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Livingston Nathaniel Coakley
He loved life and he lived a full life. If there was a day he could not exude his signature effervescent laugh, he kept it to himself. He was a happy soul who loved and enjoyed people. His magnetic character attracted people to him, making him the centre of any gathering."Sir Coaks," as he was affectionately known, was an extraordinary man who lived an ordinary life. Livingston Nathaniel Coakley died June 11, 2006 at 81. An all-Exumian, he was born at Simms, Long Island, on April 3, 1925 to Aremina and Amos Coakley, and was taken to George Town when he was seven days old.
He would go on to lead an illustrious professional life as a teacher, accountant and politician. His teaching career started after serving in The Bahamas Battalion during World War II. After his discharge in 1946, he studied under the late Donald Davis and Bosfield Johnson.
Darden ends fiscal year with 21% profit increase
On the strength of a strong fourth-quarter finish, Darden Restaurants Inc. reported Tuesday, after the markets closed, a 21 percent increase in profits when compared with fiscal 2005.Sales at the company's five chains increased 8.4 percent to $5.72 billion, primarily on growth from the Red Lobster and Olive Garden concepts.
.Jane's World of Craft
After many years of faithful service in the Cayman Islands Postal Service, Jane Webster decided to keep busy during her retirement, by making marvelously imaginative craft ornaments.The range of her work is as wide as her imagination, and Ms Webster makes virtually anything out of virtually anything.
"I started in Summer 2002. I was operating a pre-school and during the summer some of the parents asked me if I could take some older children during the summer vacation. I had to find something for them to do, so I went to the craft store and bought some craft materials.
"When it was time for them to go back to school, at the end of the summer, I thought it was time to do something myself.
"The first thing I did was a bunch of grapes out of purple beads; I said to myself: 'This looks good,' and tried to do some more.
GBPC's pledge to customers
With temperatures soaring high three weeks into the hurricane season, the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) wishes to assure its customers that they are very committed and fully prepared for the summer peak and hurricane season.In a press conference held yesterday at the Peel Street Plant, Director of Generation Joseph Gaskins stated that over the last year, GBPC has improved in areas such as safety, reliability, environmental impact to the community and efficiency.
Adding that GBPC has an excellent record that is renowned in the industry, Gaskins told The Freeport News that the company has one of the best safety records within its fleet.
"From a reliability stand- point, we have been very committed," Gaskins said. "We have went ahead and looked at many issues that have caused concerns last year."
Explaining that a number of procedures took place this year that resulted in numerous improvements and repairs on boilers ( steam generators), Gaskins revealed that boiler number 13 in particular, underwent major improvements.
Bahamas sprays for malaria following outbreak
NASSAU, Bahamas A Virginian is among 16 people who have been sickened by a malaria outbreak in the Bahamas. Bahamian officials said today they would spray areas around the island chain's capital and in the southern island of Great Exuma in a bid to contain the outbreak. No deaths have been reported from the mosquito-borne illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a Virginian and Canadian were among those who fell ill. The Virginia Department of Health declined to release additional information. But spokeswoman Shannon Marshall says the state health department receives an average of 56 reports of malaria cases per year, usually from Virginians who have traveled abroad. Malaria kills more than one (m) million people a year, many of them young children in Africa, even though it is both preventable and treatable.Dispute between distributors foils viewing
Tourism officials and the Bahamian media were shut out from viewing a sneak peak of Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest, after a "contractual dispute" between the movie's distributor and a New York Theatre company occurred.The delegation, which included Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe and Director General Vernice Walkine, had traveled to New York for the post screening of the Pirates of the Caribbean and were expected to view the movie on Wednesday, June 28, at 6:30 pm ¬- 10 days before its worldwide release. But by 3:00 p.m. that afternoon, they were informed that the viewing would not take place.
Official word of the cancellation came later that evening, at a special reception held to celebrate The Bahamas' involvement in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Cuban Ambassador has mastered the art of deceit
It is with a most disgusting and nauseating feeling that I am compelled to respond to two recent press releases by the Cuban Ambassador to The Bahamas, Mr. Felix Wilson Hernandez. After more than 30 years of being involved with human rights issues, I have drawn certain logical conclusions about dictators, their embassies and their diplomatic representatives when it comes to presenting the truth objectively to the public. They portray an idyllic society or country, one that is in the best interest of its citizens or one where the population is living in a "paradise." By carefully and deliberately controlling the flow of information, it is possible to create an "Animal Farm" society, where only the leaders and the system controls the behaviour of individuals. Anyone who challenges this process or offers a contrasting point of view, no matter how patriotic the motive, is deemed an "enemy" of the state and is either imprisoned or otherwise deprived and punished in some way.