Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - Aspiring

MODELS and SINGERS are asked to attend the screening for the

2012 Supermodel of the
Bahamas and

Super Talent o
f
the Bahamas competition event.  Freeport, Grand Bahama OPEN CALLS are Friday,

February 3RD, and Saturday,

February 4TH, from 12 NOON to 5 PM at the International Bazaar.

Persons attending must wear all black or
all white casual attire or a combination of both. Bring a photo, and passport...

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 28, 2012) - The National Board of
Directors of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists,
AFL-CIO - a national union of more than 70,000 actors, broadcasters,
singers, dancers, recording artist and other performers who work across
the spectrum of media industries including television, radio, cable,
sound recordings and digital media - today voted overwhelmingly to
approve and recommend to the AFTRA membership a plan to merge with
Screen Actors Guild.

The National Board met in a regularly scheduled meeting via
videoconference in New York and Los Angeles to vote on the merger
package put forward by the AFTRA and SAG Group for One Union (G1), which
includes a Merger Agreement, Constitution and Dues Structure...

THE Bahamas Humane Society has announced a "Superbowl Special" on puppy adoptions.

In a statement issued yesterday, the BHS said from now until the big game on February 5, all puppies will be offered at a reduced rate.

The special is being launched because the shelter is full to capacity, a situation brought about in part by the construction boom in New Providence, which the BHS says has unearthed litters of puppies.

To adopt a new pet or get more details about the Superbowl Special, visit the BHS shelter in Chippingham between 11am and 4pm Monday to Saturday, or call 323-5138.

THE US STATE Department plans major changes to a foreign exchange programme that has been exploited by unscrupulous labour brokers and organised criminals in the sex industry, according to an internal memo obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The January 18 memo comes more than a year after an AP investigation uncovered widespread abuses in the J-1 Summer Work Travel programme, which annually allows more than 100,000 foreign college students to work in the US for up to four months. It came from Adam Ereli, assistant secretary for the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and was addressed to Assistant Secretary of State Ann Stock.

"The reforms we are undertak ...