Friday the 13th Hosted by Melia

Friday 13th July 2018  1:00 PM

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year. Fear of this date is called Paraskevidekatriaphobia.

But this Friday at Melia Nassau Beach - All-Inclusive, we are going to turn the fear into FUN! We're celebrating with Halloween inspired activities!...

Abaco airports included for improvement through PPP programme

Of the 14 airports the government will enter Public/Private Partnerships with, three of them will be in the northern Bahamas, namely Abaco. The Ministry of Tourism, Aviation and Investments made the announcement in a press statement on February 26.

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DPM: 'Great news' on GB airport imminent

Grand Bahamians can expect a "big announcement" on the way forward for Grand Bahama International Airport at the upcoming Grand Bahama Business Outlook on March 16, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper, who is the featured speaker at this year's edition of the annual business meeting.

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Government Launches Preliminary Stage Of Bidding Process For 14 Additional Family Island Airports Through A Public Private Partnership Program

The Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas has announced the 1 March 2023 launch of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) designed to engage experienced and qualified private sector concessionaires under a model to design, build, finance, operate and/or maintain the following fourteen (14) Family Island Airports:

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Bidding process for development of family island airports this week

The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation (MOT) said yesterday it intends to issue a notice for the preliminary stage of the bidding process for 14 family island airports through a public-private partnership (PPP) this week.

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Airport redevelopment PPP program to launch for 14 airports next month

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Davis Administration is moving to address the state of more than two dozen airports across the country and has announced the March 1 launch of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to engage qualified private sector entities to design, redevelop and maintain them.  Under the PPP Program, the ownership of the airports [...]

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JBLN to stage grand opening this Saturday

Still in the shadow of COVID, the Junior Baseball League of Nassau (JBLN) is set to stage its first full season since the deadly pandemic reached the Western Hemisphere and the 34th season of youth baseball in total. A girls softball component complements the boys baseball activities. A grand opening of the 2023 season is set for this coming Saturday at ...
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Malcolm says Freeport's economic plan can still be achieved

The grand vision mapped out for the development and economic sustainability of Freeport almost 70 years ago through the establishment of the Hawksbill Creek Agreement (HCA), has somehow gone "sideways" in the last four decades, however, all is not lost, according to former Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) Executive Vice President Barry Malcolm. "In the HCA, ...
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Pintard calls on Sears to resign

Free National Movement Leader Michael Pintard has called on Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears to resign after he recently conceded the Ministry of Finance rejected requests for hedge trades to be executed last fall to enable Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) to lock in oil prices. Sears' concession came after he and the prime ...
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Remarks by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis -- Presentation of Land Grants for Crossing Rocks, Abaco

On September 14, 1999, Hurricane Floyd made landfall in Abaco as a Category Four storm, barreling through communities, tearing off roofs, flooding homes and dislocating hundreds of residents...

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