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

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 […]

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How the Caribbean Airlines Crash Could Hurt Guyana's Agriculture

Above: Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud (GIS Photo) The recent crash of a Caribbean Airlines flight at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airpot could disrupt the Guyana Ministry of Agriculture’s plan to increase the size of its agriculture exports shipped by air freight. “The assurance I got from the CEO [of Caribbean Airlines] by the way […]

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Tropical Storm Watch for Bahamas, Turks

The Bahamian government has issued a tropical storm watch for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands. As of 5PM yesterday, Tropical Storm Emily was located about 185 south-southeast of Puerto Rico, and 650 miles southeast of Great Inagua. According to the Bahamas government, residents in the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas were […]

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Bermuda to Host Regional Health Summit

Above: Tucker’s Point in Bermuda Bermuda will host the Sixth Caribbean Conference on Health Financing Initiatives in November as part of Bermuda’s ongoing debate over healthcare costs. “When we met last November, we didn’t have a whole lot of dialogue between stakeholders and attendees, so this time will be a time to have more interaction,” […]

Tropical Storm Watch for Bahamas, Turks

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands’ economy is trending upwards, with positive growth of 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to a report from the government’s Economics and Statistics Office released Friday. The growth represented a 1.2 percent increase from the same period in 2010, when it actualy contracted by […]

Jamaica-China Sugar Deal Sours: Report

Chinese firm COMPLANT, to whom the Jamaican government divested three state-owned sugar estates last year, is reportedly showing reservations over the deal. Cleveland Keddo, chairman of the Westmoreland and Hanover Cane Growers association, said the Chinese were not aware of all the difficulties they would experience in the Jamaican sugar industry. The company’s sale and […]

Sloop with 100 Haitian Migrants Lands on Shores of New Providence

More than 100 Haitian migrants traveling in a sloop ran aground in the waters off of southeastern New Providence in the Bahamas this morning, according to Ismella Davis of the Royal Bahamas Police Force. A mother and her baby were being treated by emergency services, and 30 of the migrants had been gathered at a […]

Bahamas Keeps Up Infrastructure Push

Above: The massive road works project in New Providence (File Photo/BIS) The Bahamas is continuing its infrastructure push beyond New Providence with the announcement of $3.5 million in construction contracts to make upgrades in Abaco. The government signed three contracts, including one with Knowles Construction and Development Company, Ltd to construct the Great Abaco Highway […]

Clinton Bush Grant for Haiti Microfinance

(Photo: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund has granted $850,000 to Fonds Haitien d’Aide a la Femme, a microfinance institution created and led by women. The grant will help hire and train Haitians for director positions, as well as update its lender technology system. “By reaching out […]

Antiguan Named Chief Justice in Belize

Caribbean jurist Justice Kenneth Andrew Charles Benjamin, a dual Guyanese and Antiguan citizen, has been named Belize’s Chief Justice. He will be following Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich, who has filled the position since Dr Abdulai Conteh was retired after turning 65. Conteh is now a judge in the Bahamas. “[Benjamin’s] vast experience has witnessed […]

A Stone's Throw from the Old Caribbean

At the far end of New Providence in the Bahamas sits an homage to the old Caribbean — the 10-room boutique hotel called A Stone’s Throw Away. Run by German native Chris Illing, the hotel is one of a small group of boutique properties in Nassau. Illing, who also owns the Greenwood Beach Resort on […]

Caribbean Airlines Team Heads to Guyana to Probe Runway Crash

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines Chairman George Nicholas has led a team of senior airline officials to Guyana after a flight from Trinidad crashed on the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Flight BW 523, a Boeing 737-800, was en route from Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport when it ran off the runway at […]

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