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GBSY Social Club makes donation to Falcons’ Boys

November 7, 2020, 5:00 am
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YOUNG MEN RECEIVE LAPTOPS – Members of the Falcon’s Boys Club receive laptops from the Grand Bahama Ship Yard Social Club to assist with their virtual learning. Pictured from left to right are Barrington Rolle; Darrin Rolle, Director, Falcons’ Boys Club; Samuel Bowe, Kyle Burrows, Sam Miller, Treasurer, GBSY Social Club; Jarius Hall, Gerard Douglas, President, GBSY Social Club; Gregory Smith and Prince Smith. (PHOTO: SHAYNE STUBBS)

FN Reporter Jaimie Smith

The Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBSY) Social Club continues to contribute to the lives of the youth in meaningful ways via through longstanding back to school initiative.

However, this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite having to scale back its usual back is program, the group was still determined to assist young members of the Falcons’ Boys Club.

The GBSY Social Club donated laptops to the club, to assist the young men with the new virtual learning platform.

Director of Falcons’ Boys Club Darrin Rolle expressed his gratitude to the Social Club members for the "kind, timely gesture."

“This afternoon it is my distinct privilege as the Director of the Falcons’ Boys Club to say how thankful we are to the Grand Bahama Shipyard (Social) Club, that continues to work with young people, throughout the length and breadth of the island of Grand Bahama."  Read more >>
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Flamingo Gardens URC hosts ‘Pinktoberfest’

November 7, 2020, 5:05 am
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October was celebrated as Pinktoberfest at the Flamingo Gardens Urban Renewal Centre in observance of Breast Cancer Month. The Centre hosted a number of lectures on breast cancer awareness as part of the activities designed to promote cancer awareness and education and early testing and detection among its Seniors. (Urban Renewal Photo)

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The Flamingo Gardens Urban Renewal Centre used the annual observance of Breast Cancer Month this past October to promote cancer awareness, education and early testing and detection through the celebration of “Pinktoberfest.” Breast Cancer Awareness Month was observed locally and globally from Thursday, October 1 to Saturday, October 31.

The observance is used to increase attention and support for awareness, early detection and treatment, as well as palliative care for the disease.

The observance of Breast Cancer Month coincided with the observance of Older Persons Month throughout the Urban Renewal communities.  Read more >>
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Restrictive measures yielded 50 percent reduction in new COVID cases

November 7, 2020, 5:13 am
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Dr. Pearl McMillan

Royston Jones Jr.
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Chief Medical Officer Dr Pearl McMillan said yesterday that restrictive measures introduced in New Providence and Abaco on October 9 to mitigate against the spread of the coronavirus has yielded a 50 percent reduction in new infections.

“The data shows encouraging signs,” McMillan said during a Ministry of Health press conference.

“…The number and trend of incidents on new COVID-19 cases remain a very important indicator that we must track.

“From a national perspective, there has been a 50 percent decrease in new COVID-19 cases, between October 10 and November 5.”

She added: “Indicator being monitored by the health team strongly suggests that the measures over the last four weeks have been working.

“They have served to decrease new cases to a more manageable level, providing some relief to our overwhelmed system and workers as well as giving us the opportunity for a rebalancing of resources.”

According to McMillan, new infections declined eight percent in the last week.  Read more >>
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Eta Moves Toward Caymans, Bahamas, Cuba

November 7, 2020, 5:18 am
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Residents walk past inundated vehicles in the flooded streets of Planeta, Honduras, Nov. 6, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta.

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U.S. weather forecasters said early Saturday that Eta, now a tropical depression, will “gradually strengthen” as it moves toward the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and Florida.

The National Hurricane Center said tropical storm warnings are in effect for the Cayman Islands, Northwestern Bahamas and the Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Matanzas.  Read more >>
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Songwriters In Paradise In South Florida

November 7, 2020, 5:21 am
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Join Songwriters In Paradise (SIP) and Hope Town United for an evening of music and fun...

When: Friday, December 11th, 2020 from 6 to 9pm

Where: Sailfish Marina, Singer Island, FL

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Funds raised will go to rebuilding the Hope Town Primary School, constructing the new Abaco Community Care Center, and restoring Elbow Cay residents' homes destroyed by Hurricane Dorian. Event will be held in accordance with Palm Beach County COVID-19 guidelines.

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A group rate is available for nearby hotel accommodations at the Palm Beach Marriot Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa. Book now to take advantage of the group rate discount.

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Check out this Spotify playlist of songs and recordings by SIP family members - including hits by the Spin Doctors, Zac Brown Band, Edwin McCain, Luke Combs, Hootie & The Blowfish, Jimmy Buffett, Sugarland, and more - to help set the tone for this incredible performance!

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November 7, 2020, 5:26 am
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Holmes Rock Primary focusing on COVID-19 safety measures

November 12, 2020, 5:02 am
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FOCUSED ON SAFETY – The students and staff of Holmes Rock Primary School (HRPS) are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all that enter the school grounds, said Principal Lillian Walker, pictured at right speaking with students. (PHOTO: JAIMIE SMITH)

FN Reporter Jaimie Smith

The students and staff of Holmes Rock Primary School (HRPS) are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all that enter the school grounds, said Principal Lillian Walker.

Speaking with this daily recently, Walker assured that

the students and staff are adapting to the new learning system, as well as health and safety measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

With a student population presently at 105, Walker stated that adapting to the strict protocols that are presently in place, is a priority.

“The students are adapting, but their adaptation takes a lot of monitoring, by the adults; … constant reminders of what they should be doing and the rules.  Read more >>
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Controlling Transmission of COVID-19 Requires a Combination of Strategies, says Bahamas Health Minister

November 12, 2020, 5:09 am
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Deandrea S Hamilton
Magnetic Media TV

#NASSAU, The Bahamas — November 11, 2020 – Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells explained that controlling the transmission of COVID-19 requires a combination of strategies and one part of that strategy is testing.

“The Ministry of Health’s testing protocol is expanding. Although the RT PCR test remains the gold standard in-country to diagnose COVID-19, selected Rapid Antigen Tests are now being incorporated in our protocol to detect an acute infection of COVID-19 in patients who are experiencing symptoms,” Minister Wells said during the COVID-19 Update press conference at the Ministry of Health, Friday, November 6, 2020.

He stated that despite being less sensitive than the RT-PCR test, rapid antigen testing is relatively inexpensive and provides rapid results. This type of testing has the potential to provide wider access to COVID-19 testing at an acceptable turnaround time when there is limited access to RT-PCR testing.  Read more >>
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National Sports Heritage Month 2020

November 12, 2020, 5:14 am
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The Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture is pleased to launch National Sports Heritage Month 2020 (NSHM 2020), under the theme, “We Rise Sports Strong Throughout the Islands of The Bahamas.”

Each year, the month of November is reserved for the celebration, promotion and awareness of activities designed to showcase the contributions of sports to the national development of The Bahamas.

It is also a time to reflect the unity of the Bahamian sporting community; exhibit the value of sports disciplines to the overall development of our people; and to congratulate the outstanding performances of Bahamian athletes hailing from all islands of The Bahamas.

Notwithstanding the presence of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Dept of Sports, together with our partners, is committed to acknowledging and honoring the valuable contributions of sports. In and out of crisis, sports continues to serve as a beacon of life, hope, and spiritual upliftment for the Bahamian people and the world at large.  Read more >>
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Fight against Bahamas oil drilling attracts huge international backing

November 12, 2020, 5:19 am
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — More than 80 international NGOs, businesses, and high profile personalities have announced their full support for a campaign to stop oil drilling in The Bahamas and see a permanent ban enacted on all fossil fuel exploration anywhere in the country.

Grass-roots coalition Our Islands, Our Future yesterday sent a letter to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis underscoring the rapidly growing list of regional and global entities that have joined forces with local drilling opponents.

The list includes hugely influential global NGOs like Oceana, Surfrider Foundation, Waterkeeper Alliance, Earthjustice, the Rainforest Action Network, and Friends of the Earth, along with many others.

Also signing on is Mission Blue, led by a renowned marine biologist, explorer, and author Dr Sylvia Earle.

Earle is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and was named Time Magazine’s first Hero for the Planet in 1998.

Earlier letters to Minnis outlined the coalition’s concerns about the severe threat posed by offshore oil drilling to the already fragile economy and ecology of The Bahamas.

It also pointed out that an online petition calling for a permanent oil exploration ban had surpassed 40,000 signatures.

However, the coalition said none of the letters received a response.  Read more >>
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Port: Breakwater Woes Threaten Harbour Crisis

November 12, 2020, 5:26 am
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This aerial photo from 2017 shows Nassau Harbour damage caused by breakwater breach.

By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

Repairs to Nassau Harbour's "severely damaged" breakwaters are a national "imperative" that cannot be delayed due to the "significant threat" posed to tourism, cruise and commercial shipping.

Arawak Port Development Company (APD), in a stark warning contained in its just-released 2020 annual report, said existing breaches in both breakwaters - one up to 350 feet long - were already impacting its ability to service vessels at the Nassau Container Port as well as the piloting of cruise ships pre-COVID-19.

Targeting a problem that was first flagged three years ago, but about which seemingly nothing has been done, APD said it had formed an alliance with the Nassau Harbour Pilots Association (NHPA) in a bid to source financing and construction services to address the breaches prior to a Hurricane Dorian-style storm hitting Nassau.

The BISX-listed commercial port operator said it had hired two US-based companies to provide proposals for repairing the breakwaters, which guard the entrances to both Nassau Harbour and Arawak Cay, and had received a three-phase road map setting out how this could be achieved.  Read more >>
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PM imposes restrictions on Exuma following explosion of COVID cases

November 12, 2020, 5:31 am
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 Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis. BIS photo

Krystel Brown
The Nassau Guardian

Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced a string of restrictions for Exuma, which has seen an “exponential increase” in COVID-19 cases “following the October holiday weekend and two major social events”.

“Over the past week, Exuma has recorded 30 new confirmed cases of COVID-19,” Minnis said during a short national address on Wednesday night.

“As of yesterday, the 10th of November, a total of 79 positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded on the island of Exuma. Of that number, 28 cases are active, two are hospitalized, and sadly, there has been one COVID-19 related death.”

He said the data calls for urgent action.  Read more >>
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The only way tech pros reboot their routers

November 12, 2020, 5:35 am
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Angelica Leicht
Komando.com

When your modem or router screech to a halt, it can lead to webpages that won’t load, streaming videos that keep buffering, and blood pressure to shoot through the roof.

The common solution in these scenarios is to restart the router or modem to get back on track. And, in many cases, it’s common to rip the plugs out of the back and hope that when it’s plugged back in, things will work like they’re supposed to.

Ripping cords out of the back of the modem or router isn’t the right way to go about it. There are better ways to reboot your devices properly. We’ll teach you the pros’ techniques when dealing with slow router frustrations.  Read more >>
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Passenger tests positive for coronavirus on first cruise ship to sail Caribbean since pandemic

November 12, 2020, 10:51 am
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SeaDream 1 left Barbados on Saturday for a seven-night voyage. Four days into the trip, guests were told that a passenger tested positive for the virus.

Minyvonne Burke, Kerry Sanders
NBC News

A passenger aboard the first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a reporter traveling on the ship.

Gene Sloan, a cruise writer for The Points Guy, said in a post on Wednesday that the captain of the SeaDream 1 made a shipwide announcement alerting guests to the positive case and asked that everyone return to their rooms.

The passenger tested positive on a "preliminary basis," according to Sloan. It's not clear what "preliminary" means.

SeaDream Yacht Club, which owns the ship, has not confirmed the positive case and did not respond to multiple requests for comment.  Read more >>
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Trump's stunning abdication of leadership comes as pandemic worsens

November 12, 2020, 11:03 am
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(CNN) - President Donald Trump had predicted in almost every campaign rally that the media would stop talking about the coronavirus pandemic the day after the election. But as it turns out, no one is ignoring the worsening tragedy more than the President himself.

Instead of taking charge as the country plunges deeper into the worst domestic crisis since World War II, Trump has disappeared inside the White House, saying nothing on camera since he baselessly claimed a week ago that the election was being stolen from him by President-elect Joe Biden.

He's spending time with advisers, not strategizing on how to tame the out-of-control health emergency but seeking a path to win an election already declared lost. He's also found time to purge the top leadership of the Pentagon, and with few appointments on his public schedule appears to spend his days watching news coverage and tweeting misinformation about voter fraud.

In essence, Trump, his family and his advisers are spending all their energy desperately trying to save a job -- the presidency -- that he appears to have no intention of doing in any meaningful sense.

It's an especially staggering and surreal failure of leadership, given the Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent economic turmoil, even for a President who downplayed and lied about the true nature of the pandemic and repeatedly predicted the virus would just go away.  Read more >>
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One more COVID-19 death, 64 new cases

November 12, 2020, 1:52 pm
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Royston Jones Jr.
Eyewitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A 46-year-old man became the latest COVID-19 death on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

The confirmed death pushed the death toll to 155.

Another 29 deaths remain under investigation.

Health officials also confirmed 64 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

Of these, there were 23 cases in New Providence, 38 in Grand Bahama, two in Bimini and Cat Cay and one in the Berry Islands.  Read more >>
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Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India

November 13, 2020, 3:41 am
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Hospital staff at Fortis Hospital in Bangalore with "Mitra," a robot helping to screen coronavirus patients.

Isabelle Gerretsen
CNN Business

London (CNN Business) - In India, the country with the world's second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, a handful of hospitals has started to use robots to connect patients with their loved ones, and assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Bangalore-based Invento Robotics has designed three robots to carry out tasks ranging from disinfecting surfaces to answering patient questions and enabling video consultations with doctors.

Of the eight the company has so far deployed, the most popular model is Mitra, which means friend in Hindi and costs around $10,000. Using facial-recognition technology, the robot can recall the names and faces of patients it has interacted with. Mitra can roam around a hospital independently, helping patients connect with family and doctors via its cameras and a video screen attached to its chest.  Read more >>
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Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'

November 13, 2020, 3:46 am
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Smitha Mundasad
BBC News

Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.

The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care.

Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups.

The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.  Read more >>
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Elon Musk may have COVID-19, and of course, he has a theory

November 13, 2020, 3:52 am
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 Elon Musk says he's getting a PCR test, with results likely coming in 24 hours.  Image: odd andersen / getty images

Stan Schroeder
Mashable

Elon Musk may have contracted COVID-19. 

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO shared the news on Twitter, saying he's got "symptoms of a typical cold." He also said he was tested four times in the same day, with two tests coming back negative, and two positive. 

"Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD," he tweeted.  Read more >>
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Fauci says U.S. has ‘independent spirit,’ but now is the time to ‘do what you’re told’

November 13, 2020, 4:02 am
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Christina Farr
CNBC News

Whitehouse coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks that Americans have an independent spirit, but that there are times when it’s in our best interest to follow the rules.

Fauci, speaking on Thursday at Washington National Cathedral with other top health experts on the pandemic, noted that it is a bit unfair to compare the United States’ coronavirus response with other countries. The United States isn’t an island with five million people that can easily be shut down, he notes. So suppressing and controlling the virus is a lot more of a challenge.

“I was talking with my U.K. colleagues who are saying the U.K. is similar to where we are now, because each of our countries have that independent spirit,” he said on stage. “I can understand that, but now is the time to do what you’re told.”

Fauci noted that scientists have been perceived throughout this pandemic as “authoritarian” by members of the public, because of the steps taken to combat the virus. He noted that it’s unfortunate that science “has been lumped into politics.”  Read more >>
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