Friday 27th January, 2012
India to help develop Trinidad as ICT hub
Port-of-Spain, Jan 27(IANS) India's Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme will facilitate the advancement of Trinidad and Tobago' s objective of becoming the ICT hub of the Caribbean ...
Eastern Caribbean Promotes Economic Strategy for Further Development
Castries, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is now advancing in the preparation and implementation of a strategy for economic growth and development for the ...
China Ex-Im Bank lends $41M for Bahamas project
NASSAU, Bahamas -- China's state-owned Export-Import Bank has agreed to finance a new port and a bridge in the Bahamas, the second major infrastructure project backed in recent months by the ...
Destination Wedding Guests Travel Farther, Look Better and Get More Intimate
General SourcesThe Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Shares Results of Destination Wedding Survey and Invites Couples to Enter for Their Chance to Say "I Do" in The Islands Of The ...
Miller sees national stadium greatly enhancing program
Freeport NewsSports ScopeBy Fred SturrupGuardian Columnist/Sales ExecutiveThe new Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium has state-of-the-art facilities to accommodate just two disciplines, soccer (football) and ...
Coach Evans guiding young Bahamians in Canada
Freeport NewsBy Sheldon LongleyGuardian?Sports Editorslongley@nasguard.comYet another Bahamian is overseas paving the way for his young countrymen to receive educational opportunities through sports.Coach Ray ...
Let the Holy War begin
Freeport NewsBy Buster LaingSpecial to The FNThe Warriors, the Giants, the Blue Waves and the Hurricanes, which represent the Big Four may have had this date circled on their calendars from two years ago. When ...
13 homeless after Lewis Yard fire
Freeport NewsBy BARBARA WALKINFN Night Editorbarbara@nasguard.comFour families in a closely knit Haitian neighbourhood in Lewis Yard are, today, trying to put pieces of their lives back together following a ...
Teachers pleased with government proposal
Freeport NewsBy LEDEDRA MARCHEFN Senior Reporterlededra@nasguard.comWith the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement on the horizon, the 4,000-strong membership of the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) is ...
Warm weather expected this weekend
Freeport NewsBy Yasmin Popescuyasmin@nasguard.comWarmer weather is expected this weekend despite an approaching cold front.According to the local meteorologists office, a high pressure system North of the ...
Christie: FNM should seek forgiveness
Nassau GuardianProgressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie yesterday said the Ingraham adminstration should "be asking for forgiveness, instead of asking for votes" as the next general election ...
Girl struck by jitney remembered
Nassau GuardianOn the driveway of See Saw Christian Academy yesterday, a simple message was written in colored chalk: 'R.I.P Karis Thompson - We love you. We miss you.' The four-year-old girl was struck ...
PM urges politicians against feeding ‘bad information’ to election observers
Nassau GuardianPrime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday encouraged political parties against 'griping' to election observers over issues that Bahamian officials can address. "One of the things that ...
Albury Sayle set for cross country race
Nassau GuardianThe 14th Annual Albury Sayle Cross Country Championships will be held this Saturday, starting at Fort Charlotte. The event is open to primary school students only. Courtesy of KERMIT TAYLOR/BAHAMAS ...
Judges explain why they denied Fraser bail
Nassau GuardianThe appellate tribunal yesterday explained its decision last month to refuse bail for Bishop Earl Randolph Fraser, who was convicted of having sex with a teenage congregant he was counseling. In a ...
Spirits high at PMH following historic surgery
Nassau GuardianDoctors gathered yesterday at Princess Margret Hospital to celebrate the success of an historic surgery to remove a parasitic twin from a 22-day-old baby girl. The girl's parents, who were in ...
NPBA Commissioner Pickstock mixing sports with politics
Nassau GuardianSports personality Alsworth 'Whitey' Pickstock has entered the political arena. He will run on the DNA's ticket for the Golden Gates constituency in the upcoming general elections. ...
$41M Chinese loan to fuel Abaco growth
Nassau GuardianThe House of Assembly has signed off on a $41 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China to construct a port and bridge in North Abaco. The move, forging even closer ties with the Asian ...
BOC funding covers wide range for local program
Nassau GuardianThe financial contribution made to this country's sports development program through the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) is wide ranging. BOC President Wellington Miller said as much, sounding ...
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