The Bahamas Listeni/bəˈhɑːməz/‚ officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas‚ is a country consisting of more than 700 islands‚ cays‚ and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "Bahamas" can refer to either the country or the larger island chain that it shares
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Crime in the Bahamas On the 6th April‚ 2011‚ shock waves were sent throughout the Bahamaland after the report of a brutal massacre of Nellie Brown-Cox. It is alleged that this crime was committed by her common law husband (Bahamas Press‚ 2011). This murder was a result of domestic violence‚ which is a crime that is committed among many residents in the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands. Crime is ubiquitous‚ but can be alleviated if the necessary steps are applied. To further explain‚ certain aspects
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Heights this morning”..... “A man was killed in a late night shooting last night. “A 23-year-old man was shot dead last night in the Lyon Road area off Shirley Street”... These are just a few of the headlines that we hear on a daily basis in The Bahamas. We as a small nation should take heed to the crime problem and try to find ways in solving them. The crime rate will continue to persist if drastic measures aren’t taken. Athena Daminos‚ former Tribune editor and journalist asked this question “What
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on some initiatives the government offers to assist and encourage more Bahamians to consider farming as a career. I would take a few minutes to speak generally about farming before telling you about those initiatives. A study of farming in The Bahamas shows that farming has not maintained a steady growth over the years. There was once a large dairy and poultry farm at Hatchet Bay Eleuthera that provided milk‚ eggs‚ and ice-cream for Eleuthera and New Providence. Many persons were employed in Eleuthera
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INTRODUCTION Can the Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent
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Question 1 (one) a Write a detailed account of the Burma Road Riot in Nassau Bahamas. The 1942 riot in Bay Street and in the Over-the-hill areas (place were the poorer black Bahamians lived) of New Providence was triggered by a labor dispute‚ but have been described as the first sign of a popular movement in the Bahamas. The Burma Road Riot occurred on June 1st 1942 through June 2nd 1942‚ when thousands of Bahamian workers came to Bay Street in a march of solidarity. This was a result of the years
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Year after year there are ringing calls for the Bahamas to invest more and do more to develop agriculture. In 2001‚ former Central Bank researcher Gabriella Fraser observed that Bahamian agriculture had "hardly evolved" over time‚ and asked whether enough effort was being made to achieve food security. Environmental advocate Sam Duncombe argued in a recent online exchange that If we don’t invest in agriculture and manufacturing‚ Bahamians will be condemned to "a life of servitude and dependence
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The date was March 17‚ 1963 when 3 friends headed off to The Bahamas for a vacation. The 3 friends Michael‚ David‚ and John had been planning on this vacation for months now but events caused them to push the date back due to the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ but it was finally happening and they were ecstatic‚ they couldn’t wait to get into the great weather. As they boarded the plane John was reluctant to get on board‚ still worrying about his and his friends safety being that close to such a dangerous
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Question: 1(a) Write a detailed account of the Burma Road Riot in Nassau‚ Bahamas. So many of the most dramatic and significant social events in the Bahamas history were played out on the stage of Bay Street and‚ as a result of these events‚ Bay Street was turn into a place where Bahamians came together in display of unity and a place where they sought to act out dissenting viewpoints. The Nassau Riot in 1942
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Jason Williams March 16‚ 2013 Crime in The Bahamas Crime in The Bahamas has always been a serious thing. Our crime rate is among the highest in the region because of the small population we have. It is not like before where you could leave your doors opened and unlocked without the fear of being robbed or killed. Many Bahamians no longer feel safe in their own homes. The violent crimes have skyrocketed‚ with murder records set in four of the last five years. Crime breaks apart communities
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