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(VIDEO) Earth Hour 2010: March 27 from 8:30 to 9:30pm - Mar 18, 2010 - 6:20:20 PM
 Turn out your Light - Show Support!
In 2009 hundreds
of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning
off their lights for one hour.
Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to
action to every individual, every business and every community. A call
to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future.
Pledge your support here and turn off your lights for one hour,
Earth Hour,
8.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010.
It’s Showtime! Show what can be done...
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Kendrick Kemp moves into Talent Finals at Mr. World - Mar 18, 2010 - 3:28:38 PM
South Korea - Mr
World sports challengers faced the Muju Mountain climb in treacherous
conditions. They set off early in the gondola which took them 1522m
above sea level. When they got to the top of the mountain in the cable
car they faced a steep climb to the peak with icy rocks and rugged
terrain to navigate. The teams showed fantastic work rate to reach the
top and even more to get down the slippery slopes. The hungry
contestants came back for lunch before heading out again for the second
stage of the Sports with the Paintball and ATV challenge.
Talent Finals took
place today at Gyeongju and Kendrick performed traditional
dance, whereupon the Mr. World Facebook page said, "
Bahamas
steps on stage performing a high
energy, high tempo dance routine, and the crowd is really enjoying this..
."
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Norwegian Cruise Line plans major overhaul of Bahamas private island, Great Stirrup Cay - Mar 17, 2010 - 10:21:54 AM
MIAMI, FL -- It's
makeover time for Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian
Cruise Line's private island in the Bahamas.
Norwegian
Cruise
Line CEO Kevin Sheehan announced today at the annual Cruise Shipping
Miami convention that the line would spend $20 million on the 250-acre
island's first top-to-bottom overhaul in more than two decades.
"This
is very, very significant investment for our company," Sheehan said,
noting the hefty cost of the project. But "this was critical to us to
improve the customer experience."
Located
120 miles east of Ft.
Lauderdale, the island getaway will be getting a new marina...
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Relief flight 'trip of a lifetime' - Mar 16, 2010 - 11:18:29 PM
With more than 4,000
miles flown in six days, the Good Samaritan has
returned. Local businessman Richard Stull stated that it was a trip of a
lifetime and he is ready to go again. The mission, flown on his dime in
his personal six-passenger Piper Cherokee Six, was to deliver badly
needed medical supplies to Haiti.
Returning to the States he carried a father and son, from Kentucky, who
had served as relief workers in the earthquake devastated country.
Rich
flew from McCook to Henrietta, Okla., for fuel and then on to Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., for overnight. There he picked up overwater survival
gear, fuel and some 1,200 pounds of donated medical supplies. The FBO
(Fixed Base Operator), Banyan Air, was particularly helpful even selling
fuel at cost to all involved in the relief effort...
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Air Canada Vacations launches year-round, nonstop flight from Toronto to Exuma - Mar 15, 2010 - 6:46:25 PM
MONTREAL,
Ontario - The departure of Air Canada flight AC1764 on March 7
marked the launch of new, nonstop flights from Toronto to Exuma in the
Bahamas.
This
year-round service will operate every Sunday, ideal for couples
going on their honeymoon.
“Air
Canada Vacations is the only tour operator to offer the intimate
Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas, the world’s first ever
all-butler, all-oceanfront resort,” says Zeina Gedeon, Air Canada
Vacations’ president and CEO.
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Bahamas Celebration sets sail from Palm Beach - Mar 15, 2010 - 5:08:19 PM
RIVIERA
BEACH, FL -- "The first ones!" shouted Nancy LaRiviere as
she boarded the Bahamas Celebration.
She and
her mother Rita were
the very first two passengers boarding the big boat Monday, which was
preparing for its maiden voyage from the Port of Palm Beach.
It
was Nancy's maiden voyage too! "My first cruise, yeah!" she smiled.
It
wasn't Rita's first cruise, though. In the past however, she'd
travelled farther to enjoy a cruise. "We used to go to Ft. Lauderdale to
go, so this is great...W
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The U.S. Embassy announces changes to the Non-Immigrant Visa Application Process - Mar 12, 2010 - 4:36:12 PM
 Nassau, Bahamas -
Beginning March 15, 2010, U.S.
Embassy Nassau requests that all non-immigrant visa applicants complete
the web-based DS-160 Non-immigrant Visa Electronic Application in order
to apply for a non-immigrant visa interview. These changes are part
of our continued effort to provide excellent customer service,
streamline
the visa process, and decrease wait times. The DS-160 application will
replace the DS-156 application and the supplementary DS-157 and DS-158
application forms that are required of certain visa applicants. More
than 30 U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide have already
successfully
switched to the DS-160 form. A
pplicants
scheduled to apply March 15 or later should use the new DS-160 form.
The U.S.
Embassy remains
committed
to facilitating legitimate travel to the United States...
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2009 Human Rights Practices Report on The Bahamas - Mar 12, 2010 - 8:30:40 AM
The following is a United States Department of State Human Rights Report on The Bahamas done by their Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour.
The following can be found on the United States Department of State website: www.state.gov
"The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is a constitutional, parliamentary
democracy with a population of approximately 342,400, including an
estimated 30,000 undocumented Haitians. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's
Free National Movement (FNM) regained control of the government in May
2007 elections that observers found to be generally free and fair. The
civilian authorities generally maintained effective control over
security forces.
The government generally respected the human
rights of its citizens. There were problems in some areas, including
complaints of..."
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Adonai Magazine now in The Bahamas - Mar 11, 2010 - 12:55:23 PM
Adonai Magazine’s vision is to lift up quality Christian materials with
an international and multicultural perspective. We feature a number of
leading clergy persons as well as lay person who are on the cutting
edge of kingdom development. Our vision goes beyond denominational,
traditional, ethnic and cultural barriers that are sometimes imposed
and made to interfere with the Lord’s vision for an international
Kingdom building.
As part of our vision of expanding our coverage internationally, Adonai Magazine started distributing in the Bahamas in
January 2010. We have since been blessed by the Lord with an
immeasurable level of response and patronage from the wonderful people
of the Bahamas...
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OECD Announces Bahamas' Removal From "Grey List" - The Bahamas expands its network for international exchange of tax information - Mar 10, 2010 - 12:05:52 PM
The Bahamas has today signed agreements allowing for exchange of tax
information with the seven Nordic economies (Denmark, the Faroe
Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The Bahamas
had previously signed 11 such agreements – including agreements with
important regional and economic partners Mexico, the United States and
the United Kingdom.
Today’s signing brings their total to 18 agreements that meet the internationally agreed tax standard.
For the purposes of the progress report
on
the implementation of the standards, jurisdictions having signed at
least 12 agreements that meet the internationally agreed tax standard
are considered to have substantially implemented that standard.
Accordingly, the Bahamas now moves into the substantially implemented
category, becoming the 22nd jurisdiction to do so since the progress
report was first issued in April 2009.
The
Bahamas is a member of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of
Information for Tax Purposes and an active member of the Global Forum’s
Peer Review Group...
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Lizards can control sex of offspring, study says - Mar 10, 2010 - 8:31:25 AM
Female lizards have
developed a way to control which genes are passed down to their
offspring, according to a study by two Dartmouth biologists. Dartmouth
post-doctoral researcher Robert Cox and biology professor Ryan Calsbeek
found that mother lizards can increase or reduce the number of male
offspring they produce in order to maximize genetic effectiveness.
The study, which focused on the reproductive patterns of brown anole
lizards, was published in the March 4 edition of “Science Express,” the
advance online edition of the journal “Science.”
Calsbeek said that he and Cox traveled frequently to the Bahamas to
carry out field experiments because brown anole lizards are native the
islands. The researchers spent about seven weeks in the Bahamas each
year, Calsbeek said...
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IDB opens business competition to Bahamas, wider Caribbean - Mar 9, 2010 - 4:02:19 PM
The
Ministry of Tourism & Aviation has encouraged Bahamians to advance
their business ideas through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
initiative designed to empower lower-income communities throughout the
Caribbean.
The
initiative is a business plan competition that specifically looks to
directly benefit lower income communities through linkages with the
tourism sector. Individuals in the Bahamas and other Caribbean
countries are being asked to send executive summaries for businesses
to the Opportunities for the Majority Office of the IDB. The best
entries will be selected for development into business plans, which
will be evaluated to find the competition’s winner.
“The
objective of the competition is to create mutually beneficial links
between the local economy and the tourism sector through innovative
business models...
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Bahamas Ambassador a featured guest on Washington DC talk radio program - Mar 9, 2010 - 9:13:00 AM
 Washington, DC -- Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Cornelius
A Smith was a featured guest on the Washington, DC, radio program “Let’s
Get It On” Thursday evening.
He talked about how The Bahamas
was responding to changes in the international financial regulatory
regime, and how the Caribbean ‘Diaspora’ in the DC area was responding
to the crisis in Haiti.
The show, hosted by Warren
Powell and sponsored by the National Alliance of Postal and Federal
Employees, aired online and over a local AM radio station. The program
is broadcast throughout the US and in seven countries around the world...
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(VIDEO) International Women's Day is March 8th - Mar 8, 2010 - 11:15:21 AM
International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on
March 8th every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.
Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc).
Enclosed is a video showing some statistics on women from the World Food Programme.
A march is set for The Bahamas on the 7th and a reception to honour 5 outstanding women will take place on the 8th of March...
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OAS donates 20 satellite telephones to the Government of Chile - Mar 5, 2010 - 12:17:42 PM
The
Secretary General of the
Organization of American States (OAS)
, José
Miguel Insulza, today presented to the Permanent Representative of
Chile to the Organization, Ambassador Pedro Oyarce, twenty satellite
telephones to help in reestablishing communications in the areas
that were isolated after the earthquake that hit the South American
country on February 27.
The donation, worth 25,000 dollars,
was managed by the Emergency Aid Fund of the OAS (FONDEM) and
responds to the request made by the Chilean government to the
Secretary General of the Organization.
“The satellite telephones were
identified by the Executive as one of the top necessities in order
to manage, in the most efficient manner, help to those affected. We
are glad to be able to help in this way,” said the Secretary
General.
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OAS Permanent Council Approves Declaration of Support to Chile following February 27 Earthquake - Mar 5, 2010 - 8:58:14 AM
The
Permanent Council of the
Organization of American States (OAS)
today
approved a declaration of support to the people and government of
Chile after the devastating earthquake of February 27, during a
meeting in which a minute of silence was observed for the victims of
the quake and in which many permanent representatives of the
Organization expressed their solidarity with Chileans.
The
Permanent Council “deeply regrets what happened and expresses its
condolences” to Chile, “resolutely supports” the “rescue and
reconstruction efforts,” “takes note” of the decision of Secretary
General José Miguel Insulza to “approve a contribution from the
Inter-American Emergency Aid Fund” and “endorses the solidarity
expressed by the member states, permanent observers, organs of the
inter-American system, civil society organizations, and the
international community, as well as the offers of assistance to the
people of Chile...
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OAS Assistant Secretary: OAS must focus on People, Peace and Prosperity - Mar 4, 2010 - 1:05:54 PM
 Pledging
his ongoing commitment to the
Organization of American States (OAS)
and to its Member States, OAS
Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin today vowed to work to
strengthen the organization and to place renewed emphasis on three
Ps: People, peace and prosperity.
In
a meeting of the Permanent Council, Ramdin highlighted important
accomplishments during his first term in office and presented a
vision for a new term. “I present my candidacy with a record of
achievement, a demonstrated commitment to this organization and the
citizens of our hemisphere, and a clear ability to listen, take
decisions, and act in partnership with others,” said
Ramdin...
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U.S. Coast Guard Admiral meets with U.S. and Bahamian officials during two-day visit to The Bahamas - Mar 4, 2010 - 12:08:11 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - The Commandant of the United
States Coast Guard (USCG), Admiral Thad W. Allen, visited The Bahamas
on March 1-2 in his capacity as Chairman of The Interdiction
Committee. The Admiral met with senior officials from the Government
of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas as well as representatives from the
U.S. Embassy.
At a March 1 reception in his honor, Admiral Allen commented on the
excellent relationship shared by the United States and The Bahamas,
which has led to significant success in counter drug, migrant and
weapon operations, particularly through Operation Bahamas Turks and
Caicos (OPBAT).
Minister of National Security, Tommy Turnquest, thanked the Coast Guard
and the U.S. for their support and said he looked forward to continued
partnership on critical law enforcement programs...
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Net loss possible in Bahamas - ESPN - Feb 27, 2010 - 6:32:01 PM
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A commercial Bahamian purse seine netting
operation is attempting to obtain permits to begin operating in the
islands of the Bahamas for yellowfin tuna, much to the frustration of
conservation groups and sports fishing interests.
"If the Bahamian government authorizes commercial purse seining of tuna
it could have a devastating effect," said Ellen Peel, president of The
Billfish Foundation. "We are asking the government to consider a
moratorium before any permits are issued.
"Purse seine netters are
indiscriminate. Such a large scale net vessel (with nets reportedly a
mile long) will have bycatch trapped in the nets of not only blue
marlin, white marlin, sailfish and spearfish but it will also kill
marine mammals such as porpoises and bottle nosed dolphin as well as
endangered sea turtles.
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