Activity at container port spikes as Irma approaches

With Hurricane Irma set to impact The Bahamas, cargo release efforts have significantly spiked at the Nassau Container Port (NCP) this week when compared to the prior week.
The Nassau Container Port and Gladstone Freight Terminal closed at 4 p.m. yesterday; Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Tropical Shipping vessels that were in port yesterday participated in evacuating empty containers.
Ho...

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PM Minnis admonishes: 'Take Irma Seriously'

Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis Monday (September 4, 2017) challenged Bahamians and persons residing in The Bahamas to take the threat of Hurricane Irma ?very seriously...?

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Businesses warned against price gouging ahead of Irma

With Hurricane Irma being a potential threat to The Bahamas, businesses are being cautioned against any attempts to take advantage of consumers by price gouging.
The government issued a statement yesterday advising that price gouging and similar schemes to spike prices in the preparation for and wake of a natural disaster are considered "criminal offenses" under the terms of the Price Control Act ...

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Wood You

This past summer at the University of The Bahamas (UB) Oakes Field campus through a meeting of creative minds, an enthusiasm to produce was met, with a heart to preserve. UB's Carpentry and Visual Arts Departments collaborated to host an intensive wood workshop in June designed as a pilot project to foster a sense of community through craftsmanship and creativity.
As part of UB's art faculty, I ha...

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Studio visit: Jessica Colebrooke

Five days a week, you'll find Bahamian ceramicist Jessica Colebrooke in her Nassau studio, which is tucked away behind her home in the Gleniston Park community. 19 years ago, Colebrooke started out in a 10 x 10ft room with a sheet of plywood on two crates and a small kiln. Today she owns and manages "Jessica's Tileworks Studio," one of the leading ceramics and tile manufacturers in The Bahamas. A...

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Margot Bethel's Portal

"Everyday bucket go to well. One day the bottom fall out."
- Bahamian proverb

"For she who goes to the well; who carries; who labours; who bleeds; who sweats; who delivers; who bears all; who nurtures; who listens; who waits; who lays down her life in sacrifice; who is broken, silenced, violenced, erased and forgotten.
When she no longer agrees to bondage. When she sees, herself reflected whole....

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'Hurricane Kit' should be the law

Dear Editor,
What is today's date? I believe that today is June 16, 2017. What is the significance of that date? Well, Editor, I'll tell you. Today is exactly six days into what the World Meteorological Organization designates every year as hurricane season in our part of the globe. The dates range from June 1st to November 30th. There are times when some hurricanes develop outside that range, but...

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Hurricane is coming!

Dear Editor,

The stark reality is Bahamians do not take hurricanes seriously. The seriousness of the impending dangers sometimes do not hit us until we hear the wind blowing, the trees bending and the power is off.
After the wind gusts up to 50-plus miles per hour, we say, 'The hurricane must be coming this way'. But by then it is too late to make any adjustments that would give ourselves a chanc...

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Pinder Enterprises LTD Christmas Comes Early Sale

Friday 14th December 2012  7:00 AM

Pinder Enterprises LTD
Prince Charles Drive
Christmas Comes Early Sale
2 days only
Thursday December 13th, 2012
Septic Tanks $700
(reg $795)
Friday December. 14th
5/8 roofing
plywood $21

Building supply company specializing in roofing. 'Your Roof Headquarters'.
Building Supplies | Concrete Manufacturing - Septic tanks, Patio stones, Pots, Parking blocks etc
Doors and Mouldings - Var...

'Metanoia' with Navarro Newton

The first of a series of three solo shows, "Metanoia" featuring the work of Navarro Newton, is the culmination of a year's hard graft at Popopstudios ICVA. Newton is one of three recipients for the 2016-2017 period chosen to work under the support of the Popop Junior Residency Prize (PJRP), alongside his fellows Nowe Harris-Smith and Keith Thompson. The residency is offered as a way to help nurtur...

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