SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — With the zika virus making headlines around the world, Puerto Rico has implemented a comprehensive program to protect its nearly four million residents and five million annual visitors. The Puerto Rico Department of Health is working in close collaboration with…

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One of the Caribbean’s fastest growing luxury brands is expanding again.

Royalton Luxury Resorts has announced plans to open four new all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean.

The company will open Royalton and Hideaway at Royalton resorts on both Seven Mile Beach in Negril, Jamaica and in St Lucia, as of Feb. 1, 2017.

The expansion will mean 573 new rooms in Jamaica (including 166 at Hideaway at Royalton Negril) and 455 suites in St Lucia (including 94 at Hideaway at Royalton St Lucia).

“As Royalton Luxury Resorts is becoming an established and successful brand, we now have the ability to build these resorts from the ground up and consider every part of our guest’s experience,” said Jordi Pelfort, Managing Director, Blue Diamond Resorts. “We have created signature touches that guests of Royalton and Hideaway can come to expect.”

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Punta Cana, the Caribbean’s tourism capital, is home to so many great resorts.But how do you choose?

That’s why we’re here to help, with Caribbean Journal’s new Checking In feature, which takes you on a virtual tour of hotels around the region.

We begin with the Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana, a must-visit all-inclusive with 465 suites.

Here’s what it’s like to check in at the Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana.

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Saba is a small island, and it is not a haven for rum.

But if you come to this wonderful little island, an island that reminds of a Caribbean that no longer exists, you can still find great rum, if you dig a little deeper.

You see, tucked away in the island’s best hotel, the Queen’s Gardens Resort, is what is certainly Saba’s best bar — and, more importantly, a very good rum bar.

While the view alone would make this bar worthy of your visit, its rum selection wows: a nicely-curated selection of top rums and, more importantly, rhums agricoles.

The latter includes a wide selection of La Mauny rums from Martinique, topped off by the superb La Mauny 1998.

This is a terrific bar, the kind of bar that makes a great hotel even better.

And it is the best bar in Saba.

— CJ

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Puerto Rican press and social media have been active this week with the news that Lin-Manuel Miranda has become the most recent winner of the prestigious Pulitzer prize in the drama genre with his musical Hamilton, which he composed and wrote.

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