have written three articles about different aspects of Jamaica’s Logistics Hub. This makes my fourth. Frequent readers of the Caribbean Journal may only be aware of three, counting this one. The first, “The …

Paul Hay: What History Means for Jamaica’s Logistics Hub

 By Paul HayCJ Contributor IN MY Op-Ed, “The Logistics Hub Project and Jamaica’s Development,” I indicated that Jamaica’s Logistics Hub initiative intends to make use of the island’s strategic geographic location to attract larger ships that will be able to …

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Op-Ed: The Logistics Hub Project and Jamaica’s Development

 By Paul HayOp-Ed Contributor ONE LINE of the Jamaican National Anthem reads: “Give us vision lest we perish.”  Vision 2030 Jamaica provides a national development plan for making “Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do …

Hylton Urges Jamaican Businesses to Support Logistics Hub Project

 Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton is calling on the local business sector to support the government’s proposed transshipment and logistics hub project. Hylton, who was speaking this weekend at the Jamaica …

Hylton: Logistics Hub Project Could “Transform” Jamaica’s Economy

 Above: Jamaica Industry Minister Anthony Hylton (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The logistics hub project which Jamaica’s government has made priority has the potential to transform the country’s economy, according to Industry Minister Anthony Hylton. The Minister was …

Jamaica Planning Island-Wide Consultations on Logistics Hub Project

 Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Investment Commerce plans to conduct a series of island-wide public consultations on the government’s plans for a logistics hub in Kingston, Minister Anthony Hylton announced. The government …

 

Opinion

Caribbean Aviation Is Critical. That’s Why It Needs to Get Better.

 The importance of air transport for the Caribbean is self-evident. As a result, many efforts and funds have been directed towards attempts to improve the Caribbean’s air transport competitiveness. A 2018 CDB working paper on regional air connectivity titled ‘Air …

• Solving the Caribbean Air Tax Problem

• Op-Ed: The Future of Caribbean Air Transport

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Rum Journal: A New Brugal from the Dominican Republic 

 While you may not realize it, the Dominican Republic’s Ron Brugal the most popular rum brand within the Caribbean — that is, as a measure of consumption in the region.  That’s not exactly a surprise, given that it’s the number …

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Markets

Listing of the Week: A $16 Million Abaco Private Island Villa 

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• 143-Room Caribbean Hotel Sold for $40M 

• Bonefishing Lodge on Bahamas’ Long Island Hits the Market