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Verification exercise could be telling
August 17, 2017
Verification exercise could be telling
The government has mandated that all of its employees take part in an employee verification process by August 31 or face an interruption in their salaries. The exercise began last week.
According to a notice from the Public Treasury Department, employees must bring a Bahamian passport, Bahamian driver's license, National Insurance smart card or voter's card. All monthly and weekly employed public ...
Atlantis' art walk on
August 11, 2017
Atlantis' art walk on
The twice monthly Art Walk at Marina Village continues to be the place to indulge your taste for art, crafts, Bahamian music, and locally grown and made products.
And on Saturday, from Cheesecake Heaven's baked goods to Bahama Island Farms' local produce, and from Constantine's jams, jellies and sauces to baked goods and breads from Eartha Hanna, your sense of taste will be satisfied.
On the craft...
Finding home
August 04, 2017
Finding home
A lonely husk of a seed floats across the oceans, from either India or Southeast Asia- we aren't quite sure which-and finds itself in various locales across that lateral band of the planet we call the tropics. This foreign species found itself here, rooted itself, and has become for us an integral part of the way we view our landscape as Bahamians, as a Caribbean nation, and as a "tropical paradis...
August 09, 2017
All eyes on Bahamas as conch stocks decline in Florida
The Bahamas is being looked at as the proverbial "final frontier" for conch, according to a Miami Herald article that says scientists are looking to these waters for the answers on the depletion of conch stocks, while looking for the answer to bring the large sea snail populations back to healthy levels.
According to the Miami Herald article, entitled "The conch is mostly gone from Florida. Can Th...
July 31, 2017
Report outlines millions made in seafood sector last year
A report showed that the value of seafood exports such as spiny lobsters and stone crabs totaled near $37 million last year, while the value of popular scale fish, such as grouper and snapper, came in at just under $270,000.
In the report compiled by the Department of Statistics entitled "Quality and value of domestic exports from The Bahamas by commodity and country of destination for year ending...
Paradise lost
July 28, 2017
Paradise lost
Dear Editor,
As a trained lawyer, albeit a defrocked one, I was sad and shocked to read remarks attributed to Bradley Roberts, the shell-shocked and delusional national chairman of the defunct PLP, urging supporters of that entity to 'take to the streets' and to 'resist' the supposed witch hunts of the FNM! The PLP, as a party with many individuals over the years who supported it, has long been k...
The PLP should just exhale
July 25, 2017
The PLP should just exhale
We have a healthy democracy. No government has won re-election in 20 years. By the next election it would be 25 years since.
When the people are angry they send you home. They were angry with Perry Christie's Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), so they sent nearly the whole party home on May 10.
It was a devastating loss. The PLP won four seats. The Free National Movement (FNM) won 35. Even Christie,...
BTC To Launch New Bahamian App
July 24, 2017
BTC To Launch New Bahamian App
Company Continues to Invests in Bahamian Entrepreneurship... BTC continues to make meaningful investments in the community. The company is now working along with Bahamian app developer Stephen Brown to create a game just for BTC...
BTC to launch new Bahamian app
July 21, 2017
BTC to launch new Bahamian app
Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) continues to make meaningful investments in the community. The company is now working along with Bahamian app developer Stephen Brown to create a game just for BTC.
Vice President for Mobile, Alphanique Duncombe said, "We've used this opportunity to team up with local talent in the development of this app. We wanted to create a truly Bahamian experience whi...
A plea for the oppressed American people
June 29, 2017
A plea for the oppressed American people
Dear Editor,
For full eleven score and ten years now, since 1787, a deep encrustation has built up in the heart of Washington, United States of America. This encrustation, a coterie of senators, military industrialists, bankers, media and spies (CIA, NSA, FBI and 14 other agencies), is now taking the American people, and perhaps the people of the planet, to hell in a coconut shell. Pat Buchanan, ...
The Gambier House bubble and syndrome
June 29, 2017
The Gambier House bubble and syndrome
Following its humiliating election defeat, shell-shocked PLP mandarins and officials gathered at the party's Gambier House headquarters to hear from Chairman Bradley Roberts and outgoing leader and deposed Prime Minister Perry Christie.
The wan expression chiseled on the face of former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson captured the gloomy mood and evening.
Former Education Minister Jerome Fi...
From the Collection
May 26, 2017
From the Collection
Lavar Munroe's "The Migrant" is an illustrative portrayal of a spindle-legged, knock-kneed nomad carrying his home on his back. In many ways, the tale in this digital print tells of the ubiquitous image of the immigrant and is reminiscent of the Phil Stubbs classic song, "Cry of the Potcake". The xenophobia and self-hate we deal with as a nation is quite easily summated in the lyrics of the catchy...
Political deceit and plunder
June 24, 2017
Political deceit and plunder
Dear Editor,
As a life-long supporter of the now defunct and badly demoralized Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), I profusely apologize to the good people of our wonderful nation for being a 'co-conspirator' with that party and its then leadership in selling a patently bogus agenda back in 2012. The PLP as I used to know it is no more, and started to vanish in the last year of the gold rush administ...
Junkanoo groups prepare for summer festival
June 22, 2017
Junkanoo groups prepare for summer festival
It's officially summer and that means Junkanooers are making ready for Junkanoo Summer Festival (JSF).
A signature event of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, JSF is an exhilarating street festival held at Arawak Cay. It is designed to capture the competitiveness and excitement of the largest expression of Bahamian culture four Saturdays in the month of July.
The cultural extravaganza takes place at...
The right medication
June 20, 2017
The right medication
Dear Editor,
Our esteemed Governor General, Dame Marguerite Pindling, outdid herself when she read the Speech from the Throne a few weeks ago. Her attire, as always, was flamboyant and in good taste. She was, indeed, immaculate. Her pronouncement was great and her delivery was excellent. All in all, she acquitted herself well and did the nation proud.
The speech itself gave a broad outline of wha...
Excellence recognized
June 16, 2017
Excellence recognized
Greatness never happens by accident or coincidence -- but with conscious effort to work harder, be stronger, smarter, and more dedicated in an effort to manifest the highest and truest expression of oneself.
"It is a chosen life trajectory that is only undertaken when coupled with immense courage and a resolute ambition to succeed," says Addis Huyler, founder of the Bahamian Icon Awards.
And on Sa...
God's laws will never lose relevance
June 15, 2017
God's laws will never lose relevance
Fashion is cyclical -- what may be stylish today will be a faux pas in months, but give it a few years, it may just be back in style with a little twist -- and then there's technology, which is ever-evolving to the point where the desk top computers, brick cellphones, eight-track cassette tapes and VHS tapes of your parents and grandparents' generations have become obsolete in today's technologica...
Replay's $50 Million Investment Turning Ocean into Paradise Island's Cinderella Story with Happy Ending
June 13, 2017
Replay's $50 Million Investment Turning Ocean into Paradise Island's Cinderella Story with Happy Ending
Harbour view of One Ocean, Replay Resorts? $50 million investment on Paradise Island...A little over a year ago, Ocean Place, a 10-storey building on the eastern end of Paradise Island stood eerily nearly empty, an all-too-present testament to what could go wrong even if you have selected a perfect location for real estate...
Fuel concern after issues with vehicles
June 07, 2017
Fuel concern after issues with vehicles
CUSTOMERS of Shell in Montagu have raised concerns over the quality of fuel being provided by the service station after several of their vehicles allegedly had severe mechanical issues following fuel purchases from the station over the weekend. However, despite the difficulties, customers had high praise for the way in which the station's staff handled the problem...
May 12, 2017
On tap this weekend at the Art Walk at Marina Village
All manner of arts and crafts, as well as a farmer's market, what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
The Art Walk at Marina Village satisfies every vice -- with visual artists to ceramicists, and farmer's market purveyors with everything from jams and jellies to native teas and drink, food and chocolate, locally grown herbs and greens, cooling popsicles and vegan treats.
Strolling along the...
Remain open
May 16, 2017
Remain open
As we all know only too well we have some good times in life and, of course, ultimately we'll have some not so good times as that's the way the cookie crumbles, as that well-known saying puts it. Now the real test of anyone and how successful they will be in the end, is of course how they handle the occasional bad times, the down cycles, which we all have to deal with at times, across the board.
S...
Patty Roker's disastrous election night
May 15, 2017
Patty Roker's disastrous election night
Dear Editor,
When will our television broadcasters invest in the modern bells and whistles and state-of-the-art technology needed to give their viewers 21st century election night coverage?
As the nation retired to watch the election returns, we got the usual cacophony from talking heads parroting the sterile dribs and drabs from the bean counters at the parliamentary registrar's office.
There was...
May 09, 2017
New components added to the 2nd annual Grand Bahama Air Show
PLANTATION, Florida -- The 2nd annual Grand Bahama Air Show, taking place May 19 and 20, 2017, at Taino Beach, Freeport, Grand Bahama, promises to be bigger and better than its premier show. It is already attracting scores of visitors to the island as well as members of the international press.
The two-day event, which kicks off with an aviation seminar for students on May 19 and ends with a three...
May 05, 2017
New Components added to The Second Annual Grand Bahama Air Show
Event to Feature Interactive Aviation Seminar For Students May 19 and A
Three-Hour Aerobatic Show Culminating With Smoke At Twilight on May 20
Hearing aid options
May 02, 2017
Hearing aid options
When it comes to hearing aids, many people with hearing loss are self-conscious and desire to have a hearing aid that is inconspicuous and cannot be easily seen by others. Hearing aid manufactures have tried to meet this demand by coming up with devices that are practically invisible. To this end, there has been a considerable reduction and streamlining in the size and shape of newer digital heari...
Thursday June 2, 2016 Gas Prices
June 02, 2016
Thursday June 2, 2016 Gas Prices
For prices today on gas check out BPSU, AutoServ, Esso and Shell service stations.
April 28, 2017
The end is in sight -- Junkanoo Carnival kicks off in the second city
It's here. And it starts today. The Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival kick-off in Grand Bahama is sure to be a game-changing event.
The line-up for international artists on the Taino Beach stage is nothing short of sick, with Kerwin Du Bois headlining tonight and Bunji Garlin shutting down the final day tomorrow.
But before the international acts take the stage -- Ultimate Rejects, Skinny Fabulous, Ricard...
Da Bahamian Ting Song Competition finale tonight
April 21, 2017
Da Bahamian Ting Song Competition finale tonight
The showdown takes place tonight with 10 finalists vying for the top $25,000 prize purse in "Da Bahamian Ting" Song Competition. Second place winner won't suffer too badly as that person will walk away with $20,000, with third place taking home $15,000, and fourth place $10,000.
Dwayne Deveaux (The Bahamian Music Festival Anthem), Lemuel Stephone Smith (Who You Rushing For), Warrenique Munnings (J...
April 19, 2017
The ALIV Bahamian Icon Awards: 2017 Nominees Announced
Tuesday APRIL 18, 2017: The ALIV Bahamian Icon Awards organizing committee, sponsors and partners are proud to announce our 2017 Nominees. The public was asked to submit persons they wished to be considered for nomination...
"BTC Supports S.C.McPherson Literacy Month"
April 08, 2017
"BTC Supports S.C.McPherson Literacy Month"
The month of March was recognized as literacy month at S.C. McPherson High School. BTC joined hands with the school to support its efforts. The month of activities climaxed with the school?s drama club putting on a class act production...
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