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Bahamian Politics
Perry G. Christie:"We Will Bring Grand Bahama BACK!" - Jan 28, 2012 - 12:34:49 AM
Freeport, Grand Bahama Friday, January 27, 2011 - Hello, Grand Bahama!
Good evening, my beloved Bahamians!
We gather here as a newly energized, forward-looking Progressive Liberal
Party primed and ready to take the first steps towards the recovery of
Grand Bahama.
I know the people of Grand Bahama are ready to leave these tired and
bleak days behind…I’ve been visiting with you and hearing your stories. I
have seen your suffering for myself. I know you are ready for change,
ready for a new day and a new direction.
Everywhere you go in Grand Bahama, from the East to the West and
everywhere in between, the cry is the same : things have never been as
bad as they are right now.
The fact is, the middle class has been decimated here in Grand
Bahama.
People who had worked so hard to leave poverty behind now find
themselves slipping back under water. Small business owners who had
taken great pride in their success have had to
Bahamian Politics
Remarks by Brave Davis at the PLP 5 Candidate Launch in Grand Bahama - Jan 27, 2012 - 9:30:19 PM
 Freeport, Bahamas -
The following are remarks by the Deputy Leader of the Progressive
Liberal Party (PLP), Philip Brave Davis at the Grand Bahama launch of 5
new candidates on January 27th, 2012:
Are you Ready Grand Bahama?
The time is near. It is here
Grand Bahama. The day of decision is upon us.
Mr. Party Leader …
Team Grand Bahama! Are you
READY NOW!?
I asked you if you are
ready?
News :
Bahamas Information Services Updates
TG Glover Primary School Opening Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham - Jan 27, 2012 - 4:43:09 PM
 Nassau, Bahamas - Enclosed are Remarks
Rt. Hon. Hubert A.
Ingraham
Prime Minister.
I am pleased to be here
this morning for the official opening and dedication of the new T.G. Glover
Primary School.
I wish to acknowledge
the family, friends, and former colleagues and students of the late T.G. Glover
in whose memory we rededicate this institution of learning and character
formation.
Theodore Grant Glover, a
son of Inagua, was what we might call a natural-born teacher. He began his teaching career as a
Monitor, at the age of 12. He came to be known and regarded as a dedicated
educator committed to the development of the whole child...
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Pelican Bay Hotel
Pelican Bay Receives Prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award - Jan 27, 2012 - 2:09:15 PM
Freeport, Grand
Bahama Island, Bahamas – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding
Marketplace, is excited to announce Pelican Bay at Lucaya has been
selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™
2012 for Ceremony & Reception Venue!
The esteemed annual
awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the
WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service,
responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While
many industry awards are selected by the organization...
Community :
Service Organizations
48th annual Heart Ball set for February 18th - Jan 27, 2012 - 1:28:50 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - The
Victor Sassoon Heart Ball Committee announce their
48th annual Heart Ball
set for February 18th, 2012 at the Sheraton Nassau Resort. This year's theme is "Repairing a Broken Heart - What a Gift".
Cocktails begin at 7:15pm and dinner will be served at 8pm. The
presentation of the Lady Sassoon Golden Heart award will be the evenings
highlight, and entertainment will be provided by the RBDF Dance Band,
the S G Band, and Ed Brice Orchestra.
The Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas)
Heart Foundation, commonly referred to as The Heart Foundation was
established in 1961 by Lady Evelyn...
Opportunities
Submit your Subscribe and Win answers NOW! - Jan 27, 2012 - 1:00:53 PM
Congratulations goes out to
our December 2011 SkyBahamas Subscribe and Win contest winner, Cotrina Pinder!
Contest RULES: 1) Each Friday answer our Promotional Trivia Question and make note of it ; 2) Look for our request for answers submission ; 3) Email ALL your answers to the email address we supply on the final Friday of the month; 4) The Winner will be announced in the by following Friday's Weekly News Updates whereupon a new 'Subscribe and Win' contest begins for another chance to WIN!
The trivia question for Today January 20th, 2012 is ...
Community :
Service Organizations
Bahamas Humane Society Weekly Update: February Events Announced - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:49:10 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - This is been a busy week at the Shelter! We have adopted out many
animals, taken in many more, including some baby chicks, and had a class
tour come through. The current construction boom on New Providence is
unearthing litters of pups, many of whom end up with us. The school
group that came through today has fostered Cupid (photo attached) for a
week in order to learn about taking care of a dog.
Due to the high number of puppies at the Shelter, we are running a
Super Bowl Special
for puppy adoptions. From now until Super Bowl Sunday (February 5th),
puppies will be adopted out at a reduced rate. If you or anyone you
know is looking to adopt, please come into the Shelter...
Arts & Culture
Accolades for Visiting Chamber Musicians - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:23:56 PM
Freeport, Bahamas -
It was another successful week-end for the Grand Bahama Performing Arts
Society (GBPAS) as it launched its 2012 season with its fourth annual
chamber music concert starring Trio Collage and guest flutist Judith
Pearce. Trio Collage (Tannis Gibson, piano, Mark Tanner, cello and Janna
Lower, flute) first performed for the GBPAS in January of 2010 and they
returned this year with their talented colleague, Judith, to teach and
entertain the Grand Bahama public.
The week-end began with 2
school concerts at Bishop Michael Eldon School Auditorium on Friday,
January 20th. Over 800 students in total from schools across the island
were in attendance to enjoy the talented group’s music...
Arts & Culture
Authentic Bahamian Cooking cookbook to be released in multiple languages - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:15:10 PM
Authentic Bahamian
Cook Book with over 148 pages of original recipes from The Bahamas and
its 700 islands, is now available in ‘hard cover’ and on ‘kindle’ but
will be released in Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese and German later
in the year.
Millions of visitors to The Bahamas each year,
enjoy these exotic recipes and you too can now experience The Bahamian
Taste right in your own kitchen with recipes such as: Baked Macaroni and
Cheese, Banana Rum Cake, Banana Rum Loaf, Bean and Ham Soup, Bean and
Lobster Soup, Bell Pepper stuffed with Lobster, Benny Cake, Boiled Fish
and Johnny Cake...
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Tyrina Talks Fashion
Tantalize in Tangerine Tango, the 2012 Pantone Color of the Year - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:11:07 PM
Orange is the new black. This cheeky phrase was coined with the slew of
celebrities donning orange prison gear for their bad behavior in recent
years, but it’s even more relevant now that Pantone, the authority on
color, selected tangerine tango as the color of the year for 2012.
The
year 2011 saw a bright pink hue dubbed honeysuckle as the color of the
year and 2012 builds on the selection of cheery colors with this vibrant
reddish orange hue. A welcome burst of colour when compared to the
subdued neutral hues that dominated fall.
News :
Bahamas Information Services Updates
(Video) Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham's 2012 Address to the Nation - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:10:24 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - On behalf of my colleagues in
Government, my wife Delores, and on my own behalf, I extend to you and
your family warm wishes for a blessed and happy New Year. I also extend
these wishes to visitors to our country and to those listening to this
broadcast overseas, especially Bahamian students and public officers in
the service of The Bahamas.
As has been my custom, I wish to report to you on our national
accomplishments and challenges during the past year. I wish also to
give you a broader sense of the direction of our Bahamas in 2012.
There is a famous quote of which many are familiar. The poet John Donne
reminds us: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a
piece of the continent, a part of the main.”
Opportunities
'Like and Win' a FREE Night Stay at Pelican Bay - Winner announced! - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:00:51 PM
Grand Bahama Island,
The Bahamas - The Pelican Bay Hotel and The Bahamas Weekly are excited
to announce their
FREE Night's Stay at Pelican Bay campaign where one
lucky Facebook user will win a night at the idyllic boutique hotel in Grand Bahama Island!
How
can YOU be eligible? First you must
LIKE both The Bahamas Weekly and
Pelican Bay
.
Each month Trivia Questions will be presented without announcement,
and the winner's name will be posted to both The Bahamas Weekly and Pelican Bay Hotel Facebook walls...
Entertainment :
getMusic Productions by TaDa
January Lineup on ArtOvation with TaDa radio - Keisha Oliver this Saturday - Jan 27, 2012 - 11:24:26 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
ArtOvation with TaDa is a weekly one-hour radio show of one-on-one interviews with the brightest personalities in arts, entertainment and innovation!
Saturdays at 8am EST tune in to ArtOvation on Star 106.5 FM.
Here is our Lineup for January:
Saturday, January 7th -
So$a Man; Saturday, January 14th -
Angelique Sabrina; Recording Artist - Saturday, January 21st;
Sean Nottage - Saturday, January 28th -
Keisha Oliver...
News :
Bahamas Information Services Updates
Proposal Development and Grant Writing Workshop Held - Jan 27, 2012 - 9:45:03 AM
The Bahamas National Drug
Council in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy held a two (2) day workshop for
those relevant Stakeholders who wanted to learn how to match their individual
project proposals to guidelines of donor agencies, and to begin the process of
writing award winning grants that would result in them procuring funding for
their establishments.
Representatives from local
Rehabilitation Centres, the Ministries of Education, Tourism, National Security
and Public Health, along with representatives from the Public Hospital’s
Authority and stakeholder groups such as the Bahamas Association of Social
Health (BASH), Teen Challenge and the Great Commissions Ministries were
represented...
Sports
BOB, BTC,and Atlantis among sponsors for 9th Annual Tour of the Bahamas Set for Weekend - Jan 27, 2012 - 9:03:28 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
More than 100 cyclists from as far away as California are gearing up for
the 9th annual Tour of the Bahamas, the nation's premier cycling event,
to be held January 28 and 29, 2012 in Nassau. Local and foreign competitors
will ride side by side, vying for up to $16,000 in cash prizes and
awards.
News of the event was unveiled at a press conference at
the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture with Sports Director Tim
Munnings who called Tour of The Bahamas "one of the most important
events on the sports calendar..."
News :
New Providence
Public Servants Will Not “Get Shares First” in Arawak Port Development IPO - Jan 27, 2012 - 1:37:12 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Government workers will not receive priority over other applicants for
shares in the Arawak Port Development IPO and the investing public will
receive their dividend at the same time and rate as the founding
shareholders when the first dividend is paid at the end of June 30,
2012.
These were just some of the details that were clarified
for the public at APD’s final meeting for potential investors held on
Tuesday evening at CV Bethel School.
‘We’ve heard a rumour
today, and I’m going to dispel it right now and it’s that all of the
Government workers will get their shares first and then everyone...
News :
Ministry of Tourism Updates
(Video) Tourism Today features the film, "Singularity Principle" while it shoots in Nassau - Jan 27, 2012 - 1:16:08 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
"Singularity Principle" a science fiction feature film has recently been
shooting in Nassau. The film chose The Bahamas due to some scenes in
the film taking place on a beach location. Director Austin Hines
explains, "The final big images or scenes we need to cap off the film
are on the beach."
The Bahamas embraces films from all genres
says The Bahamas Film Commissioner, Craig Woods. "Our beaches are far
the best in our region and match up to the best in the word," said
Woods. The film also chose The Hub in Nassau for some of their scenes...
Arts & Culture
An Evening of Classical Guitar featuring Marco Tamayo and Anabel Montesinos - Jan 27, 2012 - 12:35:39 AM
Nassau, Bahamas - The
Nassau Music Society continues its 2011-2012 Season with two evenings
of
classical guitar featuring Marco Tamayo and Anabel Montesinos,
well-known, young musicians in the world of classical guitar. Concert
dates are
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 8:00pm at the Bahamas
Historical Society, Shirley St. & Elizabeth Avenue; and
Sunday,
January 29th at 5:30pm at St. Paul's Church Hall, Lyford Cay.
The concerts are under the patronage of His Excellency Sir Arthur
Foulkes, Governor General of The Bahamas and are sponsored by ...
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Arts & Culture
World Renowned Bahamian Musician Returns Home for Concerts - Jan 26, 2012 - 11:52:45 PM
Freeport, Grand Bahama
- During the month of February, the Grand Bahama Youth Choir (GBYC) will celebrate its 3rd
year anniversary, featuring world renowned
music artists Jack Foley and Franz Hepburn. While the weekend two-night
event, promises to be an evening of classical elegance and diverse
vocal styles, it will also feature a son of the soil, Mr. Franz Hepburn.
Artistic
Director for the GBYS Program, Mr. Kevin Tomlinson noted that he was
excited to hear of Mr. Hepburn’s connection to Freeport,
“Having the Foley & Hepburn duo perform here in Freeport was great,
but to learn that is a former scholarship recipient of the The Grand
Bahama Port Authority...
News :
New Providence
Bahamas Waste and Urban Renewal Take Waste Inspection Tours - Jan 26, 2012 - 11:49:59 PM
Nassau, Bah
a
mas -
Officials
of Bahamas Waste and the Urban Renewal programme have toured various
areas Over the Hill as a further step toward the development of a major
private/public sector initiative to clean up residential neighbourhoods
and keep them clean.
Since
the summer of 2011 a number of local waste management companies have
been contracted to assist the Department of Environmental Health
Services in the collection of residential waste including bulk waste.
Bahamas Waste, which has been assigned the Grants Town, St Cecilia...
Sports
GB Girls' Soccer League Standings and Scores as of January 21st, 2012 - Jan 26, 2012 - 11:35:20 PM
 Freeport, Bahamas -
The Grand Bahama Girls' Soccer Developmental League continues with
action in three divisions. Still leading the Inagua division is Krosstown
Courage, while The Bahamas Weekly leads the Gecko division, and JS
Johnson is on top in the Curly Tail division.
Play continues this Saturday, January 28th at the Freeport Rugby Football Club.
Enclosed are Scores from January 21st, 2012 and the current Standings...
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Pelican Bay Hotel
Fall in love with Pelican Bay’s Romance Packages this February! - Jan 26, 2012 - 10:23:38 PM
 Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas -
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Pelican Bay Hotel’s Romance Packages this
February!
Whether you’re taking out that "Special Valentine" or even if you are having a
Girls Night Out…we have the perfect solution, at an attractive price to
love yourself or that special someone!
We’re ready and waiting to
make that special occasion a memorable one for you!
Community
(Video) Red Dress Soiree leading lady, Tonique Williams to wear surprise designer gown - Jan 26, 2012 - 10:10:19 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Leading lady from Bahamas Track and Field fame, Tonique Williams-Darling
is also be one of the ten leading ladies of the upcoming charity event,
the
Red Dress Soiree to take place in Nassau
on
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012. The leading ladies will take the runway
in red gowns designed by 10 local designers at The Red Dress Soirée. The
event will be held at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort at 7pm.
In this video segment called, Behind the Seams, RDS gets a candid
interview with Toniques thoughts in participating in the upcoming
fashion charity event, while she's at her fitting with local designer,
Indira Moss.
Entertainment
(Video) 84th Academy Awards® Nominations Announced - Jan 26, 2012 - 7:59:32 PM
Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence.
Sherak and Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Lists of nominations in all categories were then distributed to the media in attendance...
Arts & Culture
Othello comes to The Bahamas - Jan 26, 2012 - 5:33:24 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Theatre goers in The Bahamas are in for a real treat in March of this
year! A new and unusual version of Shakespeare's Othello is coming to
the Dundas Theatre in Nassau.
Local based producer Kim Aranha
told us how excited she is to see Shakespeare in Paradise present a
Yellowtale Theatre Co, and Nuffield Theatre of the UK Production of
Othello (or the Tragedy of Conchy Joe). “It is a simply amazing piece
and I think we are so lucky to have it coming to our island home”...
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