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Bahamas Government Focus On Food Security For The Islands' People
2008-04-29 05:11:00
Government Focus On Food Security : By Kendea Jones - Nassau, Bahamas: The government is working feverishly to help Bahamian farmers to produce their own food in the midst of a worldwide food crisis, according to Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Larry Cartwright. Food prices in The Bahamas have already increased significantly over the last few months. For instance, in Grand Bahama, in February the reported cost for items such as limes/lemons had gone up by 42.5 percent; for apples, 37 percent; butter, 27.6 percent and sweet peppers, 19.2 percent. In New Providence, prices in February on tangerines were up 9.4 percent; limes/lemons, 7.6 percent and canned milk, 3.6 percent. Other food items that advanced the consumer price index included, but were not limited to, frozen fruits and juices, dried vegetables, roast beef, tomato paste, lamb, fresh whole chicken and grapes. The Department of Statistics said the food and beverage group was impacted "tremendously" by risi...
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Agent Kolar, Bush?s new hope for destabilizing Cuba
2008-04-27 00:22:00
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD ?Granma International staff writer? ? CAUGHT up in a series of scandals that erased what little credibility it had on the Cuba issue, the Bush administration, which until now trusted that its Cuban-American mercenaries would succeed in destabilizing the country, has placed its hopes in the none-too-clean hands of an astute Czech, a fitting student of its spy services. Selected and recruited by the CIA in the late 1980s, Petr "Peter" Kolar, ambassador of the Czech Republic in Washington, moved in less than three years from a building maintenance employee and mail clerk to chief researcher at the Institute of Strategic Studies attached to the Ministry of Defense in Prague. This was thanks to a little push forward by his friend Vaclav Havel, also connected to the U.S. intelligence pipelines. Kolar began his dizzying ascent after the collapse of the socialist state in the former Czechoslovakia, when his masters sent him, overnight, to Washington to begin a tra...
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Bahamas Pharmacies selling tobacco products spark industry debate
2008-04-26 00:41:00
Pharmacies selling cigarettes ignite industry debate: By VERNON CLEMENT JONES, Guardian Business Editor - Nassau, Bahamas: An apparent growth in the number of drugstores selling cigarettes is sparking debate among pharmacists, many concerned the practice compromises ethical guidelines while providing no real boast to the bottom line. "About 80 percent of a Bahamian pharmacy's sales are directly from prescription drug," said Crystal Gibson, a local practitioner, "There's no need for pharmacies to get involved with selling something that actually harms the client-customers they are hoping to help." Her comments come as another two of the country's 50 or more drugstores move to stock and sell tobacco products. They join at least three others scattered across downtown Nassau offering cigarettes and cigars in addition to their core service of dispensing drugs. Government licensing of the latter does not, in fact, preclude the former. Still, the Bahamian trend runs counter to...
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Can the dead be raised by the exercise of faith through prayer?
2008-04-25 05:12:00
By Rev. J. Emmette Weir, For The Guardian: The recent incident here in Grand Bahama, in which some misguided but evidently, devout religious folk, sought to achieve the resuscitation (I refuse to dignify such bizarre behaviour with the term "resurrection") of a cadaver up to the eighth day by means of the exercise of faith "through prayer and fasting" certainly requires most careful consideration, and profound theological reflection at this time. Such a procedure represents a gross misunderstanding of the teaching of the Bible ? a dangerous departure from sound Christian theology and the demonstration of a lack of faith, the very virtue it purports to express. While much has been said by religious leaders on this subject, clearly indicating that it is not in keeping with a proper understanding of the teaching of the church on the raising of those who have died, it would appear that there are still those in our community who are wondering about its biblical and theological val...
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Crime And Punishment In The Bahamian Society
2008-04-24 05:39:00
OPINION-Crime and punishment - The Nassau, Guardian: There are around one thousand people in prison in The Bahamas. Is that a lot or little? How can we tell? Compared to the 2.2 million people languishing in U.S. jails it does not sound all that many, but the population of The Bahamas barely exceeds 300,000, compared to the United States population in 2005 of 298.2 million. Prison, what a strange thing it is. We can remember our shock as a child being told that some adults had done things so bad, that they had to be locked away for years until they knew better. We could hardly imagine anything worse. Prisons seem to belong to the age of the horse-drawn cart and the workhouse, not to satellites and the Internet. If anything, we should be phasing them out - converting the prison into luxury accommodations. Speaking as a social observer rather than a criminologist, we find just about everything to do with the criminal justice system an enigma. But the central question it seems...
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Peace and prosperity
2008-04-22 23:33:00
Reflections of Fidel: POPE Benedict XVI outshone Brown, the British Prime Minister, who replaced Blair, whom I met and spoke with for a few minutes during a recess at the WTO Second Conference in Geneva 10 years ago; it was following his speech and I was expressing my disagreement on the matter of an incorrect sentence he used about the social situation of British children. Brown’s voice, positions and tone at his press conference in the presence of Bush, gave me the impression that he is as smug as his predecessor in the leadership of the Labor Party. The activities of the new British Prime Minister, coinciding with the Pope's visit, were just like those of a leader of the government of a banana republic. Benedict XVI paid special attention to April 13 when, 65 years ago, over 1,000 prisoners were incinerated in the town of Gardelegen; this became a day remembered in the martyrology suffered by the Jewish people in Nazi Germany, a human tragedy that lasted for years. Bush we...
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Haitian Cargo Ships Present Too Great A Risk To Bahamas National Security
2008-04-21 23:49:00
Ban on Haitian boat would double import costs: By INDERIA SAUNDERS, Guardian Business Desk - Nassau, Bahamas: A pending ban on Haitian sloops in our waters could take the wind out of the sails of a business that has only begun to develop – entirely legal trade between Haiti and The Bahamas. Last week, Director of Immigration Vernon Burrows confirmed the policy change, suggesting those cargo ships present too great a risk to national security. While the wooden-hulled vessels are suspected of playing a major role in the trafficking of drugs, guns and humans, they're also the only freighters that conduct regular and direct import runs from the impoverished nation. It is, of course, the homeland of an increasing number of Bahamians and a target for local businesses looking to trim supply costs. The government decision represents yet another hurdle in the latter's path and is most likely an answer to requests from American officials. Just last month, the new U.S. Internat...
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Married Bahamian Couple Accused Of Drug Smuggling Extradited To The United
2008-04-20 00:05:00
Dwight and Keva Major extradited: By ARTESIA DAVIS, Guardian Senior Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: A married couple accused of drug smuggling in the United States was extradited yesterday, following a five-year legal battle. The government handed Dwight and Keva Major over to US authorities, a day after the Supreme Court dismissed an application challenging the lawfulness of a warrant of surrender that was signed in 2006. That warrant was executed yesterday morning. The Majors will appear before a Florida judge on Monday morning, according to Daniel O'Connor, the political, economic and public affairs chief at the United State Embassy in Nassau. Former Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell signed the warrant when the couple had no pending appeal against the Appeal Court's decision that they be extradited. At that stage, their lawyer had only filed a notice of intention to appeal the decision. The Majors lost their battle against extradition at the Privy Council last Novemb...
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Cuba warns WTO of threats to world food security
2008-04-18 23:57:00
Geneva.? CUBA warned Friday that the food security of developing countries is endangered for a variety of reasons, among them the rising cost of fuel. Jorge Ferrer, minister counselor of Cuba ?s permanent mission in Geneva, told the World Trade Organization that the spiraling cost of food is threatening world stability, reported PL. During a meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee known as the Doha round, Ferrer emphasized that the WTO?s agriculture negotiations, which in practice reduce food aid and export credits, are also issues which must be taken into account. Obviously, the economic, political and social stability of an important group of underdeveloped countries cannot be put at risk solely as a result of trade considerations, he emphasized. The diplomat reiterated the commitment to tariff cuts made at the close of the Doha round, but said it should not be at any price. Cuba is committed to the completion of the process, not as an end in itself but rather with result...
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Bahamas: Men urged to return to their vital role as fathers, and embrace al
2008-04-17 18:40:00
Men urged to return to roles as fathers: By STAFF WRITER, Nassau Guardian - Nassau, Bahamas: Bahamas Faith Ministries Senior Pastor Dr. Myles Munroe is appealing to men to return to their vital role as fathers in our nation, and embrace not only their own children, but all the sons and daughters of our communities. His plea was made recently at the launching of the All-Pro Dad show, an international organization that focuses on restoring the value of fathers in family and nation- building. "The state of escalating crime, violent murders, depressing daily news from the courts, school fights, gang warfare and the still menacing drug use, are all cause of deep concern for all Bahamians," said Munroe. "The government, the church, civic groups and corporate organizations are all grappling with what to do to stem the tide of social destruction and disintegration." According to Munroe, experts and social scientists have concluded and agreed that one of the principal sources of the ...
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Director Of The Bahamas Department Of Meteorology Calls For More Attention
2008-04-15 23:42:00
Expert Calls For More Attention To Climate Change Issues: BY VANESSA C. ROLLE - Nassau, Bahamas : The worldwide effort to combat the effects of climate change is not far removed from The Bahamas . On the home front, officials continue to suggest ways the local population can do its part to reduce the impact of global warming. All over the world the movement is growing to address global warming. "One of our major threats is sea level rise," said Dr. Arthur Rolle, director of the Bahamas Department of Meteorology. "With a population of 300,000 and 80 percent living within one kilometer of the coastline, you will see how potentially dangerous that is for our residents. The way to curb it is for us to do whatever we can to adapt to sea level rise situations." Climate change, he explained, means that there will be an increase in the intensity of storms. "We saw that in 2004 when we had Frances and Jeanne. Frances covered the entire Bahamas. So each one of those islands was experien...

...arguments for and against the use of alternative medicine in the treatme
2008-04-15 05:04:00
The medication wars: By Nadine Thomas-Brown, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: There's a war raging in the world of medicine as many people are opting for the path of "natural" or "herbal" remedies, as opposed to taking prescribed medicines from their medical practitioner. Many doctors are perplexed as to why patients would stop taking prescribed medication and opt for the "natural route". Their advise is not to. They say that while natural remedies may have their place, they may not be the safest bet. Dr. Martin Brown, a general practitioner cautions that while natural medicines have their uses, they have just as many side effects as natural ones. The difference he says is that pharmaceutical medicines have been researched and the side effects noted. In fact the drugs have to be approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they are put on the market, which is not the case for natural medicines. Dr. Brown said that using "natural"...
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The spirit of seniority is a yoke: Leaders in the body of Christ stand cond
2008-04-13 23:09:00
Ferguson-The spirit of seniority is a yoke: By Albert S. Ferguson, For The Guardian - Nassau, Bahamas: "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ... Romans 12:3(a) When Jesus, our leadership model, was on earth, he demonstrated leadership succession planning by gathering an "inner circle" of apostles, and giving them special experiences and training. As time passed, and this inner group experienced Jesus "up close", they, unfortunately, wanted more than to just be on the inside. They began to want more prominence and power than the other nine apostles. Peter wanted wealth. He wanted to know how he was going to benefit from the financial sacrifices he had made when he left a lucrative business career to become an apostle, sans salary. James and John didn't want wealth. They wanted seniority. "Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and the other on thy left hand, in glo...
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Bush, war and the tooth-and-nail struggle for survival
2008-04-12 00:43:00
Reflections of Fidel: IN the reflection titled "Bush in Heaven," published by our newspapers this past March 23, I affirmed that Bush would get up to his old tricks during the NATO meeting in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, from April 1 through 3. Important events are taking place in Europe. To ignore them would be to remain ignorant of today?s dilemmas. With enough patience to get through the next few pages, readers will have access to news items extracted from a sea of information, which come to light at different times and on different days, mixed together with other headlines, vital and not. "Athens, April 3 (EFE): "Greek nationalists celebrated today having prevented Macedonia?s entry into NATO. At the root of this is the unresolved Athens-Skopje dispute over Macedonia?s name, which has been going on for 17 years. "The Greek press is unanimous, this Thursday, in calling the veto that prevented Macedonia?s entry into NATO a success, a decision confirmed today at the ...
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What Is Christianity?
2008-04-11 01:43:00
Christianity-Cult or not? By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter: Nassau, Bahamas: "Jesus was only a man. He was not the Son of God. His mother, Mary, the wife of Joseph, was not a virgin. She got pregnant the normal way." Have you heard this before? If you haven't, what about this? "Jesus did not raise from the dead. He was killed and buried just like everyone else. Because if He did, more people would have seen him or there would have been proof." It's because of arguments like this that some people believe that Christianity is a fake, and the reasons they claim religion as "fake" and a "cult". There are many people who say that Christianity is the biggest scheme in the world, claiming that from its beginning, it has been used by monarchs to control the various classes. According to Bishop John Humes, President of the Bahamas Christian Council, those claims are completely false, and time to put to rest any claims of Christianity being "fake" or a "cult". "A cult...
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Bahamas Ministry Of Education To Tackle Public School Violence
2008-04-09 00:02:00
Ministry planning to tackle school violence: By BIANCA SYMONETTE, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: The Ministry of Education is preparing to unveil a comprehensive plan to address the growing problem of school violence, in light of recent altercations at a junior and senior high school in New Providence. Though opting not to disclose any detailed information about the plan, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education Elma Garraway, explained that once the information collected by ministry officials, and the resulting solutions to the problem leads to actual policy, the ministry would reveal its plans in full detail. "We have our solutions and when they are all consolidated, and we have a policy agreement as to where we are to go, we will announce it," Garraway said. We are currently dealing with children with behavioral disorders. There are matters within the communities that must be addressed on a broader level, but as it relates to behavioral problems in sc...
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Bahamas Police Chief Says There's No Need For Police In Public Schools
2008-04-08 04:54:00
Police Chief Says No Need For Police In Schools : By Kendea Jones - Nassau, Bahamas : Despite violent episodes at two public high schools last week, Acting Commissioner of Police Reginald Ferguson maintains there is no need for police to be stationed at schools. "People have to realize that this is not just the police?s problem," Mr. Ferguson said in an interview with the Bahama Journal on Sunday. "This is a problem that affects our entire society. Parents have to be accountable and look after their children better. Whether the police is there or not things are going to happen." The first incident occurred last Thursday at D.W. Davis Junior High School. According to school officials, the incident occurred just after some students were released from a study period for BJC examinations. According to officials, two groups of students of opposing gangs began using objects from around the school as weapons to fight each other. Though there were no serious injuries reported, it lef...
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The Chinese victory (Part II)
2008-04-06 15:36:00
Reflections of Fidel: WHEN World War I broke out in 1914, China joined the allies. As recompense, China was promised that the German concessions in the province of Shandong would be returned to them at the end of the war. After the Treaty of Versailles, which President Woodrow Wilson imposed on friends and foes alike, the German colonies were transferred to Japan, a more powerful ally than China. Thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square on May 4, 1919 to protest this move. The first triumphant nationalist movement in China was born there. Called the "May 4th Movement", it brought the petty bourgeoisie, the national bourgeoisie and the workers and peasants under one coalition. The founding of the Kuomintang or National People?s Part y had consolidated the nationalist currents that emerged at the close of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. It was headed by Dr. Sun Yatsen, a progressive intellectual and revolutionary heavily influenced by the October Revolution,...
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The Chinese Victory (Part I)
2008-04-06 00:11:00
Reflections of Fidel: WITHOUT some basic historical knowledge, the subject I am dealing with could not be understood. In Europe, people had heard about China. In the autumn of 1298, Marco Polo told marvelous tales about an amazing country he called Cathay. Columbus, an intelligent and intrepid sailor, was aware of the Greeks? knowledge about the roundness of the Earth. His own observations led him to agree with those theories. He came up with the plan of reaching the Far East sailing westward from Europe. But, he calculated the distance with far too much optimism, for it was several times greater. Unexpectedly, between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, this continent loomed up on his route. Magellan would make the journey conceived by him, even though he died before reaching Europe. Still, the value of the spices collected paid for the expedition initiated with a number of vessels ? of which only one returned ? a prelude of future colossal profits. From that point, the world...
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The Purpose Of The Church In The Bahamian Society
2008-04-04 23:47:00
The purpose of the Church : By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: The Bahamas is touted as a Christian nation built on the values and principles of the Bible, and boasts a number of denominations from Roman Catholic to Anglican, Assemblies of God, Ba'hai, Baptist, Brethren, Greek Orthodox and Jewish, among others. In New Providence alone there are so many churches that it is hard to put a figure on the actual number, with new ones opening their doors almost daily. They're all filled to capacity on any given Sunday, or Saturday ? depending on your faith. Despite the church's faithful followers there are those people who are said to have lost sight of the "true" purpose of the church, which is to guide the nation and prepare people for the Kingdom of Heaven. Take for example Dr. Ian Strachan, who in an article published in The Nassau Guardian said: "I used to be one of those 'smart' people who turned their backs on church-going. I turned my bac...
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Tiger Woods Urged To Abandon Albany's Multimillion-dollar Exclusive Resort
2008-04-04 05:56:00
Tiger Woods Urged To Abandon Albany - By Tameka Lundy: Nassau, Bahamas: A local environmental protection group is attempting to take its concerns about a multimillion-dollar exclusive resort development under construction in southwest New Providence to one of three golf pros behind the development, asserting that in its present form the project is not sustainable and some components should be eliminated. The Director of ReEarth, Sam Duncombe, is seeking to draw outside attention to the potential problems that the Albany Beach and Golf Resort could pose for The Bahamas and has written a letter to Tiger Woods, one of the partners behind the project. In her letter, she registers her deep concern for the environmental and social problems associated with the Albany project and urges Mr. Woods to abandon the development because it is "ecologically, environmentally and socially irresponsible." A part of that concern relates to how dredging a canal for the project would adversely imp...
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The Great European Union (EU) Betrayal
2008-04-02 23:29:00
An erosion of democracy:- By The Nassau Institute - Nassau, Bahamas: The new European Union treaty approved at a summit of member states in Lisbon in October, 2007, has attracted fierce opposition in Britain. It has been labeled "the great EU betrayal". The controversy is as much about the accountability of an elected government to its voters, and the implications for democracy, as the nature of the new powers ceded to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. In an article published in The Tribune last October, the Nassau Institute examined the debate leading up to the EU summit meeting. The treaty was designed, ostensibly, to improve the working of the EU's existing institutions, though many claimed that it was identical to the new EU constitution which had been rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. Fast forward now to March this year when members of parliament at Westminster voted against holding a referendum about the treaty. This was preceded by pressure on the Labor ...
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Coroners Inquest Bahamas: Daniel Wayne Smith - Late Son Of Former Playboy P
2008-04-02 00:34:00
By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR - Nassau, Bahamas : After months of testimony, the jury in the inquest into the death of Daniel Smith , the son of the late former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, on Monday handed down its verdict ? one that essentially found his death to be accidental. The jury delivered a unanimous decision that Daniel died as a result of a "non-dependent use of drugs." Essentially, that means he was not addicted to the drugs he consumed and did not expect to die from them. It was not the verdict that the attorney representing Daniel?s family had hoped for. "We don?t think it makes any sense," said Neil McCabe, the U.S. attorney representing Daniel?s grandmother Virgie Arthur and his father, Billy Smith. "The boy was not a drug user. The judge said so. Why he would all of a sudden take a massive overdose of methadone in an abusive manner doesn?t make any sense. We don?t agree with the verdict. We think it is contrary to the evidence and unfortunately the jury ...
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Bahamas Education System Suffers From Bad Policy Decisions - Post Independe
2008-03-31 23:42:00
Education System Suffering From Bad Policy Decisions, Archer Says: By Candia Dames - Nassau, Bahamas : The country?s education system is still suffering from some of the bad policy decisions made after independence in 1973, according to former High Commissioner to CARICOM A. Leonard Archer, who is also a former educator who headed the Bahamas Union of Teachers. Mr. Archer, who was the special guest on the Love 97/JCN programme "Jones and Company" on Sunday, said that after independence many good teachers felt they were no longer welcomed in the system and so they left. The result, he said, was a shortage of educators in the public school system and the powers that be lowered the standards teachers had to meet before being hired. It meant that many teachers were brought in with lower qualifications and the system today is still suffering from that, Mr. Archer opined. He said that after independence questions were being raised about whether English teachers, for example, ought ...
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HIV/AIDS Awareness Message Hits The Streets Of The Bahamas
2008-03-29 23:30:00
HIV/AIDS Awareness In Rawson Square: By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas : With HIV/AIDS on the increase among young persons in The Bahamas , one group felt it necessary to take the message of awareness and prevention to the streets. Youth Ambassadors for Positive Living (YAPL) took to Rawson Square on Friday to educate and inform young people about the overwhelming epidemic of HIV/AIDS within The Bahamas. Keith Kemp, chairman of YAPL, told the Bahama Journal that there was a need to take a different approach to awareness and prevention education. "We are here in Rawson Square because we as a youth organization are moving our information from a classroom type setting or church or youth group in terms of presentation and are looking at bringing information to the streets to the average persons," Mr. Kemp said. He said that his group has found that many young persons don?t attend youth groups and they don?t attend churches. "They aren?t going to churches anymore where the...
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Bush in Heaven (II)
2008-03-28 11:24:00
Reflections of Fidel: TUESDAY, March 18 marked the fifth anniversary of the arrest of more than 70 quislings, the capos of imperialism's fifth column in Cuba who, paid by the U.S. government, violate the laws of the land and share the opinion that this dark corner of the world should be swept off the map. On that date, a Department of State spokesperson described the event as the ?Black Spring?, a term with racist overtones. We could call it ?White Spring.? Darkness does not exist in space, only in the mind. What a huge difference between the methods used by the government of the United States and those used by Cuba! Not one of the mercenaries was tortured or deprived of lawyers or trial, even if it was of a summary nature, provided by the law in cases of danger of aggression; they have the right to receive visits, access to family facilities as well as the other legal prerogatives of all prisoners; and if at any time their health seriously requires it, they are released, with...
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Bush in Heaven (Part 1)
2008-03-27 19:41:00
Reflections of Fidel: IN this reflection I will go by news received from different sources, including international cable services, ?without specifically recognizing any of them as the information source, but strictly abiding by the text of the news-- books, documents, the Internet, and even questions asked to well-informed sources. There is a big hustle and bustle everywhere, as if we lived in a madhouse. Our very well-known characters continue on their hectic tour. After visiting Brazil and Chile, Condoleezza flew to Moscow to sound out the new President. She wants to know his mind. She traveled with the chief of the Pentagon. With a dislocated arm after a fall in February, he said: "With a broken arm, I won't be nearly as difficult a negotiator." A typically Yankee joke. You may figure out the effect this had on the proud ears of a Russian, whose people suffered the loss of so many millions of lives in their struggle against the Nazi hordes that were claiming vital space ?w...
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Tiger Woods Enthused About The Billion-dollar Albany Beach Golf Resort Bah
2008-03-26 22:45:00
Tiger Woods Enthused About Bahamas Project: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: Golf great Tiger Woods might have blown his chance of an eighth successive golf tournament victory this past weekend, but his partnership with Joe Lewis and Ernie Els is billed as the winning combination needed to successfully drive an exclusive resort styled community under construction in southwest New Providence. Ground has already been broken on the billion-dollar Albany Beach Golf Resort which developers project will inject roughly $2.7 billion into the economy of The Bahamas over a 15-year period. That money will primarily come from taxes and duties paid to the government, wages paid to employees and local expenditures. The completed vision will showcase a 565-acre new development inclusive of a 50 to 60-room boutique hotel, 350 private residences, a golf course and marina and separate centres for horse riding, fitness and beach activities that dot the island?s southwestern shoreline. Mr. Woo...
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Parents: it is time that you leave your married children alone. Get out of
2008-03-24 14:09:00
Marriage is thicker than blood, Blood is thicker than water: By Barryington Brennen, For The Nassau Guardian - Nassau, Bahamas: Question: My husband spends more time and money with his mother than he does with me, his wife, and his children. When I do have a chance to talk with my mother-in-law about it, she always retorts with the old proverb, "Blood is thicker than water." Once in a while even my husband's remarks suggest that he should be more loyal to his mother who gave him birth, than to his wife and children. This makes me feel cheated and abandoned. Should this really be this way? I feel that my husband does not understand what it means to be one in marriage. Please help me. Answer: Obviously, blood is thicker than water because of the number of cells present in 70 percent of water. However, the old adage is not talking about literal blood. What does it really mean when one says, "blood is thicker than water"? "Our loyalty to our family — that is, to our blood ...
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"Good Friday was the greatest act of a loving heavenly father expressing hi
2008-03-21 03:43:00
Why Jesus had to die: By SHAVAUGHN MOSS, Special Sections Editor - Nassau, Bahamas: Jesus was not killed, but rather decided to die in order to keep the integrity of his word to himself, and destroy the stain and power of sin in every man's life, according to Bahamas Faith Ministries senior pastor Dr Myles Munroe. And that he said is the joy of the Easter message and cause for all men everywhere in every nation and race to have hope. "Good Friday was the greatest act of a loving heavenly father expressing his love for his image in each man and paying the ultimate price to redeem us from our own folly." Munroe says the death of Jesus was not, and must not be considered an act of suicide, because the notion of suicide is always motivated by an individual's response to personal distress, frustration, hopelessness and depression. He says the death of Jesus was completely opposite in nature, and was rather initiated to relieve others from stress, and give us all hope for life...
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