JetBlue Airways is adjusting its flight schedule to the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Beginning June 19, travelers can fly from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to Curaçao’s Hato International Airport every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

That’s a change from the current schedule, which has nonstop flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

JetBlue added the third nonstop weekly flight to Curaçao last year, after first launching New York-Curaçao flights in December 2014.

The carrier has been expanding rapidly in the Caribbean region.

– Caribbean Journal Staff

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The United Nations Development Programme has released the latest edition of its Human Development Index, it’s periodic  ranking that effectively names the best countries in the world to live in.

The index is based on a number of factors, including life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling and gross national income per capita, with an eye toward examining each country’s relative quality of life.

So what was the number one country? This year, it was Barbados ,which was ranked 54th in the world, just ahead of Uruguay and just behind Oman.

See below for the full list of the Caribbean countries included in the Human Development Report, in order by their global rankings. (Note: only UN member countries that produce acceptable data are included in the report).

Barbados (54)

Bahamas (58)

Antigua and Barbuda (62)

Trinidad and Tobago (65)

Cuba (68)

St Kitts and Nevis (74)

Grenada (79)

St Lucia (92)

Jamaica (94)

Dominica (96)

Dominican Republic (99)

St Vincent and the Grenadines (99)

Belize (103)

Guyana (127)

Haiti (163)

See the full human development report here.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean’s fastest-growing economy, according to the latest updated projections from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Dominican Republic’s Gross Domestic Product is projected to grow by 5.3 percent this year, the highest projected growth rate not only in the Caribbean but in all of Latin America.

The next-fastest-projected growth was Guyana at 3.7 percent, according to the report, the fastest-growing CARICOM Member State.

The Caribbean region as a whole was projected to grow by 1.4 percent in 2017.

Note: ECLAC data does not track overseas territories or departments in its projections.

For the full list of economic projections for the Caribbean, see below.

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Solmar Group Is Expanding with two new Cabo San Lucas resorts.

The company has announced two new luxury resorts in Los Cabos, both of which will be part of Rancho San Lucas, an 834-acre oceanfront real estate and resort development.

The properties include Grand Solmar at Rancho San Lucas Resort and Grand Solmar the Residences at Rancho San Lucas.

“We are delighted to be part of Rancho San Lucas’ initial phase and look forward to continue growing the brand’s presence in this region,” said Ricardo Orozco, vice president of operations. “This will be the continuation of the Solmar Legacy, which has remained a key player in Los Cabos tourism since the late 60s,” he added.

The property will include amenities including full kitchens with marble counters, private terraces, ceramic-tiled baths and an extensive salt water lagoon.

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If you love rum, it’s like that Guyana’s El Dorado rum has a prominent place in your cabinet.

This robust, renowned marque has long produced some of the Caribbean’s best, most flavorful rums, owning up to Guyana’s proud rum (and sugar) making heritage.

But El Dorado has shaken things up with its latest collection: the Connoisseur Range.

You see, Demerara Distillers, which produces El Dorado, has the privilege of owning three original stills from the centuries-old Demerara Estates in Guyana.

Each of the Connoisseur releases is a different single-barrel edition, distilled and aged in small batches, each connected to the production techniques and recipes connected with the venerable old estates.

In this case, it’s that of ICBU, linked to the 18th-century Uitvlugt Estate on the Demerara River, unique for its four-column French Savalle Still. The rum is then aged 12 years in American bourbon barrels.

The ICBU has a pure amber color, with an aroma of sugar cane, caramel and dried apricot.

It is a beautifully light rum, with a floral flavor profile marked by notes of sugar cane juice, almond, mocha and a hint of spice.

It’s remarkable in that despite its deep-rooted Demerara origin, it actually reminds of a top-class Bajan rum.

This is an exquisite work of rummaking, rarefied and delicate, perfectly executed.

— Alexander Britell

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