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Air tax hitting Bahamas tourism
Air tax hitting Bahamas tourism
Travel experts assert the best way for The Bahamas and the Caribbean to combat challenges like the recent U.K. air tax hike is for regional countries to band together with initiatives promoting inter-country travel.
British Airways is bracing for flights disruption
British Airways is bracing for flights disruption
British Airways is braced for disruption to flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers next week as cabin crew plan a series of strikes starting on Tuesday.
2010/2011 Budget Debate - MP Kwasi Thompson
2010/2011 Budget Debate - MP Kwasi Thompson
This contribution is by far been one the most difficult communications I have ever presented to this Parliament. It has not been easy to absorb all that is in this budget and then to present my reasons to support it I will admit took some effort. I say this being painfully aware of the difficulties people are facing. I understand that more people are unemployed,
Market the Caribbean as one destination
Market the Caribbean as one destination
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica ? Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett is throwing his support behind a new regional marketing strategy to give visitors an opportunity to have ?multiple experiences? in one vacation.
Bartlett was speaking yesterday at the Caricom heads of government meeting where he joined discussions about the proposed establishment of a regional tourism marketing fund.
CARICOM heads to lobby UK on air passenger tax
CARICOM heads to lobby UK on air passenger tax
Heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed to intensify their campaign to lobby the United Kingdom (UK) to upgrade Caribbean countries to a similar category enjoyed by the United States so that UK visitors destined for the region will pay a lower Air Passengers Duty (APD).
"There is a resolve on the part of the region, through the heads, for us to continue the campaign...
Up in the air: The men's national rugby team will start play today. Up first for the team is Cayman Islands, followed by Costa Rica and Guyana.
Vanderpool-Wallace adds another medal to her collection
Rugby team tackles Cayman first
By KELSIE JOHNSON
NG Sports Reporter
kelsie@nasguard.com
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace closed the 21st Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico as the most decorated Bahamian swimmer. When she hit the pool, in the finals of the women's 50 meters freestyle late last evening, the tale...
Healthy Weight Gadget That Works
Healthy Weight Gadget That Works
If the pounds you dropped in time for summer are working their way back on, there?s a time-tested gadget that might halt the creep. It?s your bathroom scale. Research shows that people who weigh themselves regularly after reaching a goal weight do a much better job of keeping the lost pounds off.
Delta Airlines stops New York to Nassau flight
Delta Airlines stops New York to Nassau flight
Delta Airlines has announced their decision to end their nonstop service between New York's La Guardia Airport and Nassau for economic reasons.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The PLP is a government of law & order
Editor, Since coming to office almost two short years ago, the PLP has consistently demonstrated that it is a government of law and order. Obviously, not everyone is going to agree with that but the proof of the pudding is in the eating as the fabled adage says. The last administration, under the guise of [...]
Bay Breeze Marina reopens in Dundas Town, Abaco
Bay Breeze Marina reopens in Dundas Town, Abaco
After shutting down operations on Abaco due to Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Breeze Marina and Storage Yamaha of Abaco opened the doors of its new 30,000-square-foot indoor storage facility in late June in Dundas Town, Abaco.