The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has implemented an emergency warning system to better prepare and inform the public about a disaster about to impact the country. The system was first tested during the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, when on Thursday, August 27, 2015 NEMA partially activated the National Emergency Operations Center to closely monitor the storm.

NEMA follows Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), which provides instructions for activation and the operations of the NEOC, amongst other things.

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Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, on Saturday described the late Sir Albert Miller as a "great" man and an "authentically great Bahamian."

The full military service was held at The Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King in Freeport where people from all walks of life gathered to celebrate Sir Albert's life. Officiating were the Rt. Rev. Laish Boyd, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands; and Archdeacon Harry Bain, Rector of the Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King.

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Western Air, the largest one hundred percent Bahamian owned and operated airline in The Bahamas, will open its six million dollar, state-of-the-art terminal on Saturday. The Passenger Terminal, Maintenance Hangar and Corporate Offices will officially open at Grand Bahama International Airport this Saturday, September 5th, 2015 with a public invitation to all.

Once the new terminal opens, all Western Air flights arriving and departing to and from Freeport will operate from the fully equipped facility. The company's latest terminal is a larger version of its headquarters in San Andros, and the company expects this new terminal will push the envelope in Bahamian travel, offering its passengers more comfort, convenience, safety and luxury.

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The natural resources of The Bahamas could be treasure troves for bio-technological marvels, according to Dr. Nathan Dawson, Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics, Physics and Technology at The College of The Bahamas.

Dr. Dawson, who commenced his faculty appointment at The College this Fall, is one of 11 new members of the teaching staff, nine of whom have terminal degrees and are conducting research in various academic disciplines. Dr. Dawson is investigating how matter, particularly organic materials, interact with light and what could be produced as a result of that interaction.

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Work is progressing well on Grand Bahama's new $6.2 million Fire Station. Work on the facility began shortly after the Government of The Bahamas entered into a contract with Patrick McDonald Construction Company on July 28, 2015.

The new station is being constructed on three acres of land on Settlers Way, near Sergeant Major Drive and Fairfield East. Contractor Patrick McDonald expects to have the project completed before the end of 2016 coming in well ahead of the scheduled completion date.

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The Bahamas National Trust is thrilled at the recent announcement by the American Ornithologists Union (AOU), of a new hummingbird species on the island of Inagua. The Bahama Woodstar (Calliphlox evelynae) - a hummingbird that is native to the Bahamas archipelago - was originally classified scientifically as two subspecies. It was recently determined however, that the birds are now two completely different species.

In today's world discovery of a new species usually means travel and research in remote areas, however, this newest species was discovered and researched in the backyards of local homes and porches. Teresa Feo, a doctoral student at Yale University and lead author of the new study published in the January issue of the 'The AUK', a magazine published by The AOU, explained, "Much of the fieldwork was conducted sitting at backyard tables of interested birders, holding the recorder in one hand and a cup of tea in the other."

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One of the taglines for this movie: Survive Together Or Die Together. A businessman from the West moves his family to Southeast Asia to start a new life after he loses his company. While in the foreign city the family finds themselves in the middle of a bloody political uprising as they scramble for a safe way out of the country with rebels mercilessly attacking anyone who does not look like them. During their frantic search for safety, they are helped by a fellow foreigner from another country who has suffered loss of his own.

This is definitely not the kind of movie you will want to see on an airplane flying to The Charming City as it does not show the unnamed Southeast Asian country in a positive light. John Erick Dowdle does a great job in directing this tense motion picture from the screenplay he wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. Owen Wilson uses his comedic timing perfectly for moments needing an ease of tension after particularly brutal scenes of intense violence.

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The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) notes the assertions appearing on the front page of a local newspaper, which suggests that URCA has banned a song by a prominent local artist, from being played on radio stations in The Bahamas. URCA advises that it has neither banned nor taken any other action to prevent the airing of any song on any radio station or other content provider. Further, URCA has neither investigated, nor been invited or requested to investigate, any issues connected thereto.

Persons wishing to lodge complaints concerning any breach of the Code by any media content provider, should deliver such complaints to URCA's Consumer Relation's Department at its offices in Frederick House, Frederick Street, New Providence.

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