{"id":26832,"date":"2012-10-11T08:17:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=26832"},"modified":"2012-10-11T08:17:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:17:45","slug":"bridge-to-be-named-for-sidney-poitier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/10\/bridge-to-be-named-for-sidney-poitier","title":{"rendered":"Bridge To Be Named For Sidney Poitier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26833\" title=\"paradise-island-bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-island-bridge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-island-bridge.png 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/paradise-island-bridge-150x112.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Bahamas\u2019 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations will open on November 2 with the rededication of the Paradise Island Bridge in honour of Sir Sidney Poitier.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Government has also committed to building a new Centre for the Performing Arts that will also be named in Sir Sidney\u2019s honour.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Christie said the Bahamas\u2019 40th Independence celebration is also an opportunity to ensure that the history of the Bahamas and the works and lives of influential Bahamians are recorded and preserved.<\/p>\n<p>Co-chairs of the Bahamas\u2019 40th Independence Anniversary Steering Committee, Dr Nicollette Bethel and Charles Carter said the 40th anniversary is about building up a national identity and reclaiming Bahamian heritage and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Carter said Singer Jennifer Hudson will be performing at the concert next month and further announcements regarding ticket information will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Tribune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bahamas\u2019 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations will commence on November 2 with the renaming of the Paradise Island Bridge in honour of Sir Sidney Poitier. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[124,133],"class_list":["post-26832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-celebrity","tag-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}