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OAS Electoral Mission Visits Panama Ahead of May Elections
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Aruba Airport Begins Next Stage of Transformation

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Aruba’s main airport is getting another upgrade —± as its multiyear Gateway 2030 redevelopment enters its next phase. The airport’s Phase 1B is now underway at Queen Beatrix International Airport, adding new capacity and setting the stage for an entirely modernized departures environment. Phase 1A, which was completed in April, marked one of the project’s […]

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Panama President Visits Haiti

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli in Haiti (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has begun an official visit to Haiti. Martinelli, who arrived on Tuesday morning, is the first sitting Panamanian President to make an official visit to the country. As part of the trip, Martinelli will be signing […]

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Panama to Host Games Between Yankees, Marlins in March

Above: Rod Carew Stadium in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff The New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins will play a two-game series of exhibition games in Panama City next month, the clubs announced Thursday. The two-game series will be the first Major League Baseball games played in Panama since 1947. The March 15-16 […]

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Understanding Jamaica's Logistics Hub

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Help Me to Believe I WANT to believe in the Jamaica Logistics Hub. I want to feel that this multi-pronged development initiative is going to help to realize the much-touted and highly optimistic Vision 2030 and make Jamaica the place to do business and to raise my Great Grandchildren […]

Panama to Host Games Between Yankees, Marlins in March

 Above: Industry Minister Anthony Hylton and Sonia Anton, Director of Marketing, Colon Free Trade Zone in Panama (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and Panama are already planning to work together to develop the former’s planned logistics hub project, according to Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton. Jamaica’s project is, in part, planned to […]

Royal Caribbean Unveils "Revitalized" Vision of the Seas

Above: the Vision of the Seas (all photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Royal Caribbean has officially debuted its “revitalized” Vision of the Seas cruise ship. The Vision of the Seas, which made its maiden voyage in 1998, underwent a month-long renovation in October that included a totally revamped interior, new restaurants and […]

InterContinental Hotels Group Continues Regional Expansion

 Above: the new Holiday Inn Express Panama Distrito Financiero hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff InterContinental Hotels Group continued its expansion in the Latin American and Caribbean region this week with the debut of the new Holiday Inn Express Panama Distrito Financiero in Panama City. The new-build hotel is the first Holiday Inn Express in […]

Ritz-Carlton Expanding to Panama

 Above: Pearl Island By the Caribbean Journal staff Ritz-Carlton will be opening a Reserve property on Pearl Island in Panama, the company announced Tuesday. The 80-room property, the company’s first in Panama, will be located on a private island called Pearl Island, about 45 miles south of Panama City in the Gulf of Panama. It […]

Rum Journal: A Punch Smash From Panama's Ron Abuelo

 SOME of the world’s best rums claim their origins in Spain — most notably Bacardi and Don Q. But another top rum was the result of a trip from Spain to the New World: Panama’s Ron Abuelo. The rum comes from the Varela Hermanos distillery, which was founded by Jose Varela Blanco, a Spanish immigrant, […]

Trinidad Prime Minister Leading Delegation to Panama

 Above: Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will lead a delegation to Panama on Tuesday. The trip comes in the context of the Americas Competitiveness Forum in Panama City, which lasts from Wednesday to Friday. The government said Panama President Ricardo Martinelli had extended an invitation to […]

Trinidad Signs Partial Scope Trade Agreement With Panama

 Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and Panama signed a partial scope trade agreement on Thursday. Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran and Commerce and Industry Minister Ricardo Quijano Jimenez signed on behalf of Trinidad and Tobago and Panama, respectively. The agreement was signed in the presence of […]

Starwood Opens Aloft Hotel in Panama

 Above: the Aloft Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood has officially opened its new Aloft hotel property in Panama City. It is the fourth Aloft-branded hotel to open in Latin America, after the brand debuted there about two years ago. There are 75 Aloft hotels worldwide. “Aloft’s growth in Latin America over the last […]