You see it from breakfast, from the pool, from the path back to your room. By the second day, you stop thinking about the hotel as a collection of buildings and start thinking about where you want to spend the next few hours: under a sea grape tree, at the beach club or back on […]
By Deodat Maharaj Op-Ed Contributor CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES face a variety of serious economic challenges which act as major impediments to their growth and development. The continued reliance on one major export product with associated vulnerability to economic shocks as well as natural disasters places many in this region in a precarious position. Nine Caribbean countries carry […]
Above: the Bahamian Brewery in Grand Bahama (all photos by CJ) By Robert DiPano CJ Contributor FREEPORT — No trip to Grand Bahama Island would be complete without a tour of Freeport’s own Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company, the maker of Sands Beer. Opened in December of 2007 by Jimmy Sands, the 100 percent-Bahamian-owned business […]
Above: Bahamas Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Bahamian Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest called for the world’s larger democracies to help island democracies like the Bahamas in the battle against piracy, illegal drug trafficking and terrorism. Turnquest was speaking at the 31st Small Branches Conference of the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary […]
