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Harbour Island hit by major power cut
HARBOUR Island residents suffered a power cut this week that lasted more than 48 hours, disrupting business and the Christmas celebrations of hundreds of locals and visitors.
Out Island resorts see 55% website visit rise
Family Island resorts this year enjoyed a 55 percent increase in visitors driven to their websites by the Ministry of Tourism’s “My Out Islands” site, it was revealed yesterday. Kristel Garnier, lead account executive for the hotel marketing agency,
‘Reopening schools will keep island communities from dying’
THE Ministry of Education is racing to re-open schools on hurricane-battered islands in a bid to circumvent the death of those small Family Island communities, Education Director Lionel Sands said yesterday.
Long Island Cancer Society visits St Peter's Church in Long Island
LAST Sunday was a grand occasion which saw many Long Islanders who are committed Anglicans, and who reside in the northern Long Island area, attend St Peter’s Anglican Church in Simms. The proverbial stage was set and Rector Father Chester Burton said he was elated and ecstatic to welcome the newly formed Long Island Cancer Society Chapter to his Eucharistic celebration.
Berry Islands tourism boom expected after airport opening
OFFICIALS anticipate a big boom in tourism on Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands due to the opening of a new international airport.
$3m more for Family Islands health
FACED with deficiencies in public healthcare in the Family Islands, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said officials will beef up manpower resources to at least $3m.
EDITORIAL: Fragile beaches, cays not suited for mass market cruise ship revenue streams
The concept of cruise ports of call being extended to outposts of Family Islands has been viewed as either a welcome blessing or an unmitigated disaster since Norwegian Cruise Lines created the world’s first private island cruise experience at Great Stirrup Cay in the Berry Islands in 1977.
Gibson upset his defeated rival was invited on Long Island trip
LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson has taken issue with Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville for inviting a defeated election candidate on an official trip to Long Island.
UPDATED: Hurricane Watch issued for south east Bahamas as Matthew threatens
A HURRICANE Watch is in effect for the south east Bahamas, including Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, Ragged Island, Long Cay, Samana Cay, and the Turks and Caicos Islands from Sunday morning.
Airports critical to Out Island growth
Family Island airport development is essential to the overall growth of the Bahamian economy, a local aviation consultant telling this newspaper: “Build it and they will come.”
Hubert Edwards: Potential and challenge as Bahamas nears 50
This past year was one for recovery and reflection. The COVID-19 pandemic, alongside widespread predictions of a US and wider global recession, supply chain disruptions and other socio-economic tragedies, has marred potential development opportunities for world leaders, consumers, entrepreneurs and businesses.
Long Island cruise port build-out to hit $500m
The developer behind the planned Long Island cruise port has committed to employing a workforce that is a minimum 80 percent Bahamian for a project where the total investment could exceed $500m.
Gov’t investment chief: ‘We must regain people’s trust’
The Government’s investments chief yesterday admitted it has “a lot of work to do in regaining the trust of the Bahamian people” while revealing that some $660m worth of projects are on the drawing board for Long Island.
Island luck system certified
ISLAND Luck yesterday announced that its gaming system had been tested and fully certified by Gaming Laboratories International. Playtech Systems Limited - which trades as Island Luck - said that the testing was in accordance with the standards in the Bahamas Gaming Act and Regulations 2014, as well as international standards.
Police apprehend more than 120 Haitian immigrants
More than 120 Haitian immigrants have been apprehended by police off Ragged Island.
Bahamian flag continues journey around islands
WITH just over three weeks to go before The Bahamas celebrates its 40th Anniversary of Independence, the National Flag journey continues around the islands this week.
Hurricane Sandy 'way stronger' than expected on Long Island
Hurricane Sandy was "way stronger" than Long Islanders expected, the general manager at one of the island's leading resorts said, telling The Tribune it experienced winds greater than 100 miles per hour.
Better links to 15% Out Island cruise rise goal
Better links to 15% Out Island cruise rise goal By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net WHILE CRUISE arrivals to the Family Islands grew by 15 per cent in 2011, the minister of tourism and aviation yesterday said he want
Davis defends $14m spending on clinic contracts
“The 80 people in Rum Cay, 72 in Ragged Island or the 700 in Berry Islands all have the same rights as those in New Providence. They are all citizens. None has priority over the other,” Mr Davis said.
15-year-old boy dies after being thrown from pick-up truck
A TRAFFIC accident in Long Island yesterday claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy who was understood to have been travelling to Clarence Town in the rear of a truck carrying equipment for the island’s inter-school track meet.