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Mark Beckford has a forgiving heart. The Taylor University college senior was shot a couple months ago in the Bahamas, but is now friends with his assailant.
In May, we chartered a 35-foot Mainship Trawler to explore the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. Here we are at Hope Town on Elbow Cay. Elbow Cay is home to the most famous landmark in the Abacos: the red-and-white striped lighthouse.
Tropical Storm Hanna moved toward the Turks and Caicos Islands Sunday with winds of almost 60 mph.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for the islands, where Hanna's outer rain bands were beginning to be felt, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. A tropical storm watch was in effect for the southeastern Bahamas.
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) employees who walked off their jobs two weeks ago - and used company vehicles to block the streets of downtown Nassau - could soon find that monies have been docked from their pay, according to BTC Executive Chairman Julian Francis. The BTC chief also said other employees who took part in the industrial action will likely be suspended.
Tropical Storm Hanna emerged in the Atlantic near the Leeward Islands on Thursday and appears to be aiming for The Bahamas, just as Gustav – which is blamed for nearly 70 deaths in the region – grew into a Category One hurricane on its way out of the area.
TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9
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TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082008
500 AM AST SAT AUG 30 2008
...HANNA HEADING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
INTERESTS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HANNA.
The government spends more than a million dollars a year on antiretroviral medication for approximately 1,600 people living with HIV in The Bahamas.
Officers at the center of a corruption probe are under scrutiny again in connection with the assault of an inmate. Remand inmate Donald Lightbourne sustained a broken arm and head injuries during an "incident" in the cell block of the Central Police Station on Monday,
Four Caribbean nations have banded together to pursue the formation of a pan-Caribbean political union by 2013, but despite a recent visit from the regional leader promoting the idea, The Bahamas is not considering joining that union.
The 2007 general election was driven in large part by the comparison between Hubert Ingraham's perceived "straight-talking, forceful" style and Perry Christie's "weak and indecisive" image, according to a secret post-election survey.
Cornelius Smith, ambassador of the Bahamas to the U.S., will meet with Detroiters in the tourism, real estate and construction industries Friday at two Booker T. Washington Business Association events.
A lot of attention was paid Tuesday morning to John McCain's inability to answer how many houses he owns.
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the featured guest at the Iowa delegation's morning meeting, both took a poke at their colleague for his non-answer to a question from a reporter about his house holdings.
Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti on Wednesday, lashing the impoverished island with heavy rain after striking it with hurricane force and killing five people.
At the recent Royal Bank Olympic Swim Trials Freeport Aquatic Swim Club (FASC) had eight entry-level stroke and turn judges that past the International Swimming Federation officiating course during the month of May worked their first major event at The Bahamas trials
Despite the downturn in the economy, many retail stores catering to back to school supplies said sales are going extremely well.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Development announced Monday evening that the strike action at the Morton Salt Company at Inagua has ended.
A survey quietly commissioned by the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party, in the wake of a disappointing loss at the polls on May 2, 2007, reveals that 57 percent of respondents cited former Prime Minister Perry Christie's perceived 'weak leadership' as the reason they decided not to vote PLP.
Just as England once lived under the Tudor, China once lived under the Ming and the American League East once lived under the Torre, we earthlings live under a dynasty these days.
It’s a benevolent dynasty, the Bahamas dynasty -- they do let us come visit their islands and serve us drinks with tiny umbrellas sticking out of them -- until it comes to the quadrennial test known as the Olympics, when they fluster the rest of us again.
The new recruits of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force were charged with protecting the country; particularly at sea, from illicit activities that threaten national security.
Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of National Security the Hon. Brent Symonette delivered the message as he addressed the Graduation Ceremony for New Entry 45 at the HMBS Coral Harbour this weekend.
Labour attorney Obie Ferguson on Sunday claimed that employees who were recently terminated from a Baha Mar owned hotel on Cable Beach have been "grossly under-compensated".
After almost two years of solid development work in The Bahamas, BFA Technical Director Neider Dos Santos has received an offer to return to coaching at the professional level. This was an offer too good to refuse for the Brazilian, who with difficulty and sadness has asked to be released from his contract with the Bahamas Football Association.
Silver winning men's 4x400-meter relay team members of Bahamas smile with their medals during an awarding ceremony during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.
Most of the country’s hotel workers are like "walking time bombs," Bahamas Hotel Employers Association President J. Barrie Farrington said Friday as he officially launched a healthy lifestyles program for workers in the industry.
The conditions of Keva Major's supervised release were outlined in a recently unsealed court document. Major pleaded guilty to attempting to import 100 kilograms or more of marijuana into the United States.
That's what 'Superman' Leevan Sands was feeling last night after he secured the first medal for The Bahamas at these 29th Olympic Games here in Beijing, China.
Bahamian citizens battling non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and high blood pressure, could soon see significant reductions in the price of pre scri ption drugs, as the government inches closer to implementing the National Chronic Disease Management Pre scri ption Drug Plan (NCDMPDP).
Usain Bolt claimed his third gold medal and set his third world record of the Beijing Games as Jamaica stormed to victory in the men's 4x100m relay.
Leevan Sands does it for the Bahamas. At last a medal is heading back from the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 to the Bahamas. Sands managed to get a distance of 57ft 8 1/2in.
Only two Bahamians left to compete at the Beijing Sunmmer Olympics 2008. Christopher Brown and Leevan Sands.
Debbie Ferguson McKenzie not fast enough for a medal in the Track & Field - Women's 200 Meters Final.
Commander Stephen Russell, Interim Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday that he is pleased with the level of performance by the Emergency Support Function personnel over the past week during Tropical Storm Fay.
“I am pleased with the response of the agencies that participated in the partial activation process. The agency will conduct a review of its performance over the past five days and seek to make improvements where necessary,” Commander Russell said.
Two of the 19 survivors of the Spanish jet which crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 153 people, have spoken of the moment they escaped from the burning wreckage.
An airliner packed with families bound for the Canary Islands has crashed during take-off, killing 153 people on board as it turned into a massive fireball.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first man to win the Olympic sprint double with two world records when he blazed to 200 metres gold in 19.30 seconds.
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of the Bahamas sneaks the fourth place in the 200m semi final to get a spot in tomorrows final.
Douglas Cowper emerged victorious with a 2-0 score over challenger Joe Euteneuer in the finals of the Gatorade Handicap Squash Tournament held last week at the Squash Club on Village Road. Close to twenty squash enthusiasts took part in the two-week handicap style tournament.
Kerzner will move to close its 423-room Beach Tower hotel for September through to the end of October, sparking work schedules cuts for employees and suggesting the destination's titan is no more immune to economic slowdown than those lower on the totem pole.
Relief for motorists from the skyrocketing prices at the pumps came earlier this week when gasoline dipped by more than 37 cents at two service stations on New Providence.
An accident has left a family mourning the loss of an 11-year-old boy after he hanged himself yesterday while playing in the backyard of his home off Hay Street, police said.
In two to three weeks, slop buckets will be a thing of the past at Her Majesty's Prison. Waterless "composting toilets" will be arriving to replace the lack of indoor plumbing.
About 50 people have died in Haiti when their bus was swept away by a river gushing with rain dumped by Tropical Storm Fay, officials say.
With no whiplash changes Monday in Medals Per Capita, the entire planet had time to pause before it could begin shuddering over a possible party-crashing from Earth’s Godzilla nation.
That would be, of course, the Bahamas, those 700 islands which only look sanguine and nonthreatening with all those cays and palm fronds, but which in reality constitute an awesome and monstrous force.
Headed to Florida or the Caribbean? As Tropical Storm Fay rakes the region, you may be able to change your flight without paying penalties. And if you’re cruising, expect port changes and delays. Check often with your airline or cruise line.
A young male driver has become Grand Bahama island's eighth traffic fatality for this year, following an early morning accident on East Sunrise Highway.
ALERT #23 ON TROPICAL STORM FAY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 6AM TUESDAY, 18TH AUGUST 2008.
Key West stores were shuttered and crews cleared sidewalks in some areas of newspaper boxes that could become airborne in high winds as Tropical Storm Fay headed for Florida after claiming as many as 35 lives in the Caribbean.
The Current Island has been home for Myrtis Brown for some 77 years. She knows about life there where, before 1992, there was no electricity or telephones and, today, there are no paved roads. In fact, Brown admitted that she and the 40-50 residents of the fishing community often felt they were ‘forgotten’.
TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062008
800 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
Miss Arkansas, 18 year old Stevi Lauren Perry, of Hamburg is the new Miss Teen USA. She was crowned Saturday, August 16th at Atlantis, Paradise Island Resort, after beating out 50 other contestants.
Throughout the event, the contestants competed in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown and interview, and the top five finalists were selected. Hilary Cruz, Miss Teen USA 2007, and Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, crowned the new Queen.
ALERT #14 ON TROPICAL STORM FAY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 9:00PM SUNDAY, 17TH AUGUST 2008.
… TROPICAL STORM FAY IS MOVING SLOWER AND HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET…
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
Michael Phelps: From Boy to Flipper
The story of how a Baltimore boy became a national sports icon.
Bahamian criminal deportees from the United States are presenting a challenge for law enforcement officers, National Security Minister O. A. T. “Tommy” Turnquest said, on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
His Excellency, the Governor-General, has, on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, appointed Mrs Claire Hepburn as a Justice of the Supreme Court and has conferred on the Honourable Mr Justice Lyons the title of “Senior Justice”.
The Ministry of Health wishes to confirm that it is currently investigating a report of a new case of tuberculosis at the Immigration Department. Any exposed co-workers of the case will be screened, and follow-up care provided as necessary.
An adult male has become Grand Bahama island's sixth traffic fatality for this year, following a horrific early morning crash.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the unidentified male driver, appeared to have been traveling north along Sgt Major Road at a very fast rate of speed, around 4:15am this morning(14.8.08), in a silver Mercury Sable, which bore no identification plates.
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace managed to get 2nd place in the Women's 100m Free Qualification - Heat 3, but not enough to take her to the next round.
The other kids kept throwing his borrowed racket over the fence when eight-year-old Devin Mullings played tennis on his local court in the Bahamas.
Now the world number 1,025 is playing singles at the Beijing Olympics alongside Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. He cannot wait to get his picture taken with them.
The red lionfish is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean, swallowing native species, stinging divers and wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.
Jeremy Knowles finished 4th in the Men's 200m Medley Qualification - Heat 3, but it was not enough to take him to the next round.
Tourism arrivals declined by six per cent for the second month in a row, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism for the month of May - a reflection of the current economic climate's influence on the travel market.
Genymphas Higgs, 18, is the first Grand Bahamian to receive the All-Merit Scholarship.
A tropical wave heading toward the Bahamas for early next week became less organized overnight and the U.S. National Hurricane Center cancelled the aircraft scheduled to investigate the system, the NHC said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report.
On Friday, 15th August 2008 The Grand Bahama Development Company (DEVCO), in conjunction with UNEXSO and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, will host a six-member crew of New York City’s distinguished Explorers Club (TEC) led by Marine Biologists Drs. Stefan Harzen and Barbara Brunnick, and Science Writer Joe Frey on their eight-day Flag Expedition to Grand Bahama Island.
The Bahamas and United States Governments signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Agreement, aimed at prohibiting the creation and trafficking of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) across their respective borders.
Accused drug smuggler Keva Major has been freed from the Federal Detention Center.
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Major, 39, was released on August 6. However, it is understood that Mrs. Major, a mother of four, will remain in the United States until she is processed for deportation by immigration officials.
To say that Taureano Johnson's Olympic debut was quite impressive would be an understatement. That's how dominating he was Sunday night at the Workers' Indoor Arena here at these 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
The first beer of The Bahamas, Kalik, turned twenty years old this year, and as part of that milestone Burnshouse has been hosting Kalik Parties to celebrate all those years of providing a great Bahamian product brewed by Commonwealth Brewery.
The other kids kept throwing his borrowed racket over the fence when eight-year-old Devin Mullings played tennis on his local court in the Bahamas.
Now the world number 1,025 is playing singles at the Beijing Olympics alongside Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. He cannot wait to get his picture taken with them.
Three new charter airlines have stepped in to fill the void created when Vintage Props & Jets ceased flying from Daytona Beach International Airport to the Bahamas.
Stephen Cooke, the airport's director of business development, said officials have signed agreements with Jacksonville-based Craig Air Center and Airgate Aviation of Sanford to offer charter flights to the Bahamas.
In what could turn out to be her final Olympics, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie was honored with one final tribute by her teammates and officials of Team Bahamas last night.
The Bahamas contingent of swimmers at the 2008 Olympic Games being held August 9-24 in Beijing, China consists of four athletes: Elvis Vereance Burrows, Alana Dillette, Jeremy Knowles, and Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace. The group is under the coaching direction of former Olympian and head coach of the Bahamas Swimming Federation.
Defence force and police officers were called in to man posts at Morton Bahamas Limited yesterday after some 95 percent of its workers delivered on a promise to take industrial action at the Inagua Salt Plant.
Jewel Gets Married In The Bahamas
Jewel has married long term boyfriend Ty Murray at a private ceromony in the Bahamas yesterday. It was kind of a supprise. Jewel had stated on her website on Wednesdazy that she was going on vacation with Ty Murray and two friends for six days.
As Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace pushed the idea of "One Caribbean, One Voice," a unified approach to marketing the region under one banner.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingrahan and Mrs. Ingraham departed Nassau on board the Norwegian Sky on Wednesday, August 6 for their annual holiday. The Caribbean cruise will have scheduled stops in Haiti, Cayman, Jamaica and Mexico. Prime Minister Ingraham will return to office on Monday, August 18.
The body of a woman washed ashore in Central Andros on Tuesday and investigators say they are treating her death as suspicious.
BHCAWU Secretary General Leo Douglas said yesterday that both sides are discussing the matter in a bid to reach an amicable solution.
"We are in negotiations about this and we have stated our position. We disagree because we were told there would be no reduction in line staff," Douglas said.
The Royal Plantation, the multi-million dollar private resort on Fowl Cay in The Exumas, narrowly avoided disaster yesterday after a bush fire roared out of control.
While the murder count sits at 40 and the presence of drug, gang and other unscrupulous activities present a challenge for the law enforcement organization, Acting Commissioner of Police Reginald Ferguson still maintains that the force has crime under control.
Tourists left the Bahamas with a bad impression of the islands when organised chaos at Lynden Pindling International Airport on Monday caused them to miss their flights.
A Senior parliamentarian was scolded by police last week after he was allegedly seen outside a local brothel with a Jamaican prostitute.
It's not unusual for drug dealers to enjoy top shelf liquor, Cuban cigars and participate in orgies, but they can still get all these things at a local police station — for a price, The Nassau Guardian has learned.
A surrey ride for a family of four visitors was cut short yesterday after the tourists were tossed into a busy downtown street by a spooked horse.
At a time when immigration authorities grapple to put a clamp on the heavy influx of illegal immigrants entering the country, the sad reality is that many Haitian nationals of that impoverished island will continue to risk their lives on the open seas in search of a better standard of living in the Bahamas, according to Haitian Ambassador to the Bahamas Louis Harold Joseph.
To at least eyewitness in Englerston, the early morning car chase that tore through the area Tuesday unfolded like a scene from an action flick, complete with high-impact ending – a hit and run and a shootout with the police.
A mother and her toddler son are nursing gunshot wounds in hospital after being ambushed by two gunmen at the
weekend.
The island's water table could be irreversibly damaged and the water supply degraded by the billion-dollar Albany development, according to a U.S. scientist asked to look at environmental concerns surrounding the project.
This is what Morgan Freeman's car looked like by the time it got done rolling off the highway. The red circle shows Freeman still in the vehicle waiting to be cut out. He was driving but the car, a '97 Nissan Maxima, belonged to his passenger Demaris Meyer. The crash happened near his home in Mississippi. Freeman is said to be resting comfortably after surgery on his broken arm. Meyer's condition has yet to be updated. Neither alcohol nor drugs are believed to have played a part. Look for broken bits of the car to soon appear on eBay.
PM Ingraham and Minister Deveaux Tour New Waste Disposal Site for Abaco
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and Environment Minister Earl Deveaux (far left) are greeted by members of the Central Abaco District Council upon their arrival to the island on Tuesday, July 29 to tour the island's new solid waste disposal site.
Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources the Hon. Lawrence Cartwright led a delegation to Exuma last week to present 89 cheques to assist farmers affected by Tropical Storm Noel in 2007.
The Department of Immigration is using “an aggressive approach” to tackling the illegal immigration issue facing the country, Minister of State for Immigration the Hon. Branville McCartney announced.
Minister of State for Culture the Hon. Charles Maynard said The Bahamas can be marketed as more than a place where visitors can experience sun, sand and sea, noting that packages can be offered for tourists to come and enjoy the major Junkanoo parades, the Junkanoo summer festival, or community festivals that highlight the art form.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas blew away two match points, going down to top-seeded Bryan brothers -- Bob and Mike - in the semi-final of the Cincinnati Masters.
Bacardi Ltd. said Monday it named Seamus McBride president and chief executive, effective Sept. 1.
The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations had two venues to decide where to hold a training camp for its sprinters, jumpers and throwers leading up to the Beijing Olympic Games
A ceremony to mark the hand-over of four 43-foot interceptor patrol boats as part of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Initiative, Enduring Friendship was held at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force base in Coral Harbour yesterday.
Jamaica and the Bahamas will have to wait to see if the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) stripping of the United States' 4x400 metres relay team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, will result in medals for them.
AN ANGRY Rangers fan flew 5000 miles from the Bahamas for a game - only to be locked out in a ticket fiasco.
The first pictures of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's newborn twins have been unveiled in People magazine in the US.
In what local tourism stakeholders hope it will be "the kickoff" to the Bay Street Redevelopment Project, Bacardi opened its first retail store in the world in downtown Nassau on Thursday.
Utilities Minister Phenton Neymour has confirmed that once the government has sold the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), mismanagement over the years, financial losses and an inability to meet its development needs have led the government to decide also privatize the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC).
Shane Pinder is a Bahamian who serves as the women’s head volleyball coach at Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia and he has his sights set on one day winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) volleyball title with Bahamians a part of his programme.
What appears to have been a family outing in Turtle Cove, Long Island, ended yesterday in tragedy as three women drowned in waters fifteen to twenty feet offshore, two of them trying to rescue a relative in distress.
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