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Make Your Home a Holiday Oasis
Make Your Home a Holiday Oasis
Radio stations are placing their favourite Christmas playlist on repeat, decorative wreaths are hugging lamp poles on Bay Street and shops around town are rolling out their window displays...
Students and Parents Sing Praises for National Arts Festival
The Louise McDonald High School ninth-grader bashfully said that she was not ready to be interviewed on camera. No matter how much the other members of the school choir cheered her on, the young girl only blushed more and shook her head...
Atlantis, Paradise Island Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary of Art Walk
One of several initiatives undertaken by Atlantis, Paradise Island to bring the culture and vibrancy of The Bahamas to its guests, Art Walk at Marina Village celebrated its first year anniversary recently with many of its local artisans and musicians hailing it a success...
WoodTurner's Exhibition to Open on April 15
WoodTurner's Exhibition to Open on April 15
The 4th Annual Woodturner?s Exhibition entitled ?Turning To Art? will open at Doongalik Studios Village Road, on Sunday, April 15 from 3 pm to 6 pm, and will feature the works of four wood artists: Robin Hardy, Jeremy Delancy, Kim Deveaux and Quentin Minnis...
Waterkeepers Bahamas Trains Volunteers to Test Waters for Swim Safety
Waterkeepers Bahamas Executive Director Rashema Ingraham spends hours at beaches in The Bahamas every week, but she isn?t splashing in the water, combing for shells or searching for treasure. Ingraham is part of a team that tests water at 16 public beaches in The Bahamas on a regular basis...
Govt to renegotiate hurricane insurance scheme
Govt to renegotiate hurricane insurance scheme
The Bahamas government is in talks with the CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) to split The Bahamas into three regions in order to get the most out of the country's tropical cyclone insurance.
Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest told Guardian Business that his government is exploring splitting The Bahamas into three zones - the southern, central and northern B...
Margot Bethel's Portal
Margot Bethel's Portal
"Everyday bucket go to well. One day the bottom fall out."
- Bahamian proverb
"For she who goes to the well; who carries; who labours; who bleeds; who sweats; who delivers; who bears all; who nurtures; who listens; who waits; who lays down her life in sacrifice; who is broken, silenced, violenced, erased and forgotten.
When she no longer agrees to bondage. When she sees, herself reflected whole....
From the Collection
From the Collection
Lavar Munroe's "The Migrant" is an illustrative portrayal of a spindle-legged, knock-kneed nomad carrying his home on his back. In many ways, the tale in this digital print tells of the ubiquitous image of the immigrant and is reminiscent of the Phil Stubbs classic song, "Cry of the Potcake". The xenophobia and self-hate we deal with as a nation is quite easily summated in the lyrics of the catchy...
200M biofuel project proposal
200M biofuel project proposal
Bio Revolution America wants to invest $200 million in a biofuel project in The Bahamas, and the principals of the company could meet with Prime Minister Perry Christie about it as early as Wednesday, Guardian Business has learned.
Should the project succeed, it could mean the creation of a viable biofuel source for The Bahamas and perhaps eventually for export purposes. The agriculture, power gen...
CCRIF SPC to give Bahamas 234K payout after Irma
CCRIF SPC to give Bahamas 234K payout after Irma
Hurricane Irma has triggered payments from CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) of approximately US$29.6 million, with The Bahamas receiving $234,000.
A release from CCRIF SPC yesterday explained that the insurance scheme shelled out payouts to the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Haiti and The Bahama...