90% of production team contracted COVID NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture is set to re-air an edited version of the “Spirit of Junkanoo” after widespread criticism from the public over the virtual presentation broadcast on New Year’s Day. The hours-long virtual parade, which featured 14 Junkanoo groups in collaboration with […]
Director of culture hints at similar Junkanoo aspects for Family Islanders NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Fourteen Junkanoo groups will showcase performances during a virtual event expected to be aired on Boxing Day, confirmed Acting Director of Culture Dereka Deleveaux-Grant. The annual Boxing Day and New Year’s Day parades were canceled for a second consecutive year due […]
Reigning champ Saxons Superstars say they are “always battle-ready” should Junkanoo be permitted “Time alone will tell what the parades, if any, will look like this year” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) has not resumed the planning and administrative work for the current 2021/2022 Junkanoo Season due to COVID-19 protocols, […]
Defending champions Saxons Superstars prepared to put on show, welcome vaccine announcement NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As 20,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived in The Bahamas yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he looks forward to granting approval for Junkanoo groups to prepare for the end-of-year parades — mass gathering events that were canceled last year. […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — “I never imagined there would be a Christmas day I would wake up and not take Bay Street for Junkanoo morning,” said longtime Junkanooer and Roots Chairman Wendell Francis. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, both the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Junkanoo parades were canceled, in efforts to contain […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Although the traditional Junkanoo parades have been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, KFC Nassau yesterday announced it will be launching its own campaign for Junkanoo lovers to “get their creative juices flowing and have a chance to win big cash prizes”. KFC Nassau is challenging the Junkanoo community to […]
“We have no direction” — some employees feel left in the dark by resort NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Resorts World Bimini has announced that its property will remain temporarily closed as the country continues to grapple with the local spread of the novel coronavirus. In an announcement to its guests on its website, the resort said: […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture announced yesterday that the national Junkanoo parades for the 2020/2021 season have been postponed, until or unless it is safe for “group gatherings”. The country continues to grapple with fluctuating cases of COVID-19, with the number of infections standing at 7,348 and the death toll […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Despite on and off showers throughout the day, the Department of Meteorology does not expect it to rain during the 2020 New Year’s Junkanoo Parade. Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) Chairman Dion Miller confirmed the parade will start at 2am on Wednesday. “We don’t foresee anything happening after 10pm, except for […]
