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Family Island businesses: Will cruises ‘crystal-lise’?

FAMILY Island businesses yesterday voiced optimism that the first cruise line to home port in The Bahamas will provide a much-needed “economic boost” that spreads the tourism wealth.

Explore with the domestic tourist

THE Family Islands have a new destination marketing advocate with the launch of the Domestic Tourist, the island-hopping travel blog of Bahamian journalist Noelle Nicolls.

Visitor 'leads' jump 40% for Family Islands duo

A senior tourism official says The Bahamas' digital marketing efforts have generated a 40 percent increase in visitor "leads" for Cat Island and San Salvador hotels this fiscal year.

NEMA – Ragged island still uninhabitable

NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director Captain Stephen Russell told the Tribune yesterday the agency has never lifted its “uninhabitable” declaration on Ragged Island.

BTC launches Long Island flagship store

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) will today launch of a new flagship store in Deadman’s Cay, Long Island.

Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board ‘welcomes all businesses’ to Paradise island

A HIGH-RANKING representative of the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board said the board welcomes all businesses to Paradise Island, especially those partnered with the entity.

Keeping people alive thanks to Aliv

ALIV has committed to assisting in raising funds to purchase two ambulances for Long Island – one in the north and one in the south. The ambulances will assist with medical operations on the island in a great way, according to several residents. Me

Tropical Storm warning issued for The Bahamas

A TROPICAL storm watch has been issued for the central Bahamas, including Cat Island, the Exumas, Long Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, and for the southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, the Inaguas, Mayaguana and the Ragged Islands.

Harbour Island cruise fears taken on board

Harbour Island hoteliers yesterday said their cruise concerns were taken on board by a Cabinet minister who pledged to “find a path forward” acceptable to all sides.

Ruined Ragged will rise again

DAYS after Ragged Island was ravaged by Hurricane Irma and deemed not fit for residents by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, he announced the government’s intention to “transform” it into the first fully “green” island in the region.

Nurse slams govt for lack of action

JANNAH Khalfani, President of the Bahamas Nurses Union, last night criticised the government for its lack of action on reconstruction of the islands in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin and urged that it needed to do better. She was concerned that the psychological damage of the devastating storm has yet to be seen.

PM visits Family Islands

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis spent much of yesterday bringing Christmas cheer to Family Island residents along with assurances that his administration was working to eliminate discrimination between the capital and the islands.

Ragged Island to get $8m to help recovery from Irma

NEARLY two years after Hurricane Irma devastated Ragged Island, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis outlined plans last night for an $8 million investment in rebuilding key public infrastructure on the island.

'Tremendously difficult' to do business on the family islands from scratch

THE process of doing business in the family islands is “even more opaque” when compared to New Providence and Grand Bahama according to one attorney who said that there were limited mechanisms for governmental approvals.

Tributes paid to Bert Knowles, 'a Bahamian son'

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner and the National Family Island Regatta committee are paying tribute to Bert Knowles, “a multi-faceted Bahamian son” and Long Island resident who died last week, aged 71.

Cruise ship arrives in Inagua

THE Bahamas Ministry of Tourism welcomed the ms Island Sky cruise ship to Inagua, a move to strengthening stop over visitor experience to that most southern island.

More than 6% of islanders have a disability

MORE than six per cent of the population of Spanish Wells, Long Island, Acklins and Crooked Island has a disability of some kind according to statistics published by the Department of Statistics.

NEMA confirms islands spared the worst of Cristobal

THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the islands in the projected path of Tropical Storm Cristobal fared well during the passage of the fourth named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

BPL ‘making good progress’ on North Eleuthera service improvement

BAHAMAS Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) said yesterday that it is “making good progress” on its commitment to improve electricity service in North Eleuthera and Harbour Island, stating that it expects “major improvement” in service in reliability before the end of September.

31 Haitian migrants detained on Long Island

AUTHORITIES, assisted by residents, yesterday detained 31 Haitian migrants who made their way onto Long Island.

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