November 12th, 2009

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THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE BAHAMAS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS P. O. Box N-8199 Nassau, Bahamas. Tel. (242) 356 6108/Fax (242) 356 6109 12th November, 2009 Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, M.P., Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Of The Bahamas, Office of the Prime Minister, Cecil V. Wallace Whitfield Centre, Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas. Honourable Prime Minister, Re: Petition Against the Relocation of the Container Port to Arawak

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Our two previous articles were concerned with cruise excursions to St. Thomas and St.

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas – The Red Rose Ball Committee’s ‘A Night at the Taj Mahal, India’ event took place at the Radisson Our Lucaya in Freeport on November 7th.  The event is to encourage awareness of HIV/AIDS and the ball is a major annual fundraiser for the Grand Bahama AIDS Awareness Committee.

Special visiting guests this year were US Ambassador, Her Excellency Nicole Avant, Bahamas General Consul to Atlanta;  Katherine ‘Kay’ Forbes-Smith; past US Ambassador John Rood; and Jasmine Shirley of Broward Health who was the guest speaker.

The Bahamas Weekly News Team brings you video interviews with both Jasmine Shirley and Kay Forbes-Smith…

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Nassau, Bahamas November 12, 2009 The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today that Academy Award nominee Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Skin) will be honored with BIFFs 2009 Rising Star Tribute. The announcement was made by BIFF Founder & Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.

The Festivals prestigious Rising Star Award is given to an actor or actress whose noteworthy performances have put them on the path for elite and lasting stardom in the industry. Sophie Okonedo will be on hand for the special award tribute presentation on Wednesday, December 16th at the Balmoral Club in Nassau, Bahamas.

Commented Vanderpool, “Having Sophie Okonedo as the 2009 BIFF Rising Star honoree could not be any more perfect. She is one of the most talented and gracious actresses on screen today…

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas – The Red Rose Ball Committee’s ‘A Night at the Taj Mahal, India’ event took place at the Radisson Our Lucaya in Freeport on November 7th.  The event is to encourage awareness of HIV/AIDS and the ball is a major annual fundraiser for the Grand Bahama AIDS Awareness Committee.

The Bahamas Weekly  News Team brings you video interviews with John Rood, past US Ambassador; Odette Knowles, Chairperson, RRB Committee; Dr. Anthony Munroe, Ross University; Oswald Ellis, RRB Committee; Alnebeck, Pelican Bay Hotel; Mark Gardiner, event MC; and Minerva Kemp, RRB Committee…

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New Berlin, Wisconsin – Diana Rudolph has done something some fly fishermen spend their whole lives pursuing – and now she may have done it twice. Rudolph, co-host of the national TV show “Breaking the Surface” airing exclusively on Sportsman Channel, reeled in a huge Permit while sight-fishing on the flats off the coast of Abaco Island in Bahamas. The crew filmed every bit of the potential-record Permit – no small task, given that subduing the fish on the 12-pound tippet she was using required a long chase into nearby shark-infested waters.

Catching Permit on the flats is considered to be one of the most difficult feats in fly fishing, and Rudolph currently holds the IGFA women’s record for the species on 12-pound test line, a 25-pounder she caught off the Florida Keys in 2006. Though her latest conquest appeared to match and possibly exceed the size of the current record, Rudolph did not have a certified scale on board so the beast swam away unmeasured. “I knew it was very close to my current record, but I let the fish go to live another day,” said Rudolph.

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The Bahamas –

Mama’s now busy in her kitchen preparing for CHRISTMAS 2009

!  Now taking orders in Grand Bahama and Nassau for Christmas!

Boneless Turkey – each slice is a breeze to cut, juicy, with stuffing and comes all ready to cook!

Tony Macaroni explains how ‘Boneless Turkeys’ came about,  ”

As a child my mother Inez prepared the most wonderful Christmas dinners. My mother spent weeks preparing for Christmas dinner, 

the highlight being her exquisite, boneless, stuffed turkey. 

This has been a tradition in our family for many generations, and I am now able to share this wonderful experience with you…”

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LONDON, England – Sandals Resorts International dominated the 16th Annual World Travel Awards sweeping twelve top award categories including Caribbean’s Leading Hotel Brand for the 16th year in a row and World’s leading All-Inclusive Company for the 14th year as well as two accolades for Sandals Royal Bahamian. The grand event was held on 7th November, at Grosvenor House, Park Lane in London.

Contestants from Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and South America battled it out before the start of London’s

World Travel Market 2009 , marking the culmination of a year-long quest to find the very best travel brands in the world.  The search covered seven continents, 3,600 nominees and over 183,000 votes…

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