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CARICOM Summit: Short, but Firm Steps
Central Bureau, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) Now that a dozen Caribbean states joined into a common market, the regional focus turns to the creation of a Single Market and Economy (CSME) in 2008.
Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded their meeting Thursday in St. Kitts and Nevis with an agreement on contributions to the Regional Development Fund (RDF), number one demand of the smaller island states to make the changes.
The last difficulty settled, another six nations took the annual summit to join the Caribbean Single Market, the prelude to CSME.
The formula was activated last January with the participation of Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Port Authority boss fired
Two weeks after the Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited (GBPA) confirmed the resignation of one of its executives, the company has announced that the position of another has been made redundant.Willie A. M. Moss, a veteran employee, held the post of deputy chairman for eight years, but the GBPA revealed late yesterday that effective July 1, that position has been made redundant.
It is the third time in exactly one month that the company has announced the exodus of a high-ranking Bahamian from the GBPA. On June 21, Barry J. Malcolm, who had been with the company since February 2001, had reportedly resigned his executive vice president post effective immediately.
His portfolio included business development and licensing and, the GBPA announced that he had agreed to work with the company to complete a number of projects in the pipeline.
Ready, set, go! GB junior athletes ready for Junior CAC ...
Nivea Smith and Ryan Penn will lead the Grand Bahama contingent of the junior athletes that are representing The Bahamas at the Junior CAC Championships next week in Trinidad and Tobago.Smith and Penn will be joined by Shelleyka Rolle, Carlene Johnson, Raymond Higgs, Anjoun Armaly, Darion Duncombe, Tradecio Davis, Juan Lewis, Charles Williams and Johnaton Davis.
Travelling with the team will be assistant coach Caudel McNab and chaperone Angela Rolle.
"This is a very disciplined group and they are expected to do well," said McNab yesterday during a press briefing at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.
"We expect them to perform to the best of their ability and to stay healthy," added McNab, who noted that usually this is one of the major concerns when athletes travel.
BahaMar art competition
The BahaMar Development Company Ltd. announced the winners of their art competition Thursday (June 15) at a Grand Cocktail Reception at Radisson Cable Beach's Amici Restaurant. The competition attracted 70 artists who submitted 268 pieces of artwork for judging. The prestigious panel of judges included local and international faces, Director of The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Erica James; Lecturer at The College of The Bahamas, Steve Fedora; Senior Vice President of Gettys, Ariane Steinbeck, and Vice President of Soho Myriad Art Consulting, Tracy Chevalier. BahaMar Development Company Ltd. announced the competition in March 2006 as a part of the company's pledge to create an authentic Bahamian resort metropolis at Cable Beach, and to purchase and showcase outstanding Bahamian art and artists.
Green Synergy quarter finals begin on Friday
TWO DISC jocks will go home and two will live to play another day when the Heineken Green Synergy quarter finals begin at Weekenz, Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on Friday evening. Ferland 'DJ Trinity' Salmon from Clarendon will square off against Kingston's Julion 'DJ Jubby' Jones, while Kayan 'DJ Masterlee' Lee and Lansfield 'DJ Gemini' will do turntable battle in the first of three consecutive Friday playoffs among the 12 quarter-finalists, which will be reduced to six for the contest's next stage. Also in the Heineken Green Synergy quarters are Ricardo 'DJ Redbull' Reid from St. Catherine, St. Andrew's Darren 'DJ Monk' Dixon and Kurt-Michael 'DJ Kurt' Hyatt, David 'DJ David' Dwyer and Jerry 'DJ Jerry' Whyte from Kingston, Andre 'DJ Fire Chief' Bryan from St. Thomas and the St.