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Bahamas Keeps Up Infrastructure Push
Above: The massive road works project in New Providence (File Photo/BIS) The Bahamas is continuing its infrastructure push beyond New Providence with the announcement of $3.5 million in construction contracts to make upgrades in Abaco. The government signed three contracts, […]
Texaco to Sell Cayman, Jamaica Properties
Following the purchase of 174 gas stations in the Eastern Caribbean by Vitogaz, a subsidiary of French petroleum company Rubis, Texaco is putting its stations in Cayman and Jamaican on the block. The initial deal included stations in 11 countries, […]
Jamaica Swears in New Ministers
Above: Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen swears in new Justice Minister Delroy Chuck (JIS Photo) Jamaica’s Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, swore in newly-appointed cabinet members Delroy Chuck and Sen. Arthur Williams yesterday at King’s House. Chuck is taking over the […]
In Andros, Tackling the Food-Price Problem at the Grassroots
Above: BAIC Executive Chairman Edison Key tours the North Andros High School’s mini-greenhouse with teacher Shivanandah Ackloo (BIS Photo) By Gladstone Thurston With food prices an increasing challenge for the Caribbean, a group of students in the Bahamas are working […]
China’s Lequan Visits New Bahamas National Stadium Project
Bahamian track legend Thomas Robinson with Wang Lequan (BIS Photo/Gena Gibbs) China’s Wang Lequan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of China’s Communist Party, visited the new Bahamian national stadium this week, which was a joint Sino-Bahamian […]
New Bahamian Party Set for Launch
The new Democractic National Alliance (DNA) party in the Bahamas, led by Bamboo Town MP Branville McCartney, will launch its list of candidates by the end of May. The party’s candidacy committee is being chaired by a well-known clergyman, and […]
Interview with Damien Cave, the New York Times’ Caribbean Correspondent
Damien Cave covers Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for the New York Times based out of Mexico City. Cave has told the stories of some of the world’s most challenging events, from the war in Iraq to the earthquake […]
Minister Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace on Bahamian Tourism, Part 2
By Alexander Britell Earlier this month, we talked to Bahamas Minister of Tourism and Aviation Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace about what trends he had seen in the past few years for Bahamian tourism. We followed up with Minister Vanderpool-Wallace to find out […]
Senator Al-Rawi on Trinidad Protest
By Alexander Britell As attention in the United States focuses on a sometimes-ugly battle by public servants and the government over benefits, public-employee protesters are turning Port-of-Spain into a more civilized version of Madison, Wisconsin. Nearly 150 protestors demonstrated outside […]
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