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This Caribbean Island Filled With Jaw-Dropping Beaches Just Got Three New Nonstop Flights

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Rendezvous Bay. Meads Bay. Shoal Bay. Maundays Bay. In just about any other destination, each of these would be the best beach on the whole island. In Anguilla, they’re all here. They run long and pale, edged by calm water and just enough development to make a day feel complete without ever feeling crowded. You […]

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Taiwan Continues Financial Support For St Lucia

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan is continuing its financial support to St Lucia with a $775,436 grant for the government’s capital programme. The grant, which works out to EC $2 million, will target projects including the lighting of the Phillip Marcellin Grounds in Vieux-Fort and several other playing fields; the construction […]

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Jamaica Receives $9.5 Million in Budget Support From EU

Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has received $9.46 million USD in budgetary support from the European Union. The funding, which is being provided through a grant agreement, will help in the “implementation of various development programmes,” according to a government statement. The agreement was finalized during a ceremony […]

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China Providing $1.3 Million to Complete Grenada Housing Project

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff China’s government has agreed to provide $1.33 million in funding to complete the final phase of work on 351 housing units in Grenada’s Mt Gay, Frequente and Soubise. The agreement was reached last week between Housing Minister Delma Thomas and China’s Charge d’Affaires to Grenada, Chen […]


Jamaica Receives $9.5 Million in Budget Support From EU

Above: a UN truck in Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Virginia-based Dyncorp International has been awarded a contract to provide support for the US contingent of UN police in Haiti. The contract, valued at up to $48.6 million, was awarded by the US Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law […]

Haiti's Plight "Deeply Troubling," Jamaican Prime Minister Says

Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in Brazil earlier this year (UN Photo/ By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is a close friend and neighbour of Jamaica, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said this week at the UN, calling for more support for the country from the international community. The Jamaican leader, who was […]