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This Caribbean Floating Bar Has World-Class Tacos — And You Can Only Get There by Boat

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You come in by boat, cut the engine, and drift into Lindbergh Bay with a floating taco bar ahead of you. The water here is clear enough to see sand patches under the surface as you slow down. Small boats move through the bay. People sit in float seats with drinks in hand. Others climb […]

Forbes: Women in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8. Many will argue that every day is women’s day, especially in a country like Jamaica, where women make up at least 70 percent of university graduates and occupy many middle and top-level jobs. Some, like The Independent, a UK newspaper, will […]

Panama President Shuffles Security Posts

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli announced a shuffling in the country’s security sector Friday, naming Julio Molto the new Director of the National Police, and Gustavo Perez as the chairman of the State Security Council. The changes came following the resignation of Minister Jose […]

Grenada's James Suffers Upset; Costa Rica's Brenes Wins World Indoor Gold

Above: Costa Rica’s Nery Brenes By Michael Bascombe Kirani James suffered a major upset in the IAAF World Indoor Championships finishing sixth in the last position in the Men’s 400 metres in Istanbul on Saturday. James could not meet the challenge of running from lane one as Costa Rican Nery Brenes won in a championship […]


Panama President Shuffles Security Posts

Above: Charlestown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Nevis Island Administration has established an import-export unit at the Long Point Port, according to Dwight Morton, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade. Morton said the establishment to the unit was important given the requirement that importers and exporters have proper authorization. “There have […]

Dominican Republic Has "Stable" Financial System: Central Bank Governor

Above: Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic now has a “stable” financial system that allows monetary policy to focus on targeting inflation without being deflected by issues related to the health of the system itself, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu said Friday. The Govenor was speaking […]

UN Haiti Chief: Police Reform Crucial to Ensuring Peace and Stability

Above: MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti must reform its police force in order to ensure peace and stability, despite improvements in Haiti’s security in recent years, according to MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez. Fernandez said this week that despite progress in the last eight years, the Haitian National […]

China and OAS to Increase Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Chinese official Yang Wanming (OAS Photo/Jose Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff China and the Organization of American States are looking at new options to further collaborate on projects and programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza met this week […]

Trinidad's Anthony Carmona Sworn in as International Criminal Court Judge

Above: the ICC’s new judges (Photo: ICC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Judge Anthony Carmona was sworn in today as a judge of the International Criminal Court. Carmona, who attended the University of the West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School, was previously a High Court Judge at the Supreme Court […]

OAS: Belize Party Activists Produce "Less Than Conducive" Voting Environment

Above: OAS Head of Mission Ambassador Frank Almaguer (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The active role played by party activists during Belize’s general elections Wednesday produced a “less than conducive” voting environment, according to the Organization of American States, which fielded an electoral observation mission in the country this week. “Agents […]

Grenada's Kirani James Ready for Caribbean-Dominated World Indoor Final

Above: Grenadian sprinter Kirani James (Photo: M Bascombe) By Michael Bascombe ISTANBUL – The English-speaking Caribbean could make a clean sweep of the Final of the Men’s 400 metres at the IAAF World Indoor Championships here on Saturday. And that could start with the current World Champion (Outdoor) Kirani James of Grenada. James is among […]

In Nevis, a New Home for Performing Arts

Above: the new Nevis Performing Arts Centre (Photo: NIA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis is set to unveil a new home for the performing arts on the island. Premier Joseph Parry led a cabinet delegation to tour the new Nevis Performing Arts Centre at Pinneys this week, ahead of its official opening in April. […]

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