Vincent Martin And The Bahamians, Alice Simms – Island Woman (1957) Calypso
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Vincent Martin And The Bahamians, Alice Simms – Island Woman (1957) Calypso
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Dept. of Gender and Family Affairs Town Hall Meeting
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The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism'
Academic Obadele Kambon lives with his family in Ghana's capital
Having vowed to quit the US after being the victim of what he believed was a racially motivated arrest by police officers, African American Obadele Kambon relocated to Ghana in 2008 - and has never looked back.
Mr Kambon has now built a successful life in the place that was once at the heart of the slave trade, and enjoys the freedom which, he says, was denied to him in the US, his birthplace.
He says he no longer looks over his shoulder, worrying that police will pull him over or, worse still, kill his son. Read more >>
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Could Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Become a Thing of the Past? Nevada Becomes 1st State to Kiss Them Goodbye
CNN reports that beginning in 2020, employers in the state can no longer refuse to hire a job applicant for failing a marijuana screening test, making it the first state in the country to enforce such a rule. And considering it’s perfectly legal in Nevada to purchase and partake in the green leaf, making it a potentially fireable offense made absolutely no damn sense. Read more >>
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Disney Confirms Second Bahamas Destination Lighthouse Point
Disney has revealed new information and two early conceptual artist renderings for its second island destination in The Bahamas, which is located on the island of Eleuthera at a place called Lighthouse Point and will serve cruise passengers on an expanding Disney Cruise Line fleet.
“With three new ships joining our fleet, we thought this would be an incredible opportunity to add another unique destination to our ports of call. We looked all over The Bahamas and Caribbean for an ideal location that would enable us to create new experiences, while celebrating the culture of this amazing region,” said Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Bob Chapek. Read more >>
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Young Bahamian Entrepreneur Spreads Her Wings!
By Fay Knowles - The Bahamas Writer
At age eighteen and just a year into studying Law & Criminal Justice at The University of The Bahamas, Mercedes Taylor is spreading her wings in more ways than one! She is also the founder and owner of Mercedes Rose – Read more >>
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BTVI set to introduce new tool for local contractors
The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) is planning to introduce an estimation tool to local contractors through its new Computerized Job Estimation Tool (CJET) Workshop.
BTVI Northern Campus’ Head of the Department of Construction Trades Kenton Roker, sat down with The Freeport News to explain the tool’s potential in the industry, during a recent exclusive interview at the school’s Grand Bahama campus.
Roker said that earlier this year the Caribbean Development Bank reached out to BTVI President Dr. Robin Roberts and requested that he send two of the school’s representatives to Barbados to participate in a conference, which was where they were given the CJET software.
He went on to explain the concept of this tool. “The tool is Excel based, which means you can use it on the computer.”
Roker added that the tool allows contractors to come up with price estimates in record time. “It’ll enhance his company.” Read more >>
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Breaking | Shaunae sets new national record; captures the diamond again
By Sheldon Longley
Shaunae Miller-Uibo has entered a new stratosphere in world sprinting!
In what was her last 200 meters (m) race for the season, she went out in style, setting a new national record, new Diamond League record and world leading time. The Bahamian track sensation ran 21.74 seconds to win her third straight Diamond League title, and fourth in total, at the first of two Diamond League Finals, in Zürich, Switzerland, today.
Dina Asher-Smith, of Great Britain, was a distant second in a season’s best time of 22.08 seconds, and double sprint Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson, of Jamaica, was even further back in a modest 22.44 seconds. Read more >>
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#242NewsBahamas Newsletter Edition: August 29th, 2019
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Bahamian Art & Culture : No. 390 : 08.29.19
Check out today's Bahamian Art & Culture Newsletter!
• Cover art by Bahamian artist Jonnique Beadle whose new exhibition "Facade // New Works By Jonnique Beadle" opens tonight at Hillside House.
• A new exhibition by Richardo Barrett entitled "Triangles, Squares and Demons, New Works by Richardo Barrett," opens next week at The Central Bank of The Bahamas Art Gallery.
• Plus a Bahamian Art & Culture exclusive pre-departure interview with the NAGB's Chief Curator Holly Bynoe.
• Plus news featuring Bahamian creatives: Lavar Munroe and John Paul Saddleton.
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The Bahamas’ New $250 Million Cruise Port Project
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Global Ports Holding has formalized its partnership to create what may become the leading cruise port in the entire Caribbean in the heart of Nassau, The Bahamas.
GPH has signed a $250 million heads of agreement with the government of The Bahamas, with a plan to transform Nassau’s Prince George Wharf into “one of the great waterfront destinations of the world.”
The event means the official start of the project, which is billed as the biggest economic boost for the Bahamian cruise industry in 50 years.
The move comes after six months of negotiations between GPH, the world’s largest cruise port operator, and the government of The Bahamas. Read more >>
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Countdown Has Started for “One of the Best Marathon Experiences in the World”
By Oswald Brown
NASSAU, Bahamas, August 29, 2019 – The countdown has started for what is now widely accepted as one of The Best Marathon Experience In The World.
Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend, scheduled for January 18-19, 2020, is in its eleventh annual running of the marathon, half marathon, relay and its tenth running and partnership with the Susan G. Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure® 5K. Read more >>
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The Tribune Weekend
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The Weather Channel Live Stream
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The Islands of The Bahamas | QCPTV.com
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After Dorian's direct hit on Bahamas, a scene of 'total devastation'
The waves near the beach during the approach of Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 1, 2019 in Nassau, Bahamas.Lucy Worboys / AFP - Getty Images
Hurricane Dorian tore across the Bahamas on Sunday as a historically powerful hurricane, officials said, leaving scenes of devastation in its path.
When the Category 5 hurricane made landfall on Great Abaco Island, east of Miami, on Sunday at 2 p.m., Dorian's maximum sustained winds were 185 mph — an Atlantic hurricane record matched only by a storm that struck the Florida Keys in 1935, the National Hurricane Center said.
Prime Minister Hubert Minnis broke down in tears at a news conference where he said he could only hope that those who refused to evacuate would survive the storm, the Nassau Guardian reported Sunday. Read more >>
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Editor’s Note: Abaco, Grand Bahama and the Comeback to Come
The sea of Abaco
On Sept. 8, 1932, the biggest storm ever recorded in Abaco pummeled the island, destroying hundreds of homes and killing 10 people, just enough to land it on page 22 of the Sept. 9 edition of the New York Times.
Today, Hurricane Dorian and its landfall in Abaco and Grand Bahama are on the front page of every newspaper around the world.
That our hearts and minds and attentions are so intensely focused on the events and people in the northwestern Bahamas this week is a testament not just to the power of the Internet but to what this wonderful corner of the world, The Bahamas, has come to mean to so many around the world, in the last eight decades.
The horror of Hurricane Dorian is at the forefront of the news this week, an unholy tempest that has brought devastation to these corners of the 700-island chain of The Bahamas: Abaco and Grand Bahama. Read more >>
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Hurricane Dorian death toll will increase
Minister of National Security Marvin Dames speaking with reporters.
The death toll from Hurricane Dorian will increase, Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said today after he revealed that a few children are among the dead.
“I caution Bahamians everywhere that that chances that we find more persons dead, those chances are real,” Dames told reporters outside Cabinet.
“It’s certainly a concern for us. This was a crisis of epic proportions. We want to be responsible; we want to be caring.
“As we report these things we’re taking into account the sensitivity around this…The reality of it all is, unfortunately, we will see more deaths. I can’t see any way out of it.”
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said five people were confirmed dead in Abaco yesterday.
When asked about those victims today, Dames said, “Unfortunately, what we’re getting is a few of them are children.
“We’re at the beginning of this. This is a very unfortunate occurrence for us. Maybe the worst that we’ve experienced, certainly in our lifetime.” Read more >>
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Hurricane Dorian destruction set to cost Bahamas 'up to billions'
Deputy PM sets out scale of damage as death toll rises and images show whole areas razed.
US Coast Guard aerial photograph shows damaged structures in the Bahamas on Tuesday after Hurricane Dorian moved north. Photograph: PO2 Adam Stantan/US Coast Guard
With the death toll climbing to seven and scores more still missing, helicopters operated by the US Coast Guard among others were delivering emergency supplies to residents on the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, the two worst hit locations in the Caribbean nation’s north. Read more >>
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