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Latest Bahamas News

Guyana hosts Carifesta X
TO DATE, 24 countries from the Caribbean, Latin America and further afield have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta X) in Guyana. The countries participating are Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, the Bahamas,

Fishing boat captain convicted in fatal smuggling (AP)
AP - A federal jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found a Bahamian fishing boat captain guilty of second-degree murder in the drowning of three illegal immigrants he was trying to smuggle into the United States.

Importance of safety and security to visitors cited by U.S. official
Often described as a safe island destination for sun sand and sea, The Bahamas must now become mindful that safety and security plays a big role in a destination's appeal to visitors. This was the advice given by Tim Lund, port director for the U.S.

15 Countries Named as Potential Money-Laundering Havens
Financial Action Task Force, body created by Group of 7 wealthy countries to fight money laundering, names 15 countries and territories as potential havens for ill-gotten wealth; they are Israel, Philippines, Russia, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Dominica, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Panama, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines

Ex-sports greats Evert, Norman wed in Bahamas (Reuters)

Reuters - Ex-golfer Greg Norman and tennis legend Chris Evert were married on Saturday in a seaside ceremony held under a veil of tight security on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

N.Y. millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers (AP)

AP - A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison.

Norman, Evert to marry in Bahamas: reports (AFP)

AFP - Golfing legend Greg Norman and former tennis star Chris Evert will marry this weekend in the Bahamas, the Australian Associated Press reported Thursday.

Titan Energy Worldwide Demonstrates Sentry 5000 Mobile Utility System to Top New York State, Nassau County and Connecticut Emergency Management Officials
By BusinessWire MINNEAPOLIS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Titan Energy Worldwide (OTC BB: TEWI), a leader in the manufacturing, marketing and servicing of energy generation products and services, has completed a series of live demonstrations of the Sentry 5000

US Supreme Court to review sonar v. whales fight (AFP)

AFP - The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to examine President George W. Bush's right to exempt the navy from environmental laws against the use of sonars considered potentially harmful to whales.

With dad on the bag, Bob and Kevin Tway turn US Open into a family affair
EDDIE PELLSAP National Writer SAN DIEGO-More than most sports, golf is about fathers and sons, a chance to teach, to learn, to spend time together, and even to celebrate when the kid finally wins his first $2 (?1.50) Nassau off the old man. Bob Tway

Country Information

Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.

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