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January 17, 2024
The Integration of Sailing in Schools is a Significant Leap Forward for Junior Sailing says Minister

The Hon. Clay Sweeting, Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs on Monday underscored the government’s commitment to youth empowerment as his ministry strengthened its partnership with the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training (MOETVT) through its recently launched Co-Curricular Activities Programme.

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January 16, 2024
The Integration of Sailing in Schools is a Significant Leap Forward for Junior Sailing says Minister

The Hon. Clay Sweeting, Minister ofWorks and Family Island Affairs on Monday underscored the government’s commitment to youth empowerment as his ministry strengthened its partnership with the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training (MOETVT) through its recently launched Co-Curricular Activities Programme.

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May 12, 2016
Junkanoo Carnival: Mass confusion and missed opportunities

The Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was conceived in and continues to be mired in confusion.

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March 03, 2016
Businesses open, boats re-floated, hundreds back at work thanks to Rebuild Bahama

The famed Long Island fishing fleet is slowly returning to the sea, businesses are opening their doors and stocking their shelves, contracts are being let and hundreds of men and women are back at work as commerce begins its welcome recovery from the worst hurricane to hit the southern Bahamas in history.

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April 24, 2024
The National Family Island Regatta Sets Sail on its 68th Year of Competition with Goombay Punch

Caribbean Bottling Company (CBC), local producers of Coca-Cola and Dasani products and longtime corporate supporter of the National Family Island (NFI) Regatta looks forward to another year of steep competition and culture at the 68th NFI Regatta this April 23-27 in George Town, Exuma.

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September 05, 2023
The Bahamas To Host 2nd Annual Dragon Boat Festival

The Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation and The Bahamas Chinese Dragon Boat Association are proud to jointly announce the highly anticipated 2nd Annual Dragon Boat Festival, set to take place 30 Sept - 1 Oct 2023, at Goodman's Bay in Nassau, Bahamas.

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July 07, 2023
Abaco Dorian victim finds hope & success at Sandals Emerald Bay, Chrishner Butler watched friends float away, grateful every day for new life in Exuma

It is hard, even today more than three years later, for Chrishner Butler to talk about Hurricane Dorian without describing the chilling memories of bodies floating by, being washed out to sea, loved ones unaccounted for, days of being cut off without communication.

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March 24, 2023
HRH Prince Edward Salutes S.U.R.E Program for Young Males, Latest Award Centre for GGYA

With the buzz of power tools, the aroma of freshly hewn wood and the careful attention of young men learning skills they will use in the art of boatbuilding, HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, saluted the Success Ultimately Assures Everyone (S.U.R.E.) Program during the royals’ recent visit to Nassau.

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January 26, 2023
Bahamas at 50 - name changes

We are now officially in the year of our 50th anniversary as an independent nation. Fifty years is relatively young compared to many other nations of the world, but it is still a long time of independence. It is long enough for us to grow and mature and to think differently than we have in the past.

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October 28, 2022
Exuma tour boat was like 'a perfect bomb', technician testifies

A marine technician on Thursday described a tour boat that exploded during an excursion in the Exumas in 2018 as a "perfect bomb".

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