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Turks and Caicos Election Results Confirmed Following Recount

Above: TCI (Photo: Turks and Caicos Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff The results from Friday’s election in Turks and Caicos have been confirmed following a recount held Monday. The Progressive National Party finished with eight seats in the House […]

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From The Bahamas to Jamaica, The Talking Heads’ Caribbean Love Story

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz’s new book, Remain in Love, is a billet-doux to his bandmate and wife of more than 40 years, bassist Tina Weymouth, as well as documenting the couple’s musical journey together — first, as part of […]

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James Bond’s Jamaican Rum

“It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst” — James Bond in Ian Fleming’s Thunderball  The guests to Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in Jamaica were welcomed with a singular cocktail called the “Old Man’s Thing.” The recipe for […]

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6 Reasons to Make Antigua and Barbuda Your Next Caribbean Getaway

Over the last few years, Antigua and Barbuda has developed into one of the Caribbean’s hottest hotspots, thanks to an energetic mix of world-class hotels, exotic beauty and what just might be the best airport in the entire Caribbean. Antigua […]

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The Perfect Turks and Caicos Family Vacation

By Bob Friel CJ Contributor In the world of travel, some forms are more difficult to pull off successfully than others. Solo trekking to the North Pole, diving to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, landing a man on the […]

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Making Caribbean Internet Climate Resilient

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A new initiative to make Caribbean Internet infrastructure less vulnerable to the impact of climate change and natural disasters is gaining momentum across the region. Several Internet organisations recently held talks in Puerto Rico to […]

A “Perfect Ten” Caribbean Cruise

By the Caribbean Journal staff Small-ship cruise line Windstar Cruises has unveiled a new Caribbean itinerary that’s just about perfect: the “Caribbean’s perfect ten.” The St Maarten-to-St Maarten cruise is 10 days of stops in small ports in the Caribbean, […]

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Following Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Bimini

By Alexander Britell There is a calm on these mystical waters, blue, silent. Somewhere among the mangroves there is a sanctuary. Ansil slowly drives the flats boat, the one he built with his own hands, negotiating the green, taking us […]

Richard Branson Urges “Marshall Plan” For British Virgin Islands

By the Caribbean Journal staff Sir Richard Branson, whose own Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands was devastated by Hurricane Irma, is urging the creation of a long-term “Marshall Plan” for the British Virgin Islands, modeled on the massive […]

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The 25 Best Bahamas Hotels

With 700 islands and cays, it’s no surprise that the Bahamas has always boasted a world of great places to stay, with the best Bahamas hotels ranging from large hotels to chic boutiques to private islands resorts. There is something […]

Countdown to the Vote for a Caribbean Media Mega-Merger

Set-Up for a Showdown By Dr Marcia Forbes CJ Contributor The excited anticipation of the vote-count felt somewhat like national general elections in Jamaica. Would media entities RJR/Gleaner win out in their thrust to merge by securing the 75% shareholder […]

This is the Best Way to Experience St John

By Guy Britton I was waiting at the airport in St Thomas, recounting the history of my time at Mystic Ridge in St John to a onetime colleague I ran into at the airport. “You’ve been living like a rock […]

Caribbean Room With a View: Paradise Beach in Nevis

Above: a villa at Nevis’ Paradise Beach By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Caribbean trips for two are a wonderful thing but sometimes more’s merrier. When you want to bring the whole gang, consider Paradise Beach Nevis, a new enclave […]

Guyana Election Results: Opposition Wins By Just Under 5,400 Votes

Above: the APNU+AFC’s David Granger By the Caribbean Journal staff Four days later, the Guyana election results are in. In a nail-biter of an election, Guyana’s opposition has claimed victory, according to preliminary results released Thursday by the Guyana Elections […]

How Richard Branson Saved a Sailing Legend’s Caribbean Honeymoon

Above: Richard Branson pops champagne on the Necker Island beach By the Caribbean Journal staff Sir Ben Ainslie, one of the world’s greatest sailors was sailing past Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands when his boat […]

Nigel Spence: A Jamaican Wartime Stew

By Chef Nigel Spence CJ Contributor AS THE United States remains poised on what could well result in World War 3, it gives me cause for reflection. Until now, the possibility of experiencing a world war in my time has […]

Haiti’s Martelly Congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro on Victory

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has extended his congratulations to Nicolas Maduro on his victory in Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela. In a statement released Monday, Martelly said he reaffirmed Haiti’s […]

Turks and Caicos Election: Progressive National Party Wins Thin Majority

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The long-awaited election in Turks and Caicos has brought the territory’s Progressive National Party a thin majority of seats in the House of Assembly, according to provisional […]

Trinidad at 50: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Independence Address

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad […]

Belize’s UDP Wins Narrow Re-election; Opposition Gains Eight Seats

Above: Prime Minister Dean Barrow (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Alexander Britell Belize’s ruling United Democratic Party has won the country’s general elections with a total of 17 out of 31 seats, Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai told Caribbean Journal. The […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Election Paradoxes

By Patrick A Gallimore Op-Ed Contributor The recently concluded general election in Jamaica was filled with a few glaring paradoxes. There was low voter turnout on election day, yet, the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party government administration was vigorously voted out, […]

Final Results Released in Jamaican Vote; New PM to Be Sworn in Thursday

By the Caribbean Journal staff The final results in Jamaica’s election have been sent to the Govenor-General, with the opposition People’s National Party winning 42 of 63 seats. The PNP had initially totaled 41 seats, until a recount in the […]

Marcia Forbes: Jamaica Votes 2011 and the Women Who Ran

Above: MPs Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, Shahine Robinson and Denise Daley By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor In the recently-concluded December 2011 national elections the two major political parties in Jamaica, the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), […]

Guyana Waits on Election Results; Jagdeo Calls for Announcement “Immediately”

By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo has called on Guyana’s Elections Commission to accelerate its declaration on the preliminary results of Monday’s vote. Jagdeo, who is not running for another term (the country’s constitution prohibits it), expressed […]

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