It’s hard to find a beach in the Exumas that isn’t jaw-droppingly beautiful.
One of the best? Tropic of Cancer Beach in Little Exuma, a wide white-sand strand that’s just about always empty.
Here’s what it’s like to be there with the latest Caribbean Moment:
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Puerto Rico has one of the hottest art scenes in the Caribbean, and now the island’s St. Regis Bahia Beach hotel is offering guests a new way to experience it.
It’s called the Art Visionary Program, and it’s the result of a partnership with San Juan’s Walter Otero Contemporary Art.
The program invites top Puerto Rican artists to come to the hotel and create works while on property.
Its first launch is a project with artist Jose Julio Martinez, an artist with a plein air practice and loose brushstrokes with thick layers of oil paint.
Other artists participating in the program are William Maldonado, Arnaldo Roche Rabell and Ricardo Morales-Hernandez.
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New program looks to spur agricultural development
By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor
Governor Alejandro García Padilla presented the titles for 26 family farms to a group of farmers who, as part of an agreement with the government, will use the land for the purpose of developing agricultural projects.
The Family Farms program is an initiative led by the Land Authority to rescue the abandoned fincas, or farms, and offer them to families in rural areas of the country, along with the necessary resources to develop them.
These families have agricultural experience but lacked the financial resources to purchase a farm.
In providing these land grants, the García Padilla administration aims to advance the territory’s Food Safety Plan long term.
“With great pride, today announced the delivery of 26 titles, covering more than 331 acres of land, you, the farmers who have worked,” Padilla Garcia said. “We have reached the goal of delivering 126 titles from 2013, representing 3,250 acres of land. We are impacting much of our beloved island, as we have family farms in Adjuntas, Ciales, Camuy, San Sebastián, Maricao, Barranquitas, Añasco, Corozal, Las Marias and Jayuya. And today I can proudly say that the group of vacant farms have already been processed in leasing and usufruct all that were available for agricultural development.”
The delivery of these family farms is part of the government’s wider policy focusing on the role of agriculture as an economic engine in Puerto Rico.
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Exuma has some of the most beautiful water anywhere in the world; it is a boater’s paradise, filled with uninhabited islands and cays, exotic beaches and far-off sandbars. But when you’re on land, one place to stay is special: the Grand Isle Resort and Spa.
The island’s top hotel is a relaxed but luxurious place set on the beautiful crescent of Emerald Bay.
This is what it’s like to check in.
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The Jamaican Bobsled Teams is looking to Pyeongchang.
The country’s men’s and women’s bobsled teams are beginning to prepare for qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, and they will soon have new sleds.
Japanese manufacturers have announced the donation of three new sleds for the Jamaican bobsled team, following a ceremony at the residence of Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Masanori Nakano.
“They are accustomed to barely making it because of the lack of resources and funding and they have still astonished the world,” said Jamaican Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange. “So, can you imagine when they get their own brand-new equipment?”
“With Japanese craftsmanship and technology, and the Jamaica Bobsleigh brand, it will be ‘cool runnings’ every time the Jamaica Shitamachi sled touches ice… we are going to be burning on the ice,” she said.
The Jamaican Bobsled Team made its debut at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, inspiring the popular film “Cool Runnings.”
The team most recently qualified for the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia thanks to the leadership of veteran Winston Watts.
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