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These 25 Caribbean Resorts Have Private Plunge Pool Rooms You’ll Never Want to Leave

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Open the terrace door and the pool is already there, a few feet from the bed, surrounded by tropical gardens or facing a beach, a volcano or a pair of volcanic peaks. You leave your book on the lounger. You order lunch to the room. You swim before dinner. There is no hunt for an […]

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Caribbean, Latin American Culture Ministers Begin Summit in Haiti

Above: Port-au-Prince (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Ministers of Culture from across the Latin America and Caribbean region have begun a major conference in Port-au-Prince. The sixth Inter-American Meeting of Minister of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities began Tuesday in Haiti’s capital, with a ceremony including Haiti President Michel Martelly. The two-day […]

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St Lucia Assumes Chair of Organization of American States Permanent Council

Above: St Lucia’s Permanent Ambassador Sonia Merlyn Johnny takes over the chair from St Kitts and Nevis’ Jacinth Lorna Henry-Martin (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia has officially assumed the chair of the Organization of American States’ Permanent Council. Sonia Merlyn Johnny, St Lucia’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, took over the […]

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Honduras President Meets With OAS Secretary General in Washington

Above: Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez met Friday with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza at the latter’s office in Washington. In a statement, the OAS said the two sides discussed “the political […]


St Lucia Assumes Chair of Organization of American States Permanent Council

Above: Paraguay President Horacio Manuel Cartes, Foreign Minister Eladio Ramon Loizaga and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary Genearl held talks with a number of regional leaders at this week’s Community of Latin American and Caribbean States conference in Havana, including Cuban President […]

OAS: Caribbean Economies Must Innovate

Above: OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean businesses need to innovate and diversify their operations, instead of folding and breaking, according to Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States. Innovation is the only way to fuel economic growth and produce high-paying jobs, […]

Trinidad and Tobago's Cabinet Approves New Budget for Crime Fight

Above: Trinidad National Security Minister Jack Warner (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s cabinet has approved $45.39 million USD for the country’s fight against crime, National Security Minister Jack Warner announced Thursday. The funding will be used to improve the police service, he said. “There will be the full-time establishment of 5,000 […]

CARICOM, Turkey Sign Cooperation Deal

Above: UN Photos (JC McIlwaine and Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Turkey has moved to strengthen relations with the Caribbean Community, in an effort to deepen a “level of mutual understanding” between the two bodies and open doors to Latin America and the Caribbean. Accordingly, CARICOM and Turkey signed a […]

OAS, CARICOM to Observe Guyana Vote

Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo (File Photo) Several international organizations will observe Guyana’s general elections this year, according to a senior Guyanese government official. Both CARICOM and the Organization of American States have agreed to send observers, and Guyana asked the European Union yesterday to send a mission to oversee the election. [Demarara Waves]