Zacapa Rum Dinner

Friday 29th April 2016  6:00 PM

You are cordially invited to attend a Zacapa Rum Dinner, led by Paulo Figueiredo, Zacapa Regional Reserve Ambassador on Friday, April 29, 2016 at Luciano's Restaurant in Port Lucaya (Grand Bahama) at 6pm.

Cost: $60 (including VAT & grat.)

Reserve your space today, as seating is limited at Sophia.Rolle@Heineken.com or call 242-352-7401.

15th annual Rum Cay Day

On Friday, February 26 the picturesque settlement of Port Nelson, Rum Cay was transformed into any bustling metropolitan city found around the globe.

The day marked Rum Cay Day, which is celebrated each year on the last Friday in February.

Visitors and former residents came in good numbers to the historical Milo Butler Heritage Park, where stalls and different booths had been erected to ente...

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ALL IS RUM Block Party

Saturday 9th April 2016  7:00 PM

Join PCU Entertainment for ALL IS RUM- the biggest block party of the year!!!! Don't miss it Saturday, April 9, 2016, on Marlborough Street in the heart of DOWNTOWN NASSAU!!!

Enjoy music by DJ Tank, DJ Ace, King D'Ano, and DJ Rev alongside Big Boy Sounds plus FREE DRINKS ALL NIGHT!!!

Cost: $10 in advance|$30 at the gate

Killer captain high on crack and rum

A BAHAMIAN boat captain, who has pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling resulting in the drowning of four Haitian women, was smoking crack-cocaine and drinking rum at the time the vessel he was steering capsized off the coast of Miami, Florida.

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Raising a glass to rum festival

By RASHAD ROLLE

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Raising a glass to rum festival

Festival Rum Bahamas is expected to become an annual event after 3,000 people visited Fort Charlotte over the weekend to take part in the "tremendously successful event".

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Pirate town created at fort for Rum Festival

FESTIVAL Rum Bahamas is here this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the "Rum Pirate" Town at Fort Charlotte is almost complete and includes more than 75 booths for local vendors selling their food, drinks art and crafts all locally made by local producers.

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Pirate town created at fort for Rum Festival

FESTIVAL Rum Bahamas is here this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the "Rum Pirate" Town at Fort Charlotte is almost complete and includes more than 75 booths for local vendors selling their food, drinks art and crafts all locally made by local producers.

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Mark your calendar: Rum, food and culture

Grenada has its Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival, Barbados has its Food & Wine & Rum Festival, St. Lucia has a Food and Rum Festival, even Cuba has an International Rum Festival -- and that's only a few countries in the Caribbean -- rum festivals are held around the world and present a unique and exciting celebration of the fine art of distillation, maturing and the blending of fine cane spirits. And...

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Rum festival set to draw 'thousands'

In February, The Bahamas will host its first rum festival and organizers are looking for thousands to come to the event.
Come next year, Festival Rum Bahamas, a celebration of rum, food and culture, will be placed on the country's cultural calendar.
The festival's organizers believe this unique event will provide an opportunity for Bahamians to showcase their creative side, while bringing a much n...

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John Watling's Rum proud to support fundraising efforts in all islands

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John Watling's Buena Vista rum wins Gold for The Bahamas

John Watling's Buena Vista rum wins Gold for The Bahamas...

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Rum Cay Independence Flag Raising

Rum Cay, Bahamas - Administrator for San Salvador and Rum Cay, Harvey Roberts,
greets Dr. Linda Moxey-Brown, National Independence Secretariat
Commission member upon her arrival at Rum Cay Airport, June 21, for the 40th
Anniversary Independence Flag-raising ceremony.

Photos enclosed...

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Rum Cay Independence Flag Raising

Administrator for San Salvador and Rum Cay, Harvey Roberts, greets Dr. Linda Moxey-Brown, National Independence Secretariat Commission member upon her arrival at Rum Cay Airport, June 21, for the 40th Anniversary Independence Flag-raising ceremony.

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Baark! spays and neuters animals in San Salvador and Rum Cay

In May, volunteers from Baark! visited San Salvador for a three-day spay and neuter (S&N) clinic. Volunteers traveled from Cat Island, Andros, Freeport and Nassau to take part. It was the inspiration of Dave and Karen Kredl, Canadians who have been traveling to San Salvador for many years. Due to their hard work in fundraising and organization, we were able to spay and neuter 74 animals in San Sal...

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Rum regionalism

MIAMI -- When you're talking about rum, how much does the Caribbean really matter?
For the rum world, it's a more serious question than it sounds, and the answer exposes a schism in the industry, a divide between massive producers who value uniformity in a global market and smaller players and connoisseurs who prefer nuanced production that reflects the time and place a rum is made.
A walk down th...

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Caribbean rum: Justifiable battle or proxy war

A threatened World Trade Organization (WTO) filing by some vocal CARICOM countries against the United States over the U.S. Virgin Islands' and Puerto Rico's use of the U.S. rum cover-over program begs the questions: Is taking this issue to the WTO justifiable or worthwhile, and who is really behind it?

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Deputy Prime Minister Joins Residents at Rum Cay Day Event

Rum Cay, Bahamas - Residents of Rum Cay gathered on Milo Butler Park over the weekend to celebrate Rum Cay Day 2013. The event included guests on the island who were welcomed to the area by Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis, M.P. for the island.

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2013 Miami Rum Festival expands

MIAMI, Florida -- The fifth annual Miami Rum Renaissance
Festival -- the largest gathering of rum experts, professionals and
enthusiasts in the world -- will span Monday, April 15 to Sunday, April
21, 2013 at the Doubletree by Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center.  

 

Last
year, more than 8,000 rum enthusiasts attended the festival with 20,000
square feet of exhibit space. The n...

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Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador Constituency Notice of Referendum #36

Form of Notice of Notice of Referendum
The polling day for the referendum will be on the 28th day of January, 2013.

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Rum threat looming larger

In an unfortunate statement, attributed in several news reports to one of its spokespersons, the huge multi-national company Diageo has effectively threatened non-U.S. Caribbean governments.
Diageo is reported to have said that it would "re-evaluate" its relations with several rum producers in non-U.S. Caribbean countries if their governments file a dispute against the United States government at ...

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Rum threat looming larger

In an unfortunate statement, attributed in several news reports to one of its spokespersons, the huge multi-national company Diageo has effectively threatened non-U.S. Caribbean governments.
Diageo is reported to have said that it would "re-evaluate" its relations with several rum producers in non-U.S. Caribbean countries if their governments file a dispute against the United States government at ...

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US involved in a rum affair

By Sir Ronald Sanders

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US involved in a rum affair

By Sir Ronald Sanders

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Rum parting the ways between U.S. and the Caribbean

The rum industry in the non-U.S. countries in the Caribbean is now under serious threat. At risk are the jobs of 15,000 workers directly employed in the industry and another 60,000 jobs that benefit from it. Apart from employment, non-U.S. Caribbean countries face the loss, annually, of US$700 million in foreign exchange and over US$250 million in tax revenues at a time they can ill afford it.
T...

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Caribbean rum facing threat in the U.S.

Rum-producing countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) may have to take the U.S. to arbitration at the World Trade Organization (WTO), unless diplomatic efforts settle a looming problem before it concretizes.
At stake is rum production in several CARICOM countries, together with the foreign exchange earnings and employment that it generates.
The problem has not arisen out o...

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Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador Constituencies and Candidates

Constituencies and Candidates

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FNM candidate reveals his plans for the Cat Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador constituency

The creation of a series of cottage industries on Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, the diversification of the tourism product on those islands, and the embracing of each island's unique culture and characteristics, are just some of the immediate areas of focus that the Free National Movement's (FNM) candidate for Rum Cay, Cat Island and San Salvador Michael Pintard said could assist in boosti...

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(Music Video) Mr.J says, Stop Drinking Rum !

Nassau, Bahamas -

"Stop drinking rum, that's no good!".  With these opening words, Mr.J's single, "Stop Drinking

Rum", the sound clash begins. Mr.J hits out directly at Beenie Man & Future Fambo's

Rum and Redbull

song which previously took the industry by storm. While the duo sings about starting their day with alcohol and

various mixtures of intoxicating
beverages, Mr.J recommends star...

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(Music Video) Mr.J says, Stop Drinking Rum !

Nassau, Bahamas -

"Stop drinking rum, that's no good!".  With these opening words, Mr.J's single, "Stop Drinking

Rum", the sound clash begins. Mr.J hits out directly at Beenie Man & Future Fambo's

Rum and Redbull

song which previously took the industry by storm. While the duo sings about starting their day with alcohol and

various mixtures of intoxicating
beverages, Mr.J recommends star...

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