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By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor youri@caribbeannewsnow.com NASSAU, Bahamas — Following the arrest in Washington, DC, of Haitian-Bahamian national, Edward Israel Saintil, on charges of bribing Bahamas immigration officials to furnish Bahamian work permits to facilitate the granting of US B-1/B-2 visitor visas to Haitian nationals through the American embassy in Nassau, the […]
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By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate editor melanius@caribbeannewsnow.com CASTRIES, St Lucia — National security minister, Senator Hermangild Francis, has apparently come to the belated realisation that police officers accused of extrajudicial killings during the 2010/2011 Operation Restore Confidence (ORC) in Saint Lucia must be prosecuted if the sanctions imposed on the island’s security forces […]
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By the Caribbean Journal staff
There’s no bigger potential tourism source market for the Caribbean anywhere on earth — China.
And while many destinations have talked about courting tourists from the country, one destination made a measure push this week.
Antigua and Barbuda led a high-level delegation to China this week to be part of China’s International Trade Expo in Shanghai, a major event that drew more than 250,000 visitors over five days at the beginning of this month.
The delegation, led by Antigua and Barbuda Foreign Affairs Minister Chet Greene, also included Colin C. James, CEO of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, along with Senior Sustainable Tourism Officer in the Ministry of Tourism Vashti Casimir, Babu Browne of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Managing Director of Shell Beach Seafoods Company Ltd Wilbur Edwards.
A key focus of the country’s booth was to raise awareness for the twin-island destination in China; James met with several prospective investors looking to explore travel opportunities for Chinese tourists, who will comprise the globe’s largest group of outbound travelers by 2025.
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By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor
The popular Coconut Bay all-inclusive in Saint Lucia has added several new dining options to the property.
The upgrades came to the all-inclusive’s a la carte eateries in September.
“This year during Coconut Bay’s annual September closure we renovated and replaced two of our kitchens,” said Mark Adams, CEO of Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa. “These improvements gave us the opportunity to upgrade our menus and add authentic new dishes.”
“We are looking forward to the feedback from our repeat guests as they enjoy all of our physical upgrades and our new menus as they are the inspiration for so many of our continued improvements, and of course we look forward to the feedback of our new guests as well.”
Executive Chef Angelo Konidis has created new menus at the resort’s four à la carte specialty restaurants where guests enjoy fresh island ingredients and unlimited dining.
A new tandoori clay oven at Silk brings bubbled naan and skewers of meat or seafood roasted at temperatures of 700°F to the table, along with freshly caught sushi and sashimi.
Calabash puts a Latin twist on contemporary Caribbean food, with a tenderloin topped with garden fresh chimichurri, shrimp coated in coconut and raisin chutney on jerk chicken fritters.
Veranda, the new adults-only restaurant, brings together al fresco dining with “grown-up flavors,” beginning with the signature dish of fresh marlin smoked with pimento seeds and hickory wood.
— CJ
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