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Barbados Is Getting a New Marriott All-Inclusive With a Rooftop Pool, Swim-Up Rooms, and an Open-Air Art Studio

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The west coast of Barbados has never lacked for high-end resorts. What it hasn’t really had is the kind of energy-forward, design-led property that feels tuned to how younger, adult travelers actually are moving through vacations right now now. The Platinum Coast has long leaned classic and composed. The “Platinum Coast” has always been the […]

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Transforming Jamaica's Public Sector

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE WHO has been reading my articles will be aware that I have always been caught up with the need to transform the public sector into a more efficient and facilitative support for private sector development. When I talk about public sector, I don’t just mean the persons employed in […]

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Haiti Graduates 1,000 New Police Officers

Above: the graduation ceremony (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has 1,058 new police officers in the country, following the latest graduation ceremony this week at the Haitian National Police’s Police Academy. The new promotion is the first in the force’s 2012-2016 development plan. HNP Director General Godson Orelus said the new […]

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Cayman Police Launch New Probe of Former Premier McKeeva Bush

Above: Former Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush was questioned by police earlier this week as part of a new probe into actions during his time in office. The probe reportedly involves limousine transport in the Unite States. Bush was not arrested, according to a statement from […]


Haiti Graduates 1,000 New Police Officers

Above: the new base (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has officially inaugurated a new naval base in Les Cayes. The project, which was funded by the government of Canada, is primarily aimed at intercepting drug traffickers. Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said the scope of the base in the country’s southern […]

Antigua National Security Minister Calls for Regional Coast Guard, Police

Above: Antigua National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Should the Eastern Caribbean have its own regional coast guard and police force? That’s the proposal being put forth by Antigua and Barbuda National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort, who made the call during a meeting of the Regional Security […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Nominates New Police Commissioner

Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh with Rodney F Querrard (Photo: OG USVI) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has nominated Rodney Querrard as the territory’s next Commissioner of Police. Querrard previously served as police chief in the St Thomas-St John district from 2007 to 20012. He was […]

Former Cayman Premier Returns for Further Police Interviews

Above: Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush, who was arrested in connection with corruption allegations in December 2012, returned for further police interviews on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. Bush, along with an unnamed man who was […]

Haiti: Strengthening National Police Force a "Big Priority"

Above: Haiti Secretary of State for Public Security Reginald Delva (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NORTH MIAMI — Haiti plans to increase the size of the Haitian National Police to a force of around 15,000 by 2016, according to Reginald Delva, Haiti’s Secretary of State for Public Security. Delva was speaking at a briefing in […]

UN: "Haiti Is At a Crossroads"

Above: the UN’s ASG for Human Rights in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti is showing “encouraging signs of progress,” a number of challenges remain, particularly on the fronts of poverty and justice reform, according to UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic. Simonovic, who began a four-day […]

"Haiti Is at a Crossroads"

Above: a community rehabilitation project in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Three years after the earthquake, Haiti is “at a crossroads,” according Michael Posner, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. Posner recently concluded a trip to Haiti that included meetings with senior government officials, security […]

Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Visits With Police in Port-au-Prince

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe at the station (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe paid a surprise visit to the Commissariat of Police in Port-au-Prince Wednesday evening. Lamothe was accompanied on the trip by Senate President Simon Desras Dieuseul, Youth, Sports and Civic Action Minister Rene Jean […]

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