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Education Minister gains valuable insight
At a recent Commonwealth Youth Conference meeting in the Bahamas, the Minister responsible for Youth, Hon Alden McLaughlin, gained new insights into youth issues.Accompanied by Assistant Secretary Joel Francis; Deputy Director, Department of Youth and Sports (DY&S) Katherine Whittaker; and the Cayman Islands' Commonwealth Youth Representative Kyle McLean the Minister said the conference was a great experience.
It really was a tremendous experience for me to listen and gain perspective from the challenges that so many nations across the world are facing with their young people," he noted adding that the challenge is determining how to make them better people, and give them the ability to explore their potential and the extraordinary opportunities which this new age presents.
Dial-Around Telecom Helps Consumers Celebrate Independence Day by ...
LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2006 -- The American Dream was born on the 4th of July. As every year Americans celebrate their freedom and independence, discount long-distance provider Dial-Around Telecom, Inc. plans to help consumers mark the occasion.Barbecues, picnics, family gatherings, fireworks, beautiful handmade crafts, delicious recipes, party-time decorations, poems, cakes, and every other enjoyable patriotic event make this day special for each and every American.
On such a special occasion, Dial-Around will offer callers discounted rates from June 30 to July 7 on interstate and international calls.
"We always want to make it easier for consumers to call the ones they love," said Omer K. Varol, CEO of Dial-Around Telecom, Inc., operating company of the 1010-805 calling pre-fix.
A musical battle: Bahamian artists versus music
After 40 years of song writing, producing and engineering music for some of The Bahamas' biggest artists, the pioneer has withdrawn himself from it all.Despite his passion for the arts, the music mogul said that after all of the toil; the sacrifices and struggles, he is finished with the industry.
But his is not a happy departure.
Hoyte, like many other entertainers, has discovered that not even his talents could save him from the bleak side of Bahamian music. A side where artists like Hoyte claim that other musical agendas are being pushed forward while the Bahamian melody floats behind.
If this is true and Bahamian entertainers feel unappreciated and overshadowed by foreign music, then what could it mean for current artists who battle the everyday plight of promoting their music?
What could it mean for artists who are still striving to expose themselves and the meaningful root of Bahamian music that is considered the essence of our culture?
What could it mean for the music makers of tomorrow?
PUSHED ASIDE
"What I have discovered is that I am doing so much things for other artists but I feel as if I am not getting the right push.
Millions to be spent on Lynden Pindling International Airport
The Perry Christie administration will pump millions into the newly renamed Lynden Pindling International Airport to make it into a world-class terminal.Minister of Transport and Aviation, Glenys Hanna-Martin said the government has recently spent millions of dollars repairing runways at the former Nassau International Airport and is prepared to spend more as it is committed to transforming the entire facility and its inner operations.
"This airport which is so critical to our existence is currently undergoing a renaissance. Already multi-million dollar runway works have been completed," said the Minister. " Very shortly a world- renowned international airport firm will assume the day to day management of this facility, heralding the redevelopment and revitalisation of this facility into a premiere, world-class airport.
Dates set for death reviews
Following last Thursday's sentence review of two of an expected 28 death row inmates, dates have been set for the remaining two of an initial four reviews by Senior Supreme Court Justice Anita Allen.The cases of Keith Jones and Ronald Simmons have been set for October 4 and 25, respectively, Francis Cumberbatch of the Office of the Attorney General said yesterday.
Simmons is on death row after being convicted of the October 16, 1997 death of police officer Perry McKellan Munroe in Mangrove Cay, Andros.
According to trial testimony, around 7:45 p.m. at the Fisherman's Club restaurant, owned by his uncle, Kelly Greene, Simmons and his cousin Robert Greene, who is also on death row for the same murder, fired three shots from a twelve-bore Maverick pump action shotgun.
BTC preparing to increase capacity of its network
The Bahamas Telecommun-ication Corporation (BTC) is poised to broaden customer service and triple its capacity through its partnership with Nortel.Nortel, one the foremost wireless operators in the U.S., was awarded the GSM expansion contract from BTC earlier in the week.
The announcement of the new agreement came over the weekend during the 22nd Annual Telecommunications Conference and Trade Exhibition at the Barcelo Bavaro Convention Centre, Punta Cana, Dominican.
Hundreds of telecommunication and communication operators from throughout the Caribbean and United States attended the event hosted by the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations (CANTO).
The contract will also allow the operator to triple the capacity of its wireless network, extending service from Abaco and Bimini to include all of the Family Islands by the end of September 2006.
Plane's critics want it grounded after Sunday's fatal crash
From 900 feet in the air, the site of Sunday's fatal airplane crash near U.S. 1 and Juanita Avenue, outside of Fort Pierce, is a patch of dead trees where specks of people investigated Tuesday afternoon.But on the ground, the rumors are flying.
.Voices
EVERYONE has a story to tell and Earl Cooke is no exception. The taxi driver began his tale three years ago, at the age of 57, with the release of Love is a Treasure, a self-published anthology of romantic, religious and cultural poems. Cooke is currently gearing up to release a second collection as well as a CD of his poems set to music.Many persons will argue that Cooke, a taxi operator and a self-taught writer, has some nerve, especially in a climate where writers are churning out X-rated tales of lust and sin or books riddled with social commentary. .