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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2026

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When the final tallies come in, more than 35 million people will likely have visited the Caribbean as overnight guests in 2025 — around 4 percent more than the previous year, and about 3 percent more than in 2019. That’s along with another 38 million arriving on a cruise ship. In other words, travelers continue […]

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In CARICOM, a Push for Creativity

Above: young entrepreneur Warren Cassell (centre) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Private sector investment and entrepreneurship are key elements for sustainable growth and fighting unemployment in the Caribbean, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, said this week at the opening of the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. “The entrepreneurial spirit of […]

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Caribbean Youth and Unemployment

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor As a member of the Inter-American Development Bank’s Civil Society Consultative Committee I was invited to present at the ‘XIV Reunion BID – Sociedad Civil’ in Nicaragua late 2014. The following are excerpts from my preparation pertaining to Caribbean youth and jobs. Regional Diversity The Caribbean, by whatever definition, […]

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Trinidad Sees Rise in Unemployment

Above: Port of Spain, Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff The unemployment rate in Trinidad and Tobago rose to 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012, according to data released this week from Trinidad’s Central Statistical Office. That represented a rise from a 4.2 percent unemployment rate in the country at the end of […]


Caribbean Youth and Unemployment

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff The local unemployment rate in Trinidad fell to 4.2 percent in the last quarter of 2011, according to a report from Trinidad’s Central Statistical Office. That number represented a reduction from a 5.2 percent rate from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2011. In […]

Puerto Rico Shows Positive Growth, Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low

Above: Gov. Luis Fortuño By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index grew 0.5 percent in December 2011, the first year-over-year growth since the recession began in 2006, according to the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico. The territory’s unemployment rate fell to 13.2 percent, the lowest since January 2009. “With the EAI […]