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International Destinations You Can Travel To Right Now

January 9, 2021, 4:11 am
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Sailboats passing Stocking Island, Exuma, The Bahamas. (Photo via iStock/Getty Images E+/Wildroze)

Patrick Clarke
Travel Pulse


Open for Business

Despite the long list of temporary COVID-19 restrictions in place all around the world, Americans still have a plethora of options when it comes to international travel in the early part of 2021. Dozens of destinations have reopened to U.S. citizens, including some that can be accessed without first acquiring a negative COVID-19 test result. Here are 20 notable international escapes available to Americans this January.  Read more >>
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Why people latch on to conspiracy theories, according to science

January 9, 2021, 4:18 am
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Misinformation spurred the mob that stormed the Capitol, highlighting the disastrous effects such theories can produce.

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fly a U.S. flag over a symbol representing the QAnon conspiracy theory as they gather outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Photograph by Win McNamee, Getty Images

Jillian Kramer
National Geographic

Experts say that the majority of people do not easily fall for falsehoods. But when misinformation offers simple, casual explanations for otherwise random events, “it helps restore a sense of agency and control for many people,” says Sander van der Linden, a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge.

The misinformation constantly swirling around us is now set against the backdrop of the pandemic, an unemployment crisis, mass demonstrations against police violence and racial injustice, and a deeply polarizing presidential election. During times of turmoil, the explanations provided by conspiracy theories and other falsehoods can be even more appealing—though not impossible to discourage or resist.  Read more >>
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Drake hits Bahamas casino with Meek Mill, Lil Baby and mogul

January 9, 2021, 4:25 am
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Drake, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Michael Rubin took on the baccarat tables in The Bahamas. Getty Images / Shutterstock (Composite)

Ian Mohr
Page Six

Drake has been spotted in the Bahamas with fellow rappers Meek Mill and Lil Baby — and the trio were seen last night at a high stakes baccarat table at the Baha Mar Casino, with Fanatics mogul Michael Rubin.

Meek posted an image to Instagram of the group at the casino, and sources tell Page Six that they’re staying at nearby Albany — the private retreat that’s owned by a group including Justin Timberlake and pro golfers Tiger Woods and Ernie Els.

A source told Page Six of the rappers and Rubin, “They’ve been seen on the beach by day, and are hanging out at Baha Mar by night at the casino.” Drake had previously be seen at Baha Mar resort celebrating New Year’s Eve with fellow Toronto hip hop artist, PartyNextDoor.  Read more >>
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Activism Cuts Plastic Waste in The Bahamas

January 9, 2021, 4:32 am
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2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose at a beach cleanup in the Bahamas (Photo: Dorlan Curtis Jr. and Jawanza Small)

Bobby Bascomb
Living On Earth

As an island nation, The Bahamas finds itself drowning in plastic carried from far away by ocean currents as well as from its tourism industry and domestic use. Environmental activist Kristal Ambrose saw firsthand the profound harm plastic waste can cause to wildlife, started a nonprofit and successfully lobbied her government to ban all single-use plastics in The Bahamas. She’s been recognized for her work with a 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize and joins Host Bobby Bascomb to talk about the inspiration for her organizing and further efforts to curb plastic waste and pollution.  Read more >>
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A New Villa to Try on Harbour Island in The Bahamas

January 9, 2021, 4:50 am
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Pink Sand Beach on Harbour Island

Caribbean Journal

One of the top hotels on Harbour Island in The Bahamas has expanded with a new villa offering. 

The island’s Rock House hotel has launched the new “Rock House Rental Villa,” a fully-staffed private villa for couples and families. 

While the hotel and restaurant remain closed, it’s a way to get the Rock House experience in a private villa setting.  Read more >>
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University of The Bahamas Announces Appointment of Executive Vice President

January 9, 2021, 4:57 am
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ZNS Bahamas

University of The Bahamas (UB) announces the appointment of Professor Sarim Al-Zubaidy as Executive Vice President (EVP), effective Monday 4th January 2020. An officer of the University mandated in the University of The Bahamas Act, 2016, the EVP serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the UB system.

Professor Al-Zubaidy is a registered Chartered Engineer and Chartered Environmentalist with over thirty years’ experience in executive, administrative and academic positions in a variety of higher education institutions around the world. His expertise ranges from public to private universities, traditional to newly formed universities and those in transition from colleges and polytechnics.  Read more >>
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COVID vaccine within quarter of 2021

January 9, 2021, 5:03 am
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Minister of Health Renward Wells

Royston Jones Jr.
Eyewitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Health Renward Wells said the government is “working on all fronts” to secure COVID-19 vaccines and expects to obtain a vaccine in-country by the second quarter of 2021.

COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in the British Caribbean, including the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos.

“Those countries in the Caribbean [which] are receiving COVID-19 vaccines, you would realize that they are all British protectorates, a part of the United Kingdom and a part of the UK’s policy is it is distributing vaccines to its territories,” Wells said during a Ministry of Health press conference.

“So, you would find the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, the British Virgin Islands — those entities receiving vaccines.

“As I would have said in my statement earlier, The Bahamas government is aggressively seeking to procure vaccines and we’re doing all that we can to ensure that in the first quarter of this year that we’ll be able to present a viable vaccine to the Bahamian people.”  Read more >>
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Nearly half of Arawak Cay restaurants remain closed

January 9, 2021, 5:09 am
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Arawak Cay Fish Fry

Rachel Scott
The Nassau Guardian

Two months after restaurants at Arawak Cay were allowed to resume outdoor dining, nearly half of them have yet to reopen, according to Rodney Russell, president of the Arawak Cay Association.

“Most of the business owners on Arawak Cay have not opened their establishments from March of last year,” he said yesterday.

“Some of these establishments still are not open and some won’t be opening soon.

“There are a few business owners on Arawak Cay who are really trying to ensure that Arawak Cay stays alive.”

Russell said that of the total 32 stalls, 12 or 13 are still closed.  Read more >>
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January 9, 2021, 5:14 am
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Bob Marley’s wife Rita dies

January 10, 2021, 4:39 am
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Rita Marley

France24News

The reggae nation is in mourning. Cuban-Jamaican singer and songwriter Rita Marley, popularly known as “Lioness of Reggae,” wife of legend Bob Marley, passed away yesterday Friday. However, the cause of his death has yet to be revealed.

The sad news was announced by the Zimbabwe Children’s Veterans Association in a short tweet. The one nicknamed “Lioness of Reggae”, Rita Marley, the wife of the prophet of the rastas, Bob Marley, has bowed out. According to the Zimbabwe Children’s Veterans Association, she died yesterday Friday. “Reggae music fans mourn reggae icon Iron Lady, known as Mama Africa Rita Marley. She died on January 8, 2021 ”, they wrote.

Real name Alpharita Constantia Anderson, known by the nickname Rita Marley, was married to Bob on February 11, 1966, and she became a singer for the group’s backing vocals. They have six children together including Cedella, Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon, Stephanie, Serita Stewart Marley. She converted to the Rasta movement after seeing Haile Selassié visiting Kingston on April 21, 1966.  Read more >>
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From The Bahamas to Aruba, 7 Tiny Caribbean Hotels to Try

January 10, 2021, 4:46 am
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Firefly Sunset, Abaco, The Bahamas

Caribbean Journal

The travel industry has changed in more ways than we can count, but it’s also put that much more emphasis on the decision of where to stay. 

There’s so much more thought that goes into the choice of accommodation, and for some, the idea of a smaller, boutique stay is that much more appealing as an oasis from large crowds.  

And thankfully the Caribbean is filled with small hotels, the sort of places where personality is a priority, where the square footage is small but the hospitality is big. 

And then there are the really small hotels, the place that are beyond the boutique. 

The ones we’re talking about here are truly tiny, all of them with 13 rooms or less, meaning you’ll find the essence of the authentic Caribbean vacation. 

Here are seven of our favorite tiny hotels in the Caribbean, from The Bahamas to Aruba.  Read more >>
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Dismal Start To The Year For Port Lucaya Marketplace

January 10, 2021, 5:02 am
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The closed straw market at Port Lucaya Marketplace with the closed Grand Lucayan Resort in the background.

DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

The Straw Markets are closed and there are no visitors buying authentic souvenir straw crafts or browsing the stores and eating in the restaurants at Port Lucaya Marketplace - making it a dismal start to 2021.

The 80 or so straw vendors have not been out since March because cruise ships are still not sailing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the shutdown of the global cruise industry.

With the Grand Lucaya Resort closed and no cruise ships sailing, Grand Bahama’s tourism sector continues to struggle. For the first time, shop owners at Port Lucaya are “purely reliant” on locals for business sales.

Loren Madu, manager of Freeport Jewelers, is praying the situation does not last much longer. As a result of the lack of visitors, they are focusing more on getting local customers in the store.

“We are doing a lot of stuff on social media and have started doing radio ads on the radios to encourage Bahamians to come out and shop,” she said.  Read more >>
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180 Club Med staff terminated; MP “disappointed” in outcome

January 10, 2021, 5:08 am
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Club Med Columbus Isle, San Salvador, Bahamas. (PHOTO COURTESY OF CLUB MED)

Eyewitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) President Darrin Woods has confirmed 180 employees from Club Med Columbus Isle on San Salvador have been terminated.

The resort previously intended to reopen in December 2020, but last month pushed that date back to December 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

According to Woods, the resort chose to let the employees go and pay them severance as a result of the uncertainty as to when it will be able to reopen.  Read more >>
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A 75-year retail institution becomes latest casualty of COVID-19

January 10, 2021, 5:16 am
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The Linen Shop, Parliament St., Nassau

Paige McCartney
The Nassau Guardian

One of the oldest businesses in Downtown Nassau is preparing to close its doors permanently, after 75 years of providing some of the island’s most exquisite and delicate homewares to the Bahamian public.

Established in a pre-independence Bahamas in 1946, The Linen Shop has seen its share of turmoil – surviving through multiple recessions, changes in government and an evolving economy – but nothing could prepare it for COVID-19.

Senior buyer for The Linen Shop Gloria Raine said while she considers the store an institution and even though she and her staff are heartbroken, the writing had been on the wall for a long time now.

“Aside from John Bull and I think A. Baker and Sons, that’s another longstanding store, it’s a very small handful left that have any history at all,” she told Guardian Business standing at the entrance of the store.

The COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing lockdowns and travel restrictions has laid a heavy hand on the business, which over the years has relied mostly on cruise passengers, who have been non-existent since last year in February.  Read more >>
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Pilot Launched For Single-Sex Classes

January 10, 2021, 5:25 am
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RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Senior Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net

THE government has launched a small-scale pilot programme involving single-sex classes following a promise made by the Free National Movement in its last manifesto.

Education Minister Jeff Lloyd Lloyd, in 2017, said his party would “immediately” implement a pilot programme to separate boys and girls in classes and schools, adding he believed they learn differently and that studies show young adults thrive better in single-sex classes.

This week, Mr Lloyd said a small-scale pilot programme was launched in the 2018-2019 school year and officials hope to ramp up the programme after the pandemic.

“We’ve not done it on a whole scale (level) but we did have an attempt at it in Grand Bahama and we are seeing in at least one district where that is bringing some benefits,” he said. “We recognise that that is something that some of our young men and young women need particularly in early grades.  Read more >>
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U.S. must better engage Bahamas, where our competitor, China, is making major investments | Opinion

January 8, 2021, 5:18 am
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Lounge chairs sit stacked on a beach while temporarily closed in Nassau, Bahamas in April 2020 because of the sudden stop in global tourism as the coronavirus pandemic raged. GETTY IMAGES

Patrick Griffin,William Danvers
The Miami Herald

The competition between the United States and China will be one of the most important national security issues confronting the Biden administration.. In an article in Foreign Affairs, President-elect Biden wrote about the special challenge China presents. In an article for the same magazine, Jake Sullivan, the president-elect’s national security advisor, along with Asia-expert Kurt Campbell wrote, “China today is a peer competitor that is more formidable economically, more sophisticated diplomatically and more flexible ideologically than the Soviet Union ever was.”

Competition is one approach, but confrontation is also part of the discussion. There must be a comprehensive and sophisticated approach toward China.

It should include engaging with nations close to home where the United States should have an historic, competitive advantage. Specifically, there needs to be a focused and sustained effort for the United States to strengthen its relationship with the Bahamas, where China, for a number of years, has invested. The problems with the dynamic in U.S.-Bahamian relations represent a microcosm of the issues the United States must address if it is to push back against China’s global engagement efforts.  Read more >>
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Bahamas blowout: Inside the $17,000-per-night Four Seasons villa fit for royalty

January 11, 2021, 5:10 am
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Zach Griff
The Points Guy

If the winter season has you craving a luxurious, socially distanced beach vacation, look no further than the Caribbean, Mexico or Hawaii.

You can experience many of the best warm escapes using points and miles, but the most exclusive properties cater to deep-pocketed travelers.

Of the plethora of five-star, non-points resorts dotting the islands around North America, there’s one, in particular, that’s long caught my attention: The Ocean Club, a Four Seasons resort located on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.  Read more >>
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Angling notes: Recalling a memorable visit to the Bahamas

January 11, 2021, 5:19 am
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Derek with a bonefish from the Marls in Abaco, Bahamas

Derek Evans
The Irish Times

While angling remains at a virtual standstill because of Covid, I thought I might recap for readers on a memorable visit to the Bahamas. The trip came about following a visit to Delphi Lodge in Leenane, Co Galway. Over dinner, the then proprietor Peter Mantle, said: “Derek, when I have Delphi Club in Abaco up and running, you must come and visit us.” Needless to say, I didn’t need a second invite!  Read more >>
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Native Stew Gallery - Framed Prints

January 11, 2021, 4:12 pm
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Beautiful Bahamas framed prints are now available in our Native Stew Gallery. These stunning framed photos will make a nice addition to any home or office. Get yours now!


"SunYellow" by ©️A. Derek Catalano.
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The Bahamas’ Baha Mar Launches On-Site Testing

January 12, 2021, 4:12 am
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Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas

Caribbean Journal

The Grand Hyatt Baha Mar resort in The Bahamas has become the first resort in Nassau to offer on-site PCR and antigen testing for guests. 

The “return home” tests, which are administered by professionals from Nassau’s Doctor’s Hospital, are optional for resort guests who wish to take tests before departing the country at the end of their stay. 

The resort reopened for guests in the middle of last month.  Read more >>
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