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OK Magazine
April 18, 2018
The two singers have yet to confirm their relationship, but that didn't stop them from showing off their love during a steamy, secret vacation in the Bahamas together.
ReliefWeb
April 18, 2018
Authored by: Llonella Gilbert. NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Acting Prime Minister the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest said there are encouraging signs that the farming and fishing industries are on the comeback after passage of Hurricanes Joaquin, Matthew, Irma and Maria across the southern and northern islandsÃâà...
Billboard
April 18, 2018
In 2013, the notion of building a state-of-the-art recording studio in the Bahamas -- on prime waterfront real estate, no less -- would have sounded quixotic to anyone aware of the recorded-music industry's steadily diminishing returns over the previous nine years. But, for Charles Goldstuck, then theÃâà...
Caribbean360.com
April 17, 2018
LIMA, Peru, Monday April 16, 2018 – The Bahamas is seeking assistance from the United States of America in stemming the tide of illegal migration into the island. That was among issues further discussed in a meeting between The Bahamas' Prime Minister, Dr Hubert Minnis and US Vice President MikeÃâà...
Buzz.ie
April 17, 2018
Conor McGregor has jetted off to the Bahamas in the wake of the bus attack in New York in which saw him and his teammate, Cian Cowley arrested. TMZ is reporting that McGregor flew out of New York City to the Bahamas on Saturday. As there are charges pending against him, McGregor would have hadÃâà...
Golfweek
April 17, 2018
Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Smylie Kaufman began a movement of sorts two years ago, documenting their #SB2K16 spring break trip to Baker's Bay in the Bahamas. The gang headed back for an encore in 2017, this time bringing the girlfriend's along for the trip. Things went a littleÃâà...
PEOPLE.com
April 17, 2018
Becca Kufrin is single and ready to mingle in the Bahamas! The newly minted Bachelorette was spotted on the shores in Nassau, filming her upcoming season of the ABC show. The 27-year-old publicist seemingly left her relationship troubles with ex Arie Luyendyk Jr. — who infamously dumped Kufrin, hisÃâà...
Bahamas Tribune
April 4, 2018
#As an important country in the Caribbean region, The Bahamas has advantages in terms of geography and natural resources. Over the past 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Bahamas friendship and co-operation have made considerable progress, with bilateral mutualÃâà...
Bahamas Tribune
April 4, 2018
#THE Bahamas has been warned that "the era of tough choices has arrived" after Hurricanes Matthew and Irma caused a combined $710 million in economic damages and loss. #The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in two separate 100-plus page reports on the devastation inflicted by the twoÃâà...
Bahamas Tribune
April 4, 2018
#Team Bahamas improved on last year's performance and in their role as hosts with a second-place finish at the 47th Flow CARIFTA Track and Field Championships. #The 80-member team finished with a total of 35 medals – six gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze - after three days of competition at the Thomas AÃâà...
Bahamas Tribune
April 3, 2018
#Team Bahamas maintained their lead atop the point standings following day two in their chase for their fourth CARIFTA Swimming Championship title in the last five years. #The team totalled 416 points through 56 events, 87 points ahead of the current second place team, Jamaica, and their total of 329Ãâà...
CNN
April 1, 2018
(CNN) — Fifty years ago this April, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. King has become a revered figure, but there's one place where his everyday life gets as much due as his big protests and dramatic speeches: Bimini. Bimini is the closest island of the Bahamas to theÃâà...
Condé Nast Traveler
March 27, 2018
Baha Mar, the three-resort complex in Nassau, the Bahamas that opened last April, makes these repeat beach weekends actually easy to pull off. And not just because all that separates New Yorkers from its two-mile-long coast are a few episodes of Real Housewives in-flight on JetBlue (direct flights goÃâà...
The Real Deal Magazine
March 25, 2018
The private island in the Bahamas has been owned by the cruise liner for more than three decades, however a major overhaul is now needed to keep guests, particularly millennials, feeling like their “Perfect Day at CocoCay” met expectations, according to Bloomberg. The “thrill and chill” renovation willÃâà...
Miami.com
March 23, 2018
Add lazy “hammock happy hour” to the mix (see above photograph) and The Cove Eleuthera tops our list as one of the Bahamas' best hotels. A short 45-minute flight from Miami International Airport, guests will feel worlds away in this chic all-white property peppered with swaying palm trees, privateÃâà...
thebahamasweekly.com
March 23, 2018
Nassau, The Bahamas - Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development Vaughn Miller on Tuesday welcomed Pentecostal Assemblies of the World delegates to their Spring Bishop Board meeting in Nassau at the Grand Hyatt. The Bahamas welcomed several hundredÃâà...
Bahamas Tribune
March 23, 2018
He added that this will be based on advice received from consultants, who he did not name, but were hired prior to the EU's decision to 'blacklist' the Bahamas last week. “In the Act, we give with respect to each entity the power for the Minister of Finance to prescribe any tax,” the Attorney General toldÃâà...
thebahamasweekly.com
March 23, 2018
Commencement is a time-honoured tradition and a sacred celebration of the most pivotal achievements of our University of The Bahamas (UB) students. Indeed, our faculty, staff and administrators are some of the most excited and proud cheerleaders of our graduands at this ceremony. They have activelyÃâà...
International Monetary Fund
March 23, 2018
Moreover, the stock of nonperforming loans (NPLs) declined to 9.2 percent of total loans at end-2017, from 11.4 percent at end-2016, due mainly to a large sale of NPLs by the Bank of The Bahamas (BOB). Pressures on correspondent banking relationships (CBR) have not resulted in major disruptions soÃâà...
KTRK-TV
March 22, 2018
Houston travelers can now enjoy Bahamasair convenient nonstop service to The Islands of The Bahamas, with twice-weekly flights departing IAH at 8 am every Monday and Thursday, arriving in Nassau by 11:10 am, and departing from Nassau at 4 pm every Wednesday and Sunday, arriving in Houston byÃâà...
Travel Weekly
March 22, 2018
The Bahamas Ministry of Health confirmed that the last reported cases of Zika were in November 2016. Various government agencies in the Bahamas, including the Ministry of Health, the Department of Public Health and the Department of Environmental Health continue to operate surveillance programÃâà...
Bahamas Tribune
March 16, 2018
#The IDB added that the $100 million credit facility will initially be available to the Bahamas for five years, and could be extended for the exact same duration depending on an agreement between the Government and the bank. The Minnis administration has made no secret of its desire to implementÃâà...
Travel Agent
March 16, 2018
According to a statement issued by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), on February 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed the Bahamas from its list of “Areas with Risk of Zika.” According to the CDC'S website, the list identifies places where pregnant women shouldÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 16, 2018
Royal Caribbean announced a $200 million upgrade to CocoCay as part of its Perfect Day Island Collection. The private island will get a 13-slide water park including the tallest slide in North America and wave pool. Also at the resort will be the largest freshwater pool in the Caribbean, zip line, heliumÃâà...
Lonely Planet Travel News
March 15, 2018
In the midst of the sunny hustle and bustle of Nassau, one hotel is making an international name for itself as the unlikely wine hotspot of the Bahamas. Now it's even opened the first winery in the country. The Caribbean and wine; a great combination. Photo by Joe Schmelzer. Bahama Barrels is located inÃâà...
South Florida Caribbean News
March 15, 2018
On February 2, 2018 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removed The Bahamas from its list of “Areas with Risk of Zika,” which, according to their website, identifies places where pregnant women should avoid travel, and where travelers should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bitesÃâà...
WTTV CBS4Indy
March 12, 2018
HARBOUR ISLANDS, Bahamas – A Michigan man had just asked for permission to marry his high school sweetheart when he died after being swept away by a large wave in the Bahamas. Jonathan Brussow, 19, and Athena Williams, 20, first met during a bonfire when they were in the eighth grade.
NPR
March 12, 2018
Earthtones is the most intimate, straightforward record yet from Bahamas, aka Afie Jurvanen. With his signature sultry croon and quick wit, he manages to make the most challenging trials in life go down easy. "No Wrong" was written while he was on tour and is about the difficulty of leaving his family behindÃâà...
Fox17
March 12, 2018
HARBOUR ISLAND, Bahamas-- After a young Rockford man's body was found in the Bahamas, his girlfriend is encouraging the community to celebrate his life and sharing his last words with FOX 17. Athena Williams, 20, met Jonathan Brussow, 19, at a bonfire during the summer after the two finishedÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
March 11, 2018
The body of a Rockford man has been found after he went missing while in the Bahamas on Monday. According to the family of 19-year-old Jonathan Brussow, his body was recovered Friday "atop a cliff several hundred yards down from where the sea grabbed him." His family believes he came ashoreÃâà...
ABC News
March 9, 2018
A cruise ship passenger is lucky to be alive after she fell overboard from a mega ship in the Bahamas, Tuesday night. The woman, who has not yet been identified, fell from the massive Norwegian Epic while it was sailing and rescue efforts were launched immediately, Norwegian Cruise Lines told ABCÃâà...
CNBC
March 9, 2018
The Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis are set to be added next week to a European Union blacklist of tax havens, raising to nine the number of jurisdictions on it, an EU document seen by Reuters shows. The decision, taken by EU tax experts, is set to be endorsed by EU financeÃâà...
Amsterdam News
December 31, 1999
Of the 15 nations in the Caribbean Community bloc of nations, it is perhaps easier to become a citizen in any of those countries than in the Bahamas, with its maze of very restrictive, parochial immigration laws. But if government and some civil society groups as well as some churches have their way, thatÃâà...
Jamaica Observer
December 31, 1999
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A senior Bahamian private sector official says he hopes local companies will together with their counterparts from Jamaica and Belize, be more aware of the opportunities offered by the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership AgreementÃâà...
The Boston Globe
December 31, 1999
NEW YORK — The promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas — once billed as the ''cultural experience of the decade'' — pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges Tuesday, agreeing to serve up to a decade in prison for lying to investors and sending false documents. Billy McFarland, 26, entered theÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
December 31, 1999
A 19-year-old Rockford man is missing in the Bahamas. WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids). 636560282853107743-missing-man.png. Jonathan Brussow ... The Royal Bahamas Police confirmed that Brussow was swept into the sea. He was with another person who was able to climb to safety and alert authorities.
