Just above the bar is a mural by an artist named Michael Lester, one of the great visual storytellers of Jamaican life in the last half century. It’s a painting of Jamaican culture, music and history, percussive and colorful. Just below the painting is one of the great rum collections of any bar in the […]
Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has officially become a member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai announced this week. Trinidad, which, unlike much of the region, has derived the vast majority of its GDP from the gas and oil sector, […]
Above: a British Airways flight By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — The United Kingdom’s Air Passenger Duty, a tax levied on flights originating in the country, “creates an obstacle to job creation and economic growth” in many destinations, including the Caribbean, according to Carlos Vogeler, the regional director for the Americas at the UN’s […]
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