Minister Opens Agribusiness Expo - Week 11

taken from The Tribune on March 23 2012

Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Larry Cartwright opened the second Agribusiness Expo in Freeport at the Goombay Park on Friday. It is the sixth of 12 Family Island Expos that will take place this year. The two-day expo is being held in honour of the late BAIC deputy chairman Ron Darville, who was instrumental in launching the backyard farming campaign. His widow, Sheila Darville, assisted in the ribbon cutting.

Holocaust survivor shocks audience - Week 11

photo taken from The Tribune on March 23, 2012

HOLOCAUST survivor Rena Finder shocked her audience of more than 300 people in a first hand account of her horrific experiences and subsequent salvation in Nazi-occupied Germany. Ms Finder, who shared her harrowing story for the first time in The Bahamas at the Sheraton Resort on Thursday night, spoke of how she and her race were terrorised by a country she had previously believed to be “cultured,” all because of her Jewish heritage.

Final Report on Houston's death - Week 11

photo taken from CNN on March 22, 2012

Whitney Houston died from an accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub, but the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" were contributing factors in her death, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Thursday.

Time for investors to plan a great escape - Week 11

photo taken from CNN on March 22, 2012

Apparently, Bill Gross picks movies as well as investments.Bond investor Gross, who runs the world's largest mutual fund Pimco Total Return , is known for his quirky letters to investors. In the past he has dispensed love advice (specifically for Europe) and written about why he hates automatic flush toilets.  His letter this month, which came out on Tuesday, instead offers movie advice. Gross' big screen pick is The Great Escape.

Racism STILL present???- Week 11

photo taken from CNN on March 22, 2012

A white Mississippi man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of an African-American man, with the judge calling it an inexcusable, "despicable" crime. Deryl Dedmon pleaded guilty to murder and a hate-crime charge before a judge in Jackson on Wednesday afternoon, admitting to the June killing of James Craig Anderson. Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill sentenced him to two concurrent life terms, saying, "This craven act isn't who we are."

President apologizes for band chnats - Week 10

photo taken from CNN on March 16th, 2012

A university president apologized after members of the school's band yelled "where's your green card" at a Latino player during a NCAA basketball tournament game Thursday. TV cameras captured the incident during the University of Southern Mississippi-Kansas State University game at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. As Kansas State point guard Angel Rodriguez shot free throws, several people could clearly be heard with the green card chant.

Fatal shooting of Florida teen turned over to state attorney - Week 10

photo taken from CNN on March 15 2012

A case involving the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teen, which has sparked outrage and calls for justice, is in the hands of the state attorney's office. Police say Trayvon Martin, 17, was returning from the convenience store to the home of his father's fiancee in a gated community in Sanford, Florida, around sunset on February 26.A neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, 28, saw the teen and called 911 to report a suspicious man, authorities said.