There’s a particular stillness to Harbour Island when the light settles just right. The pale sand — famous for its soft pink hue — stretches cleanly along the shore, framed by low greenery and a single palm leaning toward the sea. The water shifts from light turquoise to deeper blue in long, horizontal bands, the […]
Above: Industry Minister Anthony Hylton and Sonia Anton, Director of Marketing, Colon Free Trade Zone in Panama (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and Panama are already planning to work together to develop the former’s planned logistics hub project, according to Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton. Jamaica’s project is, in part, planned to […]
Above: a rendering of the “new” Ocho Rios By the Caribbean Journal staff A new $3.8 million USD project will “transform” the Jamaican town of Ocho Rios, according to Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill. The project will include work on the Ocho Rios Cruise Terminal and the Turtle River Road, with the latter to include […]
Above: the IDB By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development has approved a $25 million grant to fund a water management programme in Haiti’s Artibonite basin. The programme could reduce the amount of agricultural damages each year by around 80 percent, along with increasing the productivity of rice yield by 30 percent, according to […]
