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Grand Bahama to welcome boost in tourism with increased fall airlift

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Grand Bahama tourism stakeholders are welcoming the news of increased airlift to the islands this fall, with foreign air arrivals to the island over the first five months showing an eight percent year-over-year increase. The Ministry of Tourism, Investments, and Aviation recently announced that Grand Bahama Island is poised to receive more […]

CFAL to facilitate Bahamas Grid Company bond offering

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Colina Financial Advisors Ltd. (CFAL) has announced that it is facilitating a bond offering for Bahamas Grid Company Ltd. The company, formed to work alongside Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), aims to upgrade and maintain the transmission and distribution system on New Providence (the T&D System). The bond offering commenced on Monday, […]

Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis

Bahamas introduces legislation to regulate cannabis industry

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis today said he is supporting a compendium of bills to legalise the use of cannabis for medical and religious purposes, to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis. Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister Davis said he was also supporting the measures to regulate the cultivation, […]

Getting to the Bahamas From the Midwest Is About to Get Easier With a New Direct Flight

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Delta to Bring Back Direct Flights From Detroit to Nassau

Delta Air Lines is bringing back winter seasonal service from its Detroit hub to one of the most popular Caribbean destinations. The new nonstop flight will launch on December 21 between Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) in the Bahamas, Delta confirmed to Travel + Leisure. This represents the […]

This Island Is the Bahamas’s Best-kept Secret — and It Has a New Boutique Hotel With Villas on a Deserted Beach

One of Eleuthera’s most legendary hotels, the Potlatch Club, just reopened on a secluded sandy beach after a meticulous multi-year renovation. The property, which was once a magnet for celebrities such as Paul McCartney (who honeymooned here in 1969) and Greta Garbo, sits on a picture-perfect stretch of coastline on Central Eleuthera and boasts just […]

Bahamas confers highest national honour on former slave

The Bahamas on Wednesday conferred the Order of National Hero to a former slave as the country celebrated its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain. A statement issued by the Office of the Governor General said that former slave, Kate Moss, had received the Order of National Hero posthumously and that the National Honours […]