A Severe Weather Warning in Effect for Exuma, Long Island, Cat Island, Crooked Island, Acklins, Rum Cay and San Salvador

THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FROM 4:30 AM EDT UNTIL 6:30 AM, TUESDAY 17TH MAY 2022.

A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXUMA, LONG ISLAND, CAT ISLAND, CROCKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, RUM CAY SAMANA AND SAN SALVADOR, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS AND CAYS.

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A Severe Weather Warning Issued for South Andros, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Rum Cay, Acklins, Crooked Island and Long Cay

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXUMAS, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY, ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, LONG CAY, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH ANDROS, CAT ISLAND, SOUTH ELEUTHERA & RAGGED ISLAND, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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A Severe Thunderstorm Warning In Effect For Ragged Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador, Acklins, Crooked Island and Mayaguana

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RAGGED ISLAND, RUM CAY, SAN SALVADOR, ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, MAYAGUANA, INAGUA AND NOW INCLUDES THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

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First rums ready at new Bahamas Distillery Company

THE newly established Bahamas Distillery Company opened its doors in Freeport and has started production of two rum offerings.

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Coroner investigating body that washed ashore on Rum Cay

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4th Annual Caribbean Rum Awards Set for November

The Caribbean’s leading celebration of fine rum is set for the first week of November on the Caribbean island of St Barth.

The Caribbean Rum Awards, a week-long series of rum (and cigar) events in the heart of Gustavia, is back for its fourth annual edition.

The event, presented by WIMCO Villas, Tradewind Aviation and Accutron, is centered around the Caribbean Rum Awards competition, a b...

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15th annual Rum Cay Day

On Friday, February 26 the picturesque settlement of Port Nelson, Rum Cay was transformed into any bustling metropolitan city found around the globe.

The day marked Rum Cay Day, which is celebrated each year on the last Friday in February.

Visitors and former residents came in good numbers to the historical Milo Butler Heritage Park, where stalls and different booths had been erected to ente...

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Celebrating rum, food and culture

It's known as Festival RumBahamas, but truth be told, there's always something for everybody -- even non-rum drinkers -- and the fourth version of this popular festival will once again offer up different atmospheres and experiences. Rum tastings, rum competitions, rum-in-food demonstrations and pairings, cultural and historical presentations, live Bahamian music, live entertainment, food booths, p...

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BAHAMAS EXPORT STRATEGY PLANNING AND RUM SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM OVER $110M IN EU-SUPPORTED TRADE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CARIBBEAN

In an ongoing effort to support the Government of The Bahamas’ initiatives for t economic diversification, Ambassador, H.E. Maria O'Brien, Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary of The Bahamas to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union, sought assistance under the African, Caribbean, Pacific - European Union (ACP-EU) TradeComm II Programme to develop a trade export strategy ...

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New Bahamian-manufactured Luna Rum launches and thrives

When Bahamian-owned rum brand Luna Rum officially opened its Gladstone Road distillery in February, after a full year of planning, George Sands, chief executive officer of Genuinely Bahamian - its parent company - said all executives were focused on was fine-tuning the six flavors of the rum the company manufactures. But then the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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