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‘Nation builder’ retires from tourism role

AFTER more than 30 years of service in the tourism sector, Jeritzen Edwards-Outten has retired from the Ministry of Tourism in Grand Bahama.

Hotels in Family Island discounts on football game

Several New Providence hotels are offering special rates to facilitate Family Islanders attending next month’s US college football game.

Cayman fights Zika with genetically modified mosquitoes

BRITISH biotech company Oxitec and the Cayman Islands government have announced plans to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight against a species that spreads Zika and other diseases.

Grand Bahamians respond to Family Island plan in budget

GRAND Bahamians took to social media yesterday to voice their concerns and uncertainty over Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ announcement earlier this week that the government is establishing a $200M Family Island Development Trust Fund.

Plans for new town centre for Marsh Harbour unveiled

TRANSPORT and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis yesterday unveiled plans for the development of a new town centre for Marsh Harbour, Abaco which she said will assist with the island’s economic growth following Hurricane Dorian’s devastation in 2019.

GB economy holding steady

SINCE the onset of the global recession in 2008, economies world-wide have experienced the trickle-down affects.

JUST IN: Experts warn not to 'take storm lightly'

Weather conditions are going to continue to deteriorate as the day wears on and weather experts warn Hurricane Sandy is "nothing to take lightly."

Free Wi-Fi at National Family Island Regatta thanks to BTC

THOUSANDS attending the upcoming National Family Island Regatta in George Town, Exuma will be able to take advantage of free Wi-Fi - thanks to BTC - throughout the duration of the five-day event.

Nassau/PI resorts enjoy 24% increase in 'mice'

The Nassau/Paradise Island resort industry last year enjoyed a “24 percent increase” in its meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) business, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday.Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told

Bad Boy Mowers to continue as Battle 4 Atlantis title sponsor

FOLLOWING the University of Michigan’s recent victory over Gonzaga University, Atlantis, Paradise Island resort has announced that Bad Boy Mowers will continue as title sponsor, through 2022, for the highly-anticipated early season collegiate basketb

Development Bank leads farming revival

The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) has teamed with other government and international agencies to revive sheep, goat and pig farming in The Bahamas.The institution, in a statement, said it has teamed with the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resour

Call for innovation to lure passengers off cruise ships

ALTHOUGH there is a decline in tourism arrivals in Grand Bahama, Minister of State for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson is encouraging the creation of more innovative tourism-based activities to lure additional cruise ship passengers off the ships

Insolvency conference attracts 140 specialists

Almost 140 persons attended a recent insolvency conference staged in The Bahamas by local and international bodies.The Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (Bahamas) teamed with INSOL International to hold an event attended by 138 del

Storr: Cabinet to advise on domes

DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said the authority will advise Cabinet on how best to repurpose domes in Abaco that were never used, adding the DRA no longer supports sending the domes to Family Islands for storage purposes.

Family Island cases ‘nothing to do with the election’

FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says an increase in COVID-19 deaths and cases on some Family Islands has nothing to do with the early general election held last month.

Eight COVID-19 deaths confirmed

DEATHS from COVID- 19 increased by eight over the weekend, pushing the nation’s toll to 338 since the start of the pandemic.

DPM to keynote Eleuthera Outlook

The deputy prime minister will be the keynote speaker for the seventh Eleuthera Business Outlook conference scheduled for May 17 at Frigate’s Bar & Grill in Rock Sound.

Minnis: Set aside politics until after hurricane

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that the Free National Movement will suspend all political activities until Hurricane Matthew has passed.

The PLP Iron Lady

THE island of Grand Bahama has two PLP MPs, Obie Wilchcombe and Dr Michael Darville. In terms of the political pecking order, one would think that Wilchcombe is ranked higher than Darville, due to him being minister of tourism in addition to being a 15-year veteran in the House.

Queen’s Staircase set for $200k restoration

THE Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board (NPIPB) has launched a $200,000 restoration project that aims to upgrade and preserve The Queen’s Staircase for future generations.

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