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Countdown to Carnival
Countdown to Carnival
NASSAU'S Western Esplanade resounded to the sound and colour of Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival on Saturday afternoon and evening as the public enjoyed a sense of what is to come in May at the official launch of this year's event.
Bahamas Tourism Road Show wows travel agents across Florida
The Islands of The Bahamas Florida Sales and Marketing team, "A Bahamas Affair" Road Show, has been described an unqualified success by those in attendance. The major marketing initiative, featuring a live talk show, a 3D presentation, and Junkanoo dancers, wowed the many travel agents that attended the shows, across Florida.
"A Bahamas Affair" A hit with Orlando and Tampa travel agents
Scores of Travel Agents from the Orlando and Tampa Area enjoy 'A Bahamas Affair" sales and marketing road show
Eddie Minnis and Ronnie Butler drop new singles
Eddie Minnis and Ronnie Butler drop new singles
After a year of critiques and tweaks to ensure that they put out the best product that they could at this point in their careers, music legends Ronnie Butler and Eddie Minnis have unleashed two new singles.
Bimini Bonefish Sam receives IGFA recognition
Bimini Bonefish Sam receives IGFA recognition
Bimini?s great bonefish king and Bahamian sports icon, the late Samuel Achilles ?Bonefish Sam? Ellis was posthumously bestowed the legendary ?Tommy Gifford Award? and inducted into the Hall of Fame by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Immortalizing Rake 'n' Scrape
Immortalizing Rake 'n' Scrape
Musician Fred Ferguson along with Ronald Simms and the late Nat Williams decided that it was important to preserve the dying art of Rake ?n? Scrape; so they identified two popular groups, namely Bo Hog & The Rooters, and Ophie & The Websites, and got them into a recording studio.
No word on budget for Carnival with three months to go until event
WITH this year's Junkanoo Carnival three months away, Bahamas National Festival Commission officials yesterday could not say how much money has been budgeted for the upcoming event.
Mental slavery is important
Mental slavery is important
In 1833 slavery was outlawed by an act of parliament in Great Britain and the Colonies; In the United States (US) in 1865 they passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution outlawing slavery in America.
60 years on from turning point in nation's history
60 years on from turning point in nation's history
SIXTY years ago, the late Tribune Editor and Publisher Sir Etienne Dupuch moved a resolution to end discrimination in the House of Assembly, a move that changed the racial landscape in The Bahamas forever.
Umbrella union threatens 'mass action' over cable price hike
In a letter to Prime Minister Perry Christie sent on behalf of the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas (NCTUB), union President John Pinder and General Secretary Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson lodge the union's objection to the price hike announced by Cable Bahamas Ltd., even threatening "mass action" if the union's concerns are not satisfactorily addressed.