Bahamas News

Manatees in The Bahamas

Posted by Robbie Bethel on August 31, 2012 // 0 Comments

ConchSaladTV.com made this great video about the rare manatees in the Bahamas. Worth the watch!  

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The Bahamas Narrative

Posted by Robbie Bethel on August 27, 2012 // 0 Comments

A great video explaining what a “Real Bahamian” is…what we think and how we live.

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Saving San Salvador’s Iguanas

Posted by Robbie Bethel on June 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

The Bahamas is home to several species of iguanas, but some are doing better than others. In an effort to help the San Salvador iguana population, Seacology and CIBC FirstCaribbeanBank teamed up to fund the San Salvador Iguana Conservation Centre. The Centre is located at Gerace Research Center, and overseen by Professor William Hayes of Loma Linda University. Local conservation [...]

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National Art Gallery Presents Amos Ferguson: Bahamian Outsider

Posted by Robbie Bethel on May 23, 2012 // 0 Comments

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is extremely pleased to be staging a large-scale retrospective of one of the masters of the Bahamian art scene: Amos Ferguson. Born in Exuma in 1920 and passed away in Nassau in 2009, Ferguson is well known beyond the Bahamian shores for his brilliantly colored scenes of Bahamian life [...]

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Rescued Manatee in the Bahamas – Video

Posted by Robbie Bethel on April 25, 2012 // 0 Comments

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Manatee and her calf being released in the Berry Islands

Posted by Robbie Bethel on April 21, 2012 // 0 Comments

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) A manatee and her calf found swimming in a busy harbor have been released into safer waters in the Bahamas. The Atlantis resort that cared for the two says they have been fitted with satellite tags so scientists can learn more about the islands’ growing manatee population. Rita and Georgie were found [...]

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Photo Exhibition Opens in Nassau for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth

Posted by Robbie Bethel on March 8, 2012 // 0 Comments

Britain’s Prince Harry addressed the crowd in Rawson Square for the opening of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, in Nassau, Bahamas March 4, 2012. The Prince is on a week-long tour through Central America and the Caribbean acting as an ambassador for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as part of her Diamond Jubilee. The extensive exhibition of [...]

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Anna Albury of Abaco impresses Prince Harry with her speech. – Video

Posted by Robbie Bethel on March 6, 2012 // 0 Comments

Prince Harry has touched the heart of an outstanding Bahamian blind student who described the royal as “amazing”. Harry left a lasting impression on Anna Albury, 2011 Primary School Student of the Year from Abaco Island, who gave a rally-rousing speech at a national youth event attend by the prince. The schoolgirl was befriended by [...]

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England’s Prince Harry Visiting the Bahamas

Posted by Robbie Bethel on March 3, 2012 // 0 Comments

Prince Harry of Great Britain will visit the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium during his tour of several Caribbean countries. The prince will visit The Bahamas for two days in March as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth II, commemorating the 60th year of her rule. Prince Harry, the second son of the [...]

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