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Puerto Rico Governor Meets With Rating Agencies in New York
Antigua PM Heads to New York
Above: Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is leading a delegation to the UN General Assembly this week. Spencer’s visit comes as Antigua’s own John Ashe readies to serve …
JetBlue to Offer Service to Trinidad From New York and Fort Lauderdale
Above: a JetBlue flight By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue will be operating twice-daily nonstop service from New York’s JFK International Airport beginning Feb. 24, 2014, the carrier announced Monday. JetBlue will also launch daily service from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International …
American Airlines to Expand Service From New York to Antigua
Above: an American Airlines plane By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines will be increasing its service from New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport to Antigua and Barbuda this fall. The carrier will be operating daily flights to Antigua …
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CARICOM, United Nations Conclude Two-Day Meeting in New York
Above: the meeting at UN headquarters (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations and CARICOM have concluded a two-day meeting in New York. This week’s meeting, the seventh official meeting between CARICOM representatives and the UN …
OAS’ Insulza, UN’s Ban Meet in New York
Above: Jose Miguel Insulza and Ban Ki-Moon in New York (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza met Monday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York. Insulza is …
Turks and Caicos Premier in New York For Caribbean Week
Above: Rufus Ewing By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing is currently in New York to attend the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Caribbean Week. Ewing, who left the territory on June 1, will conclude the visit …
Jamaica’s Warren Weir Wins 200M at New York Diamond League
Above: Warren Weir By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Warren Weir took home the crown in the men’s 200M in New York on Saturday, finishing in 20.11, ahead of Panama’s Alonso Edward and the United States’ Jeremy Dodson. It was …
Rum Journal: At New York’s Cienfuegos, the Spirit of Cuba
Above: Cienfuegos in New York City Cienfuegos, Cuba was once dubbed the “pearl of the south.” The Cuban port town was a centre for sugar cane and tobacco production — and a haven for rum, particularly in the early 19th …
JetBlue Begins Operating Grand Cayman Service from New York and Boston
Above: Seven Mile Beach (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue began operating its new service from the Northeastern United States to Grand Cayman Thursday. The air carrier, which has been increasing its presence in the Caribbean, is now …
Dominican President Urges New York Community to Support Adriano Espaillat
Above: New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez is calling for the Dominican community in New York to support Adriano Espaillat in his primary battle against Congressman Charles Rangel. Espaillat, a …
Guyana Names New Diplomats
By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has made several new appointments to its diplomatic corps, highlighted by naming George Talbot as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Talbot was previously the Charge d’Affaires of Guyana to the UN in …
The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora
Above: Executive Producer Dr Keith Nurse By the Caribbean Journal staff “Forward Home,” a documentary which takes a look at the way the Caribbean diaspora travels, and its significant economic impact on the region, has been released on DVD following …
St Kitts, Singapore Meet at UN
Above: delegates at the UN General Assembly Meeting this week (UN Photo: Susan Markisz) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor met with Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam at the …
LaRocque, Ban Meet in New York
Above: CARICOM SG Irwin LaRocque and UN SG Ban Ki-moon (UN Photo: JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this weekend on the eve of the General Assembly …
How to Define Reggae
Above, from left: Major Daps, Ossie Dellimore, Ed Robinson, Qshan Deya (Photo: Caribbean Journal) What is reggae? It’s a word that has a meaning simultaneously static and dynamic. To answer the question, Caribbean Journal talked to four major reggae artists …
Chinese Companies Setting Up in Cayman
Many Chinese firms have chosen to create shell companies in the Cayman islands in order to control businesses back in China, according to the Wall Street Journal. Because they are in Cayman, they can issue American depository receipts that trade …
