Theodore Elyett’s Miss Teen Bahamas® Organization Toastmasters Speech Competition

Nassau, Bahamas – Theodore Elyett’s Miss Teen Bahamas Beauty Pageant , announces its Toastmasters Speech Competition event! After weeks of intense training and grooming sessions, the contestants of Theodore Elyett’s Miss. Teen Bahamas Organization® will rip the runway on Sunday July 31st , 2011 at 7:00pm in Salons III & IV of the Wyndham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino. Under the theme, “Pretty Girl Rock:Beauty.Intelligence.Grace,” this even is next in the organization’s long list of preliminary competitions, community service initiatives, additional training and educational workshops…

Bahamas: Taking Precautions vs. Dengue

Womanish Words is shaken by her son's diagnosis of Dengue Fever, saying: “These are serious times. We all must take proper precautions. And we need to amp up the national response to the outbreak of Dengue Fever in Nassau.

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Caribbean: Commonwealth Stories for Online Time Capsule

The Royal Commonwealth Society is creating the world's largest online time capsule in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and wants regional/Commonwealth bloggers to share their stories. Get involved, here . Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

Future leaders receiving mentoring through Local Government Project

Nassau, The Bahamas — The mentoring of aspiring politicians through the Local Government Junior Council Pilot Project is one of the Government’s strategies to help strengthen Bahamian democracy.

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Eastern Community to hold Jazz and Classical Music Concert on Friday

Nassau, Bahamas – The Eastern Community Association will hold its annual evening of Jazz and Classical Music Concert on Friday, July 22. The announcement was made on Monday, July 11 at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture on Thompson Boulevard. The concert is being held under the patronage of the Hon.

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Bahamas: Road Works

Weblog Bahamas ‘ Jerome Pinder wonders if the New Providence Road Improvement Project is a “road to nowhere…” Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

Bahamas: Land Use Planning

As the government considers using the Exumas island chain “as a model for land use planning throughout the country”, Bahama Pundit 's Larry Smith says that “the $64,000 question is how to make all these good intentions real to the average Bahamian as well as to developers.” Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

Bahamas: Facebook Discussion Etiquette

Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas thinks that “genuine discussion” on Facebook “has gone the way of the Dodo bird”, adding: “Invective might be fun, but it serves no purpose other than to attempt to cut a conversation/discussion off.” Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

Grand Bahama Arts & Craft Centre to be a Welcomed New Attraction

Saturday, 9th July, 2011 – Freeport, Bahamas – Recently, executives of The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) and the Bahamas Agricultural Industrial Corporation (BAIC) conducted an informal walkthrough of the completed facilities of the Grand Bahama Arts & Craft Centre. The new state of the art 5,000 square foot facility was completed earlier this year by contractor Chris Harris & Pyramid Construction Company, to a tune of $650,000.00 On hand for the site tour was GBPA President, Ian Rolle, who shared his enthusiasm regarding the soon to come opening of the facility. “We are very pleased with the final product; the contractors did a wonderful job

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Bahamas: Saving the Forests

“Ever since the pine forests of the Bahamas were logged during the first 60 or so years of the last century, their ultimate survival has been in jeopardy due to conflicts with agricultural and commercial development”: Blogging at Bahama Pundit , Larry Smith says that “a new Forestry Act passed last year could change that.” Written by Janine Mendes-Franco