From: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:00 AM To: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:00 PM Organizer: SMESU of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Caribbean Export Devlopment Agency Place: The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Member Price: $40.00 Non-Member Price: $50.00 Register For This Event Grant Writing WorkshopAccessing Grant Funds for Your Business ... Read More

      Angry hotel union members yelling at the union’s First Vice President Kirk Wilson Tuesday afternoon during an uproar over the transfer of union funds from a Bank of The Bahamas account. Hundreds of hotel workers who were dismissed from their jobs over the last year will not be able to vote in the upcoming hotel union elections, according to Secretary General Leo Douglas. "When I am preparing the register for elections I can only put members ... Read More

More layoffs are looming in Grand Bahama as a small resort prepares to close its doors. The Nassau Guardian confirmed yesterday that 29 employees are set to lose their jobs at Port Lucaya Resort & Yacht Club, which is partially owned by the Grand Bahama Port Authority. The group reportedly includes 16 permanent employees and 13 casual laborers. One government official said Ross University may be interested in leasing the space once the property closes. The resort's owners are reportedly fin... Read More

Monday, June 29, 2009   TOP BUSINESS LEADERS RECOGNIZED AT CHAMBER AWARDS: The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce presented their 2009 Annual Business Awards at their 38th Annual Awards Ball. The evening’s winners are pictured with the event’s keynote speaker, Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Minister of Tourism and Aviation, the Chamber President, Khaalis Rolle, and Philip Simon, the Chamber Executive Director.The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce paid tribute to leading Bahamian business leader... Read More

There was no mistaking the urgency which academics conveyed recently during a round table at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in Paris, France about the social responsibility of institutions of higher learning. College of The Bahamas President Janyne Hodder made it quite clear that post secondary institutions must maintain consistent connections with society rather than operate in a vacuum. Among the concrete proposals for change she proposed were new rakings, increased internati... Read More

20 April 2009 The final Research Edge presentation of the 2008 - 2009 academic year was held on Friday 17th April in the Lecture Theatre at The Bahamas Tourism Training Centre and featured Frenand Leger, Lecturer in the School of Communication & Creative Arts, and Philip Armbrister, Assistant Professor in the School of Sciences & Technology. Their subject was Factors affecting the teaching and learning of Haitian Creole in The Bahamas and was a description of the first part of a survey t... Read More