Prime Minister States Bold Vision for Grand Bahama at Business Outlook

Moving forward, the Government of The Bahamas will join the private sector in making things happen in a meaningful way in Grand Bahama, said the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance during the opening of Bahamas Business Outlook Grand Bahama...

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The Burma Road riots and The Pointe

Dear Editor,
The Burma Road riots of 1942 were all about white American labor being employed on the Oakes Field Airport project by The Pleasantville Co. at a higher wage than Bahamians - black or white.
At least, back then, Bahamians were offered jobs! The end result of the June 1, 1942 riots were a number of social and economic improvements. That was the start of the Bahamian labor/civil rights m...

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Shipyard deal to see 600 Bahamians trained

A PARTNERSHIP agreement was signed between the Grand Bahama Shipyard and the government on Thursday for the recruitment and training of some 600 Bahamians over the next four years to replace and significantly lower the expatriate workforce at the shipyard.

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GB Shipyard and Government of The Bahamas establish Apprenticeship to Employment template

The collaboration between the Government of The Bahamas and Grand Bahama Shipyard will be used as a template for other joint ventures to create employment for qualified Bahamians, said the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, during the agreement signing ceremony at Grand Bahama Shipyard on Thursday, March 10.

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Government of The Bahamas and Grand Bahama Shipyard establish apprenticeship-to-employment template

The collaboration between the Government of The Bahamas and Grand Bahama Shipyard will be used as a template for other joint ventures to create employment for qualified Bahamians, said the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, during the agreement signing ceremony at Grand Bahama Shipyard on Thursday, March 10.

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Morocco Poised to Become a Solar Superpower with Launch of Desert Mega- Project

The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate is used to big productions. On the edge of the Sahara desert and the centre of the north African country?s ?Ouallywood? film industry it has played host to big-budget location shots in Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, The Living Daylights and even Game of Thrones...

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Members of Parliament Donate 260 Laptops To 'Mission Educate Bahamas'

Ten Members of Parliament made a significant contribution to the education of Bahamian students at a press conference at Cabinet Office, Wednesday, April 22, 2015...

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Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Celebrations

Saturday 5th November 2011

Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 ? 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes later...

Local contracts surpass 110M at Baha Mar

Bahamian companies have been awarded more than $110 million in contracts since Baha Mar broke ground just over one year ago - and more work is on the way.
Local labor will be a "major focus" during the construction of the 200,000-square-foot convention center, according to Tiger Wu, vice president of China Construction America.
The giant complex, seen as a corporate hive in the rising $2.6 billion...

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A New Way To Shine: Nassau Window Cleaners Launched

Nassau, Bahamas -

Nassau
Window Cleaners launches as the
first company in The Bahamas to offer a window cleaning service that uses 100%
pure water and a 'reach and wash system' without the need for ladders or
scaffolding.

The
water pole-fed cleaning system can wash windows up to 45ft high without the
operator ever having to leave the ground.
By using 100% pure water the best window cleaning resu...

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