The Bahamas The Bahamas with its capital city of Nassau is a Chain of islands in the Atlantic Ocean‚ northeast Cuba and southeast Florida. Absolute location of Bahamas is 24 15 N‚ 76 00 W. The island of the Bahamas does not have much natural recourse so they have to import food. This makes prices high. This is good for environment because they do not over use their water supply for farming‚ water and soil are clean because they do not use toxic chemicals. They do have
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The Bahamas has been shaped by the tourism industry and one need only review the Bahamian history to support this. Tourism has been the vehicle which has enabled The Bahamas to make the transition from a simple economy based on fishing‚ privateering and a failing sponge industry‚ to a sophisticated modern economy. With tourism accounting for as much as 70% of national income‚ 50% of total employment and 60% of government revenue‚ it is indeed the bedrock of the global economy of the Bahamas. According
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Section Capital Punishment The Bahamas hanged 50 men since 1929 according to records kept at Her Majesty’s Prison. Five were hanged under the Ingraham administration; 13 were hanged under the Pindling government‚ and 32 inmates were executed between 1929 and 1967. The last act of capital punishment in The Bahamas took place on January 6‚ 2000 when convicted murderer David Mitchel was executed by hanging. Mitchel was convicted of stabbing two German tourists to death. (Nassau Guardian‚ published:
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UNEMPLOYMENT in the Bahamas is down by one per cent‚ according to government statistics. The Department of Statistics released the results of its Labour Force and Household Income Survey yesterday‚ conducted in May‚ which revealed a slight decrease in the number of unemployed persons‚ a decline of less than 1 per cent in the unemployment rate which now stands at 13.7 per cent. However‚ the report explained the two major factors contributing to the decline in the unemployment rate were persons
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INTRODUCTION The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is a Parliamentary nation. The law and government of the land are based on the Westminster system which looks at the three branches of the State‚ the Executive‚ Parliament and the Judiciary. The function of each of these branches is clearly articulated in the country’s written Constitution‚ which is the supreme law of the land. According to Article 38 of the Constitution‚ “there shall be a Parliament of The Bahamas which shall consist of Her Majesty‚
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Research Essay The proximity of The Bahamas to the USA. A blessing or a curse? Table of Contents Introduction Page 3 Migration Period Page 4 Prohibition Page 6 Export of Various Products Page 9 References Page 11 Introduction Being close to the United States of America has had its benefits and fall backs in and to the Bahamas. The Bahamas experienced many changes between 1870 and 1940. Such changes were the migration
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your family or friends. One of the best vacations I had was going to the Bahamas. A beautiful island that its ocean is crystal clear water and feel the fish passing your legs. A week of no worries and it was like living in paradise. Four years ago‚ my family and I landed on the most beautiful island‚ the Bahamas‚ it was unbelievable. It was an amazing feeling getting to see and experience all the things that were in the Bahamas. At the hotel‚ that we reserved‚ they had an amazing buffet at dinner time
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Lynden Pindling‚ Randol Fawkes‚ Auther Hanna‚ Sir. Milo Butler Sr‚ Clarence Bain‚ Samuel Isaacs‚ and many other women and men planned and strategized to free there people from colonize. At that time racial segregation was a way of life in The Bahamas. The ‘blacks’ were referred to as coloured people. They were schools were coloured children were not allowed to enter. They were places like hotels‚ shops‚ and restaurants were colour people were not allowed to dine. There were also churches where
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“The Bahamas‚” it was a trip of a lifetime. I went there with my girlfriend and a couple of other friends. We were all nervous because it was the first time any of us have flown. We finally got a chance to start boarding‚ after we arrived at the airport five hours early. Before boarding‚ we had to show the airport attendants our birth certificate. When I went to show them my birth certificate‚ they wouldn’t let me board because mine was a copy and not the original. Luckily‚ after waiting for twenty
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plants and trees. Nothing compares to paradise like being with my best friend in The Bahamas. After Tara catches her breath from laughter‚ she jumps into the water so she can prepare her body for the snorkeling we are
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