Best Ever Film Ltd. announces the gala premiere of Cargo

Best Ever Film Ltd. announces the gala premiere of Cargo, the largest Bahamian film project to date. The Cargo gala premiere, sponsored by Atlantis and Aliv is open to the public and will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Atlantis Movie Theatre...

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The art before the storm

Visual artist Allan Wallace has been gaining renown since he began using Morton Salt to create hyper-realistic art pieces. In some cases Wallace also uses other seasonings, spices and miscellaneous items.
He recently took his company, Design Strong Studios, to Inagua to do a live salt art piece for Morton Salt and its employees. This was before Hurricane Irma caused major damage to the facility. T...

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Seven men, one woman arrested in house after gun, drug found

Police arrested seven men and one woman at a home on Jean Street, off Prince Charles Drive, following the reported discovery of a handgun and small amount of marijuana shortly after 12:30 p.m. yesterday.
According to reports, officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search of the home and found a .380 pistol with five live rounds of ammunition along with the drugs.
Police then took the e...

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Morton Salt's Inagua facility damaged by Irma

Only three months after this paper reported that Morton Salt in Inagua brought its salt production facility fully back on line since Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Irma caused major damage to the facility.
Yesterday Morton Salt issued a press statement stating that its facility had "sustained some damage to buildings and structures on the property as a result of the hurricane".
"A full assessment wi...

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Irma has some reliving hurricane horrors

Hurricane Irma's expected passage through The Bahamas has brought back haunting memories of hurricane survival that many may wish to forget.
On Wednesday, Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) worker Sandra Emmanuel watched as scores of Family Islanders were evacuated from the southern Bahamas.
As people poured into the baggage claim area at Lynden Pindling International Airport, Emmanuel had a...

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Women in Film Tribute 2017 December

There is no better time to emphasis and position women in the forefront of the film industry and the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is doing just that...

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Bad Boy Mowers Named Title Sponsor for The 'Battle 4 Atlantis' College FOR THE ?BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS? COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Atlantis, Paradise Island resort today announced Bad Boy Mowers as the first-ever title sponsor for its early-season collegiate basketball tournament...

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The Purdue University experiment in Haiti

I must thank Joel Lorquet for his brilliant public relations billboard informing Internet users about the latest events and about the most comprehensive news on Haiti garnered from the major news outlets. As soon that I learned about the report of Purdue University on its weeklong visit to Haiti, I cleared my calendar to be present at the El Rancho hotel on August 11, 2017, for the colloquium. Agr...

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The 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis Matchups announced-Men's Early-Season College Tournament November 22-24, 2017

The highly-anticipated 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis begins on Wednesday, November 22nd, with an impressive field that has combined for 16 Final Four appearances and five National Championships...

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Haitian Ambassador pays farewell courtesy call on the Governor General

Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, His Excellency Jean Victor Geneus...

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Haitian Ambassador pays courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Haitian Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas His Excellency Jean Victor Geneus, left, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs...

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Times change but standards must not

Dear Editor,
It's easy to see why politicians love sports, champions and celebrities. But all too often we are left wondering if the affection is reciprocated.
One of the rituals of being governor general or prime minister is the protocol of the courtesy call. The GG or the PM receives the invited guests for what the press calls a "photo opportunity".
Previous generations of Bahamians are familiar...

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Grand Bahamian Gary Guillame Domino's named 2016 Regional Store Manager of The Year for the Americas

This summer, Domino?s International named local store manager, Gary Guillaume the company?s 2016 Regional Store Manager of The Year for the Americas. The Grand Bahama native heads a team of 12 at the RND Freeport branch. He is the first manager from The Bahamas to receive the Domino?s Global Award in this category...

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Alliance Francaise Movie Club presents Caribbean Film: ALIKER

Friday 7th December 2012  6:30 PM

Friday, December 7, 2012
Alliance Francaise, Ocean Place, Cable Beach

The Alliance Francaise des Bahamas presents the third film in its Caribbean Series - Patrick Chamoiseau, entitled ALIKER on Friday, December 7 at 6:30PM at the Alliance Francaise, Ocean Place, Cable Beach.

ALIKER is a drama by Guy Deslauriers starring Stomy Bugsy, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Xavier Thiam, Fran?ois Marthouret, a...

Haitian Ambassador pays courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs

Haitian Ambassador, H.E. Jean-Victor Geneus, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Darren Henfield...

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The saga and bravura of Haitian migrants

I was recently at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port au Prince, Haiti, departing for New York City; the real action was not with JetBlue or American Airlines passengers leaving for the Big Apple, but with the LAN airline transporting Haitian migrants to Chile. It looked like a well-organized conspiracy orchestrated by several entities; the airline, the traffickers, and different governments ...

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The saga and bravura of Haitian migrants

I was recently at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port au Prince, Haiti, departing for New York City; the real action was not with JetBlue or American Airlines passengers leaving for the Big Apple, but with the LAN airline transporting Haitian migrants to Chile. It looked like a well-organized conspiracy orchestrated by several entities; the airline, the traffickers, and different governments ...

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Founding father of Knights of Columbus branch laid to rest

Many Bahamians have never heard about Royston Vincent Burton, but this giant of a man - although not too great in physical stature - was laid to rest in the confines of St. Anselm's Church on Bernard Road in Fox Hill.

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Singapore jails City Harvest megachurch founder and officials

Six senior officials of Singapore's City Harvest megachurch have been jailed over a $50m Singapore dollar ($35m; ?23m) fraud case.

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PM Minnis Touts Virtues of 'Servant Leader' at BCC Installation

Great leadership calls for great service and those who are privileged enough to lead must be humble enough to serve their country, Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert Minnis said Tuesday night...

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Weather may have hit turnout as Carnival attendance almost halves

AN estimated 16,000 people attended this year's Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival in Grand Bahama, resulting in a significant decline compared to last year's turnout of 30,000.

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International financial services association recaps busy year during annual general meeting

The Association of International Banks and Trust Companies in The Bahamas (AIBT) held its annual general meeting (AGM) on June 22, 2017 during which Co-Chairman Bruno Roberts recapped a busy and productive year for the association.
AIBT highlighted the growth of its professional development efforts including successfully holding the 11th annual Nassau Conference, which achieved record attendance i...

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Empowerment and equality

Sue Katz Lightbourn's exhibition, 'Exposed', opened at Antonius Roberts' Hillside House Gallery on the evening of Thursday, April 13th, 2017. The show is a fun, thought-provoking, yet challenging journey through a world of images collected and reassembled out of context and time. Collage and assemblage lend a great deal of lightness and offer accessibility to the serious discussion of women's role...

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BalancingAct

Heino Schmid's practice can perhaps be described as slippery or amphibious -- and it's not so much to do with the water as it is to do with his fluidity in dealing with the bounds of what we believe to constitute drawing, sculpture, and painting as separate genres -- the proverbial lines in his practice become blurred. This movement between the medium and the means is why "Temporary Horizon" (2010...

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Three tips for reducing your power bill

Let's be upfront. Everybody wants to have lower power bills. But how to make that happen without a lot of upfront cash or a radical change in lifestyle is a mystery for most homeowners. There are salesmen peddling gadgets that reduce the consumption of certain pieces of equipment, or alternative technologies that replace the need for grid power. And there are design "tricks" that reduce the amount...

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Morton Salt plant now fully up and running since hurricane-related damage

The Morton Salt plant, the backbone of Inagua's economy, is fully up and running since suffering damage from last year's hurricane, and is close to being able to accept larger vessels at its facility once again, the company's senior director of mining and manufacturing, Jean-Baptiste Dromer, told Guardian Business yesterday.
The company shut down its plant yesterday to host an environmental health...

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FIA Director for Bahamas, Caribbean Steers UN Safe Driving Message from Marathon Mall to Silverstone, UK

Former race driver and current race event organizer David McLaughlin this month took a road safety message from the Mall at Marathon to the United Kingdom?s famed Silverstone Formula One Circuit, home of some of the world?s most celebrated racing events, including the British Grand Prix...

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Haiti and its national and international debt status

Up to this date, around mid-May 2017, the national and international debt of the Republic of Haiti hovers around US$3 billion. This sum represents $1 billion of internal debt and $2 billion of external one. It is a very small amount if we compare Haiti's debt with other Caribbean countries that are generally overwhelmed by external and internal debts.
By way of comparison, the island of Puerto Ric...

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Step into the Hibiscus Hotel

The play "Hibiscus Hotel" is an idea that was born over a beer at the Cricket Club between Kim Aranha and Robin Belfield -- and tonight the lights will go up on an eight-night run on the hilarious look at a Bahamian family. It's expected to be an evening filled with music and laughter in extraordinary surroundings at Jacaranda House.
The Bahamian comedy is about a run-down hotel on a fictitious fa...

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The gentlemen of Aquinas College

Stephen Seymour, Karrington Culmer, Gregory Stubbs, Kriston Clarke and Kyle Smith were among the impressive cadre of young men from schools throughout New Providence who recently participated in the 26th annual Gentlemen's Club Ball, and contributed to the institution receiving the 2017 Gentlemen's Club "School of the Year" Award.
The Aquinas College young men were stellar examples of high school ...

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