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Secrets’ New Aruba All-Inclusive Has 304 Rooms, a Preferred Club, and a Stunning White-Sand Beach

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It opens onto a stretch of sand that has always felt different from the rest of the island. Baby Beach sits on Aruba’s southeastern tip, naturally protected and known for water that stays shallow, warm, and remarkably calm. The shoreline curves gently, the sea floor slopes gradually, and the color transitions slowly from pale turquoise […]

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Former Cayman Islands Premier Cleared of All Criminal Charges

Above: former Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been found not guilty of 11 charges of misconduct and breach of trust. Bush was cleared by a Cayman Islands jury of all 11 charges on Thursday afternoon. The seven-member jury deliberated for a single day. The […]

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Montserrat Premier Signs Pair of "Twinning" Agreements

Above: Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade signs the agreement (Photo: MG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade signed has signed a pair of memoranda of understanding twinning the island with a pair of places in Europe. Meade signed MoUs with Montserrat’s namesake, the area of Montserrat in Valencia, Spain, along with the country […]

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Cayman Premier Gets Expanded Foreign Affairs Responsibilities

Above: Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin has been given responsibility for a number of external affairs matters by Governor Helen Kilpatrick, according to a government release. The delegation of foreign affairs power comes under the British Overseas Territory’s 2009 Constitution. It delegates power for “all matters […]


Montserrat Premier Signs Pair of "Twinning" Agreements

Above: Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin heads to London Saturday to attend the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council next week. The council, which begins on Monday, is being hosted by Mark Simmonds, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for the Overseas Territories. The council meets once […]

British Virgin Islands Premier Concludes Visit to Hong Kong

Above: Hong Kong By the Caribbean Journal staff British Virgin Islands Premier Dr Orlando Smith has concluded a week-long trade mission to Hong Kong. Smith led a BVI delegation last week that included officials from the BVI Financial Services Commission, the Premier’s Office, the BVI International Finance Centre, the BVI Tourist Board and Member for […]

Premier: Nevis' Financial Status Improving

Above: Charlestown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis’ financial status has been improving, Premier Vance Amory said last week at a conference on the island’s economy. Amory, who was addressing the “Conference on the Economy 2013,” said his government had been focused on controlling spending and “trimming the fat and the excess which […]

Turks and Caicos Premier in New York For Caribbean Week

Above: Rufus Ewing By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing is currently in New York to attend the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Caribbean Week. Ewing, who left the territory on June 1, will conclude the visit on June 8. He is leading a delegation of finance, investment, tourism and trade officials […]

Alden McLaughlin Appointed New Premier of Cayman Islands

Above: Alden McLaughlin By Alexander Britell Alden McLaughlin has been appointed as the new Premier of the Cayman Islands, Governor Duncan Taylor announced Tuesday. The move comes after a decision by outgoing Cayman Islands Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly to join the People’s Progressive Movement, which gave the PPM the 10th seat it needed for a majority […]

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 […]

British Virgin Islands Premier Courts Investors, Tourists in Brazil

Above: the British Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff British Virgin Islands Premier Dr Orlando Smith recently concluded a trade mission to Brazil, courting financial services investors and potential tourists. The BVI delegation hosted a series of financial services promotion workshops in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and led several tourism promotion events. […]

Former Cayman Premier Released on Bail as Corruption Probe Expands Abroad

Above: former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush By Alexander Britell Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush, who was arrested on allegations of corruption in December, has been released on bail for a second time as Cayman police expand their corruption probe abroad. Bush had first been put on bail in December 2012; after complying with […]