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Haiti Graduates First Officers of New “Tourist Police” Force

Above: the first graduates (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has graduated the first class of cadets of its new “tourist police,” the government announced. The officers, who will be part of a force called “Politour,” graduated […]

Dominican Republic Opens Police Station in Growing Tourist Town of Las Galeras

Above: the new station in Las Galeras By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s National Police has opened a new station in Las Galeras. The station comes in part to respond to a surge in development and tourism in […]

Turks and Caicos Drops Charges Against US Tourists in Bullet Cases

Above: the TCI House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Turks and Caicos Islands has dropped legal proceedings against a pair of American tourists arrested after single bullets were found in their […]

Haiti: Strengthening National Police Force a “Big Priority”

Above: Haiti Secretary of State for Public Security Reginald Delva (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NORTH MIAMI — Haiti plans to increase the size of the Haitian National Police to a force of around 15,000 by 2016, according to Reginald […]

Citing Rising Crime, St Kitts PM Douglas Assumes Police and Defence Forces

Above: St Kitts and Nevis PM Denzil Douglas (UN Photo: Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Citing escalating crime in the country, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, who is also the current chair of CARICOM, announced […]

Haiti and City of New Orleans Sign Agreement on Tourism

Above: Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin and New Orleans By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the City of New Orleans, Louisiana are primed to work together on developing tourism in the Caribbean country, following a two-day visit by Haiti Tourism […]

Haiti and City of New Orleans Plan Cooperation on Tourism

Above: New Orleans By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry is planning to send a mission to New Orleans in the middle of this month, with the goal of enhancing cooperation between the two sides. The mission should lead […]

Haiti’s Tourism Sector Talks Taxation

Above: the working meeting in Port-au-Prince (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Advisory Council of Tourism held a working meeting on Monday in Port-au-Prince, seeking to hear the concerns of the country’s tourism stakeholders. A group of […]

Haiti Readies for 2013 Tourism Push

Above: Jacmel (Photo: MT Haiti) By Alexander Britell Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin has unveiled a series of priority projects on which her ministry plans to work in 2013. Highlighting the list are potential agreements with Delta, Air France and […]

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Following Hunter S. Thompson in Puerto Rico

You won’t find much fear and loathing these days in Old San Juan, but there are places where you can still get a taste of the city where “gonzo journalist” and author Hunter S. Thompson decamped in his early 20s […]

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How to Live in the Caribbean for a Year

For travel writers like me, popping open a laptop to work on a Caribbean beach is a familiar occupational hazard. But amid the pandemic, having to work while you’re in paradise seems like a small price to pay to escape […]

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7 Small Resorts to Try in Jamaica

Music, art, people, history and of course immense natural beauty help define the magic of Jamaica, and the Caribbean island’s small boutique resorts allow visitors to connect with it all without having to make any concessions to comfort. Here are […]

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Shaggy Is Spreading Caribbean Christmas Cheer in Jamaica and Beyond

If you can’t be in the Caribbean this holiday season, the new Christmas album by reggae star Shaggy will fill your stocking with island cheer. The multi-Grammy Award winner and native of Kingston, Jamaica says the record was inspired by […]

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24 Movies That Will Take You to the Caribbean Right Now

When Hollywood goes looking for a location that oozes tropical romance, it often turns to the Caribbean, which has been starring in both independent and big-budget films since the 1930s. Conversely, a handful of films produced in the Caribbean have […]

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Dominican Republic Creates Tourism Security Committee

By the Caribbean Journal staff In the wake of a spate of tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic, the country’s President, Danilo Medina, has launched a new national committee for tourism security. The aim of the committee is to “design […]

Six Reasons Why You Should Visit Montserrat

A unique island in the Caribbean By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Before I visited, I knew only two things about Montserrat. One: It was the home of Arrow, of “Hot, Hot, Hot” fame.  And two: It had been devastated […]

These are Four Clear Ways to Stimulate Development in Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor MOST times when we speak about economic and social development, many of us think about the cost of infrastructure or costs associated with the government providing stimulus to the economy. Or if we talk about […]

Personal Responsibility and Development in the Caribbean

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THE RECENT Global Competitiveness report has shown that Jamaica is seeing some international competitiveness return from the current set of policies being instituted. It has been a while since our competitiveness has improved, and this […]

Values and Jamaican Development

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor Earlier this week I ran into Bunny Goodison, and we got to talking about the demise of values and attitudes in Jamaica. We spoke about the fact that even though we may see growth in […]

A New Vision For Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THIS week I am going to look at the positive impact we can have on Jamaican development if we were to fix the crime and bureaucracy challenges I discussed last week. I will once again […]

Can Jamaica Control Its Crime Problem?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor The murder of 19-year-old Franciena Johnson and her cousin Nadia Fearon) on Christmas Eve was a terrible development for Jamaican tourism and the perception of Jamaican stability held by the Jamaican Diaspora. Franciena was a […]

Grenada Readies For Cruise Season

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff The first cruise ship of the season is set to arrive in Grenada on Oct. 30, and the country’s government is making sure the island is ready to receive it. The country recently […]

Lamothe: “We Would Change the Approach That People Have to Haiti”

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe recently concluded a weeklong trip to the United States that featured meetings with officials from the World Bank, the IDB, the UN, donor countries (including Canada) […]

Tourism Minister: Barbados “Prides Itself” on Safety, Security

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados “prides itself” on safety and security, Tourism Minister Richard Sealy said this week, in the wake of the shooting attack on two tourists on March 17. United Kingdom natives Philip […]

Antigua and Barbuda Sets Up Tourism Safety Task Force

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda has established a Tourism Task Force focusing on visitor safety, the government announced this week. The force is a product of cooperation between the Ministry of National Security […]

Op-Ed: The Death Penalty in Jamaica

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica currently has one of the highest murder rates in the world. More people are killed proportionally in Jamaica monthly than are recorded killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in the same period. The country remains […]

Marcia Forbes: Branding Cuba

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A Country in Transition I first visited Havana, Cuba at the end of the 1980s. It was a country in transition, with the “Cold War’” beginning to thaw. That “war,” driven by mighty rhetoric, […]

Op-Ed: The IMF and Jamaica

By David P Rowe Op-Ed Contributor It is obvious that the IMF and the JLP government were either in continuous disagreement or that they were unable to enter a mediated agreement over the last year. According to the IMF’s website, […]

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