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Coroners Inquest Bahamas: California attorney Howard K. Stern disputed test
2008-03-19 23:13:00
Stern Test ifies In Smith Inquest - By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR: Nassau, Bahamas - A close friend of the former US reality TV star the late Anna Nicole Smith not only recounted the final hours of the celebrity?s 20-year-old son?s life while on the witness stand Tuesday, but also refuted previous testimony that he possibly got rid of evidence. California attorney Howard K. Stern was the last witness to take the stand in the Coroner?s Inquest that began in November, but was delayed while the court tried to secure testimony from American witnesses ? who are not compelled to come to The Bahamas to give evidence in the matter. On the witness stand Tuesday, Mr. Stern described the young man as a good person, even though his mother sent him to live with caretaker Raymond Martino after friction between the two reportedly developed in May 2006. "I had a lot of love for Daniel," said the attorney, who told the court that he knew the young man since 1997. "I thought he was looking for fr...
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Coroners Inquest Bahamas: The father of Anna Nicole Smith?s daughter, Danni
2008-03-18 22:51:00
Birkhead Tells Of Daniel Smith ?s Alleged Drug Use: By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR - Nassau, Bahamas: A Coroner?s Inquest into the death of Daniel Smith ? the son of the late U.S. reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith ? yesterday heard how the former Playboy playmate allegedly gave her son illegal drugs. On the witness stand Monday, Larry Birkhead ? the father of Anna Nicole Smith?s 18-month-old daughter, Dannielynnn ? was questioned extensively about his January 24, 2007, police statement in which he reported "personally" witnessing Anna Nicole, her attorney turned boyfriend Howard K. Stern and Daniel smoke marijuana. In that statement, Mr. Birkhead said Anna Nicole was addicted to methadone, and that he had "personally observed" Daniel using the drug Ecstasy. However, Mr. Stern?s attorney Wayne Munroe argued that Mr. Birkhead?s police statement was given at a time when he was involved in litigation with Anna Nicole. At the time the couple was engaged in a paternity and custody bat...
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"The CIA considers HIV/AIDS to be the greatest threat, estimating that by 2
2008-03-17 22:31:00
HIV/AIDS, This Real Terror: Bahama Journal Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: While most of us sleep, HIV/AIDS continues its deadly course throughout the world. Hardest hit is Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. Thereafter, we find the Caribbean, inclusive of Haiti and our own Bahamas. The lash inflicted by this scourge currently threatens the national security interests of great states like the United States of America. As we have learned, "The CIA considers HIV/AIDS to be the greatest threat, estimating that by 2020 it will be responsible for over half of all deaths from infectious disease in the developing world…" As that agency notes, "HIV presents a threat in both the former Soviet Union and Asia, but sub-Saharan Africa is the most vulnerable region. With around 10 percent of the world's population, this area accounts for half of all deaths from infectious diseases, primarily malaria and HIV/AIDS. "New and re-emerging infectious diseases will pose a rising global health thr...
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Say No to Torture
2008-03-15 23:23:00
Saying No to Torture : Bahama Journal Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: The United States of America is a land where paradox and contradiction routinely cavort. In this regard, we today note that while this country has a deserved reputation for being a cradle of democracy, it also has a history that is replete with savagery and barbarism. For current purposes, we today cite another contradiction. This time around, the puzzle concerns America?s vaunted and deserved reputation as a land where the human person is revered and where liberal freedoms are constitutionally guaranteed and that other America that routinely turns a blind eye to punishment that amounts to torture. There has been a furious debate concerning a technique known only as water boarding. Some say that this is but one form that torture takes in today?s United States of America. As we understand, "Water boarding as it is currently described involves strapping a person to an inclined board, with his feet raised and his...

The Bahamas is one of the strongest advocates of human rights in the wester
2008-03-14 00:33:00
U.S. official lauds Bahamas as strong human rights advocate: By ROGAN M. SMITH, Guardian Senior Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: A recently released U.S. report on human rights in The Bahamas expressed serious concern about complaints of police and prison guard abuse, delays in court trials, lengthy pre-trial detentions and discrimination against persons of Haitian descent. The report noted concerns about the lack of government transparency with regards to investigations of human rights abuses and the plight of Haitians living in The Bahamas whose claims to citizenship were not resolved speedily. The report was released by the U.S. government on Tuesday. Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy, Dr. Brent Hardt said, however, that The Bahamas was one of the strongest advocates of human rights in the western hemisphere and has a "commendable record." "It's important to note that The Bahamas stood out among Caribbean countries in its support for key human rights resolutions...
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US State Department's Report Highlights Possible Human Rights Concerns in T
2008-03-12 22:33:00
US Report Highlights Possible Human Rights Concerns: By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR - Nassau, Bahamas: In its annual human rights report released Tuesday, the US State Department highlights various police killings in The Bahamas, the slowness of the judicial system and election violence. While saying that the May 2, 2007 elections were free and fair, the report says, "The election campaign, however, was marred by instances of violence, the influential state-owned electronic media’s favortism toward government candidates, and allegations of vote-buying." The report also documents the December Bimini riot, the alleged police beating of Desmond Key (who later died), and several police shootings, including the killing of a psychiatric patient on hospital grounds in Nassau last November. "There were no new developments after a coroner’s court recommended murder charges against prison guard Sandy Mackey, who allegedly killed inmate Neil Brown in January 2006 in retribution for the ...
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A Call To Legalize Gambling In The Bahamas For Locals
2008-03-11 23:20:00
Legalize Gambling , D’Aguilar Urges: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas : Businessman Dionisio D’Aguilar has a simple solution to the illegality of Bahamians who are intent on flaunting the law and gambling: legalize it. He advanced the position Monday that the government should remove the legal impediment to gambling for locals and accrue revenue through taxation. "Let’s get on and get over this topic. It is so rife. It’s everywhere in this country. Everyone is gambling. Everyone sees it. It’s happening in the country and the government isn’t making one dollar off it," said Mr. D’Aguilar on Monday while on the Issues of The Day talk show on radio Love 97. "I don’t care what the churches say – and I may be controversial here. It’s happening and I don’t know where you live, but I live on this island. I see all the web shops." Mr. D’Aguilar, who is also the president of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber does not have an official position on g...
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The State of Health in the Caribbean Region is: "very challenging."
2008-03-10 22:59:00
State of Region?s Health ?Major Concern? - By Candia Dames: Nassau, Bahamas - It was a relatively short walk as health walks go, but St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, the lead CARICOM head on health, believes Saturday?s two-mile walk along the Cable Beach Strip was symbolic. Several heads of government, including Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, were up early for the workout ? from the Sheraton Resort to nearby Goodman?s Bay and back. The walk came on the final day of the Caricom heads? 19th Inter-Sessional Meeting, which took place in The Bahamas. Prime Minister Douglas said it is important for heads to practice what they preach. "We?ve been talking as leaders over the past few years about maintaining good health," he said after the walk. "Last year in Port of Spain we had a Port of Spain declaration where we committed ourselves to fighting the epidemic of non-communicable diseases and one clear way of the leaders demonstrating that is to actually tr...
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Bahamas: Bahamians Protest Against The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
2008-03-09 00:51:00
Protest Against EPA By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas : The preliminary signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was deliberate and not an accident according to Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing. Mr. Laing?s comments came on the heels of a protest staged by Bahamians Agitating for a Referendum on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (BARF). BARF (sic) demonstrated with picket signs shortly after the opening ceremonies of the 19th Intercessional meeting of Caribbean Heads of Government. The EPA is designed to open up trade between Caribbean and European countries but according to Fayne Thompson, a member of BARF, the government should not seal away its sovereignty and explain to Bahamians what the EPA is. "We feel that this EPA is a CSME in disguise," he said. "We remember how the Bahamian people reacted to CSME. We oppose this because we feel that the EPA only asks that we re-colonize the Bahamas by allowing persons to come into the country under ...
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The Bahamas is one of six countries in the Caribbean region that elected no
2008-03-07 23:51:00
Laing: Petrocaribe Fervor Dimming - By Tameka Lundy: Nassau, Bahamas : Enthusiasm has waned for the Petrocaribe initiative, proposed by Venezuela as a mechanism under which Caribbean nations would access oil at a cut rate, State Minister for Finance Zhivargo Laing has asserted. The current Free National Movement Government has, for now, chosen not to endorse the measure. The high cost of oil, which has dogged Caribbean nationals left to reap the repercussions of external factors that are contributing to the steep increases, is a matter that is occupying the attention of CARICOM officials as they meet here this week. Those officials are also discussing the wider cost of living issue. "All of us have to concede that we in the region are really price takers when it comes to the cost of fuel," Mr Laing acknowledged at the conclusion of the Council for Trade and Economic Development [COTED] meeting at the Sheraton Resort on Cable Beach. "We do not have either in our numbers or i...
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Easter is a sacred holiday
2008-03-07 01:26:00
Easter is more than bonnets and dresses: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter, Nassau, Bahamas: The hats and clothes are being bought and set aside so that everyone can look extra special on Easter Sunday, but Sunday, March 23, which is marked by Christians worldwide isn't all about the dresses and bonnets. It specifically marks the end of the 40-day Lenten period of fasting and penitence which is considered a time of reflection, a time to rejoice and a time for a new beginning. "Easter is the season when Christians celebrate the suffering, the death and most of all the resurrection of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ," says Bishop Samuel Green of Zion United Baptist Church. "We believe that when man separates himself from God that a bridge needed to be found so that man could get back to God, "he said. "God in his goodness ? in his mercy ? sent his only son to be that bridge as provided for in John 3: 16. We were given the opportunity to live eternally, because wh...
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Partisanship is no longer important to a growing number of Bahamians
2008-03-06 04:13:00
MPs Slam Partisan Politics: By Juan McCartney - Nassau, Bahamas: The Bahamian society would not survive unless it "rejects narrow-mindedness, selfishness and inflated egos," according to Elizabeth Member of Parliament Malcolm Adderley. Mr. Adderley was contributing to debate on the government?s mid-year budget on Monday. While endorsing the budget, Mr. Adderley also warned parliamentarians that partisanship is no longer as important to a growing number of Bahamians ? especially the younger generation ? as is the proper management of the government. Mr. Adderley said he welcomes foreigners who come into the country to help build a "better Bahamas". But he cautioned that, "unless and until we born and bred Bahamians stop canabalizing each other, the journey ahead will continue to be rugged and painful." Mr. Addereley said parliamentarians must encourage "a mindset which is directed away from oneself." He added that all parliamentarians should work together for the "progress...
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The Human Rights Council (HRC) should respect objectivity, impartiality and
2008-03-05 04:27:00
Complete text of speech: ? Statement by Felipe Pérez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba at the High Level Segment of the Seventh Session of the Human Rights Council . Geneva, March 3, 2008 Excellencies: I am speaking on behalf of Cuba, the country who is suffering under the longest and cruellest blockade known to history; the small rebel country which is threatened with "a change of regime", never to be forgiven its noble spirit and integrity. That Cuba should be founding member of this Council is proof that, finally, reason conquers force, the defence of principles defeats power and wealth. Proof of the fact that you cannot fool all of the people, all of the time. During 2007 we concluded, in essence, the institutional building of the Human Rights Council. It was the victory of our majority ?the Non-Aligned Movement in particular ? over a very paltry group of countries ?one or two of the powerful ones ? who conspired up until the last second to frustrate...
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Domestic Violence's A Major Concern In The Bahamas
2008-03-04 00:17:00
Domestic Violence Remains Major Concern: By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas : Reported domestic disputes decreased from 1,361 cases in 2006 to 1,138 cases in 2007, according to statistic released by the Royal Bahamas Police Force. However, according to a local psychologist, those numbers may not be a "true reflection" of cases in The Bahamas . "Domestic violence has been a problem and continues to be a problem and confronts us on a daily basis," said Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson, who spoke to the Bahama Journal recently. "Persons live with violent situations daily. The police will tell you and the hospitals will tell you that on a daily basis they see the victims of this violence." Dr. Patterson said much needs to be done to address domestic violence in The Bahamas. "We will never do enough until we can get rid of domestic violence completely," she said. "We just have to keep fighting and keep battling." She said there is a need to enact stronger domestic violence legisla...
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The Venomous Lionfish Proliferates In The Bahamas
2008-03-02 05:18:00
Lionfish Proliferation: By Macushla N. Pinder - Nassau, Bahamas : Increasing in numbers, the venomous lionfish has already reportedly spread to parts of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean and as far north as the Carolinas as well as in Bermuda. But local fisheries officials feel they may have the answer to keeping those numbers at manageable level. Citing an article in the December issue of Dive Training magazine, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, Larry Cartwright said one way to combat the lionfish might be to give it economic value as food source. "In North Carolina, they are been caught in sufficient quantity such that some fishermen have started including them in boxes of mixed catch sold skinned and filleted at a discounted price," he said, quoting the article. "Their venom does not taint the meat and those who have tasted say that lionfish are quite good like tilapia. One lionfish researcher ? a sushi fan - has even samp...
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CUBA SIGNS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS
2008-02-29 23:44:00
Sovereign decision of a government that is not acting under pressure ? Emphasizes Foreign Minister Pérez Roque, adding that the U.S. blockade and hostility constitute the main obstacle to the Cuba n people?s enjoyment of the rights covered by those agreements UNITED NATIONS. ? Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque said that Cuba?s signing of human rights agreements was a sovereign decision by a government that has never acted and will never act under pressure. In a press conference shortly after signing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Pérez Roque referred to the reason that such a step was being made. He explained that the decision "has been taken now that the selective and unjust mandate against Cuba imposed by the brutal pressure and blackmail of the United States in the former Human Rights Commission has been clearly defeated, representing a historic victory for the Cuban people." ...
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The Old Testament Versus The New
2008-02-28 17:50:00
Old vs New: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: For years scholars, clergy and members of the public have debated which is better? The Old Testament or the New? Some argue that because the Old Testament was first, that makes it the foundation of the Bible and religion;while others say it's for that very reason it should be ignored because there is something new. "I've always wondered what's the point for having two sections of the Bible," says Christina Dean, 23. "I mean, I know one was before Christ and the other is after. But if that's the case why do I need to worry about what happened before Jesus. I just want to read what he taught and what I'm suppose to do. I just don't know or see the benefits of having both or reading both." According to Genieus Wells, senior pastor of Chapel on the Hill many people simply don't understand the reason behind both testaments, and that is usually the cause for debate. Wells says both the Old and Ne...
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To Tithe or Not
2008-02-26 00:00:00
To tithe or not to tithe: By KARAN MINNIS,Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Ms. Mabel, 82, collects her paltry pension check every month. But before she spends a dime on her bills, she takes out the Lord's 10 percent. Then there's Mrs. Claire, 55, who had a patio sale and raised $900 from things she no longer wanted. Before she spends this extra cash, on her grandchildren she takes out 10 percent for the church coffers. But Ms. Jones, 28, a young professional looks into her bag on Sunday morning to see how much cash she has on hand, takes out a $5.00 bill, drops it in the collection plate, and she's happy with herself. She doesn't believe she has to give the church 10 percent of her earnings in tithes. She puts in just whatever she can afford on any given day. Tithing is defined as one-tenth part of something, paid as a voluntary contribution, and is said to be a sacrifice given to support a religious organization. Historically tithes were said to be paid i...

Reflections by President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Fiv
2008-02-24 14:22:00
THE articles introduced in yesterday’s reflection, on February 14, were written in the last two or three days. More than two weeks ago, on January 27, 2008, the digital publication Tom Dispatch reproduced an article translated for Rebelión by Germán Leyens: "Why the Debt Crisis is Now the Greatest Threat to the American Republic," by Chalmers Johnson. This American author has not been awarded the Nobel Prize, as has Joseph Stiglitz, the famous and well-known economist and writer, or even Milton Friedman himself, who inspired neoliberalism and led many countries down that disastrous path, including the United States. Friedman was the most intensive advocate of economic liberalism opposed to any government regulations. His ideas nurtured Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. An active member of the Republican Part y, he advised Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Augusto Pinochet, that man with a sinister story. He died in November of 2006 at the age of 94. He wrote numerous works, a...
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Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Fou
2008-02-23 13:56:00
When in the previous reflection I asked McCain what he thought of the Five antiterrorist Cuban Heroes, I did so because I remembered what he had published on page 206 of his book Faith of My Fathers, co-written with his assistant Mark Salter: “It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment. Having no one else to rely on, to share confidences with, to seek counsel from, you begin to doubt your judgment and your courage. But you eventually adjust to solitary, as you can to almost any hardship, by devising various methods to keep your mind off your troubles and greedily grasping any opportunity for human contact.� “When in 1970 my period of solitary confinement was finally ended, I was overwhelmed by the compulsion to talk nonstop..." If this is a subject of interest to you, in the United States today there are five Cuban prisoners, separated one from the other by thousands of miles. ...
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Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Thr
2008-02-22 23:18:00
YESTERDAY, I said that while Bush was speaking to Congress, McCain was being honored at the Versailles Restaurant of Little Havana. It was there that most of the fiercest enemies of the Cuban Revolution and their families took up residence, Batista’s followers, the big landowners, owners of apartment buildings and millionaires who tyrannized and plundered our people. The United States government has used them at will, to organize invaders and terrorists who have shed our people’s blood through almost 50 years. Later, illegal emigrants joined that stream, along with the Cuban Adjustment Act and the brutal blockade imposed on the people of Cuba. It is incredible that, in this day and age, the Republican candidate, honored as a hero, is turned into an instrument of that Mafia. Nobody having an ounce of self-esteem would commit such a serious lapse in ethics. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario and Lincoln Díaz-Balart, Senator Mel Martínez, also of Cuban descent, Governo...
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Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Tw
2008-02-21 18:46:00
ONE of the most hostile U.S. newspapers when it comes to Cuba, headquartered in Florida, offers the following report: “Taking advantage of the negotiations to free the Bay of Pigs’ prisoners, the CIA tried to use a key person in the talks, American lawyer James B. Donovan, to deliver a lethal gift to Fidel Castro : a wetsuit contaminated with a fungus that lacerates the skin and an underwater breathing device infected with tuberculosis...the gear in fact was given to the Cuban leader in November 1962. “The revelation is one of many anecdotes in After the Bay of Pigs, a book on the negotiations held between the Committee of Relatives for the Liberation of Prisoners and Havana from April to December 1962. “The 238-page book, published late last year, was written by Cuban exile Pablo Pérez-Cisneros with businessman John B. Donovan, son of the late negotiator, and Jeff Koenreich, a veteran member of the Red Cross who has promoted humanitarian missions between the United Sta...
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Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate
2008-02-21 06:43:00
(Part One) THESE reflections are self-explanatory. On the now well-known Super Tuesday, a day of the week when many U.S. states selected the candidate of their choice from among a pool of aspirants to the presidency of the United States, one of the possible candidates to substitute George W. Bush was John McCain. Because of his pre-designed image as a hero and his alliance with strong contenders like the former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, other hopefuls had already gladly given their support. The heavy propaganda of weighty social, economic and political factors in his country and his style of conduct had made him the candidate with the best possibilities. Only the Republican extreme right, represented by Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, dissatisfied with certain insignificant concessions made by McCain, were still putting up resistance to him on February 5. Afterward, Romney also abandoned his candidacy, ceding to McCain’s. Huckabee is still a candidate. The struggle for ...
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Cuba: Message from the Commander in Chief - Fidel Castro Ruz
2008-02-20 04:51:00
Message from the Commander in Chief : Dear compatriots: Last Friday, February 15, I promised you that in my next reflection I would deal with an issue of interest to many compatriots. Thus, this now is rather a message. The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its President, its Vice-Presidents and Secretary. For many years I have occupied the honorable position of President. On February 15, 1976 the Socialist Constitution was approved with the free, direct and secret vote of over 95% of the people with the right to cast a vote. The first National Assembly was established on December 2nd that same year; this elected the State Council and its presidency. Before that, I had been a Prime Minister for almost 18 years. I always had the necessary prerogatives to carry forward the revolutionary work with the support of the overwhelming majority of the people. There were those overseas who, aware of my critical health condition, thought that my provisional resignat...
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Plagued With Diabetes In The Bahamas
2008-02-18 23:30:00
Plagued with sugar: By Kermit B. Fernander - Nassau, Bahamas : When Mrs. Smith says she "has sugar", she means she has diabetes. But, to be honest, the Bahamian expression "having sugar" is misleading for the simple reason that sugar in the blood (also called blood sugar or blood glucose) is a vital component of blood, and without it we cannot live. When there are excessive amounts of sugar in the blood, this condition is known as diabetes. At the moment, far too many Bahamians have been diagnosed with diabetes, and this is of great concern to our local health authorities. Recently, Minister of Health and Social Development, Dr. Hubert Minnis, warned the public ? yet again ? about the escalating threat of diabetes and other chronic, non-communicable diseases. Labeling diabetes a chronic, debilitating and costly disease with severe complications, Dr. Minnis said: "In The Bahamas , it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of our population is living with diabetes, with the pr...
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Bahamas Bar Association Seeks The Definition Of Life Imprisonment
2008-02-17 00:13:00
BBA: Define ?Life Imprisonment? - By Macushla N. Pinder: Nassau, Bahamas - The question of life imprisonment is one the Bahamas Bar Association is hoping the Court of Appeal delivers a judgment on soon, setting out the guidelines for such a prison sentence. As it stands, life imprisonment is indefinite. "I think this is the most that can be said with certainty about it. What it means about the amount of time one is bound to spend incarcerated, I?m not certain that we can say at this point. We have gone past this ascribing of blame in the legal profession because the President of the Court of Appeal quite eloquently pointed out that it?s a pointless exercise," said Bar Association President Wayne Munroe. "But certainly in a lot of jurisdictions, you have very considered legislative framework so that the issue is something the public should know ? victims of crime, accused persons facing the judicial system, etc. They need to know what these sentences mean." According to Mr. Mu...
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Bahamas: Her Majesty?s Prison Recidivism Rate Declines
2008-02-15 23:19:00
Prison Recidivism Drops: By Juan McCartney - Nassau, Bahamas : The rate of recidivism has dropped, according to a statistical report on Her Majesty ?s Prison, which Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest tabled in the House of Assembly Wednesday night. The report showed that the rate of recidivism declined from 32 percent in 2006 to 22.7 percent in 2007. The recidivism rate is calculated based on persons returning to prison who had served a previous sentence. "We do not want our young people who have been released from prison to go back again," Minister Turnquest said. He was contributing to a debate on crime, which arose after the Opposition moved for the appointment of a select committee on crime. The minister said the prison is now offering basic academic and skills training to inmates so that they have an advantage when reintegrating into society after they are released from prison. Of the young men in prison, Minister Turnquest said, "our prison system will do it...
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Dating Christians and The Will Of God
2008-02-14 23:35:00
Dating, in love and Christian: By KARAN MINNIS,Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Every day we hear of marriages disintegrating, because people did not take the time to get to know each other during their dating period. Rather than focusing on getting to know each other, most allowed physical attraction to steer the relationship's course. When the novelty wore off, their was nothing to sustain the relationship, and it was no more. In life many people find it hard to maintain a steady relationship that reflects their personal values and their faith, and for practicing Christians who are dating it is twice as hard, as they have to get to know each other, and live by God's ordinance. However becoming successful in this quest may become a lot easier if you have someone to look up to. The Nassau Guardian spoke to two Christian couples who are traversing the perils of dating, but under the guidance of God. Elethera Scavella, 21, a teacher, and her boyfriend of three...
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Alarm Bells Sound In The Caribbean Tourism Sector
2008-02-14 04:52:00
Warning Bells For Caribbean Tourism : By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: Turbulent economic times have set off warning bells for Caribbean tourism officials who are fully aware that any upheaval in the global economy – if left unchecked – could spell disaster for the main driver of economic activity in the region. A recent United Nations World Tourism Barometer report indicated that tourism confidence has weakened in some markets tied to increased economic volatility. However, tourism business in The Bahamas and the Caribbean has not yet suffered dramatically as a result, Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization [CTO] Vincent Vanderpool Wallace told the Bahama Journal Tuesday in a telephone interview from his Barbados office. "We are not yet seeing [weakness] in any substantial degree," he said. "…But really what we see down the road we can’t help but be a little bit concerned with the sub prime problem that’s going on [and] the talk about a recession ...
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Bahamas: Minimal impact from the declining U.S. dollar on the Bahamian econ
2008-02-12 23:45:00
Minimal impact from from declining U.S. dollar: By TERENCE MURRELL,Guardian Business Desk - Nassau, Bahamas : The declining value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies such as the euro and the loonie, has so far had a minimal impact on Bahamian businesses, many of whom import goods from the U.S., in particular Florida. "The impact is not being felt as strongly, as most of the importation occurs from the U.S. market, particularly Florida, but it is certainly something we need to watch, particularly as it pertains to purchasing power, an issue which local businesspersons are grappling with," said Philip Simon, Executive Director of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce. "Essentially the declining U.S. dollar means exporters may be getting less with the same currency," he noted. The U.S. dollar continued to slip against most major currencies yesterday, as traders awaited for economic reports on the European Union to be released this week. In fact, the dollar has declined as much...
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