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July 15, 2014
USA Today readers vote Junkanoo top Caribbean celebration
As the government prepares to introduce the Bahamas Carnival next year, the country's premier culture festival, Junkanoo, was voted as the top Caribbean celebration, according to USA Today.
Junkanoo beat out Trinidad Carnival, which placed a distant second.
The ratings are based on the votes cast in an online poll that ran for four weeks on the USA Today "10 Best" online website.
"The iconic Baham...
Baha Mar presents first ever artists-in-residence
July 05, 2014
Baha Mar presents first ever artists-in-residence
For John Cox, creative arts director at Baha Mar, giving young Bahamian artists a leg up has always been high on the agenda. For five years, Cox's Popopstudios has been offering summer residencies to up-and-coming Bahamian artists. Now head of the art department at the country's soon-coming second mega resort, he's extending the same opportunity to those interested in contributing to Baha Mar's cu...
June 24, 2014
Game of Thrones fans compete in short film competition
Budding Bahamian filmmakers came together Sunday evening for the grand finale of the Cable Bahamas HBO/Game of Thrones Short Film Competition, held at Galleria Cinemas on John F. Kennedy Drive. Hundreds of fans and filmmakers joined in the event that was the culmination of a two-month-long spirited contest that inspired dozens of entries.
Cable Bahamas launched the short film competition to encour...
Game of Thrones fans compete in short film competition presented by Cable Bahamas & HBO
June 23, 2014
Game of Thrones fans compete in short film competition presented by Cable Bahamas & HBO
Winners receive trip to Toronto Film Festival & Canon film kit...
Festival Commission Outlines Bahamas Carnival Plan
May 26, 2014
Festival Commission Outlines Bahamas Carnival Plan
The Bahamas Carnival Plan. Bahamas Carnival is a collection of celebrations, balls, concerts, cultural shows and street parades that pull from all aspects of Bahamian culture and heritage staged during the months of April and May...
Give Bahamas Carnival 2015 a chance
May 21, 2014
Give Bahamas Carnival 2015 a chance
Dear Editor,
In light of concern expressed by some members of the public about the Bahamas Carnival, the Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) would like to provide assurance that our team of professionals from the cultural and corporate sectors are working methodically and meticulously to ensure Bahamas Carnival 2015 is a national success.
All members of our team are fully aware that there ...
'Watershed moment' for music industry
April 30, 2014
IAAF World Relay Bahamas Mascot competition
January 25, 2014
IAAF World Relay Bahamas Mascot competition
School children across The Bahamas have only a few days to take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity, to design the official International Association and Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Relays Bahamas 2014 mascot.
With an impressive number of entries being submitted from all across The Bahamas, a final surge is expected in the last week of the competition.
"Mascots play an integral par...
The Bahamas to take center stage in Miami
January 08, 2014
The Bahamas to take center stage in Miami
The Bahamas' Ministry of Tourism office in South Florida is about to take full advantage of a primetime basketball game with a nationally televised audience in the United States.
In continuation with their contractual collaboration with the Miami Heat, the Sports Tourism Department of the Ministry of Tourism has organized 'Bahamas Night' - Total Domination. It's an event centered around the Los An...
History, memory and national identity
November 15, 2013
History, memory and national identity
Tragedy and how it manifests in our individual memories is a deeply personal exercise. How that then translates into collective memory - of a nation for example - depends entirely on the space that is made to witness it.
Where were you on May 10, 1980, when Cuban fighter jets sank the Royal Bahamas Defence Force HMBS Flamingo in her own territorial waters, setting off a chain of explosive events t...
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