“He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.” It’s one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” his address to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968. And it was born on the tiny island […]
Above: flooding in Haiti (MINUSTAH Photo: Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank expects to approve a $17.5 million grant to help Haiti’s government finance the reconstruction of roads and bridges destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The grant’s announcement comes after a meeting between Haiti’s government and IDB officials in Port-au-Prince last […]
Above: Haitians wait for food assistance (World Food Programme Photo/Elio Rujano) By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Sandy, which killed at least 60 people in Haiti, also severely damaged the country’a agriculture sector. Now, Haiti, with assistance with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, is seeking $74 million over the next 12 months to […]
Above: Rockaway Beach in Queens (Photo: Flickr) By the Caribbean Journal staff A Grenadian national was among the fatalities from Hurricane Sandy in the New York area, according to the Grenada Consulate in New York. Eden Jolly, believed to be in his 60s, was a native of Sauteurs, St Patrick, Grenada. He reportedly drowned in […]
