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Caribbean Room With a View: An Oceanview Villa at St Lucia's Cap Maison

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Eclipse at Half Moon Is Open Again in Jamaica, and It’s the Island’s Most Authentic Escape — With Beachfront Suites, a Sparkling Infinity Pool, and Two Miles of Sand

 A beach in Montego Bay

After a quiet season of restoration, the contemporary heart of Montego Bay’s most storied resort has thrown its doors open again, and there’s no more soulful way to do Jamaica right now. There’s a particular kind of joy in hearing that a place you love has come home, and that’s exactly how I felt when […]

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United Airlines Launching Service From Newark to St Lucia

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff United Airlines will be launching weekly, non-stop service from Newark to St Lucia, the country’s tourist board announced this week. The service will begin on Saturday, July 13, operated on a Boeing 737-800. “This new partnership with United Airlines will help make St Lucia even more accessible […]

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United States Virgin Islands Governor Visits St Lucia

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh visited St Lucia this week. The trip included a meeting with St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony, covering “ways and means to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between St Lucia and the US Virgin Islands,” according […]

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St Lucia's Farmers Get Help From Morocco

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Morocco is providing what St Lucia is describing as “much needed inputs” for the country’s farmers. Morocco has committed to supplying St Lucia with 200 tonnes of fertilizer each year to help with the island’s banana production, according to External Affairs Minister Alva Baptiste. […]

United States Virgin Islands Governor Visits St Lucia

Above: Margaret Thatcher By the Caribbean Journal staff A number of Caribbean leaders expressed their condolences Monday over the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, the United Kingdom’s first (and thus far only) female Prime Minister, died Monday at the age of 87. Cayman Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, her own territory’s first female […]

IMF: St Lucia to See Pick-Up in Agriculture, Tourism in 2013

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Following a period of “anemic” activity since the beginning of the downturn, economic activity in St Lucia is poised to “regain some momentum in 2013,” according to the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded its Article IV Consultation with the country. The country’s real GDP is projected […]

St Lucia Foreign Minister Heads to Taiwan

Above: Liberty Square inTaipei (Taiwan Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia Foreign Minister Alva Baptiste departed Friday for a visit to Taiwan. The trip is a “fact-finding journey,” according to Taiwan Ambassador to St Lucia James CP Chang. Baptiste’s visit, which will include meetings with President Ma Ying-jeou and Foreign Minister David YL […]

St Lucia’s Pitons-Perfect Resorts

 By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon I’VE BEEN VISITING ST LUCIA for more than a decade now, and on each trip I find more reasons to return. Everyone I’ve met there has been warm and sincere; the landscape, particularly in the south, is stunning; and I’ve certainly done my fair share of shopping on the island. But what […]

Anthony: Caribbean's Relationship With Europe "More and More One-Sided"

Above: the CARICOM Summit in Haiti (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Caribbean’s relationship with the European Union is becoming increasingly one-sided, St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony told the CARICOM Summit in Haiti Monday. “The truth is that our relationship with Europe is becoming even more and more one-sided, with Europe […]

Morocco Delegation to Visit St Lucia

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff A 10-member delegation from Morocco will visit St Lucia on Friday. It will mark the first visit of a high-level delegation from Morocco in years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides in 1988. The group, led by Nasser Bourita, General Secretary of Morocco’s […]

St Lucia's Windjammer Landing Resort Plans Multimillion-Dollar Upgrade

Above: the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort in St Lucia will be undergoing a multimillion-dollar upgrade, the resort announced. The project has the support of the government, according to Mark Ozawa, general manager at the resort. “We look forward to making a formal announcement […]

Haiti Hosts Taiwan's Foreign Minister

Above: the Taiwan-Haiti meeting (OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan Foreign Minister David Yung-Lo is continuing his Caribbean tour with a trip to Haiti. The country’s top diplomat, joined by a Taiwanese delegation, met Wednesday with Haiti President Michel Martelly in Port-au-Prince. His visit to the country follows trips to St Vincent and […]