Bahamas maintains share of tourist market

NASSAU, The Bahamas — The Bahamas maintained its share of the tourist market, bringing in a record 3.5 million cruise visitors and increasing airlift by almost 400,000 seats in 2009, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham said on Thursday, February 4,...

Rugby Coach Mark Rawlings: A Man on a Mission

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — From mountain climbing to barber shop singing – Mark Rawlings is a sportsman of many parts. And now he is adding the role of ambassador to his repertoire.The newly-appointed youth development officer at Freeport Rugby Football Club...

Bahamas Brain Drain: CA Smith’s Not So Bold Idea

It appears that forty percent of well-educated Bahamians emigrate from the Bahamas (even more emigrate from the rest of the Caribbean). Bahamas Ambassador CA Smith’s “bold” solution to remedy this “brain drain?” Have the countries...