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The Nassau Guardian - www.thenassauguardian.com
Government has been vacillating for more than two years on whether or not to grant permission for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline to be constructed from The Bahamas to Florida. We have been promised on more than one occasion within the past two years that a decision would be forthcoming shortly. That's the promise Prime Minister Perry Christie made more than a year ago when as a special guest on the Island 102.9 FM talk show, Parliament Street he told the listening audience that after more than two years of negotiations, his cabinet was satisfied that the LNG pipeline that the Virginia-based AES Corporation was proposing to build from Ocean Cay, off Bimini, to Dania Beach, Florida was environmentally safe. The then Trade and Industry Minister, Leslie Miller, around the same time and on several subsequent occasions also strongly suggested that the government would make its decision known "shortly." Meanwhile, whatever problems there are that have made The Bahamas so indecisive on this issue apparently are not shared by federal regulators in the United States, who last week approved permits for the development and construction of five new or expanded U.S.
Flag football registration
ST. JOHN - The American Legion of St. John is accepting registrations for its flag football league for boys and girls 9 to 14 years old.Parents may pick up registration forms at Connections and Connections East, Pine Peace Market, Nature's Nook, The Mail Center, St. John Hardware, Keep Me Posted, the Housing, Parks and Recreation Department, Bellevue Community Center, and the Sprauve Library.
Registration forms are due Friday.
A mandatory meeting for parents, coaches, referees and volunteers will be held at 3 p.m. July 9 at the Bellevue Community Center. All payments are due at the meeting.
For more information, call Paul Devine at 998-1925.
Soccer Academy
ST. THOMAS - The Advanced Soccer Academy will launch a four-year soccer program, beginning with a summer camp that started June 19 and runs through Aug.
Paul Meyer's Baseball Notebook: The Braves' new world
The Atlanta Braves, winners of 14 consecutive division championships, fell 13 games behind the runaway New York Mets in the National League East while coming up empty on a three-night fishing trip to Miami.These are not exactly uncharted waters for the Braves, who, if you recall, used to be terrible. But these are waters the Braves haven't sailed in for years.
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