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15 Caribbean Beaches Where You Can Go Snorkeling Straight From the Sand

You don’t always need a boat to find the Caribbean you dream about. Some of the region’s clearest water and most colorful reefs sit just beyond the shoreline, close enough that all you have to do is step off the sand, lower your mask and let the sea take over. These are the beaches where […]

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Confucius Institute to Open at University of the West Indies St Augustine

Above: UWI St Augustine By the Caribbean Journal staff A Confucius Institute will be opening at the University of the West Indies St Augustine. The announcement comes after a visit by a six-member delegation from the Hanban/Confucius Institute headquarters in China to Trinidad. The institute will be the second of its kind in the Caribbean, […]

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Trinidad, US to Set Up Green Energy Centre at University of West Indies

Above: the University of the West Indies St Augustine By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and the United States will jointly establish a Renewable Energy Research Centre at the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus, the two countries announced Tuesday. The centre is the product of a Memorandum of Understanding signed […]

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Grenada Hands Over Land for University of the West Indies Campus

Above: Grenada PM Tillman Thomas (left) and UWI Vice Chancellor Professor Nigel Harris (OPM Grenada) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has formally transferred 85 acres of land to the University of the West Indies for a campus on the island, following a ceremony on Friday. The transfer of the land at Hope in St […]

Trinidad, US to Set Up Green Energy Centre at University of West Indies

STREAMING: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles, written by Dr Marcia Forbes, analyses the responses from research participants in four countries – Jamaica, Dominica, USA and Trinidad – to give deep insights into youth culture, the concept of mobility and the social ecologies of virtual spaces. The following is the latest in a series of […]

Jamaica Looking for Private Capital to Fund University Student Loans

Above: UWI Mona By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaican Ministry of Education is looking to attract private capital to fund student loans at the tertiary level, according to Education Minister Rev. Ronald Thwaites. The government presently spends about 2 percent of the national budget on university education each year, which supplies about 80 percent […]

Forbes: Jamaica, Women and ICT

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor ICT for Women & Girls – Why? World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was May 17. This year’s theme focused on Achieving Equality in ICT for Women and Girls. The State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining in Jamaica, Mr Julian Robinson, was honest when […]

Turks and Caicos Looks at Public Accountability, with Help from EU

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly (Photo: GIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos has launched a new White Paper proposing new and amended legislation to guide future governance in the territory. The project, which is funded by the European Union, is accompanied by similar initiatives being undertaken by the […]

Barbados Readies Lionfish Plan

By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados is urging seafarers to report any sightings of the invasive lionfish species, which has been spreading across the Caribbean, from Jamaica to Cayman. The recent capture of a specimen off the west coast of Barbados was the first confirmed sighting of the fish in the country, and what could […]

Forbes: The Power of Jamaica's 51 Percent

Above: Dr Leith Dunn (UWI Gender Studies), Mrs. Judith Wedderburn (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, FES), Her Excellency Mathu Joyini, High Commissioner, South África, Mrs. Lorna Green, founding member, Women Business Owners, Jamaica. By Marcia Forbes, PhD “The 51 Percent Coalition – Development and Empowerment through Equity,” a campaign to increase the participation of women in politics […]

Interview with Jamaican Parliamentary Candidate Dr Saphire Longmore

By Alexander Britell Dr Saphire Longmore is the Jamaica Labour Party candidate for Eastern St Andrew in the upcoming election in the country Dec. 29. Longmore, who recently completed her MD in psychiatry, is also a former Miss Jamaica Universe and one of a new generation of young Jamaicans entering the political scene. She’s also […]

Selwyn Ryan on CARICOM, Caribbean Crime and Trinidad’s State of Emergency

Above: Professor Selwyn Ryan (Photo: TGISL) By Alexander Britell University of the West Indies Professor Selwyn Ryan is one of the Caribbean’s most influential thinkers. Ryan, who earned his PhD in political science from Cornell University in 1966, has been a member of two constitutional commissions established by the government of Trinidad and Tobago, and […]