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The Bahamas Squash Racquets Association (BSRA) will be holding the 2008 Bahamas Squash Championships from November 13th - 16th at The Squash Club on Village Road.
The church of St. Augustine ’s of Canterbury San Salvador celebrated its fifth Recognition Service on Sunday, 12th October, 2008. In addition to the special service, the parish hosted a gala banquet as a vital part of the recognition activities.
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture officially inducted 15 Bahamians on Saturday night at the British Hilton Hotel increasing the National Hall of Fame. Among the dignitaries to induct the inductees were Governor General Arthur Hanna and the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Desmond Bannister.
The attraction of European and Asian tourists to Bahamian shores is going to be a great asset in terms of retrenching The Bahamas as one of the top destinations in the Caribbean, according to a senior tourism official.
Live Scores For The 2009 World Cup Qualifiers
From Nassau, Bahamas. The Nawira 2009 Rugby World Cup.
Watch the 2009 Nawira Rugby World Cup Qualifiers live here (back online at 9.15am Sun 26th for the first game)
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association is really excited about the recently released COTECC Ranking for Boys 14 and Under, considering the past few years the federation had no juniors with a COTECC Boys’ 14 and Under rankings.
The NAWIRA Sevens World Cup Qualifiers will be shown LIVE on www.RugbyBahamas.com on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th for those who could not make it.
For those of you who are going to the games, tickets are $10 per person and $300 for the VIP which includes a complimentary bar.
We may also have the option for paying by credit card on or before the day.. If you would like to have more information please contact Ely Miles.
Women’s basketball has a reputation for being just as hard hitting and exciting as the men’s game and the same goes for the highly competitive New Providence Women’s Basketball Association where the best female players in The Bahamas display their skills.
Since Pepsi announced its intention to close before the end of this year, the financial fate of some 75 employees is expected to be determined as early as next week, according to chief negotiator of the Bahamas Beverage Water Distributors and Workers Union Huedley Moss.
The Bahamas may be on the verge of a bonafide film production industry with the country’s first international film release, Rain.
Rain, written and directed by Maria Govan, was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this month, garnering positive reviews. ScreenDaily.com predicts that Rain will land on the schedules of many more film festivals.
'The early bird catches the worm,' and the organisers of Festival Noel 2008 are well on their way to making this year’s event one of the best ever. With 14 years of experience under their belt, this year’s event - to be held on December 5th - will not only be a great success but most importantly, a FUN evening for Grand Bahama.
In preparation for the biggest event of his young tennis career 11 year-old Justin Roberts will be playing in the Boys 14’s main draw of the TCA Super Series Tennis Tournament the 18 - 21 October, 2008 at the Mid-Town Racquet Club in Weston, Florida.
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company is touting a new high-security, feature-rich email service called “My Connect,” powered by the ubiquitous Google, and launched in early October and aimed at small and home office owners.
JetBlue Airways has unveiled plans to expand its footprint in the Caribbean with new daily nonstop service from Orlando International Airport to Nassau and twice daily service from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport to Nassau.
The Cuban ambassador to The Bahamas, Jose Luis Ponce is criticizing the US government for maintaining the embargo against his country despite the $5 billion in damage it received as a result of direct hits from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
In 2008 Rotary International celebrates 103 years of existence, and through the Rotary Foundation and its’ member clubs, much needed assistance has been given to the needy throughout the Bahamas and the world.
Businesses looking to sell goods and services over the internet will soon be able to market their products online with the country’s first automatic clearing house set to come on stream in just a matter of weeks.
The Bahamas Olympic team from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games continued to celebrate their success with the nation on Tuesday with a visit to Government House where they paid a courtesy call and enjoyed a scrumptious lunch with Governor General Arthur Hanna.
A group of LCIS grade 11 students will be traveling to Kampala, Uganda, this Wednesday, October 15th, 2008. During their 10-day stay in Uganda they will be working with orphaned children of war at the Tent Makers Academy.
Two dogs were found in the neighbourhood of Dicks Point/Fort Montague on Firday.... Does anyone know who the owner is.
Fine Living presents a look at the diving in the Bahamas. Betty and Cindy dive and feed the sharks, when they are hungry. Betty and Cindy stay at the One & Only Ocean Club. Starting at $450 per night and around 106 rooms, each with a ocean view.
Viva Diving at Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach Resort on Grand Bahama is the only full time, multilingual, PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Resort in the Bahamas. The operation is managed by Gio Prestigiacomo, the only PADI Course Director resident in the Bahamas. Recently Viva Diving successfully completed our first PADI Instructor Development Course in 11 days.
The company in talks with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company privatization committee has until the end of today to prove its financial fitness and provide certain documents or it faces losing involvement in any serious effort to buy BTC.
The 2008 CNBC International Property Awards – in association with The New York Times – has awarded Bimini Bay Resort in two prestigious categories, Best Development and Best Marina Development in the Bahamas. Awards will be presented at a glittering gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton in Orlando, Fla., in November 2008.
From negotiating lower airfares to The Bahamas, to re-branding the Family Islands and making it easier for visitors to learn more about the country, the Ministry of Tourism's plan to boost tourist arrivals to The Bahamas entails a multi-layered approach
USA and Canada are the only North America sides to have graced the Rugby World Cup Sevens stage, a statistic they will be hoping to maintain at the region’s qualifiers for the 2009 edition in the Bahamas on 25-26 October.
Residential electricity consumers of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) and the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) whose service has been reconnected under the Government’s social assistance initiative now have until October 31, 2008 to set up payment plans to settle their account arrears, the Government announced Thursday.
The Event: Sevens Rugby World Cup NAWIRA (North American & The West Indies) Qualifier - The top two teams in the group will represent the region in the Sevens World Cup in Dubai 2009.
11 Mens Teams, 7 Womens Teams, 64 Matches over 2 days.
The popular McLean's Town Conch Cracking Festival will be held on the 13th October 2008 in McLean's town at the all age school grounds from 10am until . . .
The Grand Bahama Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is pleased to announce that Destiny Danielle McKinney is the third recipient of the annual FIDA Scholarship Award. Miss McKinney is a 2008 graduate of Sunland Baptist Academy, Freeport, Grand Bahama and is pursuing an Associate Degree in Law at the College of The Bahamas.
Hankering for a taste of home, but you just happen to be in Florida, well no worries, because Tyrone Nabbie and his partners, Chad and Bassel Maali have taken the cuisine of The Bahamas to the United States — specifically Central Florida.
The gunman sought in the Sunday shooting at Pepper Pot Take-away in Freeport was captured in New Providence Monday evening.
Acting on information received, a team of Bahamian and International Law Enforcement personnel, proceeded to the Freeport Container Port on Sunday 5.10.08, where they commenced certain enquiries.
John McCain came here Tuesday hoping the second presidential debate would help him jar loose a campaign that for the past three weeks has been about the economy, the economy and the economy.
He didn't get his wish.
On the first anniversary of the sale of the majority interest in the Bahamas Telecommuni-cations Company, the process for licensing two new cellular phone operators will be started, the committee overseeing the BTC privatization process revealed yesterday.
A Freeport male resident is hospitalised in New Providence in critical condition, after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head during an altercation with another male, shortly before noon on Saturday (4.10.08), in the southern parking lot of the Pepper Pot Take Away Restaurant on East Sunrise Highway.
Police on Sunday appealed for the public’s assistance in finding the identity of a woman, whose body was discovered through a dirt road off Charles Saunders Highway on Saturday.
There are many public servants who are not as dedicated to their jobs as they should be, claimed Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham Sunday.
OJ Simpson has been found guilty of all 12 counts in his armed robbery and kidnapping trial 13 years to the day he was acquitted of the double murder of his wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.
With violent crime on the rise in The Bahamas and the age of offenders getting younger every day, concern over the safety of the nation’s youth is expected to be forefront in the minds of many at this year’s Halsbury Chambers Free Legal Clinic.
The Bahamian economy will likely feel the impact in the coming months from a 'crisis of confidence' gripping U.S. consumers, according to business experts who participated in a special economic forum last night. But they said the right action by authorities could ensure a softer landing.
With widespread illegal gambling activity, a group of Bahamians want what they call the archaic, undemocratic gaming laws in the country to be changed to afford them the right to gamble in their own country.
From Joe Biden's choke-up to Sarah Palin's "say it ain't so, Joe", we present the top moments from the Biden-Palin debate.
The Government will cause all disconnected residential Grand Bahama Power Company consumers to have their electricity restored, and will, as it did for Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) consumers, cause the fuel surcharge to be limited for some 15,000 consumers on Grand Bahama, Minister of State for Finance the Hon. Zhivargo Laing announced in parliament Wednesday.
A massive strike could be looming on the horizon at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) after its senior management advised yesterday that disciplinary action - in the form of pay cuts - was taken against the 514 employees who left their posts without permission during the unauthorized work stoppages in New Providence and Grand Bahama on August 11 and 12.
A judge Tuesday freed murder accused Kenton Dion Knowles on $50,000 bail, despite concern from a prosecutor that he is a flight risk and should remain in custody. Knowles, who is better known by the street name "Emperor", was arrested for the murder of his nephew, Kendal Knowles, on July 3.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has pledged to intervene in the controversial San Salvador gold dispute after the opposition expressed concerns that violence might erupt on the island.
The new Bahamas Mortgage Corporation building that is under construction on John F. Kennedy Drive has a cost overrun of more that $7 million, according to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.
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