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Visiting Fulbright Scholar Leads UB Students on Studies of Cat Island Heritage Sites
Cat Island is a treasure trove of culture and history, attracting scholars interested in connecting the dots between the past and the present to ensure a future for generations yet unborn. Dr. Allan Meyers, visiting Fulbright Scholar attached to the Faculty of Social and Educational Studies at University of The Bahamas (UB) led a team of thirteen UB students to Cat Island in an ongoing cultural he...
Oh, Cat Island! Hiking expedition brings joy, trepidation for Caribbean youths
What happens when you take young adults from eight Caribbean nations and plop them down on a sparsely populated island in The Bahamas for four days and three nights spent outdoors?
Minister Pintard Meets Stakeholders at Rake-N-Scrape Festival in Cat Island
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Michael Pintard said that his Ministry was committed to collaborating with the Cat Island Rake-n-Scrape Festival committee in ensuring that each year the product improves and enlarges the reach of Bahamian artists, artisans and chefs beyond the boundaries of Cat Island and The Bahamas.
Caribbean travel writers feature Cat Island
Caribbean travel writers feature Cat Island
Drawn to Cat Island by the annual Rake N' Scrape festival, writers for Caribbean Travel & Life Magazine David Herndon and Zachary L Stovall spent three days talking to islanders and touring.
Developing material for a feature on the island , Herndon and Stovall made a beeline on arrival for the home of Minerva Rolle for an interview. She is the oldest woman resident of Bennett's Harbour, and she...
Escape and Relax At the Newly Built Ocean Beach Resort in Historic Cat Island, Bahamas
Imagine a place so serene, so exotic and so inviting that its welcome mat stretches for more than 40 acres, offering breath taking panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and its morning greeting is a warm kiss of freshly baked pastries...
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian has been a wakeup call for our country. I was present at one of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) situation report meetings immediately after Dorian, where I gained a true understanding of the scale and magnitude of this climate disaster...