PIXSCAPE WEEK 11

LOCAL NEWS

PM SUSPENDS HOUSE

Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham suspended the House of Assembly Tuesday. 

Source: The Tribune

March 28th 2012

Higher Commissioner of India Courtesy Call on Attorney General

Attorney General Senator the Hon. John Delaney welcomes Mohinder S. Grover, Higher Commissioner of India to The Bahamas for a Courtesy Call to the office of the Attorney General March 27, 2012.

Source: The Bahamas Weekly

March 29th 2012

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

World's First Virtual Store Opens In Korea

A major South Korean retailer has opened what it appears to be the world's first virtual store geared to smartphone users, where shoppers can scan barcodes of products displayed in a Seoul subway station. 

Source: Instand Fundas

 Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Formal Sex Ring Inverstigation

Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been placed under formal investigation in France over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring.

Source: BBC News

March 26th 2012

 CNN Investigates the layers of the Trayvon Martin Story

A story defined by so many layers has become symbolically known by a layer of clothing -- the hoodie

The Source: CNN

March 29th 2012

PIXSCAPE WEEK 10

LOCAL NEWS

Rivals attack FNM supporters

Crowds at the opening of the FNM West Grand Bahama and Bimini campaign office on Saturday night where the alleged attack on supporters took place. The FNM candidate Peter Turnquest has called in police to find those responsible for a politically-motivated assault that left his daughter and several others injured.

Source: The Tribune

March 19th February 2012

PLP Deputy Leader addresses Pineridge and Central Grand Bahama Branch

Philip 'Brave' Davis, the Progressive Liberal Party Deputy Leader made his remarks at the Pineridge and Central Grand Bahama Branch Launch which was held on Saturda.

Source: The Bahamas Weekly

March 17th 2012

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Norway avalanche kills four foreign tourists

Five people have died after being caught in a major avalanche in northern Norway, local police say.


Source: BBC News
MArch 19th 2012





Mexico's 7.4 Earthquake leaves fear in residents

Members of a family sleep outside their home in fear that aftershocks from Tuesday's magnitude-7.4 quake could cause their home to collapse in Pinotepa Nacional, Mexican state of Oaxaca, near the border with Guerrero. 

Source: Reuters (The Associated Press)

March 21st 2012

Madrid junk man accused of taking 3,000 supermarket trolleys

Forty year old Juan Antonio of Vallecas in Madrid, appears in court facing up to 6 months in prison    for stealing 3,000 supermarket trolleys.


Source: 20 minutos 
March 21st 2012

PIXSCAPE WEEK 9

LOCAL NEWS

FAMILY SAFE

Police have stopped their search for a Millennium Gardens family of five who disappeared without a trace over the weekend. The missing mother and her four children have been in contact with family

members and are in good health.

Source: The Tribune

March 14th 2012

Centreville Primary learns to prepare for an emergency

Third and fourth graders at Centreville Primary School got a lessson in how to respond if ever they find themselves in an emergency situation from a team of Doctors Hospital paramedics.

Source: The Bahamas Weekly

March 14th 2012

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

 Joseph Kony victim demands justice

 

One of the abducted boys featured in the viral video demanding the capture of infamous  warlord Joseph Konyis now a man and says the time for justice has arrived. Jacob Acaye, now 21, revisited the village where he was abducted by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army to tell why Kony's crimes should not be forgotten.

Source: CNN

March 13th 2012

'Apple Ipad is top tablet for business'

Apple's iPad has, so far, defined and dominated the tablet market. And despite the rise of rival tablets eating into Apple's market share, the iPad will remain the top tablet of choice for most businesses, according to a new survey.

Source: Los Angeles Times (Business)

March 14th 2012

Santorum Wins Mississippi

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, won the Republican presidential primaries in Mississippi and Alabama on Tuesday.

Source: The Clarion Ledger

March 14th 2012

PIXSCAPE WEEK 8

LOCAL NEWS

Plane Crash

An Airplane crashed in Dead Man's Cay Airport in Long Island. Problems with the landing gear of a Southern Air plane, flying from Nassau, caused the crash, which has left the plane in the bush at the end of the runway. There are no reported injuries.


March 9th 2012
Source: The Tribune




Prince Harry Royal Visit to the Bahamas

His Royal Highness, Prince Harry made his official visit to The Bahamas from March 3rd to 5th, 2012 as part of his grandmother’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. 

March 9th 2012

Source: The Bahamas Weekly

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ICC Prosecutor Support KONY 2012 Campaign

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has said he supports a new campaign to capture alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony.

March 8th 2012

Source: BBC News Africa

Japan Rebuilding Tourist Trade

One year on, the industry looks to new horizons as it hopes to move past the March 11 disasters.  Japan's tourist authorities and individual businesses across the country are rolling out the red carpet in 2012.

March 8th 2012

Source: CNN International

China: International Women's Day

International Women's Day this year gives us an opportunity to review what Chinese women have achieved so far, both in family and in workplace, and what they are striving for amid changing attitudes towards gender equality, virginity, family and work.

March 8th 2012

Source: China Daily