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PM outlines Atlantis' economic contribution
June 19, 2014
PM outlines Atlantis' economic contribution
Atlantis Paradise Island Resort is projecting that it will pay $224.5 million in employee compensation and benefits in 2014, $129.1 million for goods and services purchased from Bahamian companies and $68.4 million to the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, the prime minister has disclosed.
Prime Minister Perry Christie commented on these figures and a number of others representing the resort's contr...
Brink of despair
March 15, 2017
Brink of despair
As a 39-year-old mother speaks to us about her desperate efforts at survival after falling on hard times, crouched in the corner of the small, rundown government apartment in which her family resides in an area Over-the-Hill, one of her daughters, a nine-year-old, bursts into tears.
Her pain mirrors that of her mother's.
Nadia Bevans tells us of having to send the girls -- four of them -- to schoo...
June 21, 2019
AC Hotels by Marriott® Announces the Opening of its First Hotel in Jamaica
The Design-Led European Lifestyle Hotel Brand Makes its Debut in the Heart of Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica – June 19, 2019 – AC Hotels by Marriott has announced the opening of AC Hotel Kingston, Jamaica, bringing the brand’s forward-thinking design approach to the island...
October 26, 2018
Dr. Patricia Pratt is Winner of Goombay Punch Fashion Showcase
4 Local Designers Take Part in Goombay Fashion Showcase at 2018 International Cultural Wine & Food Festival...
The Passing of the Hon. Theresa Moxey- Ingraham
March 22, 2018
The Passing of the Hon. Theresa Moxey- Ingraham
Along with my colleagues in government and in the Free National Movement I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Senator, Cabinet Minister, and Member of Parliament, Theresa Moxey-Ingraham.
It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
March 05, 2018
It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
These successful beauty professionals both received diplomas in Cosmetology from BTVI in May 2017 and completed the two-and-a-half year program within 18 months, proving that nothing can stop a person with a dream and the drive to realize it...
Generational inheritance
August 19, 2017
Generational inheritance
Art is considered by many to be one of the most critical subjects in the development of a young mind. It informs the way one processes math and science. It alters and expands the manner in which individuals seek solutions to complex problems. Understanding the way the world works, in both literal and figurative terms, is enhanced by consistent exposure to the arts.
When you ask an artist what or w...
June 26, 2017
Why Black Women in a Predominately Black Culture Are Still Bleaching Their Skin
Outside her ground-floor apartment in Kingston, hairstylist Jody Cooper sits on the bright blue bench that serves as her makeshift salon. The 22-year-old native Jamaican is flipping through photographs of herself?there she is a few years ago in a studded monokini, with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyeshadow, her skin several shades lighter than it is now.
Cooper doesn?t remember making a con...
May 17, 2017
GBPA to incentivize innovative startups with license fee waiver program
Grand Bahama hopes to diversify its small and medium-size enterprise sector through a business diversity waiver, which affords innovative entrepreneurs in Grand Bahama a one year waiver on the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) license fee.
The announcement of the waiver comes ahead of a business innovation and e-commerce workshop being planned by the Invest Grand Bahama Small Business Bureau (IGB...
New airlift to Bimini from West Palm Beach and Tampa
April 19, 2017
New airlift to Bimini from West Palm Beach and Tampa
NORTH BIMINI -- Resorts World Bimini, a sprawling 750-acre luxury beachfront resort, casino and marina on North Bimini, in partnership with Silver Airways, is pleased to announce new non-stop service from West Palm Beach to Bimini, as well as direct flight service from Tampa. Both flights are slated to launch on April 20, 2017.
To celebrate the new routes, Resorts World Bimini is offering a $100 r...
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