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Int'l Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Declares Bahamas 'World’s Living Lab' for Bonefish
A team of researchers working under the umbrella non-profit Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) this week called The Bahamas “the world’s greatest living laboratory” for the study of healthy bonefish.
The Florida-based organization, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, based its declaration on more than a decade of findings resulting from tagging, tracking, and sampling of the elusive and intriguing bonef...
The Islands of The Bahamas - Exuma
The Islands of The Bahamas - Exuma
As we observed in this column earlier this month, summer marks the travel period, with many Bahamians visiting near and far-flung venues, although recently more Bahamians are traveling to the Family Islands. In the first two installments of this series on the islands of The Bahamas, we featured the islands of Andros and Abaco. This week, we would like to continue to Consider This... what is the lu...
Remarks by the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie at the 25th Annual Bahamas Business Outlook
A Bold New Agenda: The Next 25 Years
Rebuild Bahamas ready to launch, invites applications
Two months after Hurricane Joaquin ravaged seven islands in the southern Bahamas with record rainfall and howling winds, closing businesses and schools and leaving many with little more than the clothes on their back, Rebuild Bahamas announced today it is ready to launch funds and volunteers into the reopening of commerce, aiding schools and providing clean drinking water.
Rebuild Bahamas ready to launch, invites applications
Two months after Hurricane Joaquin ravaged seven islands in the southern Bahamas with record rains and howling winds, tossing fishing boats onto land, closing businesses and schools and leaving many with little more than the clothes on their back, Rebuild Bahamas announced today it is ready to launch funds and volunteers into the re-opening of commerce, aiding schools and providing clean drinking ...
Hard lessons from the Baha Mar tragedy
Hard lessons from the Baha Mar tragedy
Save The Bays CEO Vanessa Haley-Benjamin said The Bahamas should consider re-evaluating its development model to focus on sustainability, protect workers' interests and guard against future shocks.
BTT comments on the proposed Bahamas "Fisheries Resources Jurisdiction and Conchservation
BTT comments on the proposed Bahamas "Fisheries Resources Jurisdiction and Conchservation
I write to you to provide comments on the proposed ?FISHERIES RESOURCES (JURISDICTION AND CONSERVATION) (FLATS FISHING) REGULATIONS, 2015? dated June 17, 2015. I write to you as Director of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, an international, non-profit, membership-based, conservation organization based in Florida, USA...
GB aragonite mine project branded a 'job killer'
GB aragonite mine project branded a 'job killer'
Local government official says East End proposal would destroy prized fishing grounds that have sustained entire communities for generations
SWEETING'S CAY, Grand Bahama -- Plans to mine for aragonite in the heart of East Grand Bahama's prized fishing grounds will destroy hundreds of jobs in the surrounding communities, a local government official has warned.
Shervin Tate, deputy chairman of the S...
GB Aragonite mine project branded a 'job killer'
GB Aragonite mine project branded a 'job killer'
Local government official says East End proposal would destroy prized fishing grounds that have sustained entire communities for generations...
Real estate sales, investment approvals, up 'sharply' in 2013
Real estate sales to non-Bahamians increased by more than 78 percent in 2013, while the value of approvals for foreign direct investments "sharply increased" by almost six times the amount recorded for the year 2012, it has been disclosed.
Addressing Parliament during the 2014/2015 budget debate, Minister of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle said that the total value of foreign direct investment...