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UK- The Telegraph launches Bahamas travel app
UK- The Telegraph launches Bahamas travel app
The Bahamas joined the ranks of 30 destinations featured in a popular mobile app for European travelers published by The Telegraph Media Group last month.
C9 Advocates for Fair Share to Drive Caribbean Telecommunications and Development
In 2023, six international big tech companies earned US$11.5 billion from the Caribbean, without contributing or reinvesting any of their revenues into the region’s development. This was revealed by Lisa Agard, the newly appointed Chair of C9, as she participated in a panel discussion on Fair Share, at the CANTO Connect & 40th AGM Celebration at the Hyatt Regency on Monday.
A few steps into the past at Hope Town's historical museum
A few steps into the Wyannie Malone Historical Museum is enough to give you an eerie feeling that you have gone back in time.
Since Hope Town is not the busiest city centre, chances are you might be the only visitor when you go. Apart from the sound of your footsteps on the wooden floors the museum is near silent. That?s good because the quiet leaves plenty of room for your imagination.
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The practice of politics in an independent Bahamas, 1973-2023, pt. 1
"The road to Bahamian independence is a story of the loss of civility and respect for compromise." (Author's note: The following article was originally written by invitation of the Independence Secretariat, which, in its infinite wisdom, excluded it from its independence supplement that was published in both major newspapers several days before the observance of ...
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The Bahamas in 2023
The Bahamas in 2023
"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." — Publilius Syrus The old year has passed, and a new one started just two weeks ago. It has been 23 years since we greeted the new millennium with emotive enthusiasm, high hopes, and incredible opportunities.
CEO Leon Williams Addresses Bahamas Society of Engineers
BTC Chief Says Public Private Partnerships Imperative for Development of Country...
Fire Devistates the Pompey Museum in Nassau
Fire Devistates the Pompey Museum in Nassau
Built sometime before 1796 and named for the slave, Pompey, who lived at Steventon on Exuma Island; functioned as a marketplace until the late 1800's; "Vendue" is French for sold.
Unfortunately, enslaved people were among the commodities sold in a two-story building; the permanent exhibit is dedicated to the African experience in The Bahamas; see artifacts excavated from former plantations; mus...
The torch is passed!
The torch is passed!
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."
- Martin Luther King, Jr
At a time when the people of The Bahamas are desperately in need of dynamic, energetic leaders full of new ideas, promise and cutting edge vision, some were taken aback by the choices made by the FNM convention last week for their leadership team.
While we question neither their commitment nor ...
Branson's Virgin Atlantic in virus bailout talks
Branson's Virgin Atlantic in virus bailout talks
Virgin Atlantic says it is still in talks with the UK government about a coronavirus-related bailout...
Pierre de Coubertins Historic Founding Text Finds its Home at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne
Pierre de Coubertins Historic Founding Text Finds its Home at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne
The donor is revealed as Alisher Usmanov, President of the International Fencing Federation...