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Marriott Just Reopened This Barbados Luxury Resort With a New Brand

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I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]

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Australia Names New High Commissioner to Trinidad, CARICOM

I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]

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Trinidad Sees Rise in Unemployment

I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]

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Trinidad Finance Minister: Requirements of US FATCA Law "Onerous"

I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]


Trinidad Sees Rise in Unemployment

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff There must be a quicker response time with respect to investigations of fatal police shootings, according to Gillian Lucky, director of Trinidad’s Police Complaints Authority. Both Lucky and Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams agree on the proposition, he said, something that will be essential if […]

Trinidad Swears in New Justice Minister

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has sworn in attorney Christlyn Moore as the country’s new Justice Minister. Moore is replacing former Justice Minister Herbert Volney, whose appointment was revoked last month following a controversy over the passing of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act. As an attorney, her […]

Haiti's GDP to Grow 6 Percent, Continue to Lead Region in 2012: ECLAC

Above: construction work on Wharf Jeremy in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s economy is projected to grow 6 percent in 2012, followed by 7.5 percent GDP growth in 2013, according to the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean released this week by the UN Economic Commission for […]

Trinidad PM Revokes Appointment of Justice Minister

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked Acting President Timothy Hamel Smith to revoke the appointment of Justice Minister Herbert Volney. The move came after a controversy over the passing of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act, 2011, which was had […]

Trinidad and Tobago Looks to Develop Small Business Policy

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development began a series of consultations this week aimed at developing a small business policy in the country. The first meeting was held in San Fernando, and came nearly 10 years after the last such policy consultation in 2002, […]

Op-Ed: Is Now the Time for the Caribbean Court of Justice?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Last month, Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica, in an emphatic speech at the Sir Arthur Louis Institute for Social and Economic Studies, emphasized that Jamaica was committed to regional integration and cooperation. The Prime Minister described herself as a committed regionalist who planned to use her power to […]

Grenada and Trinidad Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Oil Exploration

Above: St George’s, Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and Trinidad have signed a cooperation agreement on energy development, according to Trinidad’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs. The framework agreement was signed Sept. 3 by Trinidad Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and Grenada Energy Minister Nazim Burke. It will advance the joint exploration and […]

OAS Set to Launch Drug Treatment Court in Trinidad and Tobago

Above: OAS Headquarters in Washington (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The ORganization of America State’s Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission will launch Trinidad’s first pilot Drug Treatment Court this week. The courts are an alternative to incarceration for people with addiction problems who have committed “minor” offences. The ceremony on Tuesday […]