This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, January 19, and as celebrations in honor of the legacy of the civil rights icon take place across the United States, Mrs. Joy Jibrilu, Director General of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, has stated, “The people of The Islands Of The Baham...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, has reiterated Government’s commitment to implement number portability in Jamaica by May 31, next year. “We have now gazetted all the rules dealing with number portability and I have mandated the Office of Utilities R...

KINGSTON, January 14, 2015 - Tourism and Entertainment Minister Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has described as “priceless,” the contribution of late Reggae legend, Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley, to Jamaica’s music legacy. “I am often asked the value of Reggae music and&hellip...

Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. Denzil Douglas on Friday announced he had advised the Governor General to dissolve Parliament with immediate effect. The Prime Minister’s announcement, made on the steps of Government Headquarters, followed an emergency sitting of Parliament on Friday...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 08 2015, CNS - Renewable energy education is about to be launched in Barbados. That is how the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic’s (SJPP) Acting Curriculum Development Industrial Liaison Officer Audrey Jones-Drayton has described the introduction of the island&rsquo...

It is unfortunate that opponents to Jamaica's accession to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) perpetrate and perpetuate myths about the malleability of the CCJ and constitutional protection enjoyed by the United Kingdom-based Privy Council, which it would...

(Caribbean Court of Justice) The eleven-member Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission has identified the Honourable Madame Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee to be appointed Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Mme. Justice Rajnauth-Lee was selected from among applicants from the ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Friday January 16, 2015, CMC – The European Union (EU) says it has agreed with Cuba to meet in early March for a third round of negotiations aimed at normalizing ties. The agreement comes less than a month after a historic breakthrough between Havan...

NEW YORK, NY, Friday January 16, 2015 - Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller is expected to represent Jamaica at the first ever Caribbean Energy Security Summit to be hosted by United States Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, DC on January 26, 2015. The Vice President will be welcoming Caribbe...

By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic have signed a total of 11 bilateral agreements during a visit by Dominican President Danilo Medina to the American territory this week. The cooperation agreements cover areas including trade, education, agriculture, tourism, the...