The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Leading businessman  Frederick Asa Hazlewood is to be Knighted  and    leads the list of Bahamians  who have been honoured by Her Majesty the Queen in  her 2019 Birthday Honours.  He is President of  the John Bull group of companiesand represents the fourth generation of leaders at JOHN BULLraised on a simple leadership philosophy: “A business doesn’trun on autopilot.”   JOHN BULL was established as an old English Tobacco house in 1929.   Later an office products department was added byFred’s father, Frank Hazlewood, that evolved into The JOHNBULL Business Centre. In 1955, toys, watches and novelty giftswere introduced into the company’s lines. In 1951 a relationship was formulated by Frank Hazlewood which resulted in The  JOHN BULL enterprise becoming the exclusive retailer forROLEX in the BAHAMAS.   Further partnerships as the yearswent by have been established with such companies as Gucci,Cartier, Bvlgari, Coach, Michael Kors, Tiffany, Tag Heuer,Patek Phillipe, and David Yurman. In the last few years, the Bahamas franchise for the Starbucks Corporation and Subwaybecame part of the JOHN BULL Group of Businesses. In 2009, Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace, LondonEngland, conferred upon Frederick A. Hazlewood, The MostDistinguished Order Of Saint Michael And Saint George, foroutstanding services to the business community in TheCommonwealth of the Bahamas. Mr. Hazlewood  is now to be Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George for services to business.  The […]

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As hacking remains a vexing issue for the CivilAviation Authority, industry stakeholders and other national agencies are engaged in a collaborative effort to enact additional legislation and regulations, impose harsher enforcement action, increase successful prosecution of the offending pilot and implement new initiatives to educate travellers and pilots about the risk of illegal air charters.   The […]

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The allocations for consultancy services in the government’s national budget has increased  dramatically. In the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources the allocation jumped   from $30,000 to $320,000, a figure Minister Michael Pintard said is still not enough. “We believe that the $300,000 is not sufficient, so we are going to gradually each year seek to increase the amount of funding. “There […]

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The rising cost of fuel prices  is negatively impacting Bahamasair, the national flag carrier, according to Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar who says that this was the greatest challenge to the airline meeting its financial target. Bahamasair spent $11.8 million on fuel in 2017 and $18 million in 2018. “As tensions rise between the United States, China and Iran , this will negatively […]

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Police on New Providence are investigating a shooting incident which occurred on Sunday night which has left an adult male dead. According to reports, shortly before 9:00 pm, a man was standing in front of a home on Price Street, Nassau Village, when he was approached by occupants of a vehicle, who opened fire on him, hitting him about the body […]

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The  Bahamian High Commissioner  in London  Ellison Greenslade has reported  that he and officials from the High Commission have “made good progress” in the investigations into the deaths of two Bahamian young men whose bodies were found in a lake in Turin, Italy. In a report  from Italy yesterday, Mr Greenslade  said he and his delegation were warmly received with a great measure of courtesy and respect by […]

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