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Man found dead near fruit stand
April 11, 2024
Man found dead near fruit stand
A man was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound to the head off Cowpen Road last night.
November 24, 2023
FDA: More Children Sickened By Lead Tainted Fruit Pouches
USA - The Food and Drug Administration says more children were apparently sickened by apple puree pouches recently recalled due to dangerous lead contamination.
November 08, 2023
Adelaide Primary and L.W. Young Junior High get Fruit Trees from BAMSI
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) visited two schools, L.W. Young Junior High School and Adelaide Primary School, as part of its One-2-One Tree Planting campaign.
BAMSI Gifts Primary Schools With Fruit Trees
November 06, 2023
BAMSI Gifts Primary Schools With Fruit Trees
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) visited three primary schools, Sadie Curtis Primary, Claridge Primary and Gerald Cash Primary, as part of its One-2-One Tree Planting campaign. The goal of the campaign is to change the landscape of the nation by growing more native fruit trees, strengthen the level of food security, build sustainability and increase access to healthy fo...
June 16, 2023
Trade mission to Africa bears fruit with Afreximbank MOU
A delegation representing the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), led by Minister for Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey, visited Nigeria and Ghana recently to source opportunities for cross border trade and cooperation between the African nations and the Caribbean, Moxey told Guardian Business yesterday.
Students display fruits of labor
April 17, 2023
Students display fruits of labor
From traditional crops like tomatoes and corn, to more specialized endeavors such as livestock farming, students displayed the fruit of their labor during the 10th Annual Agriculture Science Exhibition.
PM: 'international efforts bearing fruit'
June 28, 2022
PM: 'international efforts bearing fruit'
PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis says not only do world leaders want to strengthen their relationship with The Bahamas, but they also see the country as a viable option to invest.
Low-hanging fruit
May 18, 2022
Low-hanging fruit
Over the course of years, we have opined in this space that the most significant threat to national development is political polarization, and the failure of leaders from all political persuasions to buy into a shared vision of where The Bahamas should be in the next two to three decades and beyond. The last time ...
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Man gets probation for stealing farmer's fruits
January 17, 2022
March 24, 2011
Schools show fruits of labour at Agricultural Science Exhibition
By LAMECH JOHNSON
SCHOOLS in New Providence had the opportunity to showcase the fruits of their labour at the Ministry of Education's three-day Agricultural Science Exhibition at the Kendal G L Isaacs gymnasium this week.
Patrice Green, an officer from the ministry's Science and Technology division, said that it is important to show what schools are doing in this field as many Bahamians "are una...
'Revenue?rise fruit of FNM's policies'
November 17, 2021
'Revenue?rise fruit of FNM's policies'
FORMER State Minister for Finance Kwasi Thompson said the former Minnis administration's fiscal strategy is bearing fruit, citing a recent report that found that revenue performance surpassed $550 million in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2021/2022.
October 26, 2021
Fruit trees planted in Fox Hill ahead of climate conference
OFFICIALS from the government, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Bahamas National Trust and the British High Commission recently partnered to plant fruit trees in the community of Fox Hill.
September 14, 2021
BAMSI DONATES FRUIT SEEDLINGS TO NEWLY LAUNCHED AGRICULTURE VILLAGE
THE Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) donated some 500 fruit seedlings to the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ Frobisher Agro-Village in Freeport, Grand Bahama earlier this week. The donation included 450 sugar apples seedlings and approximately 45 sour orange/citrus root stock, Stephen Turnquest, Chairman of the Board for BAMSI, confirmed. “The plant donati...
May 26, 2021
CBC Celebrates Local Businesses with Minute Maid Fruit Coolers Photo Contest
The Caribbean Bottling Company (Bahamas) Ltd’s Shop, Buy & Support Local w’ Minute Maid Fruit Coolers contest is heating up. Minute Maid Fruit Coolers lovers can submit photos for the chance to win weekly prizes from local Bahamian businesses. Each week, from May 1 to May 30, budding photographers can submit their best snaps of themselves enjoying an ice-cold Minute Maid Fruit Cooler, in the f...
October 27, 2017
Hands For Hunger provides fresh fruit to Uriah McPhee students
Hands For Hunger celebrated World Food Day on October 16th by treating the entire student body of Uriah McPhee Primary School to an assortment of fresh fruits donated by Bahamas Food Services (BFS). In an effort to promote healthy eating habits, the Hands For Hunger [...]
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November 22, 2018
Tourism's marketing strategy bearing 'real fruit' for Family Island Destinations
The Ministry of Tourism’s marketing strategy of promoting The Bahamas as a 16-island destination is yielding the desired results of creating a distinct brand identity for individual islands of the Family Islands of The Bahamas...
Dealing with worms in papaya fruit
November 16, 2010
Dealing with worms in papaya fruit
Q. I have a problem with one of my papaya trees which has fruit that has worms inside of them which means I?have not been able to eat any of the fruits as I?fear the worms. Can you give me advice on how to tackle this problem?
-- W.G., South Beach
A.
Worms in your papaya tree are caused by the fruit fly which lays its eggs in the flowers of the tree. You should spray your papaya flowers with an in...
Consider This By their fruits...
March 09, 2020
Consider This By their fruits...
"You will know them by their fruits." -- Matthew: 7:16 For the past dozen years, the presidents of Saint John's University (SJU) have made an annual visit to The Bahamas, primarily to visit alumni of that university who live here. Founded in 1857, SJU is [...]
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Local fruit wine not
February 15, 2020
Local fruit wine not
The first vintage of Bahama Barrels local fruit wines - mango, tamarind, sea grape and starfruit (carambola).Bahama Barrels at Graycliff is taking the wine drinking palate beyond the grape, opening up a whole new world in the market of non-traditional wines with its local fruit wine offerings - with tamarind wine, seagrape wine, mango wine and starfruit (carambola) wine among the [...]
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Winter Fruits
January 10, 2012
Winter Fruits
Winter fruit production in the Bahamas was ravaged by Hurricane Irene in September, so there are serious shortfalls of favourite mainstays.
Free Fruit To Push Healthy Kids Diet
January 23, 2020
Free Fruit To Push Healthy Kids Diet
THE Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, announced yesterday the launch of a pilot programme to help encourage healthier eating habits among young people...
January 22, 2020
New Sanitary Measure for Fruits and Vegetables Originating in North Andros
In December 2019 BAHFSA advised the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources of an incident of groundwater contamination on a single farm in North Andros. The test, commissioned by a private citizen, confirmed the presence of E. coli and faecal streptococcus. The Minister directed that an immediate investigation into the extent of the contamination in the North Andros groundwater system be in...
Strange fruit
January 19, 2019
Strange fruit
Though artist and educator Kendra Frorup may be using the imagery of the banana flower in her work in "NE9: The Fruit and the Seed", this is anything but a literal interpretation of this year's theme. Frorup cleverly takes the image of the banana plant [...]
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December 10, 2018
Danny Davis brings a colonial interpretation to NE9's 'The Fruit and The Seed.'
The Ninth National Exhibition (NE9), under the patronage of Lanisha Rolle, minister of youth, sports and culture, is scheduled to open on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) beginning at 6:00 pm. The NAGB will support the work [...]
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November 19, 2018
Thompson: Meetings with firms at GB tech summit likely to 'bear fruit'
Minister of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson lauded the success of the second annual Grand Bahama Technology Summit on Friday, explaining that several meetings with technology firms during the three-day event are likely to "bear fruit" in the coming weeks and months. Thompson said [...]
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Fresh fruit for pupils thanks to food charity
October 27, 2017
Fresh fruit for pupils thanks to food charity
HANDS For Hunger is a local non-profit known for its food rescue and delivery. The organisation collects fresh and canned food items from businesses and restaurants around New Providence and delivers that food to various distribution agencies which t
A Fruit That's Got Your Back
July 13, 2010
A Fruit That's Got Your Back
Here?s a refreshing snack you should get to know if you want to keep your spine feeling fine: grapes. Chill ?em, and eat a handful every day. New research suggests there?s something in grapes that could help protect certain types of back cartilage.
July 27, 2010
Bill to Improve Fish, Food, Fruit Vending Practices Through Regulation
Nassau, The Bahamas - The
proliferation of fish, conch and food vendors selling their wares
roadside and without the proper storage and regulatory regimes in
place, will be addressed with the implementation of the proposed
Business License Act, 2010, the Member of Parliament for Killarney, Dr.
the Honourable Hubert A. Minnis told Parliament Monday.
Dr. Minnis, who serves as Minister of Hea...
August 04, 2010
Bill to improve fish, food, fruit vending practices through regulation
The proliferation of fish, conch and food vendors selling their wares roadside and without the proper storage and regulatory regimes in place, will be addressed with the implementation of the proposed Business License Act, 2010, the Member of Parliament for Killarney, Dr. the Honourable Hubert A. Minnis told Parliament Monday.
The seeds and poisonous fruits of social decay
January 20, 2016
The seeds and poisonous fruits of social decay
Decades ago, in the 1970s, Monsignor Preston Moss of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese observed what he viewed as the lack of basic human development in a significant number of our people.
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