PABA Summer Tournaments kicks off
Sports News 12th July, 2018
The PABA summer tournament kicked off last Wednesday with 2 exciting games. Fans were entertained by the junior Knights and the sting rays in game 1 and the rising stars vs the HAB Sonics in game 2. At the end of the night KNIGHTS def the sting rays 49-45. For the knights G. Hall Jr. Scored 14pts, J. Duncan 11 pts and N. Higs 10 pts. For the Sting Rays, A. Mohammed scored 19 pts and E. Pierre 8pts.
Games 2 saw Risng stars K. Sylvain scored 19 pts, D. Penn. 9 pts. For the Sonics, T. Hall Scored 15 pts and J. Damon – 12pts.
Shark bites Instagram model posing in the Bahamas
Regional News 12th July 2018
When Instagram model Katarine Zarutskie waded in the crystal blue of Staniel Cay in the Bahamas to join the sharks, one clamped it jaws onto her arm and pulled her underwater.
"All of a sudden it felt like 15 people were squeezing on my wrist really, really, really hard," Zarutskie said. "Next thing I knew I was underwater and I felt this, and the adrenaline just kicked in."
"It seemed safe and I'd seen all these photos so I thought it was okay," she said.
The owner of the marina said that nurse sharks were typically docile but the sharks could have been feeding and might have mistaken Zarutskie's fingers for food.
Zarutskie emerged from the incident shaken but relatively unscathed.
Papa John's founder resigns as chairman after using N-word
International News 12th July, 2018
John Schnatter, the founder and public face of Papa John's pizza, resigned as the company's chairman hours after he apologized for using the N-word on a conference call in May.
Schnatter had apologized earlier in the day after Forbes reported that he used the racial slur while participating in a role-playing exercise designed to prevent public relations crises.
According to the account in Forbes, Schnatter was on a call with Laundry Service, a marketing agency, and was asked how he planned to manage future public relations flare-ups.
Schnatter founded Papa John's in 1984. He is the public face of the company and its largest shareholder, controlling 29%, and appears in its ads, including one that rolled out as recently as April.
Papa John's (PZZA) said in a statement late Wednesday it would appoint a new chairman "in the coming weeks."
Donald Trump 'fine' with protests as he lands in UK
International News 12th July, 2018
US President Donald Trump has arrived in the UK, having said he is "fine" about any protests during his visit.
He is due to meet Theresa May, who is seeking a post-Brexit trade deal - days after he said the UK was in "turmoil". Extra security is in place to police a number of protests but Mr Trump said he thought Britons "like me a lot". Speaking at the Nato summit in Brussels before he arrived, Mr. Trump said the UK was a "pretty hot spot right now".
Mr Trump, who will also spend time with the Queen during his two-day working visit, added: "I think they like me a lot in the UK; I think they agree with me on immigration... "You see what's going on throughout the world with immigration... I think that's why Brexit happened." Mr. Trump has recently been under fire for his own immigration policy, which resulted in the separation of immigrant families.
Mrs. May said the UK visit would be an opportunity to boost trade links and strengthen co-operation on security. But she also warned Mr. Trump not to ignore the "malign behaviour" of Russia when he meets Vladimir Putin in Helsinki next week. Mr. Trump had joked earlier this week that his meeting with the Russian leader "may be the easiest" part of his European trip.
Along with trade and security links, Downing Street said the other key areas to be discussed between the two leaders included Brexit and the Middle East.
Ahead of Mr. Trump's visit, Mrs. May said that when the UK leaves the European Union "there will be no alliance more important in the years ahead".
Nassau man tragically dies by lightning strike
Royal Bahamas Police Force has reported that a man was found deceased on Goodman’s Bay Beach. The man had apparently been setting up for an event to be held on the beach park when he was struck by lightning.
Police were, quick to add that their strong suspicion remains unconfirmed; that they were still gathering information in the case to verify the cause of death.
The severe weather alerts started from Independence night and continue into tonight; Grand Bahama is currently experiencing the inclement weather system, called ‘the remnants of Hurricane Beryl.
Haitian Migrants Charged before Courts in the Bahamas
A total of 46 Haitian migrants were charged before the courts in Nassau after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters on Tuesday past by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.
The migrants, (38 males, 8 females) all pleaded guilty to illegal landing before Magistrate Carolyn Evans.
Two of the migrants were repeat offenders, and were sentenced to The Bahamas Department of Corrections. Alliance Alcy will serve 3 months in jail and Sherline Myrtil will serve 6 months. They will both be deported after completion of their time served. The other 44 migrants are expected to be deported as soon as possible.
This is the second group of migrants to be charged within the past 3 months. On April 25, a total of 35 Haitian migrants were charged before the courts in Marsh Harbour, Abaco after they were apprehended during a joint operation between The Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Police Force and Bahamas Immigration Department. They were all deported to Haiti.
Rotary International president chosen from Caribbean region
Barry Rassin of the Rotary Club of East Nassau in New Providence, Bahamas, became the president of the Rotary International this month.
He is the first Rotary International president to be selected from his home district 7020, which also includes the Cayman Islands, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Barts, St. Maarten, St. Martin, Turks and Caicos, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
According to a press release from Rotary International, Mr. Rassin and his wife, the First Lady, Esther Rassin, will reside in Evanston, Illinois, USA, the headquarters location of Rotary International. This location often serves as a stopover point for a president who typically travels to more than 50 countries in support of Rotary projects throughout the year.
Mr. Rassin who was selected on July 1m takes over from Australian Ian Riseley.
District 7020 is home to almost 90 Rotary Clubs and 50 Rotaract clubs across 11 Caribbean jurisdictions including the TCI. The new district governor for District 7020 is Dr. Patrick Adizua of the Rotary Club of Mandeville, Jamaica.
“In support of Rotary International’s theme for the Rotary year,, ‘Be the Inspiration,’ District 7020 will focus its activities for the year on the phrase, ‘Share your Love for Rotary,’ as it seeks to work with and support youth and to encourage and strengthen diversity in the Rotary clubs of the district,” according to the Rotary press release.
While Rotary has been long associated with flight against polio, the 2018-19 Rotary year see the launch of a new, collaborative, multi-year initiative within District 7020 titled the “HANWASH Project.” The project is a partnership with the government of Haiti and other nongovernmental organizations.
President Rassin said potable water supplies are restricted in towns and cities across all 10 departments of Haiti at specific hours of the day. The project aims to bring clean potable water to all 71 communal sections of the country.
Woman Caught trying to Smuggle Python onto Flight to Barbados
Florida, United States, Wednesday July 11, 2018- A woman who was headed to Barbados on Sunday was not only prevented from getting on her flight, but was fined after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at Miami International Airport Discovered she had a snake hidden in a computer hard drive in her checked bag.
The traveler was not named.
“The snake, that didn’t get on a plane thanks to our officers’ diligent screening, had been artfully concealed inside the electronics of a hard drive and placed in a checked bag headed for a flight to Barbados,” TSA spokesperson Sari Ko-shetz said.
It was while the passenger’s bag was being screened that a TSA saw an “organic mass”. A TSA bomb expert who was called into the baggage screening room to investigate the hard drive discovered a small, live Ball Python in nylon stocking.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Services subsequently took away the reptile and fined the passenger.
“While this mass inside the electronic device was obviously not an imminent terrorist threat to the traveling public, the interception did prevent a possible wildlife threat on an aircraft. Animals of many species have been known to escape and chew through wires with fatal results,” Ko-shetz said.
UWI Proposes Law School For Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- The principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus has put forward a proposal to have a law school established in Barbados.
And Professor Eudine Barri-teau plans to go as far as Prime Minister Mia Mottley with her proposal.
It was during a courtesy call with Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Dale Marshall this week that the university principal made the suggestion.
Professor Barri-teau explained that she saw the establishment of a law school as not only being able to cater to Barbadians but those from across the Caribbean and as far as England.
She asked the Attorney General to consider her proposal “seriously”, noting that she would also raise the topic for discussion with the Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training San-tia Bradshaw and Prime Minister Mottley.
The principal added that she would like Barbados to be seen as the hub for education in the Caribbean.
Attorney General Marshall said there some issues to be considered in the proposal and that he wanted to hear the opinion of the Council of Legal Education on the matter.
CDB to construct new office building in Barbados
July 11th, 2018, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced that it will construct a new office building in Barbados, redeveloping the current site of its headquarters at Wildey, St. Michael.
The project, approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors in December 2017, will provide adequate accommodations for the CDB’s current and projected staff complement, and integrate environmental sustainability considerations.
“With more than 200 employees and a building that is almost four decades old, it has become essential to construct new office accommodations that will effectively and efficiently support the Bank’s business and staff requirements,” said Philip Brown, Director, Human Resources and Administration, CDB.
The new office Building will efficiently use energy, water and other resources; focus on protecting staff health and improving employee productivity; prioritize the reduction of waste, pollution and environmental degradation. Building on the existing photovoltaic installation already in operation on CDB’s campus, the new building will provide opportunities to further integrate this renewable energy feature.
In addition, CDB will pursue a Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certification for the new building, which could be among the first in the Banks’s borrowing member countries to achieve globally recognized green rating.
Funding of the project, scheduled for completion in 2020, totals USD36 million (mn).
In 1970, CDB and the Government of Barbados signed an agreement establishing Barbados as the Bank’s Headquarters Seat. Since then, CDB has provided more than USD 480 mn in funding to support economic and social development in Barbados.