WebIn early September 2019, the eyes of the world were on The Bahamas when Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastated Abaco, other islands and cays of the Abacos group, and Grand Bahama Island. Minnis called the event “one of the greatest national crises in our country’s history.”

WebHistory of the Bahamas Department of Immigration. Cambridge dictionary gives the economic definition of migration as, “the process of a person or people travelling to a new place or country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or permanently.” Accordingly, the derivative words emigrate (to leave your country) and immigrate (to enter …

WebOver the years, there has been much dispute as to just which island this was. Long ago, it was decided that the discoverer's first landfall in the New World was a place known as Watling Island -- the modern-day San Salvador. Recent claims, however, place the first landing on Samana Cay, 105km (65 miles) southeast of what's now called San ...

WebA Short History of Bahamas. At least 500 years prior to the Europeans’ arrival to Bahamas, the islands where inhabited by a people called Lucayans who were descendants of the Arawak Indians. Originally, they lived in the north part of South America in the Caribbean Islands and in Florida. During centuries, the Lucayans lived a simple live in ...

WebFrom College to University of The Bahamas: A Noble Legacy. University of The Bahamas was chartered on 10 November 2016 by an Act of Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. UB had its genesis in the College of The Bahamas which came into effect in 1974 through the amalgamation of four institutions: The Bahamas Teachers’ College, San ...

WebHistory. Since its creation through the acquisition of an established Canadian bank in 1988, Bank of The Bahamas Limited has grown from $90 million in assets to more than $900 million as of June 30, 2021; from three locations to 12; from serving two islands to a presence on eight; from providing the most basic of retail banking services to the most …

WebThe Bahama Archipelago, also known as the Lucayan Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean, north of Cuba along with the other Antilles, and east and southeast of Florida.The archipelago has …

WebOct 07, 2018 · The Bahamas is a country steeped in the fascinating tales of Christopher Columbus history. Though the country’s story began centuries earlier, the arrival of Columbus in the Bahamas on 12 th October 1492 marked an important point in history which at the time was known to Europeans as the discovery of the ‘New World’.. …

WebNov 12, 2022 · The Pirate & Troubled History Of Andros Island. When the Europeans arrived, the inhabitants of the island were the Lucayans (a subgroup of the Taino people). It is thought there were around 40,000 Lucayan-Tainos in what is now the Bahamas when the Spanish arrived. In 1520 a Spanish expedition scarcely found anyone on the islands.

WebDec 10, 2009 · History of Softball in The Bahamas? who develop the game of softball in the Bahamas. What is the history of Bahamas? unknown. How far back does history go in the Bahamas? I have no clue.