Sentences with phrase «local people on the island»

With the help of the local people on the island and also some government funding, we have our very own Turtle sanctuary.

Not exact matches

Among changes to be implemented by June 30 is allowing foreign firms to take majority stakes in local JVs, People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday at the Boao Forum on the southern island of Hainan.

Together J and I went to great local restaurants, bought produce from excellent local farms, went to bonfires, went to the beach, cooked and ate meals together, spent both Halloween and New Years partying at the Surf Pub, and made many connections with great people here on this tiny island.

Jacobs: I would say right now in the party side — I think what I've seen of the leadership on local elected people, such as Barry Weinstein in Amherst or Mary Cook in Grand Island.

While the Catskills town of Prattsville was virtually wiped off the map and more than 500,000 people lost power on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions upstate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducted separate helicopter tours of damaged areas across New York, garnering glowing reviews in local papers.

«As a former Town Supervisor on Long Island, I look forward to working with local officials in a manner that is meaningful and helpful to them to make government more efficient, less costly and ultimately work better for all of the people we serve,» Kaiman said.

Hospitals throughout the cash - strapped island of 3.4 million people have been running low on medicine and fuel, and residents and local elected officials have said they expect the death toll to rise.

«As a former Town Supervisor on Long Island, I look forward to working with local officials in a manner that is meaningful and helpful to them to make government more efficient, less costly and ultimately work better for all of the people we serve,» Mr. Kaiman said in a statement.

But it's only recently, locals say, that RIOC began to listen: In 2002, after a long battle with the state in which residents argued their home was being mismanaged, Gov. George Pataki signed a law that required seven of the corporation's nine - member appointed, unpaid governing board to be people who live on the island.

This is a picture of our local pub or public house on the tiny British Channel Island of Alderney which has a population of 1000 people.

With an art degree from Rhode Island School of Design on his office wall, two union cards - stagehands and scenic artists - in his wallet, five able - bodied children, a French wife, and a photograph torn from a magazine of two Yugoslav guys roasting a lamb over a pit, he created a legendary party - a feast that almost two hundred people came to every year from as far away as the townhouses of New York City and as near as our local elementary school.

The people around these parts are what truly make it special though and arriving on any of the islands you can expect to be mobbed by an army of local fans.

Many people who vacation in Ambergris Caye choose to charter boats so that they can explore the islands on their own; however, navigating the reefs can be tricky and it is wise to sail with a local captain or at least a guide who knows the waters.

Some other resorts and locals did the clean up on the other side of the island were even more than 100 people came together at Liang beach to clean up the beach and the nearby divesites.

What to Do: The options are endless: borrow a sea kayak and paddle around the island or explore the estuary; walk one mile around the island on its long white - sand beach; learn how to paddle a six - person outrigger canoe; take a class in Fijian, Polynesian, and Melanesian dance — or watch the local villagers» own dance show, which includes a thrilling fire dance.

The Chumash people who were the original inhabitants of the northern Channel Islands may have eaten the local scrub jay, or used its feathers for decoration, since they are known to have made feather bands including jay feathers on the Californian mainland.

About 25,000 people live on the Galápagos» five inhabited islands, and travelers are always struck by the incredible hospitality of the locals.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Sunday that until now 71, 045 local residents had moved to 239 displaced person points prepared by the government throughout the island.

This venerable feast day and week - long celebrations, primarily focus on the fifth Sunday of Easter, attracting locals and Micaelense, in addition to peoples from neighbouring islands in the archipelago, the Portuguese diaspora and tourists on vacation.

Pak Boulong is a local person who dedicated himself to conserve and start breeding turtles which are endangered and protected animals on the islands, He starts from eggs collected, and after hatching and the turtle babies are old enough and ready to start their new life on the open seas they are released, with many travelers who come to Gili Meno for this special occasion.

I spend one more night on Gili Meno as many people do, and explore into the middle of the Island to the Local village.

The Cayman Islands enjoying one of the safest locations in the world, visitors and locals in the Caymans have the privilege of being able to walk from bar to bar and nightclubs on the main strip or like most people prefer, walk on the beach.

Whilst for people who prefer to see some local life on the way taking the bus from Ekkamai Bus Station, Bangkok to one of the mainland piers in Laem Ngop is the cheapest means of getting to the island.

Here on private land, and guided by the local people you will enjoy a bush walk in the hope of seeing the Chatham Island warbler and Chatham Island pigeon.

WHAT INCLUDES: Private Hotel Transfers, Public Fast Boat Transfers Both Ways, Entrance Fee to Each Location, Local Guide, Local Transport on the island, 2 Botol Mineral water of Each Person.

Most people will also fit in a bit of beach time on one of the local islands.

As one of the most desirable locations on earth, many people seek to explore this amazing island, but few who do so get the benefit of local wisdom.

Enjoy stunning views over the Whitsunday Islands and Conway Ranges and be entertained by unique commentary on the local history, flora, fauna and indigenous people.

Free camping locations are available in many countries around the world: on beaches and islands; in jungles, forests, and mountains; at national, state, local and city parks; in people's yards; beside rivers and lakes... the list goes on.

We stayed the first night in hulumale guest house and we met great Maldivian people who told us about guest houses on local islands and cruise (safari boats they call them).

(Note: San Pedro is the town located on Ambergris Caye (caye is the local word for island), but many people use the terms Ambergris Caye and San Pedro interchangeably.)

The story follows a missing person case taken at Valentine's Detective Agency, and leads the player to Far Harbor, where the situation is as tense as the locals, Child of Atom followers, and synths struggle to coexist on a heavily irradiated island that is home to more beasties than you can shake a super sledge at.

During a month - long residency on Hrisey, Puck Verkade conducted interviews with three generations of local people, about their personal connection with the island, the effect of living in such a small community off the mainland, and their relationship to silence.

EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / READINGS (* solo or two - person) Apparatus for a Utopian Image 2.0, Center and Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Prague, 2018 CV, YYZ Artist's Outlet, Toronto, 2017 * Artist's Rendering (DISTRESSED, RELAXED), AXENÉO7, Quebec, 2017 * You can tell that i'm alive and well because I weep continuously, Knockdown Center, New York, 2017 Apparatus for a Utopian Image, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York, 2016 Self - Titled (Materials for a 21st Century Room — or SWAMPED, EXHAUSTED, HESITATING), 8 - 11, Toronto, 2016 * Self - Titled (w / Aryen Hoesktra & Shane Krepakevich), Modern Fuel, Ontario, 2016 Local Tide (curated by PARALLELOGRAMS and Francesca Capone), S1, Portland OR, 2016 Double Visions, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York, 2015 From Line to Constellation, Granoff Center, Providence, 2015 Maximum Sideline: Postscript, Proxy, Providence, 2015 Use Values, SPRING / BREAK Art Show, New York, 2015 An Earthquake at the Race Tracks, Museo de la Cuidad, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, 2014 Classroom, NY Art Book Fair, PS1, New York, 2014 Almost Everything, Eric Arthur Gallery, Toronto, 2014 Milieu, Skol Centre des Arts Actuel, Montreal, 2013 * More Than Two (Let It Make Itself)[w / Josh Thorpe], The Power Plant, Toronto, 2013 Cultural Fluency, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, 2013 Sediment, G Gallery, Toronto, 2012 Survive.Resist, CAFKA Biennial, Kitchener - Waterloo, Canada, 2011 On Printed Matter, [w / Josh Thorpe], Printed Matter, New York, 2011 * Around YYZ [w / Josh Thorpe], YYZ Artist's Outlet, Toronto, 2010 - 11 * House Broken, Flux Factory, NY 2010 Reading the Garden [w / Josh Thorpe], Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, 2010 * Titles, Art Metropole, Toronto, 2009 On Convenience [w / Josh Thorpe], Convenience Gallery, Toronto, 2009 * Vehicle [organized by WayUpWayDown curatorial collective], Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2008 ERI 3: Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, 2008 AT WORK, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, 2007 Rip Current, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, 2007 Tales from the Cyclop's Library, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, 2007 Unsurprising Geographies [w / Andrea Williamson], Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, 2006 Alectric 3, Alectric Audio [online exhibition] 2006 a / s / l, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, 2006 * RESIDENCIES Interrupt 3, Brown University, Rhode Island 2015 SHIFT, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, 2014 - 15 Artist - in - Residence, Workspace, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2013 - 14 Visiting Scholar, NYU Advanced Media Studio, 2013 - 14 The Decapitated Museum, The Banff Centre, 2012 Making Artistic Inquiry Visible, The Banff Centre, 2008 AWARDS Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation, 2018 - 19 Banff Centre, Residency Scholarship — The Decapitated Museum, 2012 Foundation for Contemporary Art, Emergency Grant, 2011 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2011 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2009 University of Toronto, Graduate Fellowship, 2007 - 09 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2007 - 08 Banff Centre, Residency Scholarship — Making Artistic Inquiry Visible, 2008 University of Toronto, David Buller Memorial Scholarship, 2007 NSCAD University, Simon Chang and Phyllis Levine Foundation Scholarship, 2006 New Brunswick Arts Board, Arts Scholarship, 2005 WRITING «Panorama of Our,» Plot, Claudia Weber, ed., 2015 «Anodyne: or X of Demarcation,» Rearviews II, Xenia Benivolski & Danielle St - Amour, eds., 2014 «On Printed Matter» Artefact:, C Magazine C122, 2014 «Lana Turner Has Collapsed!