The slow-moving but increasingly powerful Hurricane Melissa continued to churn toward Jamaica on Sunday, its maximum sustained winds reaching 145 miles per hour — with even higher gusts recorded by NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters. By Sunday evening, the storm’s eye was located about 115 miles southwest of Kingston and roughly 295 miles southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba. […]
Above: Phaedo 3 By the Caribbean Journal staff This is the Caribbean’s fastest sailboat right now, and the competition isn’t really close. It’s called Phaedo^3, and it just broke a 10-year-old course record at Antigua Sailing Week. The 2015 edition of Antigua Sailing Week launched at the end of last week with the Guadeloupe to Antigua Race, […]
Above: the Benna Boys By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda is now the Caribbean’s top-ranked national football team, according to the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The country jumped a whopping 69 slots in the latest rankings, reaching 80th in the world. That gave Antigua and Barbuda its highest-ever FIFA ranking since the rankings […]
Above: Jamaica’s bobsledders in action By the Caribbean Journal staff They didn’t medal, and they didn’t really come close. But it’s hard to call the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team’s time at Sochi anything but a resounding success. Winston Watt and Marvin Dixon’s two-man bobsled crew ended up exiting after the third heat, after last-place finishes in […]
