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West End-"The Capitol of Grand Bahama"-Feast or Famine
West End is known as the ?capitol? of Grand Bahama yet it is under siege by known assailants who look like any normal person you might find walking the streets. If you have taken a trip to the settlement recently you will notice the shoreline and roadways leading into the community...
Seduce your Valentine
Seduce your Valentine
It?s Valentine?s Day, you didn?t make dinner reservations, and you really need to make up because you didn?t even send your significant other their favorite flowers or chocolate. You don?t need to despair because you can still salvage Valentine?s Day and make it extra special.
Where have all the progressives gone
Where have all the progressives gone
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
- Pete Seeger
Six decades ago, the 1950s, was a wonderful time in what was then the British colony of the Bahama Islands. Never mind the distended bellies of malnourished c...
The Year in Review 2014
The Year in Review 2014
Much of the Bahamas news in 2014 was driven by social media with hyped up and emotive presentation. On the governance front, there were a myriad of national issues that the Bahamas government tackled both legislatively and executively...
200M biofuel project proposal
200M biofuel project proposal
Bio Revolution America wants to invest $200 million in a biofuel project in The Bahamas, and the principals of the company could meet with Prime Minister Perry Christie about it as early as Wednesday, Guardian Business has learned.
Should the project succeed, it could mean the creation of a viable biofuel source for The Bahamas and perhaps eventually for export purposes. The agriculture, power gen...
No conch ban Queen conch 'not currently in danger of extinction'
The United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has decided not to place the queen conch on the endangered species list, erasing fears of a U.S. import ban on one of the Caribbean's most valuable marine resources.
Concern over the potential of a conch ban was evident in the region, given the importance of conch exports to the Caribbean. Conch meat exports from 12 Caribbea...
U.S. conch ban decision looming
U.S. conch ban decision looming
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States is expected to deliver a ruling on November 3 on a petition by the environmental non-governmental organization (NGO) WildEarth Guardians for queen conch to be declared a "threatened" or "endangered" species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Such a decision would, according to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM...
Consul General Randy Rolle, Ministry of Tourism and Producer Will Packer Give Bahamian Filmmaker Opportunity to ?Ride Along? On Film Set
When the movie Ride Along 2 rides into theaters, a member of the Bahamas Actors and Filmmakers Association will be able to boast behind the scene experience, after being allowed on set thanks to an initiative by Consul General Randy E. Rolle...
God's word is your assurance
God's word is your assurance
"My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the Earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:8-9
The statement "a penny for your thoughts", was put to a young man seated on a park bench by a woman who had been jogging and was resting for a while. Suddenly the young man flashe...
Gaza cease-fire fails to last the morning
Gaza cease-fire fails to last the morning
A three-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip went into effect Friday following heavy Israel-Hamas fighting...