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Investment funds 'ripe for re-entry'
THE Bahamas is losing competitiveness in the investment funds sector, but the minister of financial services yesterday said that this nation can still ascend to the market forefront as it is "ripe" for reentry.
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Family Islands need planned airlift strategy
THIS nation must develop and implement a “sustainable airlift plan” for the Family Islands using Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) as the hub, a tourism executive said yesterday arguing the “opportunity is ripe”.Kerry Fountain, the Bahamas
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South America "ripe" for more Bahamian airlift
By NATARIO McKENZIE
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Planting in july
There’s no getting away from it. It is now officially summer and all that means is hot, muggy, enervating days and frequent thunderstorms. Early morning becomes the most precious time of day, an oasis of coolness, the time to get done what must be done.
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Insurance chief: Agent sector 'ripe for consolidation'
The Bahamian insurance agent/broker market is “ripe for consolidation”, Bahamas First’s chief believes, with its latest acquisitions set to boost its subsidiary’s performance by over ten percent.Patrick Ward, the property and casualty underwriter’s p
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Spring Fruits
Spring Fruits By Garderner Jack We had a mild winter this year and spring fruits should be abundant. We still have both sour and sweet oranges on the tree with the delicious Temple tangor soon to be ready and grapefruits waiting for perfection. Limes a
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Future ripe with opportunity
The US council on foreign Relations published and article entitled: “It Is Time to Abandon Dollar Hegemony”, on July 28, 2020.
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Wax Jambu
Wax Jambu By Gardener Jack The month of June brings the first ripe mangoes but it is wax jambu that fascinates my grandchildren. They consume wax jambu fruits by the dozen and tend to reduce the tree to a shambles. Wax jambu (Syzygium samanganse) origi
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Age just a number
Prime Minister Perry Christie’s decision to lead the PLP into the 2017 general elections at the ripe age of 73 might have been partially influenced by American geopolitics.
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Doctor: Shanty towns are a danger to everyone
NOTED physician Harold Munnings said the country’s shanty towns present “a danger to everyone” as the conditions as outlined in the government’s recent report are ripe for the spread of disease.
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'Time to discipline untruthful lawyers'
An individual attorney and Bahamian law firm have been cited for contempt of court by a Supreme Court judge, who blasted: “The time is ripe to discipline these untruthful lawyers.” Justice Indra Charles, pictured , in a scathing July 6 verdict, blas
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'Pluck ripe Freeport' for economic growth
Freeport’s ability to absorb another 100,000 people “without the Government having to spend a nickel” means the Bahamas should focus its economic growth efforts on the second city.
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'Bahamas ripe with talent'
THE first ever Music, Model & Talent Showcase of the Islands (MMTS) got off to a successful start as scores of Bahamians lined up to audition in the hopes of becoming the next big star of the Caribbean.
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Fox sniffs out GB investments
Former NBA player turned actor, Rick Fox, recently embarked on a fact-finding mission to Grand Bahama in his new role as a tourism and investment ambassador for the Bahamas.
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'Womanish Ways' show in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Georgia – With the city still mourning the loss of the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Women, creator of the Drum Major Justice Awards and civil rights pioneer Evelyn Lowery, the season was ripe for the Bahamas Consulate Office of Atlanta to showcase Marion Bethel’s ‘Womanish Ways: Freedom, Human Rights and Democracy’ at historic Spelman College and the Allen Entrepreneurial International Institute.
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Fox in Grand Bahama on factfinding mission
FREEPORT – Former NBA player turned actor Rick Fox went on a fact-finding mission to Grand Bahama in his new role as a tourism and investment ambassador for the country.
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The season of the watermelon
The season of the watermelon By Gardener Jack One of the great joys of summer is tackling a slice of sweet watermelon, having the juice run down one's chin and the seeds squirted for record distances. The watermelon season occurs during our warmest mon
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The secrets to growing papaya
The secrets to growing papaya By Gardener Jack The papaya is such a common fruit in the Bahamas and has so many wonderful features that I feel we sometimes take it for granted and do not get the most out of its qualities. It is easy to grow, very pro
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Health Minister to address Exuma's Business Outlook
The Minister of Health will be the keynote speaker at this Thursday’s Exuma Business Outlook conference, which will be held under the theme, Creating a World Class Exuma.Joining Duane Sands, pictured, and Pedro Rolle, the Exuma Chamber of Commerce’s
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Sounding the spiritual battle cry
BELIEVERS from all throughout the Bahama Islands came together last Friday at the Gathering of Prophets Conference to pray for the nation.Change Bahamas Ministries, founded by Prophet Leo Adderley, hosted the conference under the theme “Waging War Fo
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