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Pendry Is Opening Its First-Ever Caribbean Resort in Barbados 

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Luxury boutique brand Pendry is opening its first-ever Caribbean hotel on the island of Barbados. The company is rebranding — and transforming – the former Port Ferdinand residential resort into what is now one of the region’s most anticipated debuts.  So what’s in store?  An 80-room retreat, with a marina, several eateries, a spa, a kids’ […]

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Tobago to Install Coral Reef Early Warning System at Buccoo Reef

Above: Tobago (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Tobago will be part of the CREWS international coral reef early warning system, according to Godwin Williams, secretary of agriculture, marine affairs, marketing and the environment in the Tobago House of Assembly. Tobago’s participation will mean the installation of specially-manufactured buoys at the Buccoo Reef in […]

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Vietnam Looking to Establish Relations With Trinidad and Tobago

Above; Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Vietnam is looking to formally establish diplomatic relations with Trinidad and Tobago, according to Nguyen Van Dao, special envoy of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The envoy, Nguyen Van Dao, made the revelation following a meeting with Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran in Trinidad last week. […]

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Trinidad and Tobago to Receive $20 Million Loan From IDB

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago will be receiving a $20 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. The loan seeks to improve the country’s handling of property registration, by cutting the number of days to register a property sale and to “enhance measures to identify property […]

Vietnam Looking to Establish Relations With Trinidad and Tobago

 Above: Oslo By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s High Commissioner to London recently wrapped up a tour of Nordic countries as part of a bid to court investment. Ambassador Gavin Nicholas, who also serves as non-resident ambassador to four of the Nordic countries, spent four days visiting the region, including Norway and Finland. […]

Blue Food in Tobago

 Above: last year’s Blue Food Festival By the Caribbean Journal staff The top chefs in Tobago are readying for the Blue Food Festival in the coastal village of Bloody Bay. The festival is unique in that the island’s chefs create dishes using taro, or “dasheen,” a kind of root vegetable. The event began life as […]

New Trinidad Tourism Minister Meets With Tobago Officials

 Above: Tobago By the Caribbean Journal staff New Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma held talks last week with Tracy Davidson-Celestine, Tobago’s Secretary of Tourism, last week. Davidson-Celestine said she hoped to continue the dialogue that had taken place between her office and former Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz. She said she was committed to […]

Trinidad and Tobago, European Union Hold Talks on Climate Change

 Above: Trinidad (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago recently held discussions with the European Union on climate change. The talks in New York last week included Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in Trinidad’s Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action. Also on hand […]

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister to Visit New York

 Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will head to New York next week for the opening of the Unite Nations General Assembly. The world body will be holding its 68th annual session, and Antigua’s John Ashe will serve as President this year. Persad-Bissessar will […]

Trinidad and Tobago Is the Caribbean's Happiest Country: Report

 Above: Trinidad (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad is the happiest country in the Caribbean, according to the 2013 World Happiness Report from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The report, which was published this year for the second time, comes after last year’s Gallup World Survey, which found Trinidad to be […]

From Haiti to Trinidad and Tobago, The Light of Jacmel

 Above: Jacmel By the Caribbean Journal staff A new exhibition in Trinidad presents a new way to look at the city of Jacmel, Haiti. The exhibition, “How the light enters,” draws on Trinidad-based artist Kwynn Johnson’s experience living and working in Haiti’s cultural capital. Alliance, Commerce and Liberte – graphite on vellum. 3′ x 2′ by Kwynn Johnson, […]

Grenada Exploring ICT Partnership With Trinidad and Tobago

 Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government is exploring the possibility of establishing an ICT partnership with Trinidad and Tobago. Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and works Alvin DaBreo held recent talks with iGovTT, a state-owned ICT agency in Trinidad. The talks centered […]