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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 […]

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Kirani James Finishes Second in Zurich

Above: Kirani James By the Caribbean Journal staff It wasn’t the victory he wanted, but it was start. Thursday’s second-place finish at the 400M in Zurich did represent an improvement for Grenada’s Kirani James as he seeks to rebound from a disappointing seventh-place finish at the World Championships. James finished in 44.32 on Thursday, second […]

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Usain Bolt Leads Jamaica to Gold Medal in 4x100M Relay

Above: Usain Bolt By the Caribbean Journal staff Usain Bolt is on top of the world right now. Bolt anchored Jamaica to a thrilling victory in the men’s 4x100M relay at the World Championships on Sunday, holding off the United States with a world-leading time of 37.36. The US finished in 37.66, while Canada finished […]

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins 200M at World Championships

Above: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a sprinting sweep for Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who took home the gold medal in the 200M in Moscow on Friday. Fraser-Pryce’s victory came after a gold in the women’s 100M as well. In a race that wasn’t really close, the Jamaican finished in 22.17, followed […]


Usain Bolt Leads Jamaica to Gold Medal in 4x100M Relay

Above: Kirani James By the Caribbean Journal staff Few could have seen this coming. Kirani James, the Grenadian wunderkind who brought home his country’s first-ever gold medal in London last summer, finished sixth in the 400M at the World Championships in Moscow on Tuesday. The gold was taken by LaShawn Merritt, long considered James’ only […]

Usain Bolt Wins 100M Gold at World Championships in Moscow

Above: Usain Bolt By the Caribbean Journal staff Usain Bolt is a champion once again. Jamaica’s Bolt won the 100M Sunday at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, finishing in a time of 9.77 seconds to best the United States’ Justin Gatlin. It’s the latest gold medal for the 26-year-old Trelawny native, who won three […]

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Wins Gold in 100M at World Championships

Above: Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce’s finish (Graphic: SEIKO Photo Finish) By the Caribbean Journal staff Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the gold in the women’s 100M at the World Championships on Monday. Fraser-Pryce, the two-time reigning Olympic champion in the 100M, finished in 10.71, the fastest time by any woman this year. She was followed by Cote d’Ivoire’s […]

Haiti Holds First Mining Forum

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe at the conference (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti held its first-ever mining forum on Monday at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. The forum was organized by Haiti’s Council for Economic and Social Development, a body which was launched by Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe in […]

Grenada's Kirani James Returns to Track With Victory in the Bahamas

Above: Kirani James By the Caribbean Journal staff Kirani James returned to the track exactly like he left it last summer, winning the 400m at the inaugural Chris Brown Invitational in Nassau this weekend. James finished the 400m in 44.72 at the Thomas A Robinson national stadium. He finished in 43.94 seconds at the London […]

Usain Bolt Extends Nissan Partnership as "Director of Excitement"

Above: the golden GT-R that will be auctioned for charity (Photo: Nissan) By the Caribbean Journal staff Worldwide sprinting sensation Usain Bolt has extended his partnership with Nissan and expanded his role as a brand ambassador to “Director of Excitement,” the company announced this week. Bolt made the announcement on a trip to Oppama, Japan, […]

Jamaicans Dominate CARIFTA Games

Above: the Thomas A Robinson stadium (file photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff For a few short days this weekend, Nassau looked a lot like London. Jamaica’s young athletes dominated the CARIFTA games at the Thomas A Robinson national stadium in New Providence, taking home 29 golds and 69 medals overall. That was more than […]

Guyana Sees Surge in Gold Production

Above: drilling at Sardine Mountain (Photo: Guyana Frontier) By the Caribbean Journal staff Gold production, declaration and sales have totaled 314,000 ounces to date in 2012, a 23 percent increase over the same time period in 2011, according to Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud. “We have seen declaration and sales going up, sales to the […]

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