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Shakespeare in Paradise 2017
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BTVI Donates to Children's Home
Much-needed bath towels were recently donated to the Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home – thanks to a team of helping hands at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).
Instructors of the construction trades department made monetary donations to purchase the assortment of 40 bath towels.
Organized by BTVI’s Construction and Mechanical Trades department, the community project is the beginning of a give-back program the department wishes to continue with various organizations.
Their aim is to be more involved in the community, which falls in line with one of BTVI’s strategic plan goals: community engagement.
During the presentation, Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home Assistant Administrator, Andrea Johnson shared the urgency for basic items at the home. As such, she and the children were very grateful for the donation.
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Folger Shakespeare Library Workshops at SiP 2017
Announcing
Folger Shakespeare Library Workshop
Friday, October 6, 2017
9AM-4PM
Shakespeare in Paradise presents a day-long workshop for English teachers and student teachers on techniques and strategies for teaching Shakespeare.
The workshop is being run by Michael LoMonico, Senior Consultant on National Education for the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Date & Time: Friday October 6, 2017, 9A-4P
Location: Philip A. Burrows Black Box Theatre, Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts, 103 Mackey Street, Nassau
Cost: $15 (for refreshments)
Workshop participants will be given the skills to increase their confidence in teaching Shakespeare, will increase their knowledge, appreciation and understanding of Shakespeare's work, and sharpen their creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
Book now! Spaces are limited.
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Bahamas First - Prepare for the Hurricane, are you ready?
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2017 HURRICANE SHELTER LIST
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Please see the list of designated Hurricane Shelters for the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
NEW PROVIDENCE
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. New Dimensions Ministries
Joe Farrington Road
100
2. Epiphany Anglican Church
Prince Charles Drive
150-200
3. Epworth Hall/Ebenezer Methodist (Physically Disabled/Homeless only)
Shirley Street
100
4. Holy Cross Anglican Church
Highbury Park off Soldier Rd
100-200
5. Kemp Road Ministries
Kemp Road
150
6. Pilgrim Baptist Church
St. James Road
100
7. Salvation Army
Mackey Street
50-75
8. St. Mary’s Hall/St. Augustine College
Bernard Road
200
9. Agape Full Gospel Baptist Church
Kennedy Subdivision
150
10. Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries
Carmichael Road
200
11. New Bethlehem Baptist Church
Independence Drive
100
12. Southwest Cathedral Church of God
Carmichael Road
300
13. Church of God of Prophecy
East Street
400
14. Ebenezer Mission Baptist Church
St. Charles Vincent Street
100
15. Salvation Army
Meadow Street
25
16. St. Barnabas Anglican Parish Church
Wulff & Baillou Hill Road
150-200
17. Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Farrington Road
50
18. Bahamas Association for the Physically Disabled (for BAPD only)
Dolphin Drive
25
19. Church of God of Prophecy
Gambier Village
25
20. New Providence Community Centre
Blake Road
250
21. Calvary Haitian Baptist Church
West Avenue
100
22. Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church
Harold Road
200-250
23. St. John’s Native Baptist Church
Meeting Street
150-200
24. Church of God Auditorium (for Sandilands only)
Joe Farrington Road
1500
LIST OF HURRICANE SHELTERS FOR THE FAMILY ISLANDS
ABACO
SOUTH ABACO
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Soul Seeking Ministry
Moore’s Island
100
2. Moore’s Island All Aged School
Moore’s Island
260
3. *Sandy Point Community Centre
Earnest Dean Highway
300
4. Crossing Rocks Primary School
Crossing Rocks
30
5. Assemblies of God Church
Cherokee Sound
36
* Special Needs Shelter
NORTH ABACO
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Amy Roberts Primary School
Green Turtle Cay
35
2. *Faith Walk Church of God (Community Centre)
Cooper’s Town
100
3. Fox Town Primary
Fox Town
60
4. Grand Cay All Age School
Grand Cay
30
5. Shiloh Baptist Church
Grand Cay
75
* Special Needs Shelter
CENTRAL ABACO
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. *Central Abaco Primary School
Dundas Town
600
2. Abaco Central High School
Murphy Town
240
3. Man-O-War Public School
Man-O-War Cay
40
4. Guana Cay All Age School
Guana Cay
30
5. Hope Town Primary School
Hope Town
15
* Special Needs Shelter
THE CENTRAL & SOUTHERN BAHAMAS
NORTH ANDROS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Nicholl’s Town Primary School
Nicholl’s Town
40
2. Church of Christ
Nicholl’s Town
50
3. Church of God of Prophecy
Conch Sound
70
4. Pleasant View Assemblies of God
South Mastic Point
70-80
5. First Baptist Church
San Andros
70
6. B. A. Newton Primary
Red Bays
60
7. Administration Building (Command Centre)
Nicholl’s Town
60
CENTRAL ANDROS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Church of God
Cargill Creek
70
2. Pentecostal Church
Bowen Sound
50
3. Catholic Church
Fresh Creek
80
4. Voice of Deliverance
Calabash Bay
50
5. Mount Sinai Baptist Church
Calabash Bay
70
6. Mount Ethel Baptist Church
Love Hill
60
7. New Highway Pentecostal Church
Blanket Sound
30
SOUTH ANDROS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Deep Creek Primary School
Deep Creek
70
2. High Rock Primary School
The Bluff
50
3. Long Bay Cays Pre-school
Long Bay Cay
80
4. St. Paul’s Baptist Church
Black Point
50
MANGROVE CAY DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Mangrove Cay High School
Swains
100
2. Burnt Rock Primary
Burnt Rock
75
BERRY ISLANDS DISTRICT
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Church of God of Prophecy
Great Harbour Cay
40
CAT ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. St. Andrews Anglican Church
Arthur’s Town
20
2. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
New Bight
48
3. Zion Baptist Church
McQueen’s
25
4. St. Mark’s Anglican Church
Port Howe
50
5. Seventh Day Adventist Church
Dumfries
40
6. Lovely Zion Baptist Church
The Bluff
30
7. Zion Baptist Church
Old Bight
55
8. Mt. Sinai
New Bight
45
CROOKED ISLAND/LONG CAY
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Ezekiel Thompson Hall
Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island
60-70
2. Church of God of Prophecy
Cripple Hill, Crooked Island
60-70
3. Deleveaux’s Residence
Major’s Cay, Crooked Island
50
4. Collie’s Duplex
Albert Town, Long Cay
22
5. Command Centre
6. Ulric H. Ferguson Primary
(Capacity for Additional Residents)
Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island
60
NORTH ELEUTHERA
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Wesley Methodist Church
Lower Bogue
150
2. Mission Church of God
Upper Bogue
350
3. Peoples Haitian Baptist Church
The Bluff
150
4. John Wesley Methodist Church Hall
The Bluff
100
CENTRAL ELEUTHERA
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Governor’s Harbour Primary
Governor’s Harbour
60
2. Camp Symonette
James Cistern
80-100
3. St. Mark’s Native Baptist
Hatchet Bay
80-100
4. The Salvation Army
Palmetto Point
60-80
5. Church of the Nazarene
Palmetto Point
80-100
SOUTH ELEUTHERA
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Rock Sound Primary School
Rock Sound
Hall 1 (150) Hall 2 (60)
2. Green Castle Primary School
Green Castle
Classrooms 60
3. Wemyss Bight Primary
Wemyss Bight
150
4. Deep Creek Middle School
Deep Creek
Classrooms 30
5. Bannerman Town & John Miller’s Community Library
Bannerman Town
30
CURRENT & CURRENT ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. The Current Community Centre
The Current, North Eleuthera
20
2. Zion Methodist Church
Current Island
60
HARBOUR ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Lighthouse Church of God
Harbour Island
150
2. Harbour Island Public Library
Harbour Island
20
3. New Alliance
Harbour Island
40
INAGUA
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Zion Baptist Church
Albert’s Street
100-50
2. St. Philip’s Anglican Church
South Street
300
MAYAGUANA
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Abraham’s Bay High School
Abraham’s Bay
2. Pirates Well Primary School
Pirate’s Well
SAN SALVADOR & RUM CAY
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Gerace Research Centre
United Estates
100-150
2. Idell Jones Community Hall
Cockburn Town
75-100
3. Fellowship In Christ Kingdom Ministries
Cockburn Town
75-100
4. Rum Cay All Aged
Port Nelson
70
RAGGED ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Holy Innocence Anglican Church
Ragged Island
20-30
ACKLINS
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Community Centre
Spring Point
50-75
LONG ISLAND
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Seymour’s Gospel Chapel
Seymour’s
15-25
2. Highway Church of God
Doctor’s Creek(new)
For possible approval
75 – 100
3. St. Joseph’s Anglican Church
Thompson Bay
15-25
4. First Assemblies of God
(School Room)
Salt Pond
15-25
5. Community Centre
Clarence Town
75 - 100
6. St. John’s Anglican Church Hall
Buckley’s
50-75
7. Francis Darville Centre
Hamilton’s
50-75
8. Holy Family Anglican Church
Mortimer’s
25 – 50
9. Salem Baptist Church
Miller’s
50 – 75
EXUMA & EXUMA CAYS
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. St. Mary’s Anglican Church
Williams Town
60
2. The New Mt. Olive Union Baptist Church
Hartswell
80
3. St. Andrew’s Community Centre
George Town
100
4. Bethel Union Baptist Church
Ramsey
80
5. Mt. Herman Union Baptist Church
Mt. Thompson
100
6. Palestine Union Baptist Church
The Forest
80
GRAND BAHAMA
NAME OF SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY
1. Foster B. Pestaina Centre
Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King
(Special Needs Shelter)
200
2. First Baptist Church Hall
176
3. Central Church of God Hall
120
4. Jack Hayward High School
400
5. Maurice Moore Primary School
400
6. The Church of Christ
120
7. St. George’s High School
Gym
400
8. Cancer Association
35
9. Eight Mile Rock School Gym
400
ALL BAHAMAS
LOCATION
NUMBER OF HURRICANE SHELTERS
NEW PROVIDENCE
24
GRAND BAHAMA
9
FAMILY ISLANDS
94
GRAND TOTAL
127
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Businesses Face ‘Major Supply Chain Disruption’
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Bahamian businesses were yesterday warned to brace for “significant supply chain disruption”, with no freight vessels arriving at Nassau until possibly “late next week”.
Michael Maura, the Nassau Container Port’s (NCP) chief executive, told Tribune Business that Hurricane Irma’s forecast track suggested the Category 5 storm could cause major damage to all Florida ports that serve the Bahamas.
With the likes of Tropical Shipping and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) having sent their vessels out to sea to avoid the ‘super storm’, Mr Maura said it was uncertain when they would be able to return and resume normal cargo service to the Bahamas. Read more >>
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Irma: A Meditation on Hurricanes and The Bahamas
by Nicolette Bethel
Anyone who has grown up with me knows that I’m not a person to take hurricanes lightly. When I was 17, I wrote an extended essay on the subject. The essay required me to delve into the science behind hurricanes, and also sent me to the archives in search of the impact of hurricanes on The Bahamas.
I knew about the 1929 hurricane, of course; my grandmothers’ generation had survived it, and they would tell us stories of the bad old days when hurricanes came along every year and pass directly over Nassau. Read more...
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6 Things You Should Never be Afraid to Say
By ianthia
Afraid? At this point in my life, there are just some things I have to get off my chest.
Oh trust me, my mouth has gotten me into trouble A LOT of times!
But, to be honest, when I look back on certain situations there are some things I wish I did say; things that could’ve potentially saved me heartache, disappointment and regret.
As kids growing up, our parents hammered into us that we should always “watch your mouth!” They told us that there are some feelings you shouldn’t make public and some words, although not profane, should never come out of our mouths. Read more >>
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4 Major Scams to Watch Out for In the Wake of Natural Disasters—and How to Avoid Them
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As awful as it seems, there are people who take advantage of natural crises. Whether you've been affected or are trying to help those who were, make sure you don't fall victim to a scam.
Whenever a natural disaster strikes, there are always many affected individuals who need help—and the majority of people genuinely want to provide it. But unfortunately, both disaster victims and would-be givers alike do have to be careful of predatory scammers. Here are the four most common ways people try to profit from crises like hurricanes and tropical storms—and how you can avoid them. Read more >>
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Partnership drives certification of Andros fly fishing guides
The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) has been contracted by the Ministry of Tourism and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to implement a sustainable economic empowerment model for fly fishing training and certification.
In partial fulfilment of this mandate, BTVI is delivering a series of workshops through a new curriculum focusing on the sustainability and technical requirements of environmentally responsible fly fishing guiding. New legislation governing fly fishing guiding, known as the Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Flats Fishing) Regulations 2017, now requires all Bahamian guides to be certified.
The Andros Sustainable Guide Training and Certification program was launched on July 24th, with a series of fact finding and consultation meetings with guides, lodge operators and the wider community in North Andros, Central Andros, Mangrove Cay and South Andros.
BTVI’s team is working closely with representatives from the Andros Town office of the Ministry of Tourism on the sustainable business model.
Following the train the trainer workshops, the fly fishing guides from Andros will return to their respective communities as BTVI instructors, offering training workshops for new guides and those in the field, seeking a higher level of guide certification.
Presently, the pilot project is specific to Andros and is designed to do several things, including but not limited to: review and revise the 2010 market analysis to determine the level of economic impact the sport is having in The Bahamas; standardize the fly fishing guides’ training program curriculum, and create a professional and internationally recognized fly fishing guide training and certification program.
A substantial component of the program is designed to train guides and lodge operators to provide the most environmentally responsible tourism experience in an already competitive industry. This includes the elimination of toxic chemicals and cleaners, and improving waste management, particularly plastics and other trash that can affect fish populations.
Program Manager and BTVI’s Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Leroy Sumner, noted that the initiative represents a serious effort to ensure fly fishing guiding will remain a significant contributor to the Andros economy.
“Training the fly fishing guides is only a part of our project. My colleagues and I are also looking at other economic development opportunities both within the fly-fishing business as well as any associated commercial possibilities that could strengthen the Andros economy. Hopefully this economic model can be used on other islands across The Bahamas, as well as the Caribbean,” said Mr. Sumner.
BTVI’s president, Dr. Robert W. Robertson noted that the fly fishing initiative advances the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), of which BTVI is a signatory. The mission of PRME is in part to transform management education, research and thought leadership globally, developing learning communities.
Additionally, the pilot program is expected to determine the certification standards to be achieved and the level of the designation; also, to locate the training and certification program within the management structure of BTVI on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism and the Bahamas Fly Fish Industry Association (BFFIA).
Subsequently, workshop facilitator, James MacGregor, emphasized that the training program places major emphasis on understanding those standards, which includes environmental responsibility.
“While it is critical to train new guides as technically competent in fly fishing, it is also crucial to protect the precious sport fishing resources of Andros, if we wish to sustain an industry that can continue to provide jobs and revenue for future generations,” said Mr. MacGregor.
“The level of marine pollution, overfishing, poor fishing practices and more recently global warming, should not be allowed to devastate fly-fishing activities, as they have in other destinations,” he stated.
One fly fishing guide from Mangrove Cay, supported concerns for the environment.
“Bahamian fly fishing guides are the best in the world, and now with this training, we can also show customers that we are the most environmentally responsible. This makes us more competitive, while protecting the fish stock for future generations,” he stated.
It is the intention that the pilot program be replicated wherever the sport is practiced throughout The Bahamas. In an effort to continually improve upon delivery, the training and certification process will be monitored and evaluated to respond to different island conditions and market demands.
It is expected that advancing a sustainable business model in the fly fishing industry will also result in achieving higher levels of visitor satisfaction.
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Bahamas “Back to Business” After Irma
By the Caribbean Journal staff
The Bahamas is “back to business” after the passage of Hurricane Irma, officials said Wednesday.
All airports in The Bahamas are now open and operating, with international and domestic service having resumed.
Major properties in Nassau have already welcomed new guests, and cruise ships were slated to begin arriving in Nassau on Wednesday. Read more >>
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After Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island
By Stephanie Rosenbloom
Some of the most idyllic — and tourism-dependent — destinations in the Caribbean have been crippled in the wake of one of the most powerful Atlantic basin storms ever recorded.
Ferocious storms are nothing new to these islands, but Hurricane Irma, with its 185-mile-per-hour winds, was catastrophic. Cities, and some islands, are almost entirely in ruins.
Certain islands were better prepared than others as the storm roared from Barbuda, part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda in the eastern Caribbean, to the Florida Keys, destroying homes and infrastructure, including roads and hospitals; flooding hotels and restaurants; and leaving people without power, food and essential services.
In the hardest-hit places, like St. Martin and St. John, a slow and arduous recovery is underway. Read more >>
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