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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Governor General His Excellency Arthur D. Hanna presented eight teachers with awards for their commitment and dedication in the field of education during the Fidelity Sir Gerald Cash National Distinguished Teachers Awards Ceremony held at Government House, Friday, October 23, 2009.
NASSAU, Bahamas -- International Labour Organization (ILO) representatives visited The College of The Bahamas on Tuesday to find out how the classes for the Government’s National Empowerment Training Program are progressing.
The St. Andrew's School Foundation is very excited and proud to announce the appointment of Nicole Treco to the position of Development Officer. Ms. Treco comes to the Foundation as an alumnus of St. Andrew's School which she attended from Pre-Reception through Year 12. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communication from the University of Miami and has worked in Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing in Miami and Orlando, Florida, and more recently, in Nassau.
The Department of Immigration is looking to fast track several cases in which uniformed immigration officers have been accused of corruption and misconduct, a senior immigration official revealed yesterday.
Director of Immigration Jack Thompson told The Nassau Guardian that since coming into office late last year, he has been faced with seven cases in which officers under his command were accused of wrongdoing. Speaking candidly, Thompson said he inherited six of those cases from the former Immigration Director Vernon Burrows.
The Montagu Foreshore Steering Committee will host a public meeting Thursday to hear views of residents, vendors, businesses and others with an interest in the preservation and usage of the foreshore, a large parcel of property that extends east of the Nassau Yacht Club to the Royal Nassau Sailing Club and includes For Montagu.
John Travolta's attorney has asked Bahamian authorities to forward all of the evidence from the attempted extortion trial of Pleasant Bridgewater and Tarino Lightbourne to prosecutors in the United States who will see if the case could be retried there.
Age ain't nothing but a number,' is the line adopted by national record holder in the women's 100 meters (m) Chandra Sturrup nowadays. Whenever she is introduced at sporting events Sturrup is referred to as the veteran sprinter in the field – but that's not bothering her any.
PLP MP Picewell Forbes' pre-mature and inaccurate declaration — which prompted Senior Justice Anita Allen to order a retrial Wednesday night in Pleasant Bridgewater's high profile attempted extortion case — has landed him in court.
Forbes told The Nassau Guardian yesterday that he will go before Allen today at 10 a.m. (Friday)
In his convention speech PLP Leader Perry Christie reiterated promises he failed to keep when last in office. Now he is promising more of the same: more speechmaking, more indecision and more of the same old guard.
Mr. Christie led the efforts by the PLP old guard, which failed the country so miserably in the past, to entrench their position in the party, sweeping aside any reformers in his party and cancelling the involvement of a younger generation to participate in its senior ranks.
The re-election of Perry Christie as Leader of the Progressive Liberal Party is a victory for the old guard of the party and a blow to any serious reform by those who represent the worst days of the Pindling era and the more recent scandalous past of the party, among them a number of Mr. Christie’s cabinet appointees.
The PLP was unable to decide on a theme. One minute it was “Securing the Future”. This means their own future and careers. Certainly not the future of the Bahamian people. The next minute the theme was “Marching Strong, Together as One”. With the party divided, in meltdown and in chaos, the PLP is not marching strong and they are certainly not together as one.
The John Travolta attempted extortion trial ended in chaos last night after an outburst at the PLP convention forced Senior Justice Anita Allen to order a retrial.
Proceedings were sensationally halted after South Andros MP Picewell Forbes took to the convention stage and told delegates that one of the accused, former PLP senator Pleasant Bridgewater, had been acquitted.
BASRA’s “Evening of Elegance” will be hosted at the Old Fort Bay Club, and will feature an incredible line up of entertainment featuring Peanuts Taylor, Daddy Long Legs, MoJo from Elvina’s in Gregory Town Eleuthera, and The Long Island Connection. A wonderful door prize of two round trip business class tickets to London courtesy of American Airlines, and a bounty of superb raffle prizes to be drawn by Miss Bahamas International, Amanda Appleyard.
The Bahamas Alliance for The Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI) celebrates its First Annual Sight Awareness Month, this October, under the theme, ‘Make The Decision Preserve Your Vision.’ The Bahamas Alliance for The Blind and Visually Impaired is a non-profit organization, formed in 1997 to actively promote effective measures for the preservation of sight, and for the education and training, rehabilitation, employment and integration of the blind and visually impaired in the Bahamas which will allow them to be more productive citizens.
The Bahamas National Trust had something special for Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Hubert A Ingraham, during its 50th anniversary gala banquet held at the Sheraton Cable Beach Resort, October 17. Making the presentation to Mr Ingraham (centre) are BNT Executive Director Eric Carey (left) and president Glen Bannister.
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Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza, made an Official Visit to The Bahamas from October 15 to 16, 2009, to discuss matters relating to tourism and trade in the Americas.
It was his first official visit here. He met with Governor-General His Excellency Arthur Hanna, Prime Minister the Rt Hon Hubert Ingraham; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon Brent Symonette; and Leader of the Opposition the Rt Hon Perry G Christie
Family Island Administrators must do a better job at collecting Government revenue, Prime Minister the Rt Hon Hubert Ingraham told them.
“Administrators are just not expected to sit in the office all day dressed in suit and tie and wait for somebody to come and see ‘the chief’,” he said. “They are to be very knowledgeable about what is happening in their communities.”
The Bahamas is amending its Criminal Justice (International Cooperation) Act, 2000 in order to facilitate effective exchange of information in tax matters.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, the Hon Brent Symonette opened debate on the amendment in the House of Assembly, October 15.
The National Insurance Board honored 19 staff members during its annual Long-Service Award ceremony at Government House October 15. The honorees and officials are pictured with Governor-General, His Excellency Arthur D Hanna.
Seated in the front row, from left are Zhivargo Laing, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; Governor-General Hanna; NIB Chairman Patrick Ward; and NIB Director Algernon Cargill.
Reflecting the level of hopelessness among the unemployed in The Bahamas, nearly 9,000 people have been added to the group of out-of-work Bahamians who have given up looking for work because they believe there are no jobs available, according to the latest numbers from the Department of Statistics.
Two days after The Nassau Guardian exclusively revealed that the government was preparing to read a death warrant to a condemned inmate, the Ministry of National Security announced yesterday that no further action will be taken at this time on the matter.
NASSAU, Bahamas – In addition to its Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) established with the United States, Monaco and San Marino, The Bahamas has completed technical agreements with eight additional countries, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham advised Parliament Thursday.
The Ministry of National Security wishes to advise that no further action will be taken at this time with regard to a death warrant being read to a condemned inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison.
As the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, I am obligated to respond to remarks attributed to long time sailing enthusiast and Commodore, Rev. Phillip McPhee, in an article which appeared in this morning’s edition of the Nassau Guardian’s Sports Section, captioned “Government Not Serious about Regattas.”
Mr. Speaker,
I join my voice with all who have spoken or written expressing sadness at the passing of Sir Clement Maynard. Sir Clement served in parliament for the better part of the 30 years between 1967 and 1997; first in the Senate and then in this place where he was returned by his constituency on six consecutive occasions – Gambier twice and Yellow Elder four times.
Each year, organizers of The Bahamas Home and Builders Trade Show and Exhibition Show seek to not only make the show bigger and better, but also more in sync with what’s happening locally and globally. Therefore, it’s no surprise that as the world and The Bahamas battle a global recession, organizers Special Events Bahamas Limited have decided to dedicate this year’s event to “Combating and Surviving the Recession.”
NASSAU, Bahamas – Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Joshua Sears was invited by the Commonwealth Secretariat Human Rights Unit, as one of the presenters at the Commonwealth Seminar on Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights, held September 29 to 30, at Lilongwe, Malawi.
Public Service officers have been urged to deliver “quality service” in the performance of their duties to the public. “We need to be courteous,” Minister of National Security, the Hon O A T ‘Tommy’ Turnquest told them. “We need to improve our work habits and to develop positive attitudes to service.”
The Ministry of Education wishes to respond to the disruptions in some of the schools which have been inflated and under normal circumstances would have been resolved by the administrators and teachers at the affected institution.
Dental caries (tooth decay or cavity) is one of the most common childhood oral health diseases, Dr the Hon Hubert Minnis confirmed.
“Poor oral health can affect a person’s overall quality of life,” he said. “Oral pain, missing teeth or oral infections influence our physical, mental and social well-being.”
In what would be the first hanging in nearly a decade, the government is preparing to have read a death warrant to one of the condemned men at Her Majesty's Prison, The Nassau Guardian can confirm.
The Advisory Committee of the Prerogative of Mercy met last week and advised Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest, the committee's chairman, that the case in question is not one in which the prerogative of mercy ought to be exercised, according to reliable sources.
“If there is no struggle there is no progress. There are those who profess to favour freedom and yet deprecate agitation. They want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.”
A police detective who was the final witness for the prosecution in the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne testified yesterday that Bridgewater told her that she burned and discarded the remains of a document at the heart of the extortion case, after she realized that the "situation was about to explode."
National 7s Training Camp at Winton - 3pm
Though we realize that several people will be away over the weekend, the National 7s program desperately needs games.
If you can find your boots, please do all you can to make it up to Winton for 3:00pm on Saturday so that the players can get a 'real game' work-out.
The Cabinet Office today announced the confirmation in appointment of Glenn Gomez to the post of Comptroller of Customs with effect from Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
Mr. Gomez joined the Public Service in 1967 and was promoted through the ranks to the post of Superintendent in the Customs Department in 1993.
A man who police believe had unlawful sex with a female minor escaped from Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday afternoon, police confirmed.
...HENRI CONTINUING TO WEAKEN...
AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.6 WEST OR ABOUT
305 MILES...490 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
HENRI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...
AND A TURN TOWARD THE WEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TOMORROW.
Lying in state for the honourable Sir Clement Travelyan Maynard, kt., j.p., former Deputy Prime Minister and
parliamentarian at the house of assembly parliament square Bay Street Nassau, New Providence Commonwealth of the Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas -- As the third week of testimony in the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne got underway yesterday, the jury saw videotape evidence in which Lightbourne acknowledged that there could be legal ramifications for negotiating the sale of a document he allegedly thought could implicate American actor John Travolta in the death of his son on Grand Bahama earlier this year.
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Kim Brockington, stage and film actress, is excited to present her one-woman show Zora to Bahamian audiences. Fresh from a critically-acclaimed performance at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem North Carolina, Kim looks forward to bringing the play to Nassau. As she says, “I am coming to tell a story of a great woman who loved Bahamians!
Bahamasair has improved its on-time performance and maintained its dispatch reliability and safety records, Managing Director Henry Woods confirmed
“We have progressed from an airline that used to operate in the 50 percent on time performance to now in the 70s which is in line with industry averages,” said Mr Woods.
Curvy sensation Shakira is all set to make her debut on the small screen with a cameo role in TV hit 'Ugly Betty'.
The 'Hips Don't Lie' hit-maker will be seen playing herself in an episode of the show.
The episode is set on a photoshoot in the Bahamas.
"We've mentioned her several times over the course of the series and have always wanted to work with her," Contactmusic quoted Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta as having told People.
"She's an enormous Latina icon, as is Betty, and we thought it was a perfect fit," he added.
In a continuing effort to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of The Bahamas, Visionaries Wealth Management & Business Show Executive Producer and Host, Anastasia Stubbs recently paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Honourable Brent Symonette at his office on West Bay Street. Stubbs presented the Deputy Prime Minister with a personal copy of Live The Vision, a special four-part DVD Series, produced by her marketing firm Visionaire Marketing which features the personal testimonies and success stories of some of The Bahamas most noted visionary business leaders.
Routine testing done by the Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment Division (EMRAD) at the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS), has concluded that levels of turbidity experienced at Arawak Cay and surrounding areas are well below the recommended limit of 29 ntu. Samples were collected from Orange Hill, The Caves, Delaporte, Sandyport, Cable Beach, Goodman’s Bay, Go Slow Bend, Saunders’ Beach and Arawak Cay.
In the implementation of its various development projects, the Ministry of Public Works “is committed” to the protection of the nation’s natural resources including ponds, beaches, shrubs, trees and the wellbeing of Bahamians, Parliament was told.
Ninety-six persons were honored by The Queen during ceremonies at the Upper Gardens of Government House presided over by the Governor-General, His Excellency Arthur D Hanna, October 1.
Prime Minister the Rt Hon Hubert A. Ingraham spoke in praise of the honorees.
Governor-General Hanna and Prime Minister Ingraham are pictured with the honorees.
After careful consideration the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation has determined that the celebration of National Tourism Week which was next scheduled for January 2010 will be rescheduled to January 2011. The Ministry proposes to undertake a review of the week so as to determine its effectiveness and to implement any needed changes
The Board of Directors of Real Men Ministry International paid a courtesy call on Governor-General, His Excellency Arthur D Hanna, September 30, at Government House. Pictured from left are Ethan Moss, Odley Aritis, David Knowles, Governor-General Hanna, Dr Kendal Major, Julian Smith (president), Brent Lloyd, and Wayne Rolle.
Mr. Speaker,
It is the fundamental right for each and every Bahamian to have access to healthcare regardless of their religion, creed, race or financial status. It is the role of Government to ensure the basic rights of individuals are met, it is the goal of my Government to ensure that the Bahamian people have full access to quality and affordable healthcare.
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