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An abundance of talent
Two events took place in Freeport over the weekend past, which convincingly demonstrated there is an abundance of entertainment talent in The Bahamas. The production of "That's Chicago" that was staged at the Regency Theater by the Freeport Players' Guild showcased some incredibly gifted actors and singers, and professionally it could favorably be compared with a hit Broadway production.That's far from being an exaggeration. Indeed, on leaving the theater after the gala performance on Friday night, one individual has heard to exclaim jubilantly, "Broadway has come to Freeport!" Much of the credit for this is due to the excellent jobs done by Director Jackie Dack, Choreographer Lois Seiler, Producer Eric Russell and Musical Director Kim Gration.
Many of the actors and actresses in this magnificently performed musical were expatriates who have made Freeport their home.
Winn-Dixie out of bankruptcy
Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie looks like it's been down the diet aisle.The supermarket chain emerged from bankruptcy today. And the new grocer is a lot lighter than the old one.
When Winn-Dixie filed Chapter Eleven back in February of last year, it had 920 stores in eight states and the Bahamas. It now has 400 fewer stores in just five states. Twenty-four-thousand jobs have also vanished, along with warehouses, manufacturing plants and corporate jets.
The new Winn-Dixie has new stock and a new board of directors. But it also has the old competition, in the form of Wal-Mart supercenters and rival supermarket chain Publix.
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Butterfield Fund Services to create 400 jobs in NS with $9.1 tax ...
HALIFAX (CP) - Butterfield Fund Services has opened an office in Halifax with the hope of creating up to 400 full and part-time jobs.The Bermuda-based company is looking at an incremental payroll tax rebate of up to $9.1 million if job targets are met within seven years. Butterfield plans to add 30 to 60 positions in Halifax in 2007.
The company will offer opportunities for a wide range of financial professionals, from recent business graduates to senior accounting professionals.
Butterfield Bank also operates in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Barbados, Guernsey, the U.K. and Switzerland.
Butterfield Fund Services subsidiaries look after more than $65 billion US in hedge fund and mutual fund assets.
.Boys' trip: Island hopping on the St. Lawrence River
It started a couple of years ago when my son Dougan said to me, ''Dad, let's go on a guy trip, just you, me and Paul.'' Paul is our other son.It would be a male thing. No wives, no sisters, no dressing up, no shopping excursions. A lot of reminiscing, a lot of guy talk, a lot of outdoor stuff.
We all thought it was a great idea (even our wives), but it's easier said than done. First of all, there was the timing thing. Both Dougan and Paul have jobs and all three of us are married, so we had to find a few days when all of us could get away without disrupting home and work.
For months we let things slide, but early this year we finally set a date well in advance. We would go the third week of August.
Then came the debate: what kind of trip would we take?
A driving trip to the North Carolina mountains? What about renting an RV and touring New England? We could take Dougan's boat to the Bahamas, or go on a cruise.
For US Haitians, Home Is Both Near and Far Away
NEW YORK, Nov 21 (IPS) - Roman Catholic Bishop Guy Sansaricq presides over his flock at St. Jerome's Church in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Sitting on a busy, heavily Caribbean stretch of Nostrand Avenue, Sansaricq's office in the brick church is adorned with both a portrait of the Virgin Mary and a nave painting depicting a lyrical scene of village life from his native Haiti."You leave a piece of your heart in your native country," says Sansaricq, a voluble 72-year-old, whose appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn this past summer makes him the first Haitian-American to hold that post. "But at the same time, you need to live, you need an income, you need an education."
Sansaricq emigrated to the United States in 1971, following stints in the Bahamas and Canada.