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Ms. Mitzie Chipman to be awarded 2015 "Woman of Distinction" Award
Celebrating Woman International (CWI) a subsidiary of TKHGFI nonprofit organization, announced plans today to award Ms. Mitzie Chipman with the ?Woman of Distinction Award? 2015...
Leaving the Island Sale - Grand Bahama
Leaving the Island Sale - Grand Bahama
Freeport, Bahamas - Leaving the Island Sale!?Everything priced to GO!
Saturday, July 23rd from 10am to 1pm. Please, NO Early Birds!
Forget the North Pole, shop locally
Forget the North Pole, shop locally
Pushing for more support from the community and government as they compete with cheaper, mass-produced, imported goods, local artisans with authentic, Bahamian crafts have been struggling year-round to keep their heads above water. With December rolling in, and many Bahamians planning to make trips to Florida, where they believe they may get more bang for their buck, local craftsmen are encouragin...
A thought on culture
A thought on culture
The Minnis retrospective exhibition, titled "Creation's Grace", at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is a fantastic walk through Bahamian visual and musical culture. It is a glimpse of what we are and where we came from and what we love. It showed, too, this family's cross-generational gift for capturing culture that is not adulterated by the recolonization of the Bahamian psyche.
In one spa...
Bahamasair football promotion catching on
Bahamasair football promotion catching on
MIAMI, Fla. - More and more football fans from The Bahamas are taking advantage of the great deals being offered by Bahamasair, and are venturing on a Dolphins getaway weekend.
That was the consensus this past holiday weekend, as for the most part, Bahamasair flights were full going in and coming out of South Florida. The Miami Dolphins hosted the Green Bay Packers at Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, a...
Save The Bays CEO: Costa Rica Turned Environmental Protection into Tourism Winner
A leading environmentalist in The Bahamas said Costa Rica has shown every country in the Caribbean that preserving natural beauty pays, appealing to those who treasure flora, fauna and natural wonders above t-shirts and trinkets...
Save The Bays CEO: Costa Rica turned environmental protection into tourism winner
NASSAU, Bahamas -- A leading environmentalist in The Bahamas said Costa Rica has shown every country in the Caribbean that preserving natural beauty pays, appealing to those who treasure flora, fauna and natural wonders above t-shirts and trinkets.
Lindsey McCoy, who was appointed CEO of the fast-growing environmental movement Save The Bays earlier this year, commented on the winning model Costa R...
Mega-resort policy branded a threat to Family Island way of life
Mega-resorts are being allowed to threaten the culture, society and identity of small island communities around The Bahamas, a veteran social and environmental campaigner warned.
Fred Smith, QC, director of legal affairs for Save The Bays, said successive governments have shielded the developers of mammoth 'anchor projects' from scrutiny at the expense of both the environment and local populations...
Mega-resort policy branded a threat to Family Island way of life
Save The Bays director says governments must stop siding with foreign-owned developments at the expense of local communities...
Mega-resort policy branded a threat to Family Island way of life
Save The Bays director says governments must stop siding with foreign-owned developments at the expense of local communities
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Mega-resorts are being allowed to threaten the culture, society and identity of small island communities around the Bahamas, a veteran social and environmental campaigner warned.
Fred Smith, QC, director of legal affairs for Save The Bays, said successive ...