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FloridaBahamas-direccionhidrografia-1838-2 $4,000.00 Title Carta de los Canales de Bahama, Providencia y Santaren, Costas de la Florida e Isla de Cuba con los cayos y bajos, las islas y sondas adyacentes a esta...   1838 (undated)         1 : 150000 Description A strikingly engraved 1838 Spanish nautical chart of Florida and the Bahamas (Lucayas) published in Madrid by the Spanish Dirección Hidrografía. Coverage extends roughly from St. Augustine to Cuba, and from the Bay of St. A...

No to an increase in House seats Members of Parliament in the House of Assembly. FILE The Bahamas Constitution provides for a House of Assembly with 38 members. That number may be increased by a constitutionally sanctioned process including recommendations from the Parliamentary Constituencies Commission. The minority government of The Bahamas, pre-1967, has been accused of gerrymandering boundaries of constituencies by including disproportionate numbers of supporters of the main opposition p...

Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis Q. C. PM Hubert Minnis NASSAU| Breaking News coming into BP, confirms what is going on in The Country. The Electorate is ready for a Change in a Big Way. BBB Analytics was commissioned to conduct a poll on behalf of BP. The Poll was conducted over a three week period during the month of February 2021.  A total of 3,517 respondents, all who said they were registered to vote were polled from all of the populated Islands and we provide the following results...

Two women to challenge PLP leaders in traditional strongholds Felicia Knowles (left) and Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson. Two women, both political newcomers, running on the Free National Movement’s (FNM) ticket, are hoping to pull off major upsets in the upcoming general election by flipping seats currently held by the leader and deputy leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). Felicia Knowles, an insurance executive and mother of one, has taken on the mammoth task of running against PLP Leade...

Adrian White, FNM candidate for St Anne’s. Kenneth “Ken” Smith, FNM candidate for Mangrove Cay and South Andros. Those vying for representation in the House of Assembly include Adrian White for St Anne’s, the seat held by Brent Symonette; Brian Brown for Golden Isles; Stephen Greenslade for Garden Hills, the seat currently held by Brensil Rolle; and Kenneth “Ken” Smith for Mangrove Cay and South Andros. When contacted, Rolle, the minister of public service and national insurance, di...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Isaias kept on a path early Friday toward the U.S. East Coast as it approached the Bahamas, parts of which are still recovering from the devastation of last year's Hurricane Dorian. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) Friday morning and

No COVID-19 test required for return to the originating island NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The government’s latest emergency order has permitted temporary allowances for inter-island travel during the holiday season. The Emergency Powers (COVID-19 Pandemic) Risk Management (No 4) Order, 2020 maintains countrywide guidelines on mask-wearing, social distancing and sanitizing, and for every person who leaves their residence to carry government-issued identification. It outlines varying restrictions for ...

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Free National Movement (FNM) yesterday issued a statement heralding the Minnis administration for “leading through unparalleled challenges” brought on by Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hurricane Dorian and the global pandemic set The Bahamas back after our FNM government was delivering record-setting achievements,” the party’s statement read. “We were experiencing consistent economic growth for the first t...