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Deutschsprachige Seiten Pages en francais Pagini in italiano Other languages Websites in English SCC = Sites with commercial character ACRONYMS Acts and Legislations Address directories Age of Majority Agriculture Air traffic, Airlines Air traffic - arriving by private aircraft Archaeology Animals  Arts & Artists Au-pair BAHAMA E-CARD Bahamas Representations Bahamianese Banks and Trust Comp. Beaches Biology Boating Books Business Camping Cell Phones in the Bahamas Chat Rooms Climate Coat of Arms Collections Communication Compare Bahamas & Jamaica Compare Bahamas & Switzerland I Compare Bahamas & Switzerland II Crests Cruise - entry requirements  Cruise - general  Culture Customs, Tariffs Diplomatic and Honorary Repr. Diving  Dolphin Dolphin Therapy Driving Economy Education  Entry requirements Environment / Env. protection Ethnology Famulatur (d)  Field Stations & Field Trips Film Financial Institution, Regulations etc.  Fish Fry Fishing

Flag  Free trip - I just won...  Genealogy Geography Geology Golf  Government  Guides, Portals SCC Handicapped, for the Hair Braiding History Horses Hospitals Hotels, overview Hotels, Travel Agencies SCC Humour Hurricane Season Immigration / entry requirements Inexpensive way to Out Isl Infrastructure (Governm) Investing in the Bahamas Island related - New Providence (Nassau), Grand Bahama (Freeport), Family Islands/Out Islands (Abaco, Acklins, Andros, Bimini, Berry Isl., Cat Isl. / Little San Salvador, Crooked Isl., Eleuthera, Exuma / Ragged Island, Inagua, Long Isl., Mayaguana, San Salvador / Rum Cay) Junkanoo Language Laws & acts  Law Firms SCC Legendary Creatures Link websites Living in the Bahamas Mailboat Maps Marine Biology Marriage Medical Info  MESSAGE BOARDS Military Miscellaneous Movie Museum  Music National Holidays National Symbols, Anthem Nature, Environment Nature Science News - Google Newsticker News - NASSAU GUARDIAN on-line News - Other on-line publications

Obeah Other official web sites - non-Bahamian Overview - Bahamas Painters People (famous) People to people programm Pets - bringing your pet Phone directories Pictures, Images Piracy Political parties, actors / activities Prices (food, gas, taxi) Questions & Answers RADIO Live Radio, live music Real Estate Agents SCC Recipes Religion Residence in the Bahamas Restaurant Riding Sailing Sandflies Schools Science Scouting Search engines Slavery Snorkeling Society Sports Statistics Surfing Taxi  Teaching  Temp conversion Tide Chart Time difference   TOURIST INFORMATION Transportation Air-Land-Water Travel Reports TV Votes  Water Weather General Weight & Volume conversion Webcams Weddings Weather Severe Cond What to pack Working in the Bahamas Zoo

 
 

Site Map

 

Welcome	Purpose of this website
Index/Site Map/ Acronyms	Help! How can I find a topic? (alphabetically, by topic, with acronyms & abbreviations)
Non-English	Websites in German, French, Italian, other languages Deutsch (Schweiz, Deutschland, Diverse Info, Reiseberichte, Wassersport, Hotels mit deutscher Webseite) Francais (Infos touristiques, Carnet de voyage, infos div, infos plustot publicitaire) Italian Other Languages (Dutch, Russian, Spanish, Japanese...)
Tourism	How/where can I find up-to-date tourist information? Official tourism websites, Kid's stuff, Overviews from other sources / private websites / Miscellaneous tourism related topics
Official/Gov	Government: Structure, Cabinet, Ministries / Constitution, Laws & Acts / Infrastructure: Police, Military, Airports, Social Security, Insurance, Electricity, Telecom / Customs, tariffs, restrictions, Statistics / Bahamas representations abroad / Political parties, trade/workers' unions, votes,  consumer organizations etc, / Other official (non-Bahamian) websites: Commonwealth, US,UK, Military /  Entry requirements, Immigration: Foreign visitors, Bahamians abroad, Pets
Transport	Air traffic (local & int.): Airports, Airlines, Cuba, Private planes, Codes Water (local, to-fro US-coast, cruises): Ferries, Mailboats, Cruises Land: Taxis, buses, car rentals, scooters, driving in the Bahamas etc.
Economy /  Living / Working	Economy, Industry, Development / Financial Institutions, Regulations etc. / Doing business in the Bahamas: National investment policy, Chambers of Commerce etc / Living, Working, Residence: Government and other info sources, stories, find a job,  /  Schools, Education, Teaching /  Hospitals, Medical info
Culture	Religion, Culture in General, Cultural Events, National Holidays, Museums, Historical Buildings, Junkanoo, Music, Arts (Galleries, painters, poets, handicraft) Film, Theatre, Collections, National Symbols: Anthem, Flag, Coat of Arms, Obeah / Voodoo / Yoruba, Legendary Creatures, Legends, Famous People in the Bahamas, Famous Bahamians, Genealogy
History	Overview, Articles / Misc. topics: Columbus, HMBS Flamingo, WW I/II / History of a particular island / Ancient history (Lucayans, Caribs, Arawaks, Tainos) /  National Archives etc., / Bahamians in Florida /  Caribbean History / Historical Personalities: Governors and other former politicians, Party history, famous people with Bahamian roots / Piracy / Slavery, Segregation etc.
Society	Society, Ethnology, Anthropology, Sociology, Security, Language (Bahamianese, Bahamian dialect/slang), Humour/jokes, quiz
Other scientific  topics, Weather	Environment, Env. protection / Water, Climate / Agriculture & Fisheries / Animals, Zoo, Parks, Plants / Field stations, field trips / Geology, Archaeology, Biology, Marine Biology, Geography,  Other scientific topics / Reef protection / Mammals general, whales, sharks, manatees, jellyfish / Dolphins, dolphin therapy Weather general, Severe weather conditions (hurricane season) Sub-page: Special page about "Hurricanes Frances & Jeanne - Aug-Okt 2004"
Activities	What to do in the Bahamas (tours, shore excursions etc.), Sports - various, Golf, Boating, Sailing, Fishing, Diving, Snorkeling, Getting married,  Bahamian athlets
Media/Voices	Maps, Pictures, Images, Webcams, News, Radio/TV, Message Boards / Chat, Books, Travel Reports/Reviews, Link Pages, Search engines
Islands /  Miscellaneous	Island related (if not stored under a topic!) * New Providence (Nassau, Paradise Island), Grand Bahama (Freeport, Lucaya), * Family Islands/Out Islands: Abaco, Acklins, Andros, Berry Isl, Bimini, Cat Isl. / Little San Salvador, Crooked Isl., Eleuthera/Harbour Isl, Exuma / Ragged Island, Inagua, Long Isl., Mayaguana, San Salvador / Rum Cay * Other miscellaneous topics:  Recipes, Telephone directories, addresses, yellow & white pages, Government, Shopping, Hotels, Travel Agencies, B&B, Hostels, Restaurants, Law firms, Real Estate Companies, Guides, Portals, site hosting / Time difference, Temperature & Weight & Volume conversion, Storm intensity table, Attempt to compare size and population of the Bahamas and Switzerland
FAQ	FAQ, interesting, sometimes peculiar questions which were maybe even repeatedly asked & answered in forums Sup-page: Special page about "Free trip / I just won a trip"
Internal	Why?, terms of use, thanks & credits, notes & comments

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Bahamas related acronyms & abbreviations (well, at least some of them...)

 

>> acronyms are linked to a corresponding TOPIC and there, if available, to an outside link AAAWU = Airport, Airline and Allied Workers Union AAVE = African-American Vernacular English ACP = Africa, Caribbean and Pacific [EU] ACP= Assistant Commissioner of Police ABS = American Bureau of Shipping ACAMS = Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists ACARM =. Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers  AIBT = Association of International Banks and Trusts - Bahamas AOSIS = Alliance of Small Island States AUTEC = [U.S. Navy] Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center BAAA = Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association BACO = Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers BAIC = Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation BAISS = Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary School BAMT = Association of Medical Technologists BASD = Bahamas Association of Securities Dealers BaTelCo = Bahamas Telecom or BTC BBB = Better Business Bureau BBFF = Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation BBOSA = Bahamas Boat Owners and Sailors Association BCB = Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas BCC = Bahamas Christian Council BCMC = Bahamas Conference of Methodist Churches BCSSWWU = Commonwealth Brewery Limited, The Bahamas Commercial Stores, Supermarkets and Warehouse Workers Union BDB = Bahamas Development Bank BEACH = Bahamas Education Association for Cetacean Health BEC = Bahamas Electricity Corporation BECon = Bahamas Employers Confederation BEEP = Bahamas Environmental Education Programme  BEV = Black English Vernacular BFSB=  Bahamas Financial Services Board BFSU = Bahamas Financial Services Union BGSCE = Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education BHCAWU= Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union BICA = Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants BIJIS = Bahamas Integrated Justice Information System BIFS = Bahamas Institute of Financial Services BIMAWU = Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union BIPE = Bahamas Institution of Professional Engineers BISS = Bahamas Interbank Settlement System BJC = Bahamas Junior Certificate Examination BMA= Bahamas Maritime Authority BMEU = Bahamas Musicians and Entertainers Union BMOT = Bahamas Ministry of Tourism BNIPSSD= Bahamian National Integrated Planning Structure for Sustainable Development BNT = Bahamas National Trust BOWFF Bahamas One World Film Festival BPSU = Bahamas Public Service Union BRCS = Bahamas Red Cross Society BREA = Bahamas Real Estate Association BREEF Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation BSA = Bahamas Shipowner Association BSFA = Bahamas Society of Financial Analysts  BTC = Bahamas Telecommunications Company or Batelco BTVI = Bahamas Technical Vocational Institute BUBL = BUlletin Board for Libraries BUT = Bahamas Union of Teachers  BWIR = British West Indies Regiment CAC = Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink CAC (CAG) = Central American and Caribbean Games CAC = Caribbean Age Group Championships  CACG = Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance (see CBC) CAFP Caribbean Agriculture and Fisheries Programme CAMSsee ACAMS CAMEX-3 = The Third Convection And Moisture EXperiment [NASA] CANTO = Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations CARICOM = Caribbean Community CARTAC = Caribbean Technical Assistance Cooperation CATC = Caribbean Advanced Technology Centre CATIN = The Caribbean AIDS Telecommunications and Information Network CBC = Commonwealth Business Council CBATO = Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office, USDA [US] CDERA = Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency CDR =  Coalition for Democratic Reform CDRU = Disaster Relief Unit (see CDERA) CDU = Central Detective Unit CENSE = Commonwealth Electronic Network for Schools and Education CFATF = Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce CHA = Clifton Heritage Authority CHA = Caribbean Hotel Association CHID = Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies  CHOGM = Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CICAD = Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission CIPE = Centre for International Private Enterprise CITES = Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species CMAG = Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group  CMRC= Caribbean Marine Research Center Exumas COA = Court of Appeal COB = College of the Bahamas / Commonwealth of the Bahamas CPC = Climate Prediction Center of NOAA CSC = Commonwealth Science Council CSDA = Center for Sustainable Development in  the Americas  CSME= CARICOM (or Caribbean) Single Market and Economy CTO= Caribbean Tourism Organization DEU = Drug Enforcement Unit (of the RBPF)  DEVCO = Development Company [of the GBPO] DHHS Doctors Hospital (Doctors Hospital Health System) DHS = [US] Department of Homeland Security DOA = Bahamas Department of Archives DOS = Department of Statistics DPM= Deputy Prime Minister ECLAC = Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECL&SP = Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park (see CRMC) EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment (Umweltvertraeglichkeitspruefung) EMP = Environmental Management Plan (related to EIA) ENSO = El Nino / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Phenomen ESD = Education for Sustainable Development ESP = The Electronic Scholarly Publishing Project FATF = Financial Action Task Force [OECD] FERC = [US] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  FHC = Freeport Harbour Company FIU = Financial Intelligence Unit FIUA = Financial Intelligence Unit Act FLE = Family Life Education (-classes at school) FSCF = Financial Services Consultative Forum FTAA = Free Trade Area of the Americas FTRA = Financial Transactions Report Act (2002)

FY = Fiscal Year GBB = Great Bahama Bank GBIA = Grand Bahama International Airport  GBPA = Grand Bahama Port Authority GBPC = Grand Bahama Power Company GCOB = Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas GCRMN = Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network GDP = Gross Domestic Product (BSP) GEF = Global Environment Facility GRULAC = Latin American and Caribbean Group [UN] GSSSA = Government Secondary Schools Sports Association  HBCU = Historically Black College or University HMP = Her Majesty's Prison  HPH = Hutchinson Port Holding IADB = Inter-American Development Bank (=IDB?) IBA = Institute of Bahamian Architects IDB = Inter-American Development Bank (=IADB?) IICA = Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IIPA = (US) International Intellectual Property Alliance [Copyright Act] ITI = [US] International-to-International programme (for transit without visa) IMO = International Maritime Organziation IOM = [UN] International Organisation for Migration  ISPS = Ship and Port Facility Security ISSA = International Social Security Association ITIO = International Tax and Investment Organisation IWCAM = Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management in SIDS of the Caribbean JA = Junior Achievement Bahamas KCMG = Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George KYC = Know Your Customer (-rule/-regime) LACHSR=Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Health Sector Reform LNG = Liquefied Natural Gas (verfluessigtes Erdgas) LOC = [US] Library of Congress NAGB = National Art Gallery of The Bahamas NCCT = non-cooperative countries and territories [FATF/OECD] MDG = Millenium Development Goals [UN] MERCOSUR = Southern Common Market MFA = Ministry of Foreign Affairs MICAL = Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins and Long Cay MLAT = US-Bahamas Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty  MML = Mote Marine Laboratory  MOE = Ministry of Education MOT = Ministry of Tourism MPA= Motion Picture Association [Copyright Act] MRP = Machine Readable Passport MSC = Marine Safety Committee (see BMA and IMO) NCA = Nassau Christian Academy (Cruisaders - Sports) NADP = (Bahamian) National Anti-Drug Plan NAGB = National Art Gallery of the Bahamas NAFTA= North America Free Trade Agreement NCCT = Non Cooperating Countries and Territories "blacklist" [FATF] NCMEC = National Center for Missing and Exploited Children NCTU = National Congress of Trade Unions NDU = US National Defense University NEMA = National Emergency Management Agency NGDC = NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center NHD = National Heroes Day  NHI = National Health Insurance NIA = Nassau International Airport NIB = National Insurance Board NPFVOA = North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners' Association NPI = New Providence Island NPSA= New Providence Softball Association NRDC = [US] National Resources Defense Council NTDB= Nassau Tourism Development Board  NURC = US National Undersea Research Center (see CMRC)  NURP = US National Undersea Research Program at CRMC  NUWCNPT = Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI NOAA = US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration OCHA = [UN] Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Reliefweb) OCR = Out-of-cycle review (by the USTR) [Copyright Act] OECD= Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OPM = Office of the Prime Minister OSDPD = Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (of NOAA) OVCI = US Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative PADRU = Pan American Disaster Response Unit PAHO = Pan American Health Organization PIMS = Perry Institute for Marine Science (see CRMC)  PITDA = Paradise Island Tourist Development Association PI = Paradise Island PUC = Public Utilities Commission QJ= (status as a) Qualified Jurisdiction, see TIEA RBDF = Royal Bahamas Defense Force RBPF = Royal Bahamas Police Force  REDES = Research and Education in Defense and Security Studies Seminar RO =  Reverse Osmosis RRM = Regional Response Mechanism [of CDERA] RSS  = Regional Security System RTGS= real time gross settlement system [Banking] SAE = Standard American English SAQS = [EU] Strengthening Agricultural Quarantine Services Project SCA = St. Augustine's College (Sports) SCB = Bahamas Securities Commission of the Bahamas SCC = Sites with commercial character (on this website only) SCSCB = Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds SELA = Latin American Economic System SIDS (-Net) = Small Islands Developing States (-Network) > AOSIS SME = small and medium-sized enterprises (= KMU) SOS = Save Our Sea Turtles (SOS) Tobago  SSM = Stafford Sands Model SST = Sea Surface Temperature STEP= Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP = Student Temporary Employment Programme (medical science) STCW = Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers  TAFB = Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch TIEA = Tax Information Exchange Act [Bahamas with the US] TCI = Turks and Caicos Islands  TOTO = Tongue of the Ocean  TUC = Trade Union Congress  TWOV = [US] Transit Without Visa  programme (for transit without visa) UNCF = United Negro College Fund USDA= U.S. Department of Agriculture USG = United States Government USTR = United States Trade Representative (-watch list) [Copyright Act] UTEB = Union of Tertiary Educators of the Bahamas UWI = University of The West Indies VWP = [US] Visa Waiver Programme WADA = World Anti Doping Association WOCCU = International Credit Union Leadership Institute and the World Council of Credit Unions, Inc.  WSM = Women’s Suffrage Movement  Specialized Acronym & Abbreviation Websites Caribbean Agriculture & Fisheries Programmes http://www.cafpro.org/glossary.html EU-ACP Abbreviations International Agencies http://www.mfabahamas.org/InternationalContributions.htm General Acronyms, Abbreviations, Initialisms Websites abkuerzungen.de Deutsch - English http://www.acronymfinder.com/

 
 
 

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