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Asking business owners to stand firm
Minister of Energy and the Environment Marcus Bethel has called on private businesses to continue partnering with the government on the controversial Downtown Redevelopment project.It was back in April 2004 that Prime Minister Perry Christie first announced that his government, through The Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas, had contracted EDAW (one of the world's leading land-based planning and design firms,) to embark on the project that would lead to an overhaul of Bay Street as well as the relocation of the city's port to a south-western section of the island.
Yesterday, Minister Bethel warned that the success of the re-development project depends on the bond shared between the public and private sector. The top government official made his comments while he was addressing dozens of Bay Street business owners and investors at British Colonial Hilton Nassau.
HomeNYC Creates Fantasy World "in the Snow" for IZOD
Mike Kelly, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Phillips-Van Heusen, IZOD's parent company, teams with HomeNYC Creative Director, Ben Orisich to create an IZOD fantasy world theatrical commercial to generate awareness and excitement for IZOD clothing titled "IZOD in the Snow". New York, New York (PRWEB) November 19, 2006 -- Ben Orisich, Creative Director at SoHo New York-based design and production studio, HomeNYC, directs his third commercial for IZOD, an adventure, lifestyle clothing brand. Mike Kelly and Orisich continue their successful relationship working on a series of lifestyle commercials for IZOD. Kelly chooses to work with HomeNYC because "[Ben is one member of a team [who has a very strong point of view…When he falls in love creatively, I don't think there's anything he can't do." While working on their previous commercial collaboration, IZOD in the Sun, Orisich and Kelly began brainstorming ideas for the winter 2006 tie-in, IZOD in the Snow.
Lawyer says deport Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith should be stripped of her permanent residency status and asked to leave The Bahamas, a local lawyer suggested yesterday.Fayne Thompson, who believes Ms Smith should be declared persona non grata in The Bahamas, has also called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the former playmate's permanent residency application, a call which was supported yesterday by Progressive Liberal Party Senator Philip Galanis.
"Clearly, in the Department of Immigration are documents which weren't complete. That is by the admission of all parties. There has been no dispute about that fact. And if that is in fact the case, due diligence has not been done in processing the application part," Mr Thompson said Sunday on Island FM's "Parliament Street" radio talk show.
Major health development
Sixteen of the nation's leading organizations have joined forces to form the National Coalition for Health Care Reform (NCHCR) to discuss, analyze and provide input to the government's proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Plan.The coalition is a partnership of Bahamian citizens representing all sectors of society who are committed to improving health care services that truly incorporate the elements of the right of choice and equal access to health care services for all residents in The Bahamas.
With the belief that Bahamian residents should have full and fair access to the best available health services, the group is hoping to work with government to establish a national health insurance plan that is financially viable and sustainable.
The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce is one of the 16 guilds under the NCHCR umbrella.