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You wake up, you head for the sand. Then you do it again. Some Caribbean vacation aren’t about striking statements or grand gestures. They’re not always about luxury — or, that is to say, they’re about another kind of luxury: the perfect beach day.  It’s that feeling of stepping onto warm sand with nothing on […]

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Jamaica's New Parliament

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Fresh-faced Senators so Far It’s been a whirlwind of activities in Jamaica over the past two weeks in particular. National Elections came and went and a new 43 year old Prime Minister with his new Cabinet has been installed. The dust has not yet settled though. Parliament is to […]

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Trinidad Election Results: Opposition PNM Wins Vote

A major victory in Trinidad and Tobago By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has a new government. Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley and his People’s National Movement won the country’s election on Monday, ousting the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Rowley will be the country’s new Prime Minister, succeeding Persad-Bissessar, […]

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St Kitts and Nevis Swears In New Cabinet

Above: the swearing-in ceremony in Basseterre By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis has sworn in the twin-island federation’s new Cabinet. In a ceremony on Monday, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris himself accepted the portfolios of Finance, Sustainable Development, National Security, People Empowerment and Constituency Empowerment. Most notable among […]

Trinidad Election Results: Opposition PNM Wins Vote

 Above: the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Since it gained independence in 1962, Jamaica’s final court of appeal has been the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. That could change, though, when the country’s House of Representatives votes on bills that would make the Caribbean […]

A New Lawmaker in Belize

 Above: Dr Omar Figueroa is sworn in By the Caribbean Journal staff Dr Omar Figueroa is the newest Member of the National Assembly in Belize. Figueroa emerged victorious in the latest by-election for the Cayo North constituency, following the resignation of former MP Joseph Mahmud in November. He defeated Richard Harrison in the election, which […]

St Kitts and Nevis PM Dissolves Parliament; New Elections Soon

 Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has announced that he has advised Governor General Sir Edmund Lawrence to dissolve the twin-island federation’s Parliament. The move came after the country’s National Assembly’s proclamation that realigned the constituency boundaries of the country. Douglas said […]

Op-Ed: Is It Time For a Cabinet Reshuffle in Jamaica?

 By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor THE JAMAICA OBSERVER newspaper recently reported Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller indicating that there would be no cabinet reshuffle in Jamaica in the near future. This may not be very good news for the country, however, as there is a growing unease about the general lack of economic activity, the […]

Australia Withdraws From New Grenada Parliament House Project

Above: a rendering of the new Parliament building By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Australia is withdrawing from its commitment to fund the construction of the new Parliament House in Grenada. Australia said it had already funded around $900,933 USD for the first phase of the project, including the design of the new […]

Grenada: United Arab Emirates to Help Fund New Parliament Building

Above: a rendering of the project Grenada has secured additional financing from the United Arab Emirates to help fund the construction of the country’s new Parliament building. The project, which will be set on Mt Wheldale, is being designed by local architects COCOA Design, which won a design competition in October 2012. It is slated […]

Bermuda to Put Gaming Question to Parliament, Shelves Referendum Plan

 Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda’s government is shelving plans to put the question of gaming to a popular referendum, and will be moving the question to a vote by Parliament, the ruling One Bermuda Alliance party announced. Instead, the government will be conducting a public information and consultation campaign, it said, before […]

Curacao Party Leader Assassinated

Above: Helmin Wiels (Photo: Pueblo Soberano) By the Caribbean Journal staff Helmin Wiels, a lawyer and leader of the popular Pueblo Soberano political party in Curacao, was assassinated on Sunday afternoon. Wiels, an outspoken supporter of independence and crusader against corruption in the Dutch Caribbean territory, was reportedly shot by a pair of assailants while […]