The west coast of Barbados has never lacked for high-end resorts. What it hasn’t really had is the kind of energy-forward, design-led property that feels tuned to how younger, adult travelers actually are moving through vacations right now now. The Platinum Coast has long leaned classic and composed. The “Platinum Coast” has always been the […]
Above: UN Special Representative in Haiti Mariano Fernandez Amuntageui (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti must continue working to strengthen the rule of law in the country, particularly through the country’s national police and electoral council, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. Ban’s report was delivered by Mariano Fernandez Amunategui, the Secretary-General’s […]
Above: Patients with cholera await treatment in Haiti following the earthquake (UN Photo/Sophia Paris) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has seen an increase in cholera cases in three departments, confirming predictions of higher incidence of the disease with the arrival of the rainy season, according to the monthly Haiti Humanitarian Bulletin published by the […]
Above: quarantine stations for the infected (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) UN peacekeepers in Haiti from Nepal were likely the source of the Haitian cholera epidemic that has been responsible for the deaths of more than 5,500 people, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Our findings suggest that contamination of the […]
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