NASSAU, The Bahamas - A
Resolution was tabled and unanimously passed in the House of Assembly
January 30 to secure a government guarantee for a $250 million private
placement in the International Financial Markets by the Bahamas
Electricity Corporation (BEC), as the Corporation seeks to restructure
its debt portfolio.

Moving the Resolution was Minister of State
for Finance, the Hon. Michael Halkitis, who pointed out that the
government, guaranteed $211 million of the debt on the 20th October 2009
with an additional $35 million borrowed on the 27th August 2012.

Paradise Island, the
Bahamas - The Atlantis Animal Rescue Team, with the assistance of the
Bahamas Department of Marine Resources (BDMR) and The Bahamas Marine
Mammal Research Organization (BMMRO), successfully rescued Georgie, a
West Indian manatee and relocated her to the Atlantis Dolphin Cay Marine
Mammal Rescue Center.  Dolphin Cay is home to the only live marine
mammal rescue and rehabilitation center in The Bahamas and is a member
of the Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

Georgie was
first sighted in Spanish Wells in June 2010 where she was born to Rita, a
known Florida Manatee.  In October of 2011 both Rita and Georgie
appeared in the busy Nassau Harbor and at the request of the Bahamas
Government...

Dear Editor,

Just a quick note to say how thrilled my husband and I were to depart
our crowded cruise ship last week and find signage at the port for the
Stepping Stones Quilters Annual Show at Trinity Methodist Church. While
we are all for T-shirts, gemstones and Starbucks it was good to see a
local event promoted and supported.

We arrived at the show at 10:00 a.m. and were greeted with warm smiles
and quilts! All sizes, colors, some hanging, some neatly folded on
tables....wonderful works of art painstakingly made; rainbows and
reflections of each quilter. We floated...

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Rashae Rolle-St. Fleur was born on September 21, 2011. Her parents wondered why she made little sound, but paid it no mind. They were grateful for the child they had.  
Less than 3 months after Rashae's birth, her mother recognised that she was having shortness of breath.  On December 15, 2011, she was taken to the local clinic for care and was subsequently referred to Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH).
While in Accident and Emergency at PMH, Rashae stopped breathing in her mother's hands while blood was being drawn from her. A code blue was called. For any parent to have this experience while in A & E, can be very scary. Her parents were very troubled.
After resuscitation, Rashae was monitored and subsequently hospitalized. She was admitted to ICU because of a heart problem coupled with pneumonia. The pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Jerome Lightbourne, diagnosed Rashae with "patent ductus arteriosus" commonly referred to as PDA. Rashae was constantly monitored due to ill and seemingly declining health.