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Barbados Is the Caribbean Island for People Who Love to Explore, With Rum Shops, Fish Cakes and Atlantic Coast Road Trips

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Barbados rewards the Caribbean traveler who wants to get out and explore, with three very different hotel bases, a remarkable food scene, centuries of rum history and an island made for getting in the car and seeing what you find. Sandals Barbados gives you the full-service all-inclusive experience on the South Coast; The Rockley puts […]

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Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Next 50 Years

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor There are a lot of comments of late relating to Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence. In Wednesday’s Gleaner, Din Duggan made a few comments  about the unforgivable fracas in Parliament recently, and Mr McConnell’s comment indicated that Jamaica does not plan for the future adequately, both of which make sense. […]

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Op-Ed: The Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association and CARICOM

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor It was in the late 1960s that management called me in to attend a meeting at the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association, at their then-new Duke Street headquarters in Kingston. I asked, “why me?” And I received the distinct impression that no one else would be available on that Saturday Morning. In […]

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Manufacturing Rebounds in St Kitts

By the Caribbean Journal staff Manufacturing is on the rebound in St Kitts and Nevis, according to Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas. After a 19.6 percent decline in 2009, the sector grew by 2.2 percent last year. “This is attributed to an increase in the export of electronic components,” said Douglas, who is also Minister […]