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ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Why does supporting local farmers matter?

HAVE you ever looked at the food on your plate and wondered who grew it and where it came from? Do you trust the methods used by the producer before it reached your plate? Has this food been treated with your best interest in mind from the field all the way to your plate?

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The month of March

The month of March By Gardener Jack The month of March is a time to think ahead. Crops like sweet peppers, eggplants and tomatoes, if sown from seed now, will be harvested in June when conditions will be very much warmer. Peppers and eggplants in parti

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The month of March

The month of March By Gardener Jack The month of March is a time to think ahead. Crops like sweet peppers, eggplants and tomatoes, if sown from seed now, will be harvested in June when conditions will be very much warmer. Peppers and eggplants in parti

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The month of March

The month of March By Gardener Jack The month of March is a time to think ahead. Crops like sweet peppers, eggplants and tomatoes, if sown from seed now, will be harvested in June when conditions will be very much warmer. Peppers and eggplants in parti

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Meditation: Age Old Promises

DURING this time of Emancipation celebration, our thoughts remind us to be more grateful for life in the Bahamas of the 21st century than we may otherwise be.

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Bitterness of Fred Mitchell

FORMER PLP MP Fred Mitchell’s press statement over the weekend portrays him as bitter and angry that he has lost the trappings of Cabinet ministers.

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'Ricky' Davis making strides

RICARDO “Ricky” Davis is making strides since his first tournament at the Alaqua Country Club on November 3, 2013, in Tampa, Florida, where he finished in a tie for No. 28 with a score of 223 after a three-day event.

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Gov't concern on conch export block decision

The Government yesterday voiced concern that Queen Conch exports could be threatened if the US declares them an endangered species, creating “significant social and economic hardship” for thousands of Bahamian and regional fishermen.

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The garden in January

The garden in January By Gardener Jack If you cannot go out to your vegetable garden and pick exactly what you want right now then you did not make an early enough start. A friend of mine told me he was off the island for all of October so did not put

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Unemployment back to 'single digits' by 2022

The government’s top labour official is projecting that various “anchor projects” will return The Bahamas’ jobless rate to “single digit” levels by the end of 2022. John Pinder, the director of labour, told Tribune Business that multiple development

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Entrepreneurs needed to 'ace' tourism competition

The Bahamas must continue to “ace” its tourism competition through superior customer service and identifying new entrepreneurial activities that appeal to visitors, a Cabinet minister is urging. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation,

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EDITORIAL: Is Dubai spending the best use of our money?

THE trip by a Bahamian delegation to Dubai was always going to raise questions about the cost.

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EDITORIAL: CARIFTA bid sounds good - but thin on details

IT has been a successful sporting weekend for The Bahamas, with the country’s CARIFTA team bringing home four gold medals in its 17-medal haul from the event in Jamaica.

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$200m plan to bring Cotton Bay to life

COTTON Bay Holdings Limited will partner with the Ritz Carlton Reserve brand in a $200m project in South Eleuthera that will employ 300 people during construction and 200 people during operation, according to officials.

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The papaya fruit fly

Papaya is a very popular fruit that is grown in most backyards in The Bahamas.

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Go West! How the property landscape has shifted in New Providence

Andrew Seymour explores the reasons for migration from the east of the most populous of the Bahamas islands.

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Entrepreneur blasts ‘pay to play’ culture

Bahamian entrepreneurs have called for increased anti-corruption measures, saying permit applications “go to the bottom of the pile” unless officials are paid off.

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Deputy PM encourages engineers

WORKS and Urban Development Minister Philip “Brave” Davis urged engineers to rediscover the value of traditional engineering techniques and apply them in a modern context.

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Growing Curcurbit

Cucurbit is the collective name given to squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, melons and christophenes. The plants are generally vinous and the fruits quick growing.