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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Hotel Deals Around the World

November 20, 2020, 4:54 am
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Atlantis Paradise Island. (Photo via iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus / fallbrook)

Janeen Christoff
Travel Pulse

Hotels and resorts celebrate a season of giving with epic deals on stays around the globe. Many properties are offering flexible cancelation policies, steep discounts and safe stay programs to ensure that guests feel welcome and secure traveling abroad.  Read more >>
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PM to be first to take COVID-19 vaccine once available in country

November 20, 2020, 5:06 am
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Pictured are Dr. Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas and at rear is Renward Wells, Minister of Health.

FN Reporter Jaimie Smith

A vaccine for COVID-19 is on the horizon, and Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said on Wednesday that as soon as it is available in the country, he will be one of the first to receive it.

The leader of the nation made the announcement, during his House of Assembly communication on Wednesday, November 18.

“I want to say to Bahamians that there are a lot of rumors about vaccines, etcetera, but be assured that whenever the vaccine is introduced into The Bahamas, I most certainly will be one of the first to receive the vaccine. Until that time, Mr. Speaker, we must keep up with our public health measures of mask wearing, physical distancing, hand washing, and sanitizing,” the prime minister said.

He defended his call for compliance with safety measures.

“Mr. Speaker, I hear the noise in the background, but I would hope to God that those individuals are wearing their masks.

“These measures work, Mr. Speaker. They are saving lives. The virus has caused restrictions and disruptions all over the world. The virus has slowed economic activity at different times and different degrees all over the world. Despite the difficulty at times I am confident that The Bahamas will overcome,” he added.

The prime minister said that most residents are largely complying with the public health measures.  Read more >>
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Turnquest Denies Conspiracy Claim

November 20, 2020, 5:15 am
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From left: Fred Kaiser, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest and Captain Randy Butler.

By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

The deputy prime minister on Thursday night branded claims that he “conspired” to defraud Sky Bahamas’ financier of almost $27m via sham loans as “categorically false”.

K Peter Turnquest hit back at allegations levied by two companies controlled by Fred Kaiser, a Canadian businessman with whom he previously enjoyed a long and close relationship, by saying he was “appalled” his name had been dragged into a dispute with another “former business partner”.

That business partner is Captain Randy Butler, chief executive of Sky Bahamas, which was forced to cease flying last year after the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority refused to renew the air operator certificate that was required to carry fee-paying passengers. Mr Turnquest, though, noted that he is not named as a defendant in Mr Kaiser’s statement of claim - only Captain Butler.

Implying that the dispute has nothing to do with him, Mr Turnquest said: “The Writ does not name me as a defendant but makes several allegations in its statement of claim that are categorically false.  Read more >>
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‘A new proclamation of emergency could trigger legal action’

November 20, 2020, 5:20 am
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Jasper Ward
The Nassau Guardian

Former Minister of State for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez, QC, predicted yesterday that the government would be the subject of litigation if a new proclamation of emergency is issued by the governor general when the current proclamation expires at the end of December.

“I think they’ll start to see litigation at that point,” Gomez told The Nassau Guardian.

When asked if he would join such litigation, he replied, “Yes. I’m already assisting Mr. [Wayne] Munroe and his justice league who is monitoring the situation with the view of issuing a writ.”

Gomez added, “My view of it is, firstly, you should only use states of emergency sparingly. Doing it repeatedly undermines the perception of the country as a country governed by laws and freedoms.

“When you add to that that the Cabinet loses its authority because the authority is vested in one man, the competent authority, who is the prime minister, that actually exacerbates the problem. Probably, if more persons were looking at the problem with responsibility for whatever they did, the mistakes which have been made would have been avoided.”  Read more >>
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Ten Bahamians awarded National Honours

November 20, 2020, 5:25 am
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Governor General Sir Cornelius A. Smith at the 2020 Investiture ceremony yesterday.

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Governor General Sir Cornelius A. Smith yesterday conferred National Honours awards on ten Bahamians, including three posthumously, for exceptional service and significant contribution to national development during the country’s 2020 Investiture ceremony.

The medals and insignias were presented in three separate ceremonies in the ballroom of Government House, Mount Fitzwilliam, Thursday, November 19. The event was previously scheduled for National Heroes Day in October but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more >>
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2020-2021 Junkanoo Postponement

November 20, 2020, 5:29 am
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ZNS Bahamas

The Government of The Bahamas wishes to inform the general public that the National Junkanoo Parades for the 2020/2021 Season, inclusive of the New Providence Annual Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parades, and all parades normally hosted on the Family Islands have been postponed for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas until or unless it is safe for ‘group gatherings’.

The advice of the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), by memorandum dated 9th October, 2020 is that the Junkanoo preparation and parades are “super spreader events” and the EOC can “neither support nor endorse” the hosting of Junkanoo events. Due to the lingering presence of the Coronavirus throughout the islands of The Bahamas, our number of infected cases being 7,323 and death toll at 163 to date, are factors which indicate that the environment is neither safe or conducive for the preparation or hosting of the Annual Junkanoo Parades.  Read more >>
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Church patriarch dies from Covid-19 after leading open-casket funeral of bishop killed by the virus

November 21, 2020, 3:41 am
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The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, who was 90, died on Friday.

Martin Goillandeau and Kara Fox, CNN

(CNN) - The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, died in a Belgrade hospital on Friday after contracting coronavirus, according to a statement from the church.

Irinej, who was 90, led an open-casket funeral service for the church's top cleric in Montenegro, Metropolitan Amfilohije Radović, on November 1.

Three days later, Irinej was admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.

Amfilohije's body had been displayed in an open casket during the service before being interred in the crypt of the church in Podgorica, Montenegro.  Read more >>
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Bobi Wine protests: Shoot to kill defended by Uganda minister

November 21, 2020, 3:59 am
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Protesters burnt tyres and piles of rubbish in the capital, Kampala, earlier this week. Getty images

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Police in Uganda have a right to shoot protesters dead if they "reach a certain level of violence", Security Minister Elly Tumwine has said.

Clashes with police sparked by the arrest of presidential candidate and former pop star Bobi Wine have left at least 28 people dead since Wednesday.

He was later charged with spreading coronavirus at a campaign rally.

But human rights groups say the charge is a pretext to suppress opposition ahead of elections due in January.

The musician, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, is among 11 candidates challenging President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986.  Read more >>
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India’s coronavirus cases surpass 9 million

November 21, 2020, 4:13 am
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India is the world’s second-worst-hit country by the pandemic behind the US though cases have started to decline in recent weeks.

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India is the world’s second-worst-hit country by the pandemic behind the US though cases have started to decline in recent weeks.

Aljazeera News

India’s coronavirus cases crossed the nine million mark early on Friday after it recorded more than 45,000 new infections, health ministry figures show.

According to the health ministry update, in addition to exceeding nine million confirmed cases, some 584 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 132,162.

India is currently witnessing a steady decline in cases from its peak in September, with the country reporting fewer than 50,000 daily new infections during the last 13 days.

The capital New Delhi is, however, witnessing an enormous increase in new cases.  Read more >>
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Don't use Gilead's remdesivir in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, WHO says

November 21, 2020, 4:22 am
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Kate Kelland
Yahoo News

LONDON (Reuters) - Gilead's remdesivir should not be used for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, regardless of how ill they are, as there is no evidence the drug improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation, a World Health Organization panel said on Friday.

"The ... panel found a lack of evidence that remdesivir improved outcomes that matter to patients," the guideline said.

"Especially given the costs and resource implications associated with remdesivir ... the panel felt the responsibility should be on demonstrating evidence of efficacy, which is not established by the currently available data," it added.

The advice is another setback for the drug, which grabbed worldwide attention as a potentially effective treatment for COVID-19 in the summer after early trials showed some promise.  Read more >>
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New Zealand uses science to avoid coronavirus lockdown

November 21, 2020, 4:29 am
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at an Auckland mall, on the eve of her Labour Party's Oct. 17 election win — a vote of confidence in her handling of the pandemic. She lifted domestic restrictions last month after modeling showed the second Auckland outbreak was elimated. Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images

Rebecca Falconer
Axios

The World Health Organization praised New Zealand on Thursday for its "unique," targeted modeling technology and rapid COVID-19 genome sequencing that's seen the country avoid a lockdown last week despite having four current community cases.

Why it matters: Coronavirus restrictions are growing across the U.S. and Europe, while NZ neighbor South Australia is under a strict lockdown. Geneticist Mike Bunce told Axios that genomic sequencing was "key" to the NZ government's decision not to reimpose restrictions beyond a mask mandate for some travel, effective Thursday.

Mathematical and hypothetical modeling that can predict down to the suburb where the virus might spread is helping the Health Ministry "prioritise areas for focus in the public health response to cases and clusters," said NZ Public Health Director Caroline McElnay in an emailed statement.

The WHO said in a statement to Axios that whole genome sequencing has been an effective approach in assisting with contact tracing in several countries. NZ using it "may not be unique but combining it with their recently developed modeling data system is, and it appears at this stage to be part of an effective approach to helping reduce and control community transmission.  Read more >>
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YouTube, Facebook and Twitter align to fight Covid vaccine conspiracies

November 21, 2020, 4:34 am
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Three of the largest social networks have said they will join forces with fact-checkers, governments and researchers to try to come up with a new way of tackling misinformation.

Vaccine misinformation has been rife on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, with many questioning their efficacy.

At the same time, countries are preparing to roll out coronavirus vaccines in a bid to end the pandemic.

It is unclear how the initiative will improve the fight against fake news.

Fact-checking charity Full Fact will co-ordinate the collaboration.

Taking part in the effort alongside Facebook, Google-owned YouTube and Twitter are the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Africa Check; Canada's Privacy Council Office; and five other international fact-checking organisations.  Read more >>
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Rate of covid 19 cases drop’s to nine percent in Bahamas

November 21, 2020, 4:49 am
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS: As increases with 75 per cent in the recovery rate of corona cases in the Bahamas, daily COVID-19 positivity flow drops to the nine per cent. This is the first surge of cases during the second wave in the last several months.

The data which is gathered by the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19, the whole of 279 tests were made on Wednesday out of which 25 were tested positive after this put the COVID-19 positivity rate at 9.19 per cent.

A Erin Bromage, a comparative immunologist at the University of Massachusetts, said that if we do fair testing and tracing take place when test rates remain around five per cent or lower for two weeks.

In September, The Bahamas’ positivity rate was at 25 per cent. In total, 40,840 tests have been produced.

If we see the breakdown of new cases in the term of gender, the number of women contracted the virus is almost double then men.

There have been 163 confirmed deaths. Twenty-one deaths remain under examination.

New Providence continues has risen in corona cases with 5,426.

Grand Bahama and Abaco follow with 949 and 190 respectively.

There are 143 cases on Eleuthera, 100 cases on Exuma, 76 on Bimini and Cat Cay, 45 on the Berry Islands, 19 on Andros, 11 on Long Island, eight on Cat Island, seven on Acklins, six on Crooked Island, three on Mayaguana and 346 cases with unknown locations.

Prime Minister of Bahamas Dr Hubert Minnis has imposed new restrictive measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on Exuma. He is also hoping that situation will come in control.

Restrictive measures, inclusive of weekday and weekend curfews, remain in place on Abaco, New Providence, Grand Bahama and Eleuthera.

Earlier this month, the prime minister said The Bahamas is emerging out of the second wave of the virus.  (source)
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Bahamas Government Postpones Junkanoo Parades

November 21, 2020, 5:01 am
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The Bahamas government has postponed the National Junkanoo Parades for the 2020-21 season, inclusive of the New Providence Annual Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parades, “until or unless it is safe for group gatherings” as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19) pandemic.

Junkanoo is a street parade with music, dance, and costumes of mixed African origin in many islands across the English-speaking Caribbean every Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. These cultural parades are predominantly showcased in the Bahamas where they are performed on Independence Day and other historical holiday.

The government also announced that all parades normally hosted on the Family Islands have been postponed.

“The advice of the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), by memorandum dated 9th October 2020 is that the Junkanoo preparation and parades are “super spreader events” and the EOC can “neither support nor endorse” the hosting of Junkanoo events,” the government said in a statement.  Read more >>
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Being nimble is crucial in the current changing environment

November 21, 2020, 5:06 am
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HedgeWeek

In a consistent effort to improve its value proposition to investment managers and service providers, the Bahamas has continued to fine-tune its legislative framework, pandemic notwithstanding. The changes expected will support the growing trends witnessed within the financial services industry, both in the Bahamas and on a more global scale.

Throughout what has been an unimaginable 2020, the Bahamas’ legal and regulatory framework supported the shift to remote working which was driven by the global pandemic. Kevin Moree, partner at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes notes: “The Bahamas financial industry has demonstrated its resilience and adaptability throughout the pandemic. It supported the continuation of services and facilitated businesses and corporations as they transition further into the digital sphere. 

“This unprecedented event has seen firms employing e-business methods, electronic communications and electronic signatures and contracts under the provisions of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act. This law was enacted in 2003 but is now more than ever crucially relevant due to the restrictions on travel.”

The growing use of technology, motivated by the pandemic is expected to persist across the financial services industry globally, including the Bahamas. Christel Sands-Feaste, partner at Higgs & Johnson comments: “As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and international initiatives there will be an increased use of technology, consolidation of participants in the industry and more stringent regulation.”  Read more >>
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Local business owners prepared for reopening

November 21, 2020, 5:15 am
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LOCAL BUSINESS READY FOR REOPENING – Barbara and Paul Darville (insert), proprietors of Celebrity Eco Adventure, Deadman’s say that despite the challenges as a result of COVID-19, they have maintained their property and continue to care for and properly keep their pigs. The couple assured that they are ready to open as soon as the ‘green light’ is given. (PHOTOS: BARBARA WALKIN)

FN Night Editor Barbara Walkin

For Celebrity Eco Adventure proprietors, Barbara and Paul Darville, caring for and maintaining their 19 pigs, the business property in Deadman’s Reef; and keeping five employees on staff, has been expensive.

However, according to the couple, it is the way of business, particularly in the COVID-19 era.

The Darvilles’ swim with the pigs, snorkeling, kayaking and tour beach-side business has been closed since March of this year.

The beach which was once filled with guests under umbrellas, sitting at picnic benches, and others enjoying the swim with the pigs and the water, was quiet. There were no umbrellas out and the benches were neatly stacked.

But, they both say, the facility is ready to open whenever the proverbial green light is given.

“We were closed from March 24, 2020 because of the pandemic, but we have the animals, the pigs, and we have to take care of them even though the business is closed,” said Mrs. Darville.

“So, we have the trainers and guides come in daily to feed, clean, exercise and care for them, and that has been going on for the past eight months.

“So, here we are right now waiting for the cruise ship, airlifts and tourists so that we can open up, but in the meantime, this is what we have to do,” she added.

Mrs. Darville reiterated that Celebrity Eco Adventure is ready to open anytime. “We are ready … the equipment, the premise, everything is ready.”  Read more >>
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Extended Visa Program Update

November 21, 2020, 5:22 am
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Yamacraw MP Elsworth Johnson

ZNS Bahamas

The country is seeing a heightened interest from the international community over the government’s recently launched extended stay visa program.

Vigorous screening protocols and measures are being beefed up at the country’s immigration department for visitors seeking to do business and stay in the Bahamas for an extended period. Minister of Immigration the Hon. Elsworth Johnson providing an update to ZNS news on the extended visa initiative.

“We’ve gone cashless in the immigration department. We are at the point now where we are trying our best to create an environment where if you make an application to the immigration department, you can do it from your home or from your job, that’s how it should be done” he said.

“And then in order to iron out the kinks, we have started a mystery shopper program that is ongoing in the department right now.  Read more >>
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BREEF wins global film award for transforming society

November 21, 2020, 5:27 am
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LONDON, ENGLAND — The Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) captured top honors at the ninth annual tve Global Sustainability Film Awards (GSFA) in London, which was held online from November 16 to 20.

The GSFA recognizes outstanding films from the business, non-profit, media and creative sectors that inspire audiences with real-world solutions for a more sustainable future. The 2020 awards were held in partnership with India-based Difficult Dialogues, with BREEF winning first place in the Transforming Society category.

BREEF and the Rolex Perpetual Planet initiative partnered in producing the short film about the beautiful blue Bahamas. The film highlights BREEF and Eco-Schools Bahamas students and the actions they are taking within their schools and communities to combat climate change and to sustain the Bahamian way of life.  Read more >>
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Davis Calls For Turnquest To Resign Over Fraud Allegations

November 21, 2020, 5:33 am
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PLP Leader Philip "Brave" Davis and Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest.

By TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT
tsmith-cartwright@tribunemedia.net

Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip "Brave" Davis has called for Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest to resign over allegations of a $27m fraud.

Mr Turnquest hit back on Thursday at allegations levied by two companies controlled by Fred Kaiser, a Canadian businessman with whom he previously enjoyed a long and close relationship, by saying he was “appalled” his name had been dragged into a dispute with another “former business partner”.

That business partner is Captain Randy Butler, chief executive of Sky Bahamas, which was forced to cease flying last year after the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority refused to renew the air operator certificate that was required to carry fee-paying passengers. Mr Turnquest, though, noted that he is not named as a defendant in Mr Kaiser’s statement of claim - only Captain Butler.

Since the allegations were publicly aired, there has been no comment from the Office of the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Free National Movement, Carl Culmer.

Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip "Brave" Davis' request for the matter to be addressed by the Office of the Prime Minister, is the second such public request from the Opposition. The PLP first asked for matter to be addressed on Thursday just before the Senate adjourned, but were told by Leader of government business in the Senate Attorney General Carl Bethel, that he was only aware of what was written in the media.

“It is now day two since the Progressive Liberal Party laid in Parliament a writ of summons alleging a 20 million dollar fraud by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance,” Mr Davis said. “The Prime Minister has not said a word. The Deputy Prime Minister's statement was arrogantly dismissive and missed the point of good governance entirely.”

The PLP said Dr Minnis must be reminded that he has a duty to act when his ministers refuse to take the honourable course. 

“There are two appointees of the Prime Minister, the statement continued. “Each has different versions of the truth. Michael Scott, QC, has placed in the public domain by court action, allegations of fraud and dishonesty against the Minister of Finance.  Read more >>
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