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The Caribbean’s First Water Funds

Above: the Jimenoa River, Jarabacoa, Yaque del Norte Water Fund (Photo: The Nature Conservancy) By Erick F. Conde CJ Contributor Securing water supplies for communities has become a challenge for water managers across the world. In the Dominican Republic, 20% […]

Barbados Has Caribbean’s Highest Life Expectancy: United Nations Report

Above: Harrismith Beach in Barbados (Photo: Barbados Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados has the highest life expectancy in CARICOM, according to a report released by the United Nations Population Fund. The report, “State of World Population 2012,” was […]

Montserrat Releases Census Data

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat’s Statistics Department released its first publication based on newly-collected census data, with the island’s population standing at 4,922. Montserrat is the first in the OECS to release data, and plans tow more publications based […]

The Top 20 Islands to Live on in the Caribbean

We all dream of living in the Caribbean. We all think about waking up to the ocean, being in touch with the natural environment, of connecting with the region’s vibrant culture. Everybody dreams of doing it — but some actually […]

Pope Francis and the Caribbean

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor The 1st Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis of Argentina, may well be considered the 1st pope of Latin America and the Caribbean. Within a few years, the leader of […]

How the Red Cross Failed Haiti

Above: The Red Cross promised to build hundreds of new homes in Campeche but none have been built. Many residents still live in crude shacks. (Marie Arago, special to ProPublica) By Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR THE NEIGHBORHOOD […]

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 […]

Haiti’s Current Crisis

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor AFTER THE earthquake in Haiti in 2010, former US president Bill Clinton championed the term “build back better” to emphasize that the post-earthquake Haiti should be better than the one that Haitians experienced before. Haiti […]

In Jacmel, Haiti, Making Schools Accessible For the Disabled

Above: Gerald Oriol, Jr., Haiti’s Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (Photo: James English) By James English CJ Contributor LATE LAST month, the Haitian government and USAID inaugurated Ecole Nationale Edèze Gousse and Lycée Célie Lamour, […]

Gender-Responsive Budgets in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A Solid WROC With the talk at every level of Jamaican society being about the IMF and the critical role the coming relationship with this institution will play in the country’s future, it […]

Survey: Haiti’s Children Show “Substantial Progress” in Education, Health

Above: children receiving health care in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s children have seen significant progress in the areas of education, nutrition, health and sanitation since 2006, according to a United Nations survey. The […]

Haiti, FAO Talk in Rome

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva (centre) (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly’s Rome trip included a meeting with Jose Graziano da Silva, the director general of […]

Cuba: UN Agencies Begin Delivering Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Above: damage from Hurricane Sandy in Nicaro, Mayari, Cuba (UN Photo/Juan Pablo Carreras) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba is now beginning to receive aid from United Nations agencies following damage to the country from Hurricane Sandy. The first shipment […]

Haiti’s Government Launches Appeal for Emergency Humanitarian Aid

Above: flooding during Hurricane Sandy (Photo: Pwoteksyon Sivil) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government is launching an appeal for emergency humanitarian aid to the country to help deliver relief to the almost 2 million people in the country affected […]

Haiti Continues Shift to Mobile Money

Above: the launch of the “Ti Manman Cheri” initiative (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is continuing its drive to use mobile phones to bridge the banking gap. A mobile money initiative funded in part by the Bill & […]

On the Ground: Journalism Ethics in Haiti

By Kathie Klarreich A few months into my Knight International Journalism Fellowship in Haiti, I was conducting a training session in a radio newsroom in the capital when a reporter danced through the open door. He proudly announced that he’d […]

Grenada Unveils 2012 Budget Including Taiwan Debt Payment, Minister Pay Cuts

By Lincoln Depradine ST GEORGE’S – Government ministers in Grenada will take a 5 percent cut in pay starting next month, Finance Minister Nazim Burke has announced. He made the announcement Friday while presenting the country’s $378.9 million USD 2012 […]

The Caribbean Year in Review

For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]

Ilio Durandis: Haiti Does Need an Army

Above: a UN training exercise in Haiti (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By Ilio Durandis Haiti’s army was disbanded in 1995, shortly after the first return from exile of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Ever since, the reinstating of the army has been […]

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