United States President Barack Obama will maintain a tight itinerary during his visit to Jamaica this week. According to Jamaican Government spokespersons, Obama, who is scheduled to arrive at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston late Wednesday evening on Air Force One, will be airlifted...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) moved into a new US$4-million headquarters on Thursday despite a warning from the host country that the regional institution is “bleeding” and having difficulties in payin...

‘Vybzing with the Youth’, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture in St. Kitts and Nevis and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) hosted a spoken word exercise, at the Sweet Lime restaurant on Saturday, March 28, entitled ‘Vybzing, St. Kitts ...

A regional website, Caribbean & CO, has listed Antiguan film The Skin as one of 10 movies to watch. The supernatural thriller by HaMa films will become a part of a Caribbean Film database which will be launched later this year during the 10th annual Trinidad & Tobago Film Fes...

Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIH) organized a best practices sharing mission for experts from the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) in Haiti from 10 to 13 March 2015 with the support of The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export). Haiti’s essential o...

A senior Grenada Government official has called for the strengthening of cooperation and unity in the Caribbean Region to develop, manage and utilise marine resources in a sustainable manner. At the opening of the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in St. George’s, Grenada on 1 Apr...

MONTEGO BAY, April 1, 2015 - Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is strengthening enforcement of environmental laws and has been taking steps to address breaches. He noted that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), act...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 2, 2015, CMC – The British telecommunication company, Cable and Wireless Communications, Plc (CWC) Tuesday announced it had completed its US$1.85 billion acquisition Columbus International Inc (CII). “This is a transformational deal for Cable and Wirele...

MONTEGO BAY, March 31, 2015 - Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says Jamaica, as a small island developing state, has always been at the forefront of the global environmental agenda. Speaking yesterday at the opening of the first ever Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law, a...

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean governments must devote at least 1 percent of their Gross Domestic Product to science and technology, according to Dr Cardinal Warde of the CARICOM Science Foundation. Warde said that proportion was necessary for the region to make significant progress in t...