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leslie moss nassau bahamasBahama Islands News, Articles and InformationAnna Nicole Smith's son buried in the BahamasThe son of former reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was laid to rest in Nassau on Thursday as his distraught mother shouted "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" over his coffin, according to a witness.About 50 people, mainly family and friends, were at the ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery. Anna Nicole's lawyer-boyfriend Howard Stern was among mourners and a nanny carried their 5-week-old daughter, Dannie Lynn Hope. Smith, 39, wearing a black dress and matching hat, was "visibly distressed," onlooker Felipe Major said. "When she arrived she was crying," he said. "She was hollering and screaming 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry' over and over again" at the coffin. Daniel Smith, 20, was found dead at his mother's bedside at Doctors Hospital in Nassau on Sept. 10 when he was visiting his mother and baby sister, who was born three days before.
People in the News: Happy 'Housewives' hunk proposesScott, who plays Teri Hatcher's new love interest, Ian Kavanaugh, on this season of the ABC hit show, proposed to Forlani last month in Los Angeles, according to People magazine."I feel so lucky to have met her. She's an amazing actress and human being. I'm very happy," Scott told the magazine. Hey, it's not as if they met last week. Gina Lollobrigida, once dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one of her movies, is getting married to a man 34 years her junior. Lollobrigida said she met her husband-to-be, Javier Rigau y Rafols of Barcelona, Spain, at a party in Monte Carlo and the two have been dating for 22 years. In Glendale, Calif., Haley Joel Osment pleaded no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving and drug possession charges resulting from a July accident in which he crashed his car into a mailbox.
Electricity bills to rise this monthConsumers can expect to shell out more money for their electricity bills this month as the fuel surcharge has once again gone up.Statistics from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) have signaled a 0.7224 cent increase in the fuel surcharge over last year's figures for the same period, despite the recent drop in international oil prices. In November 2005, the fuel surcharge was pegged at 11.4746 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), while the November 2006 fuel surcharge figure stands at 12.1970 cents. However, BEC officials do expect surcharge rates to drop in the coming months. The electricity bill is made up of the basic rate, which is constant and has not changed since October 2003. The fuel surcharge is based on the price of petroleum in the international market and is calculated monthly, using a fixed formula.
Peacekeeping force for Haiti on the agenda, says ManningPrime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday that Caricom has not ruled out a peacekeeping force in Haiti to restore democracy in that country. He made these comments while speaking at a news conference during the tea-break of the Lower House in Parliament yesterday. Manning, however, stressed that the peacekeeping force would not be a military intervention. He said : "Caricom does not agree that there should be some intervention militarily in Haiti with the view of some kind of constitutional arrangement. That in itself would be extra-constitutional." Manning returned home on Thursday from the Bahamas where he and other Caricom leaders met with opposition parties from Haiti with a "view of some kind of understanding and some way forward". He said the members of the opposition parties went to Nassau without any mandate but only for discussions. | ||||