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Just imagine … well, maybe not
CAMROSE, Alta. — Darrell Thompson's hands were shaking so badly it took him 20 minutes to dial the phone number of his best friend and shift partner from work.“Slim, we won 'er," Thompson frantically blurted into the phone.
“What?" Perry Mayne asked as he sat at home thumbing through a stack of Lotto 6/49 tickets, comparing their numbers to the winning digits printed in the morning newspaper. The record $54-million jackpot was the talk of the country.
Thompson had been scanning through a second bundle of tickets, all of them bought as part of a friendly lottery pool among co-workers at Viking Energy southeast of Camrose. Thompson and Mayne, who had worked at the oilfield plant for more than 40 years combined, picked up the tickets at various convenience stores and gas stations on behalf of the group.
'Children being exploited'
School girls below the age of consent are having "sweetheart" relationships with older men. There are prostitution rings in some high schools, and a number of high school girls are posing for nude photographs in exchange for money and food.These and other shocking claims were made by Minister of Youth, Sports & Housing Neville Wisdom on Wednesday, as he gave his parliamentary colleagues an update on the 2002 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Rapid Assessment Report on children and child labour in The Bahamas. His comments came in relation to a Bill for an Act to provide for the care and protection of children. A segment of the Bill focuses on the harmful employment of children.
According to Mr Wisdom, the ILO Report found that there were 189 reports of working children, of which 109 were in vending, trade services, or were assisting with family businesses.
Chalk's to start flying to Bahamas on Nov. 9
Nearly a year after a deadly crash, Chalk's International Airlines has received approval to begin flights on Nov. 9 as part of a strategy to restore the Fort Lauderdale-based seaplane venture to full service. By INA PAIVA CORDLE icordle@MiamiHerald.comChalk's International Airlines has received federal government approval to begin scheduled flights on Nov. 9 from Fort Lauderdale to Bimini and Nassau, the Bahamas, using leased planes operated by a Montana carrier.
By the end of January, the carrier hopes to lease additional aircraft to fly from Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach to Tallahassee, Gainesville, Orlando, Tampa and Key West and to various destinations in the Bahamas, said Rajan Nair, Chalk's general manager and director of operations.
And in the meantime, the airline is laying plans, in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration, to rebuild its Mallard aircraft to resume seaplane service from Miami's Watson Island, Nair said.
Developers renew pledge
Developers of the Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club have pledged that the controversial development will remain environmentally sensitive as work on the project continues to be carried out.Work on the controversial development began almost two weeks ago after a major legal victory for the Baker's Bay developers was handed down in the Supreme Court on October 12. That day Supreme Court Justice Norris Carroll had ruled that work on the multi-million dollar project could resume. Construction had stopped after the Save Guana Cay Reef association had applied for an injunction to stop work at Guana Cay.
The investors of the project have been embroiled in a legal battle with the Association since last year over a number of environmental concerns. But in his one hundred and fifty-four page ruling Justice Carroll refused every relief sought by the Association.
Colina in Exuma
ColinaImperial Insurance Co. Ltd., the country's largest insurance provider is expanding its presence throughout The Bahamas. Last week the company opened the doors of its first office in George Town, Exuma. The office is located in the Turnquest Star Plaza and staffed by Chantel Dames, Administrator and Deetra Symonette, Marketing Assistant.Dashwell Flowers, Vice President of Sales for Colina-Imperial, said the company already has offices in Nassau and Grand Bahama and felt that Exuma was the most appropriate place to establish an office because of the rapid development and growth taking place on the island. He said the company already has about 1,200 policyholders in the Exumas and expects that number to grow quickly over the next few weeks and months.
According to Mr Flowers the Exuma office will now give Exumians more convenient access to the same cutting edge insurance and investment products which are available in Nassau including the company's New Provider Series, general insurance from Colina General and pensions and annuities from ColinaImperial's sister company CFAL.
Marketing plan to lure back 2007 cricket fans crucial
According to an article carried in the Jamaica Gleaner on Monday, written by senior writer Janet Silvera, Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch is quoted as stating "Barbados will have 14 cruise ships docked in its port, six of which will be permanently berthed as floating hotels, during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007".Attending the Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-29) being held in Freeport, Grand Bahamas, he went on to state: "We are expecting about 20 000 fans for the finals. Of that number our ports will accommodate some 12 000 and the land-based entities the other 8 000 people."
Anyone with a modicum of understanding of tourism knew that when the dates of the event were announced that it was inevitable that existing accommodation on Barbados would have to be supplemented by cruise ships.