53 Haitians Arrested In Exuma
March 20, 2016
FIFTY three suspected Haitian illegal migrants are being transported to the Coral Harbour Base in south western New Providence by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Saturday. The Haitians were found aboard a wooden vessel that had landed on Farmer’s Cay, Exuma, on Saturday morning […] Click here to view original page – 53 Haitians Arrested In Exuma
Tourism: 30 Per Cent Of Marketing’ Not Putting Heads In Beds’
October 28, 2017
THE Minister of Tourism yesterday said 30 per cent of his marketing spend is tied up in long-term contracts that are failing “to put heads in beds”. Dionisio D’Aguilar told Tribune Business that the Bahamas’ sponsorship of sporting events and teams was preventing him from “reallocating” desperately needed promotional dollars to market the Bahamas online. The Minister raised his marketing concerns just as data from the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) showed most of the industry’s indicators were heading in a negative direction during the first eight months of the year.