For a country of only 350 thousand people, having 172,085 registered voters for our 2012 Election on Monday, May 7th 2012 is astounding; there is obviously a great interest in the outcome of this election. This election will be watched very closely as there are three parties vying for an opportunity to govern the Bahamian People.

Here is the list of polling divisions through out the country. Be sure to go out and vote, all 172 thousand of you. This one will make history!

 

NEW PROVIDENCE

Bain & Grants Town

1.College of the
Bahamas

2.College of the
Bahamas

3.C. R. Walker
Secondary School, Blue Hill Road

4.College of the
Bahamas

5.College of the
Bahamas

6.C. R. Walker
Secondary School, Blue Hill Road

7.C. R. Walker
Secondary School, Blue Hill Road

8.C. R. Walker
Secondary School, Blue Hill Road

9.C. R. Walker
Secondary School, Blue Hill Road

10.College of the Bahamas

11.College of the Bahamas

12.C. R. Walker Secondary School, Blue Hill Road

13.College of the Bahamas

14.C. R. Walker Secondary School, Blue
Hill Road

 

Bamboo Town

1.Prince Williams
High School, Cowpen Road

2.Carleton Francis
Primary School, Seven Hills

3.Carleton Francis
Primary School, Seven Hills

4.Prince Williams
High School, Cowpen Road

5.Prince Williams
High School, Cowpen Road

6.Prince Williams
High School, Cowpen Road

7.Prince Williams
High School, Cowpen Road

8.Prince Williams
High School, Cowpen Road

9.Carleton Francis
Primary School, Seven Hi

10.Prince
Williams High School, Cowpen Road

11.Carleton
Francis Primary School, Seven Hills12.Carleton Francis Primary School, Seven
Hills13.Carleton Francis Primary School, Seven Hills14.Carleton Francis Primary
School, Seven Hills

 

Carmichael

1-14 Gerald
Cash Primary School, Flamingo Gardens

 

Centreville

1.Columbus Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road

2.Columbus Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road

3.Columbus Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road

4.Columbus Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road5.Centreville Primary, Collins Ave.

6.Columbus Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road

7.Columbus Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road

8.Centreville Primary, Collins Ave

9.Centreville Primary, Collins Ave.

10.Centreville
Primary, Collins Ave.

11.Columbus
Primary School, Collins Ave. & Wulff Road

12.Centreville
Primary, Collins Ave.

13.Centreville
Primary, Collins Ave.

14.Centreville
Primary, Collins Ave.

 

Elizabeth

1-12 Thelma
Gibson Primary, Elizabeth Estates

Englerston

1.Ridgeland Primary School, Ridgeland Park West

2.R. M. Bailey Senior High, Robinson Road

3.R. M. Bailey Senior High, Robinson Road

4.Ridgeland Primary School, Ridgeland Park West

5.Ridgeland Primary School, Ridgeland Park West

6.R. M. Bailey Senior High, Robinson Road

7.R. M. Bailey Senior High, Robinson Road

8.Ridgeland Primary School, Ridgeland Park West

9.Ridgeland Primary School, Ridgeland Park West

10.R. M. Bailey
Senior High, Robinson Road

11.R. M. Bailey
Senior High, Robinson Road

12.R. M. Bailey
Senior High, Robinson Road

13.R. M. Bailey
Senior High, Robinson Road

14.Ridgeland
Primary School, Ridgeland Park West

 

Fort Charlotte

1.CC Sweeting High School, College Ave.

2.St. Francis Joseph Primary School, Boyd Road

3.St. Francis Joseph Primary School, Boyd Road

4.St. Francis Joseph Primary School, Boyd Road

5.CC Sweeting High School, College Ave.

6.CC Sweeting High School, College Ave.

7.CC Sweeting High School, College Ave.

8.St. Francis Joseph Primary School, Boyd Road

9.CC Sweeting High School, College Ave.

10.St. Francis
Joseph Primary School, Boyd Road

11.St. Francis
Joseph Primary School, Boyd Road

12.CC Sweeting
High School, College Ave.

13.CC Sweeting
High School, College Ave.

 

Fox Hill

1.Sandilands Primary, Bernard Road

2.St. Augustine’s College, Bernard Road

3.St. Augustine’s College, Bernard Road

4.St. Augustine’s College, Bernard Road

5.Sandilands Primary, Bernard Road

6.Sandilands Primary, Bernard Road

7.Sandilands Primary, Bernard Road

8.Sandilands Primary, Bernard Road

9.St. Augustine’s College, Bernard Road

10.St.
Augustine’s College, Bernard Road

11.St.
Augustine’s College, Bernard Road

 

Garden Hills

1.S. C. McPherson, Blue Hill

2.A. F. Adderley, Blue Hill

3.S. C. McPherson, Blue Hill

4.S. C. McPherson, Blue Hill

5.S. C. McPherson, Blue Hill

6.S. C. McPherson, Blue Hill

7.A. F. Adderley, Blue Hill

8.A. F. Adderley, Blue Hill

9.A. F. Adderley, Blue Hill

10.S. C.
McPherson, Blue Hill

11.S. C.
McPherson, Blue Hill

12.A. F.
Adderley, Blue Hill

13.A. F.
Adderley, Blue Hill

 

Golden Gates

1-14 Carmichael
Primary, Carmichael Road

Golden Isles

1 – 13Anatole
Rodgers High School, Faith Gardens South

 

Killarney

1.St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Lyford

2.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

3.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

4.St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Lyford

5.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

6.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

7.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

8.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

9.H. O. Nash Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

10.St. Paul’s
Catholic Church, Lyford

11.H. O. Nash
Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

12.Gambier Primary,
Gambier Village

13.H. O. Nash
Secondary School, Dolphin Drive

 

Marathon

1.Claridge Primary School, Claridge Road

2.Claridge Primary School, Claridge Road

3.Claridge Primary School, Claridge Road

4.Claridge Primary School, Claridge Road

5.C. I. Gibson High School, Marathon Road

6.C. I. Gibson High School, Marathon Road

7.C. I. Gibson High School, Marathon Road

8.Claridge Primary School, Claridge Road

9.C. I. Gibson High School, Marathon Road

10.C. I. Gibson
High School, Marathon Road

11.C. I. Gibson
High School, Marathon Road

12.C. I. Gibson
High School, Marathon Road

13.C. I. Gibson
High School, Marathon Road

 

Montagu

1.Palmdale Primary School, Bradley Street

2.Queen’s College3.Queen’s College

4.Queen’s College

5.Palmdale Primary School, Bradley Street

6.Palmdale Primary School, Bradley Street

7.Palmdale Primary School, Bradley Street

8.Palmdale Primary School, Bradley Street

9.Queen’s College

10.Palmdale
Primary School, Bradley Street

11.Queen’s
College12.St. Matthew’s Church Hall, Church Street

13.Queen’s
College14.Queen’s College

Mount Moriah

1.St. John’s College, Bishop Eldon Drive

2.St. John’s College, Bishop Eldon Drive

3.St. John’s College, Bishop Eldon Drive

4.St. John’s College, Bishop Eldon Drive

5.Government High School

6.Government High School

7.St. John’s College, Bishop Eldon Drive

8.Government High School

9.Government High School

10.Government
High School

11.St. John’s
College, Bishop Eldon Drive

12.Government
High School

13.Government
High School

14.Government
High School

 

Nassau Village

1.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

2.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

3.BTVI, Old Trail Road

4.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

5.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

6.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

7.BTVI, Old Trail Road

8.BTVI, Old Trail Road

9.BTVI, Old Trail Road

10.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

11.BTVI, Old
Trail Road

12.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

13.BTVI, Old
Trail Road

14.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

 

Pinewood

1.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

2.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

3.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

4.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

5.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

6.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

7.Cleveland Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

8.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

9.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

10.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

11.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

12.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

13.Cleveland
Eneas Primary, Charles Saunders Highway

 

St. Anne’s

1 – 13 St.
Anne’s School, Fox Hill Road

SeaBreeze

1 – 12 Sadie
Curtis Primary School, Nassau Village

 

South Beach

1.Bahamas Academy, Marshall Road

.Bahamas Academy, Marshall Road

4.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

5.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

6.CV Bethel High School, East Street South

7.Bahamas Academy, Marshall Road

.Bahamas Academy, Marshall Road

10.Bahamas
Academy, Marshall Road

11.Bahamas
Academy, Marshall Road

12.Bahamas
Academy, Marshall Road

 

Southern Shores

1 – 12 Garvin
Tynes Primary School, Alexandria Blvd.

Tall Pines

1 – 14 Aquinas
College, Gladstone Road

Yamacraw

1 – 13 St.
Andrew’s School, Yamacraw Road

 

 

GRAND BAHAMA

 

Central Grand
Bahama

1.Lewis Yard Primary

2.Bishop Michael Eldon School

3.Sister Mary Patricia Russell Junior High

4.Sister Mary Patricia Russell Junior High

5.Sister Mary Patricia Russell Junior High

6.Sister Mary Patricia Russell Junior High

7.Bishop Michael Eldon School8.St. George’s High School

9.St. George’s High School

10.Bartlett
Hill Primary School

11.St. Vincent
de Paul Catholic School

12.St. George’s
High School

13.St. Vincent
de Paul Catholic School

14.St. George’s
High School

 

East Grand
Bahama

1.Sweeting’s Cay Primary

2.High Rock Primary

3.Eric L. Sam Centre Church of Ascension

4.Eric L. Sam Centre Church of Ascension

5.Water Cay All Age School

6.McClean’s Town Primary

7.Freeport Primary8.Maurice Moore Primary

9.Freeport Primary10.Walter
Parker Primary

11.Freeport
Primary

12.Freeport
Primary

13.Maurice
Moore Primary

14.Maurice
Moore Primary

15.Walter
Parker Primary

 

Marco City

1.Grand Bahama
Academy of 7^th Day Adventists

2.Freeport Gospel Chapel School

3.Jack Hayward Senior High School

4.Mary Star of the Sea Catholic School

5.Bishop Michael Eldon6.Bishop Michael Eldon

7.Sunland Baptist Academy8.Sunland Baptist Academy

9.Mary Star of the Sea Catholic School

10.Jack Hayward
Senior High School

11.Jack Hayward
Senior High School

12.Jack Hayward
Junior High School

13.Grand Bahama
Academy of 7^th Day Adventists

14.Jack Hayward
Junior High School

15.Mary Star of
the Sea Catholic School

 

 

 

Pineridge

1.Hugh Campbell Primary

2.Foster Pestaina Centre Christ the King

3.Grand Bahama Catholic High School

4.Church of God Hawksbill

5.St. Paul’s Methodist College

6.Grand Bahama Catholic High School

7.St. Paul’s Methodist College

8.St. Paul’s Methodist College

9.Central Church of God

10.Tabernacle
Baptist Academy

11.Grand Bahama
Catholic High School

12.Tabernacle
Baptist Academy

13.Hugh
Campbell Primary

 

West Grand Bahama

1.West End Primary School

2.West End Primary School

3.West End Primary School

4.Holmes Rock Primary

5.Holmes Rock Primary

6.Martin Town Primary7.Martin Town Primary

8.Louise McDonald High School

9.St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Parish Hall

10.Roman
Catholic Church Hall11.Mt. Zion Baptist Church Hall

12.Eight Mile
Rock High School13.Eight Mile Rock High School

14.Eight Mile
Rock High School15.Eight Mile Rock High School

 

FAMILY ISLANDS

 

Central & South Abaco

1.Guana Cay Public School

2.Man O War Public School

3.Hope Town Public Library

4.Below Deck Abaco Resort, Marsh Harbour

5.St. Francis de Sales Catholic School, Marsh Harbour

6.St. John the Baptist Parish Hall, Marsh Harbour

7.Spring City Community Centre

8.Community Centre Cherokee Cay

9.Fire Station, Casuarina Point

10.Crossing
Rock Primary

11.St. Martin’s
Church Hall, Sandy Point

12.Moore’s
Island All age School

 

North Abaco

1.Grand Cay All Age School

2.Fox Town Primary

3.Teacher’s Residence Cedar Harbour

4.S. C. Boodle High School

5.Cooper’s Town Primary

6.Treasure Cay Primary

7.Amy Roberts All Age School, Green Turtle Cay

8.Abaco Central High School, Murphytown

9.Abaco Central High School, Murphytown

10.Central
Abaco Primary School, Dundas Town

11.Methodist
Church Hall, Dundas Town

12.Central
Abaco Primary, Dundas Town

 

Mangrove Cay
& South Andros

1.Post Office, Mars Bay

2.Primary School, Deep Creek

3.High School, Kemp’s Bay

4.High Rock Primary

5.Pre School Long Bay Cays

6.Primary School Driggs Hill

7.Victoria’s Point, preschool

8.Burnt Rock Primary

9.Bering Point Primary

10.Bowen Sound
Primary

11.Fresh Creek
Primary

12.Central
Andros High

 

North Andros
& The Berry Islands

1.Lowe Sound Community Centre

2.Murphy Building, Lowe Sound

3.Nicholls Town Primary

4.Nicholls Town Primary

5.Conch Sound Old School Building

6.Red Bay Primary

7.BARC

8.R. N. Gomez All Age School

9.Mastic Point Primary

10.Mastic Point
Primary

11.Stafford
Creek Primary

12.Blanket
Sound Primary

13.Staniard
Creek Primary

 

Cat Island, Rum
Cay & San Salvador

1.Arthur’s Town High School

2.Orange Creek Primary

3.Bennett’s Harbour Primary

4.Media Centre, Knowles Settlement

5.New Bight Primary

6.Old Bight Primary

7.Porte Howe Primary

.Rum Cay All Age School

10.Primary
School United Estates, San Salvador

11.San Salvador
High School

 

Central &
South Eleuthera

1.Tarpum Bay Primary

2.Preston Albury High School, Rock Sound

3.Rock Sound Primary

4.Green Castle Primary

5.Wemyss Bight Primary

6.Deep Creek Primary

7.Administrative Complex Waterford

8.Bannerman Town Community Library & Resource Centre

9.Governor’s Harbour Primary

10.Governor’s
Harbour Magistrate’s Court

11.M E Cooper
Primary

12.Central
Eleuthera High School, Palmetto Point

13.Savannah
Sound Resource Centre

 

North Eleuthera

1.All Age School, Harbour Island

2.All Age School, Harbour Island

3.Catholic Centre, Harbour Island

4.Spanish Wells All age School

5.Spanish Wells All age School

6.Spanish Wells All age School

7.Community Centre, Current

8.Primary School, Current Island

9.Primary School, The Bluff

10.N. E. High
School, Lower Bogue

11.Town Hall
Administrative Complex, Upper Bogue

12.Gregory Town
Primary School

13.P. A. Gibson
Primary, Hatchett Bay

14.Primary
School, James Cistern

 

The Exumas
& Ragged Island

1.Staniel Cay Primary

2.Black Point Primary

3.Farmer’s Cay Primary

4.Barraterre Warehouse Building

5.Stuart Manor Primary

6.Rolleville Primary

7.Hart’s Community Centre

8.Roker’s Point Primary

9.Forest Primary

10.Mt. Thompson
Primary

11.Mosstown
Primary

12.The Resource
Centre, Georgetown

13.Georgetown
Primary

14.Rolletown
Community Centre

15.Williamstown
Primary16.Ragged Island Primary

 

Long Island

1.Morrisville Primary

2.Community Centre, Clarence Town

3.Mangrove Bush Primary

4.MGM Major High School

5.Lower Deadman’s Cay Primary

6.Resource Centre, Gray’s

7.Oasis Centre McKanns

8.Oasis Centre McKanns

9.Glinton’s Primary

 

 

 

MICAL

1.Public Library, Landrail Point

2.Cabbage Hill Primary

3.Cabbage Hill Primary

4.Primary School, Lovely Bay

5.Primary School, Snug Corner

6.High School, Pompey Bay

7.Primary School, Salina Point

8.Long Cay All Age School

9.Abraham’s Bay High School

10. a Pirates
Well Primary

10.b Community
Centre, Betsy Bay

11.High School,
Matthew Town

12.Primary
School, Matthew Town

 

Lanni the photographer for Juno’s Photography is known for her unconventional approach to capturing an image. An image she’d take would resemble something swung in the sixties. Jalan Monique Harris commonly known as Juno/Lanni was born on August 29, 1991. She was inspired to pursue photography by a dear friend by the name of Johnny Zhang who is located in Florida. “I was his muse sometimes” she recalled.

We asked Juno if she received any support from love ones after informing them of her decision of pursuing the arts and her answer was a bit unusual. Apparently she was “into art since primary school.” However, to fully win the approval of her father she had to also maintain a second language.
Her chosen style of photography has an overall vintage taste. She just prefers to always “incorporate art in whatever” she shoots. Jalan is extremely passionate about her chosen career path, her mind goes crazy when she sees a cool location!”

What sets this young photographer apart is  the fact that she is not “really flashy, and believes some people are just way too concerned about appearing glamorous of front page modelesque”

 

We allowed Jalan to sum up her unconventional approach to photography or her style. She replied “people have told me they like my style, I wish I could tell you what that is. It’s like what you see is what’s actually there aside from the occasional airbrushing, I just bring out the beauty that was already there instead of creating it.”

Despite being new to the Grand Bahama market, Juno’s Photography managed to attain a number of well known clients such as Tomacina Culmer, Mark Winder, and former beauty pageant queens such as Garelle Hudson.

Feel free to support this photographer as she would be eager to give you an unforgettable photo shoot! Click here to view more photos on Juno’s Facebook Fan Page. Don’t forget to click like first!

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This month we’ve had the chance to interview a few well known and not so well know photographers. They all had one thing in common besides their passion for flashing – their location they primarily operate from. It was a pleasure to interview persons like Frankie Ladeyo (Blue Cherry Studios), Lanni Harris (Juno Photography), Mark Winder (Mango Tree Media), Melissa Walkins (Captured Creations), Erykah Monique (Erykah Monique Photography), Leshan Ferguson, and more! One thing we found peculiar is that this group of professionals really believe in networking. Everyone was willing to suggest us to other professionals within their field. Check back for more info. on GB photographers all this month!

No one should have to be paying for their perfect wedding years after. Sure this BIG day has to be perfect. But, if remaining together is a little more important to you than putting on a show for persons who have their own personal issues to deal with – so be it. Finance is the second leading cause for divorce. Don’t be another statistic. Seize every opportunity to save during the most expensive milestone you may ever encounter.

Traditional wedding are seemingly the most expensive route towards saying “I do.”  Our advice to brides to be is simple “Plan to Stand.” Over the next few weeks we would be giving tips on curbing your wedding expenditure.

Blue Cherry Studios has perhaps the most versatile photographer. Frankie is one photographer we just could not seem to place a finger on. Or put inside of a box. He’s a self proclaimed cluster phobic and his footage shows it!

Calvin Franklyn Williams III  commonly known as Frankie Ladeyo was born on Nov. 4th 1986. Calvin said he knows his name “sounds like royalty, but trust me there’s nothing spectacular about it.” We too were confused about the many names so we asked how did we get from Calvin to Frankie? “I go by Frankie Ladeyo because it’s easier to distinguish between my dad and I. It’s because my dad and I do the same type of work (we work with computers).”

Here comes the interesting part… the name Frankie Ladeyo actually came from an old Michael Jackson film (Moonwalker). “There was an evil guy in it ..his name was Frankie LiDeo, but yeah I spelt my name differently because ..well ..I wanted to and gave it a different meaning hahaha people always asked what it meant. The word Ladeyo is like one of those one word sayings like amen means let it be ladeyo says the name shall be known to all and forgotten by none so essentially Frankie is the name that shall be known to all and … I was young ..but it just stuck” Frankie explained.

 

Who inspired you to pursue photography? “My 2 older sisters kinda inspired me. One of them did Photoshop and photo restoration in a photo studio…I thought it was cool what she can do with a computer and a digital image.. and my other sister did modeling, acting and stuff….and I remember seeing her contact sheets and thought it was cool that she got to play dress up and have such cool pics taken. I don’t know if that makes sense to you but to me..it inspired me to pick up a camera …and create my own images that I can practice using Photoshop with .”

Frankie’s family was well supportive of his chosen career path. “My mom thinks its cool, and encourages me to go out and shoot ….my dad feels the same way I’m sure though he can be more critical and may not always agree with some creative concepts i come up with. I guess they’re just old fashioned. but generally they have no problem with it and try to encourage me the best they can.”

As for Frankie’s style it pretty much varies. “There are variables like.. my mood…clients mood…location….even music genre..generally though when i go out and shoot …I strive to do ‘different’ things….when ever I dream up a concept …depending on what it is ..I try to find the right talent to pull it off. Some of my concepts are too extreme and would probably required stunt talent. I’ve only been able to pull off a few of my dream concepts but sadly I lost it all in a hard drive failure (lesson learnt). But yeah all in all you know how people say “what you see is what you get” When I’m shooting its more like “what you see is what you CAN get…but lets just….<insert magic here>… and get a little bit more impact,” it doesn’t necessarily have to be extreme either it could be something subtle such as simple vintage look done in post or changing the perspective all together I guess simply put..my style varies..I like to do different things.

We found it hard to stomach the fact that Frankie actually started out in nature photography.

“I wasn’t always shooting people. After studying psychology for years it kinda just made me wanna stick with shooting a subject that didn’t have the ability to think they don’t look good – nature. It simply knows its beautiful and doesn’t need anyone to tell it and best of all…its all natural!

Commonly Asked Questions

Name some Clients you’ve worked for?

Grand Bahama Ship Yard, Grand Bahama Port Authority, Unexso, Barefoot Marketing, Keep Grand Bahama Clean committee and others.

What are your operational Hours?
I shoot when someone wants me to shoot or when ever I feel like shooting… I generally keep my camera near by in case I get an idea.

Word on the Streets says?
Frankie is known as “one of the young good photographers”

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