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Pinder says farewell
Director of Education Iris Pinder officially relinquished her post within the ministry yesterday after serving in that position for the past nine years.Education, Science and Technology Minister Alfred Sears thanked Mrs Pinder for her years of dedicated service to the country.
"She has been at the helm of the Department during a period of tremendous transformation and has been personally involved in those reforms and in those initiatives to improve the quality of education," Minister Sears said.
The former director reflected on her years of service within the Ministry of Education, especially the years she spent among the students.
"I have enjoyed my 38 years as a classroom teacher, a school administrator, deputy director and director.
Police lectured on healthy lifestyle, stress-free living
Reminding members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force that a healthy lifestyle is essential for a stress-free career, leaders of the Lucaya Urban Renewal Project and the Rand Memorial Hospital held a special health seminar yesterday at the Gerald Bartlett Headquarters.Chief Superintendent and Police Press Liaison, Basil Rahming, addressed fellow members of the force, noting that the health seminar was a much needed awareness into health because it shows guidelines for stress-free living.
"There is an urgent need for this workshop because every moment of our working day is consumed with stress because throughout your day you do not know what you will be receiving," he told the group. "When it comes to maintaining a healthy living, what happens on the inside also affects what happens to us on the outside.
Sands pleased with results
Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations' (BAAA) President Mike Sands, said that while he was pleased with the performances at this year's Junior National Track and Field Championships, he was disappointed by the lack of support from the public."Generally, I'm satisfied by the efforts put forth by these young athletes," he noted, "but there were a few athletes who came out here and performed well beyond expectations. So over the next 24 hours, I will be getting together with the executive members of the BAAA to go over the results of this meet, and by Monday, we would've already decided who's going to be on the Jr. CAC and Jr. World teams," he explained.
Addressing the issue of the lack of fan support, Sands said that the BAAA has to take some of the blame.
Trip down aisle heads to paradise
Odds are, if you haven't already been invited to a "destination wedding," there might be one in your future. The idea was foreign to me when I got word that a nephew planned to be married this spring in St. Thomas, some 2,000 miles from the family's home base in suburban Detroit.I'll admit: I started out a skeptic. Move the entire wedding party and guests to a place far, far away? Aren't exotic locales for honeymooners? But by the time my toes dig into soft, white sand, I'm a convert.
It's a couple of hours before Jim Harrington's wedding, and here is the scene: Jim and an uncle are hanging out at the beachfront reggae bar of our resort as I flip-flop up to the restaurant to check out a paddle for one of the kayaks lying nearby in the sand.
No one takes any notice when an iguana saunters across my path on the way back down to the beach.
JIMENITA SWAIN, Guardian Senior Reporter
Two tourists have contracted malaria after visiting Exuma, the Public Health Agency of Canada has reported, heightening fears that the recent outbreak of the potentially deadly disease on the island could deal a serious blow to the country's tourist industry.According to a statement posted on the agency's website, a Canadian and an American traveller contracted malaria after having recently visited Great Exuma.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said it was closely monitoring the outbreak and had advised Canadians travelling to the island to use anti-malarial medication and personal insect protective measures against mosquito bites. The Centre for Disease Control in the United States last week issued a similar advisory to American citizens travelling to Exuma.
Floridians have fun, will travel for holiday
Millions of Floridians will board planes and hit the roads this holiday weekend, despite rising prices in gasoline and airfare. By ROBIN PEGUERO AND KATHLEEN McGRORY rpeguero@MiamiHerald.comThe three Tenreiro kids lounged at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Saturday, after their holiday trip to the Bahamas hit unexpected turbulence.
The youngsters -- Joanisa, 17; Kristin, 14 and Zoe, 12 -- had left behind travel documents at their Naples home, temporarily jeopardizing their trip to join some 40 family members in Freeport to celebrate Independence Day and their grandmother's 70th birthday.
''When our mom was young, she used to go to the Bahamas,'' said Kristin Tenreiro. ``We're just going to see how it was when she was young.''
Their 2:20 p.m.
Bajan takes up CHA presidency
MIAMI, Florida – Peter Odle, owner and managing director of the 76-room Mango Bay Hotel in Barbados, assumed the leadership of the Caribbean Hotel Association as President for the 2006-2008 term. During the closing gala of the 2006 Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC), held 28 June, at the Hyatt Regency Miami, outgoing President Berthia Parle, MBE, officially passed the gavel to Odle. In his inaugural speech at the helm of CHA, Odle summed up the essence of his platform as ‘Unity through Consultation and Communication'. “It is clear to me that one of the first steps is that we do all that is necessary to be a more effective leader in regional tourism while strengthening our relationships with other Caribbean tourism partners. Of equal importance, we must also become more responsive to the needs of our members," he said, underscoring the importance of upholding and advancing the diversity and representation that is the core of CHA.