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Port Plaza: Making Bahamian Luxury Accessible
October 19, 2023
Port Plaza: Making Bahamian Luxury Accessible
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - From the finest in handbags, jewelry, swimsuits, ceramics, candles, clothing and more, the port plaza at the Nassau Cruise Port is the place you need to visit.
Step into the Haus of Assembly
July 28, 2023
Step into the Haus of Assembly
Every summer, Aidan Anais Barrow, would travel to Exuma and help her grandmother Eloise Johnson plait straw and make woven handbags. At the end of each season, they would return to New Providence and sell their straw goods to vendors at the straw market. Never in her wildest early imaginings did Barrow ever think that ...
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Man jailed for tourist purse snatching
January 07, 2020
Man jailed for tourist purse snatching
A man who robbed an Australian tourist on the Cable Beach strip was on Monday sentenced to two years in prison. Alando Williams, 23, of Charles Vincent Street, shoved Jacqueline Edwards to the ground on January 1 and took her handbag that contained an iPhone [...]
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Judge throws out robbery confession
February 11, 2011
Judge throws out robbery confession
The case against Clifford Miller collapsed when a judge threw out his alleged confession – the only evidence that tied him to the crime.
Miller was accused of the home invasion robbery of Cynthia Thompson on February 12, 2010. Thompson alleged that a man broke into her home and robbed her of $4,400 cash, a $500 laptop and a $25 handbag. The robber escaped in Thompson’s 2008 Chevy Impal...
Armed robberies and stabbings over weekend
September 19, 2010
Armed robberies and stabbings over weekend
By AVA TURNQUEST
Tribune Staff Reporter
aturnquest@tribunemedia.net
POLICE arrested four persons over the weekend following widespread incidents of daytime armed robbery and stabbing in the capital.
The majority of the criminal activity occurred on Saturday, with four armed robberies and one stabbing incident. Police reported another stabbing occurred on Sunday.
A female Twin Brothers employe...
Straw Market profits 'at
September 20, 2010
Straw Market profits 'at
By ALISON LOWE
Tribune Staff Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
STRAW vendors were rattled by news that nine of their own were arrested in the US after allegedly trying to bring "knock-off" handbags back to The Bahamas, saying the situation could lead to a serious loss of profits for the market and the country.
Their reactions came as reports reaching this newspaper are that seven of the nine vend...
Copyright protection's 'straw' base
September 22, 2010
Copyright protection's 'straw' base
It "goes without saying" that the Bahamas has been lax in protecting copyrighted works, private sector officials told Tribune Business yesterday, the charges levied against the nine Bahamian straw vendors arrested in New York the latest episode to suggest this nation is "not serious in enforcing its intellectual property rights (IPR) obligations".
Both Khaalis Rolle, the Bahamas Chamber of Comm...
Five held in alleged theft of magistrate's money
September 24, 2010
Five held in alleged theft of magistrate's money
By ARTESIAâ DAVIS
Guardian Senior Reporter
artesia@nasguard.com
Police have detained and questioned five people in connection with the alleged theft of$500 from a magistrate's purse,The Nassau Guardianhas confirmed.
Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans, who sits in the Domestic Court in the Royal Victoria Gardens, reported the theft to police around 2 p.m. on September 15. The magistrate's handba...
Letter: The highly adaptable Bahamas
October 03, 2010
Letter: The highly adaptable Bahamas
EDITOR, The Tribune.
Re: Straw Market profits 'at risk'. - The Tribune, September 21, 2010
FEAR not. Historically, the Bahamas has usually been highly adaptable when it came to nefarious activities. Even now, just as one door appears to be slightly closing on selling counterfeit foreign luxury goods (handbags, watches, etc), it appears another door is already miraculously opening for us to sell ...
Straw vendors dilemma is a slap to reality
August 21, 2010
Straw vendors dilemma is a slap to reality
We have become a nation of people who have mastered the art of turning a blind eye. We tend to ignore the elephant in the room until it begins to make a mess.
That's the same mind set and approach that has been taken towards this issue with the straw vendors who were arrested in New York for trying to export counterfeit handbags.
Prime Minister Ingraham and Deputy Prime Minister Symonette both spo...
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