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The Best Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad Has a Sushi Bar, Ocean Views, and a Rooftop Infinity Pool

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Angostura 1919 at the Waterfront. Tekka don at the sushi bar. Warm greetings from the staff as the city hums outside. I arrive in Port of Spain and the Hyatt Regency feels like exactly what I was looking for — a place that balances the buzz of Trinidad’s capital with the calm of a waterfront […]

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American Airlines Launching First-Ever Flights to Suriname

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American Airlines is launching its newest flights to the Caribbean Community: Suriname.  The CARICOM member state becomes the ninth country American Airlines serves in South America.  The new flights are operating five times per week from Miami to Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, according to the carrier.  American is running the service on Airbus A319 aircraft.  The […]

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Suriname Is Seeing a Tourism Surge

By the Caribbean Journal staff It may be far off the radar of most travelers, but Suriname was one of the fastest-growing destinations in the Caribbean Community last year, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country on the northern coast of South America (and CARICOM member state) reported a total of […]

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Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade: "No Doubt About Future of CARICOM"

Above: Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade By the Caribbean Journal staff There is “no doubt about the future of the Caribbean Community,” according to Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade, who was speaking following his visit to the Heads of Government meeting in Paramaribo last week. The Premier said the meetings in Suriname were “very positive,” and that […]


Suriname Is Seeing a Tourism Surge

Above: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas (UN Photo/Evan Schneider) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM must continue to adapt and reinvent itself in the way it functions and operates, according to St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas. “We must not only take account of our failures, but permit […]

IDB Grants Suriname $40 Million Loan to Strengthen Financial Sector

Above: Paramaribo (UNESCO Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $40 million loan that supports the government of Suriname’s financial sector reform programme. “Suriname has enjoyed robust and macro-economically balanced growth for the past five years,” said Frank Nieder, IDB team leader. “The programme should accelerate the development of […]