You don’t just dive into Saint Lucia. You discover it, glimpse by glimpse, layer by layer. The first view is usually green — impossibly green — as rainforest folds into volcanic ridges and then drops toward the sea. By the time you reach the coast, the island has already shifted your pace. Mornings stretch longer […]
Above: National Security Minister Peter Bunting (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A “major” reduction in crime is a “strategic objective” of the Jamaican government, according to National Security Minister Peter Bunting. The Minister, who said tackling crime was an “absolute priority” and that the country needed a drastic shift in its crime-fighting paradigm. […]
By Alexander Britell GRENADA – The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada earlier this month looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. As part of a series of interviews with leaders at the Forum, Caribbean Journal talked […]
Above Jamaican PM Andrew Holness (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff New Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he will engage Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller in dialogue aimed at dismantling Jamaica’s garrison communities from the political landscape. Holness, who, at 39, is Jamaica’s youngest-ever leader and its first born after independence, called for […]
