MIAMI, May 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Grandeur of the Seas arrived in Freeport, The Bahamas, this morning at approximately 10:15 a.m. ET. Grandeur of the Seas was en route to CocoCay, The Bahamas, when the ship experienced a fire in the mooring area in the aft of the ship at approximately 2:50 a.m. ET. The fire was extinguished at 4:58 a.m. and the ship was redirected to Freeport for further evaluation.

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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — A week like no other on the LPGA Tour ended in a most appropriate manner Sunday when Ilhee Lee won for the first time.

Lee made a clutch par putt on the second-to-last hole in a raging wind to keep a one-shot lead, and then she drilled a fairway metal out of light rough and onto the par-5 18th green to set up a two-putt birdie. That gave her a 5-under 42 for a two-shot win over Irene Cho in the Bahamas LPGA Classic.

It was only fitting that she finished in a downpour. Flooding earlier in the week left so much of the Ocean Club course under water that the tour’s best option — especially with new sponsors Ohio-based Pure Silk and the Bahamas Tourism Ministry — was to shorten the course to 12 holes and play three rounds to reach the 36 holes required for an official event.

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CARICOM) – The Bahamas is poised to finalize its National Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Plan, the major elements of which are expected to put national authorities and non-state stakeholders on a better footing regarding the implementation of the Agreement.

On May 29, a Validation Meeting will be convened in Nassau, The Bahamas, at which representatives from a cross section of national public/private sector and civil society institutions will be brought together for frank, comprehensive deliberations on the draft Bahamas National EPA Implementation Plan.

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On his return to New Providence on May 21, Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Government Alfred Gray gave a report of his participation in the Commonwealth Local Government Forum in Kampala, Uganda.

He led a delegation of 17 persons, inclusive of 14 local government practitioners from 13 local government districts.

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Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes (left) greets Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus during a ceremony at Government House, May 23, 2013. (BIS Photo/Derek Smith)

Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus presented his Letters of Credence to Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes during a ceremony at Government House, May 23, 2013.

The Governor General said although the Republic of Colombia and The Bahamas have had somewhat different paths to democracy and independence, the countries still have significant similarities.

“We are both blessed with unique and impressive natural environments and we both have valuable resources,” Sir Arthur noted.

The Governor General also said that Bahamians are aware of Colombia’s leadership regionally and internationally.

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NASSAU, Bahamas — A water-logged course has forced officials at the inaugural Bahamas LPGA Classic to shorten Friday’s opening round to 12 holes with hope of finishing 36 holes by Sunday.

Workers continued Thursday to try to remove water from drenching rainstorms that has flooded parts of the ninth, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes, while organizers plotted a new course route past the Ocean Club’s unplayable holes.

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Inter-American Development Bank senior specialist Wayne Beecher has urged Bahamians to invest in low carbon, environment friendly technology.
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Former Las Vegas Sands Corp president Bill Weidner has been chosen to operate a new US$3.5 billion (28 billion patacas) gaming resort in The Bahamas.
Baha Mar is being majority-funded by the Export-Import Bank of China – a state-owned Chinese institution – and is due to open in December 2014. Another equity partner, with US$1 billion, is Sarkis Izmirlian, chief executive of Baha Mar Ltd.

The resort will be managed by Mr Weidner’s Global Gaming Asset Management LLC, which has an equity stake in the US$1.2 billion Solaire Resort & Casino in the Philippines, and is pursuing a gaming resort licence in Matsu in Taiwan.

Mr Weidner, who helped develop The Venetian Macao while at LVS, told Business Daily that an equity stake in Baha Mar wasn’t an option as the project was already advanced when GGAM was asked to get involved.

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To commemorate the 40th year of independence of The Bahamas, ZNS Network has released a series of videos of footage taken during the ceremony July 9, 1973.
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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — A storm the locals haven’t seen in some 20 years pounded Paradise Island through the night, dumping about a foot of rain in an eight-hour span that flooded the Ocean Club. There was so much water on the course — the entire 18th fairway was covered — that the tournament was reduced to 54 holes.

The first round is to start Friday with a Sunday finish, leaving some flexibility in case more showers cause problems.

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