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BAHAMAS:NO MARKET FOR COMMERICAL SHARK HARVESTING
September 16, 2010
BAHAMAS:NO MARKET FOR COMMERICAL SHARK HARVESTING
By JASMIN BONIMY
Guardian Staff Reporter
jasmin@nasguard.com
Amid calls for the government to enact legislation aimed at clamping down on shark fishing, officials at the Department of Marine Resources insist that policies are in place that strongly discourage commercial shark harvesting.
Director of Marine Resources Michael Braynen toldThe Nassau Guardianyesterday that despite recent reports in th...
Google defends shrinking China market share
September 20, 2010
Google defends shrinking China market share
BEIJING -- Google is hiring dozens of marketing and technical employees in China to defend a shrinking market share against local rivals after closing its Chinese search engine six months ago this Wednesday in a dispute over censorship.
Mainland users usually can reach Google's Chinese-language site in Hong Kong, a Chinese territory with no Internet filtering.
That has helped Google retain its r...
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...
Environment is a 'Captive' market for the Bahamas
September 20, 2010
Environment is a 'Captive' market for the Bahamas
By CHESTER ROBARDS
Business Reporter
crobards@tribunemedia.net
THE BAHAMAS should focus development of its captive insurance industry on Environmental Captives, the president of Premier Environmental Services' Canadian operations said yesterday, as this country attempts to develop a niche for itself in this market.
David Wade, speaking at the Bahamas Financial Services Board's (BFSB) Captive I...
Can't justify Straw Market's counterfeit trade
September 21, 2010
Can't justify Straw Market's counterfeit trade
MANY Tribune readers were shocked at the attitude of straw vendors Tuesday on learning that nine of their own were arrested in New York and charged with allegedly purchasing counterfeit designer goods for resale in the Bay Street market.
The cry of the locals seemed a plea to the Bahamas government to question the authority of US law enforcement to snatch their life's bread from their tables.
Al...
September 22, 2010
Minister Grant carries out site inspection of the Straw Market
Nassau The Bahamas - Public
Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko C. Grant is "extremely" pleased with
the progress of the construction of the new Bay Street Straw Market.
On December 15, 2009 a
contract was awarded to Cavalier Construction in the amount of $11,294,468.86
for the construction of the new Straw Market on the old market site.
Mr. Grant along with senior
officials including Col...
Grant carries out site inspection of Straw Market
September 23, 2010
Grant carries out site inspection of Straw Market
Public Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko C. Grant is ?extremely? pleased with the progress of the construction of the new Bay Street Straw Market.
On December 15, 2009 a contract was awarded to Cavalier Construction in the amount of $11,294,468.86 for the construction of the new Straw Market on the old market site.
September 22, 2010
FAKE GOODS STILL SOLD AT STRAW MARKET DESPITE VENDOR CHARGES
By MEGAN REYNOLDS
Tribune Staff Reporter
mreynolds@tribunemedia.net
FAKE designer bags and purses continue to be sold at almost every straw market stall in downtown Nassau just days after nine Bahamians were charged in the United States with trafficking counterfeit goods.
Gucci, Fendi and Louis Vuitton are among the wide variety of purses, totes and wallets being snapped up by tourists keen to...
Straw Market has become a ghastly, national blemish
September 24, 2010
Straw Market has become a ghastly, national blemish
Although our culture is what makes us Bahamian, our creativity is buried by our knack to copy everything that's foreign, as we have little or no appreciation or recognition for what we have already created - our architecture, our relation to the sea, our music, our dances, the truly Bahamian form of junkanoo, our straw and craft/art works, etcetera. Since independence, we have grossly neglected ou...
Letter: Foreigners have hijacked straw market
September 23, 2010
Letter: Foreigners have hijacked straw market
EDITOR, The Tribune.
I hate to say I told you so but I wrote a letter to the editor more than a year ago about the temporary straw market that has been reduced to a low class "flea market". But the reasoning by the vendors caused the police and the government from applying the pressure to discontinue their illegal acts. We know that they were purchasing illegal merchandise and we ignored it. Ther...
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