This short film is a quick look into the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River, shot on location this weekend. Ocho Rios has a new electricity this week, the kind that signals a turning point for the island of Jamaica. After weeks of preparation and tight coordination across communities and tourism partners, the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River has officially […]
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 […]
Above: Jamaican attorney KD Knight By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has named a list of three international members of a commission of inquiry that will investigate the shootings of three people in the area of Linden in July, according to a statement from Guyana President Donald Ramotar. Jamaica’s Justice Lensley Wolfe and KD Knight […]
Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s address to the nation on the occasion of its […]
