The Islands of the World Fashion Showcase (IWFS warning: website audio) will kick off next month, with the newly rebranded event set to take place May 11-12, at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort.

After a one-year hiatus, IWFS is ready to re-launch with an opening show expected to rival other international fashion events.

Ten designers representing five countries have confirmed their participation.

They include Bahamians Chelsea Johnson, Courtney McIntosh, David Rolle, Harl Taylor Bag, Latoya Hanna-Moxey and Theo Sealy.

Guyana’s Carol Fraser, Sharleen Logan from St Lucia, Kimon Baptiste of St Vincent and The Grenadines, and Darcel de Vlugt from Trinidad and Tobago will also exhibit their designs.

“It’s our hope to take IWFS to the next level in fashion and the first step is to align the showcase with the industry itself,” says Indira Moss, IWFS production manager. “By hosting two shows each year the designers have the opportunity to get their designs and products on the market in a timely fashion. By doing this, we are ensuring that each designer will get the maximum exposure they need to properly produce for a potentially wider market.”

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DUBLIN – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Caribbean Telecom Markets – Anguilla to Bermuda” report to their offering.

“Caribbean Telecom Markets – Anguilla to Bermuda”

This report provides an overview of the telecom markets in Anguilla,
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda. It includes
information about fixed-line and mobile operators, internet providers,
regulatory developments and the state of market liberalisation.

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Grand Lucayan, Bahamas on Grand Bahama Island has appointed David Margolis and Lynn Scarpelli as national sales managers for the 519-room resort.

An industry veteran, Margolis brings 28 years of hospitality-related sales and marketing experience to the resort. Prior to his appointment at Grand Lucayan, Margolis served as director of sales and marketing at various resorts, including Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort in Puerto Rico; Renaissance PineIsle Resort in Georgia as well as multiple Florida resorts, including the Doubletree Palm Beach Gardens Hotel & Executive Meeting Center, Atlantic Resort & Spa and Coral Springs Marriott Hotel, Golf Club and Convention Center. Margolis graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with a Bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management.

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During his visit to The Bahamas last month to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry was treated to a National Youth Rally & Cultural Show at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, March 5, in his honour.

Prince Harry received a gift from two young girls during the Junkanoo rush-out at the end of National Youth Rally & Cultural Show at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, March 5, 2012. The Prince was in The Bahamas celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. (BIS photo/Letisha Henderson)

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Everette Jackson of San Salvador Painters/Tilers signs the contract as Minister of Public Works and Transport Neko Grant looks on. (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)

San Salvador Painters/Tilers will carry out the work under the $587,523 contract which was officially signed this week during a ceremony in Cockburn Town.

The roads project comes after last year’s San Salvador District Council report into the state of the island’s highway. Following the release of the report, the Ministry of Public Works performed a visual assessment of the roads to confirm what should be done.

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A new promotional video recently released by the Grand Bahama Port Authority emphasizes the island’s assets in a bid to attract investors. The video highlights Grand Bahama’s proximity to Florida, its large harbour, the Grand Bahama shipyard and the Freeport Container Port. It also points to opportunities in the manufacturing, real estate and tourism sectors.

In the context of improving global economic fundamentals, indications are that the domestic economic recovery was sustained over the review month. Initial data showed gains in key tourism indicators, while foreign investment, combined with public sector infrastructural projects, underpinned the expansion in construction sector output. Consumer price inflation continued to show an upward bias, amid the firming price trends on the international crude oil market. Revised data for the fiscal sector indicated a contraction in the overall deficit for the first six months of FY2011/12, as revenue gains outstripped an increase in spending. In monetary developments, although growth in bank liquidity maintained pace with the year-earlier expansion, the build-up in external reserves was comparatively slowed, amid a public sector-led expansion in Bahamian dollar domestic credit.

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Coastline Construction has won a $12 million contract to construct a new community hospital in Marsh Harbour.

Minister of Health Dr Hubert A Minnis addresses attendees at the contract signing. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)

The Abaco Community Health Care Facility, which is expected to be completed by mid 2013, will pave the way for specialised medical services to become available in the area and bring highly trained staff to the Family Island.

Speaking at the groundbreaking and contract signing ceremony, Minister of Health Dr Hubert A Minnis said: “Through the Public Hospitals Authority, the facility will provide improvements and advancements in tele-medicine and tele-radiology for this area; it will allow for the rotation of specialists in New Providence to Marsh Harbour, while also allowing for the bridging and expansion of electronic medical records, numerous outpatient surgical procedures and expanded ante-natal care delivery.

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Singapore, which has the world’s highest density of wealthy people, had just over 150,000 high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), each worth more than $1million (more than £648,000), by the end of last year, according to new figures.

A forecast by financial consultant Wealth Insight predicts that these individuals will prove key in the expansion of Asia’s banking sector.

In the 10 years to 2010, the report found the total assets managed by the Singapore’s wealth management and private banking sector increased 11-fold. HNWIs now make up 2.9 per cent of Singapore’s population.

In the same period, the number of foreign professionals working in Singapore’s finance industry went up by 9,600, according to the minister of state for manpower, Tan Chuan-Jin.

He said that the number of new employment passes given out to foreigners shows Singapore’s growth as a financial hub in the past decade, especially since 2006.

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Ian Fair was confirmed as the new Chairman of the Board at the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) yesterday. Sarah St George, the daughter of former chairman, the late Edward St George, assumes the position of Vice-Chairman.

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