Recharge@Rose Hosted by Shift The Culture

Saturday 5th May 2018

Saturday, May 5th, 2018, Shift The Culture will be sailing for one day to Rose Island to get away from it all to recharge our creative batteries. Use the day to rest, relax or get back on track. We will be having fun with the Bahamas Revisited crew who will be spearheading activities for the day.

Spots are available for up to 30 and it's $25 a head for the trip. Covers food, snorkeling, spear f...

Hornets shut out Avengers in BFFL action

The new kids on the block in flag football, the Dolphin Express Hornets, did not let the rain stop them as they shut out the defending champions, the Caro Contractors Avengers, in the Bahamas Flag Football League (BFFL) action on Sunday at the multipurpose fields outside the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium. ...
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DPM: More than $40 million collected in overflight fees

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas is estimated to have collected nearly $43 million in airspace fees for the 2022/2023 fiscal year, a sum which is expected to be higher based on the faster-than-expected recovery in air traffic movements according to Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper. Cooper, the Tourism, Aviation and Investments Minister, gave a communication [...]

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George Smith: PM did not deliberately mislead

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister George Smith yesterday came to the defence of Prime Minister Phillip Davis for comments he made last week about the 1972 constitutional conference, saying he did not believe that Mr Davis would deliberately seek to mislead Parliament.

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US airlines' overflight fees complaint rejected

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper said yesterday that the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) rejected a discrimination complaint by Airlines for America - a lobbying group that represents major North American airlines - that the government of The Bahamas employs unfair practices when charging overflight fees to US air carriers.

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US Department of Transportation rejects discrimination complaint by airline group

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The United States Department of Transportation has rejected a discrimination complaint by Airlines for America that the Bahamian government employs unfair practices when charging overflight fees to US airlines. Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, with responsibility for Tourism, Aviation, and Investments said: "The DoT recognized the sovereignty of The Bahamas to charge [...

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Foulkes calls PM claim 'untruth'

FORMER Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes yesterday dismissed Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis' claims that the opposition left the 1972 independence conference in London, saying it's a "persistent" untruth.

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BENJAMIN GORIN PRATT

Funeral Service for Mr. BENJAMIN GORIN PRATT, age 64 years of East Atlantic Drive and Pioneers Way, Freeport, Grand Bahama will be held on Saturday, February 18th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. the Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King, East Atlantic Drive and Pioneer's Way, Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be Canon Norman Lightbourne, Fr. Colin Saunders ...
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Virgin Atlantic Puts Caribbean Artists at The Forefront Of Its Upper Class Experience

Virgin Atlantic is putting local artists from the Caribbean at the forefront of its Upper Class experience thanks to its art gallery in the sky.

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73 maritime cadets graduate

Seventy-three students - 36 males and 37 females - on four separate islands were awarded Bahamas Maritime Cadet Corps (BMCC) certificates of completion. Eleuthera led the way with 31 graduates. Island-wide, Eleuthera also boasted the largest number of students enrolled in the BMCC with in excess of 100 students participating.

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