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These 20 Laid-Back Beach Resorts Deliver a Caribbean Vacation Right on the Sand

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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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Grenada Plans Referendum on New Constitution, Accession to CCJ

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada plans to hold a referendum on a new constitution next year, according to Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade. Among those issues that could be considered include the “structure and composition” of Parliament, potential accession to Caribbean Court of Justice as Grenada’s final court of appeal and […]

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Op-Ed: The Privy Council Conundrum

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson-Miller commenced her administration with a political proposal of constitutional ramifications, announcing the government’s intention to remove the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as Jamaica’s final Court of Appeal. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is staffed by a panel of Judges from the […]

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Trinidad PM Seeks to Abolish Privy Council Appeals in Criminal Matters

Trinidad and Tobago’s government will be introducing legislation to abolish Privy Council appeals in all criminal matters, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced in a statement to Parliament Wednesday. All of those cases would be ceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice. The following is a text of Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s statement to Parliament […]


Op-Ed: The Privy Council Conundrum

Above: the Middlesex Guildhall in London By Jeffrey Foreman Op-Ed Contributor This year is a historic one in the region. In August, Jamaica, then Trinidad and Tobago will mark 50 years as independent nations. These two countries were the first to achieve the vaunted goal of independence. In the past 50 years, both nations have […]

St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas Named to Privy Council

Above: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas. St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has appointed to Her Majesty’s Privy Council, according to Paul Brummell, British High Commissioner to St Kitts and Nevis. “I would like to take this opportunity to warmly congratulate Prime Minister Dr Douglas on his appointment by […]

Jamaican Loses Privy Council Appeal of Murder Conviction

By the Caribben Journal staff The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London has dismissed the appeal by Jamaican Samuel Robie of his conviction for the murder of Roy Bailey in 2003. Robie was appealing his conviction on three grounds — that the judge did not direct the jury that he was a man […]

Bahamas Security Minister Tommy Turnquest Defends Privy Council

Minister Tommy Turnquest (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Bahamas Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest defended the London-based Privy Council, the Bahamas’ final court of appeal yesterday, arguing that the court was not an obstacle to the death penalty as it had been portrayed. “While members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council may have views […]

Jamaican PNP to Gov't: Clarify Position on CCJ

The Caribbean Court of Justice, the court supported by some Caribbean nationals as a pan-Caribbean court of appeal replacing the British Privy Council, has jumped into the news this week as a vote is set to be taken next week on the country’s proposed Charter of Rights. The last time Prime Minister Bruce Golding spoke […]