23 May 2012
A date has been set for the substantive appeal for a veteran prosecutor who won 90 per cent of her costs against the government last year. Despite a change of government, the matter is set to begin next month in the Court of Appeal (COA). In July 2010, Cheryl Grant-Bethell sued the government for sidestepping [...]
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23 May 2012
Court of Appeal (COA) justices have been working despite less than favourable conditions in the Charlotte Street courtroom. Just a few weeks ago, the court had to cancel all matters because the roof was leaking, which caused some water damage. The leak has since been confined to a portion of the room just over the [...]
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23 May 2012
The government’s new legislative agenda begins today with the state opening of parliament. The opening begins at 10:00 a.m. Hundreds of Bahamians, tourists and supporters of both the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Free National Movement (FNM) are expected to flood Bay Street to witness the pomp and pageantry of the state opening. The [...]
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23 May 2012
At least a dozen international and local airlines suffered major delays in departures from the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) this week due to malfunctioning air condition units in the airport’s control tower, according to a senior Civil Aviation official. President of the Air Traffic Controllers Union (ATCU) Roscoe Perpall told the Bahama Journal yesterday [...]
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23 May 2012
The local financial industry is mourning the death of financial watchdog and veteran banker Al Jarrett, who passed away at his West Bay Street home early yesterday. Jarrett reportedly suffered a heart attack. He was 69. During his career, which spanned over 40 years, Jarrett served as a senior manager at the Royal Bank of [...]
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23 May 2012
Mobile phone users will continue to experience interruptions in their services for at least another month as BTC continues work towards improving its overall infrastructure network, according to Brand and Communications Vice President Marlon Johnson. Last week, BTC received a number of complaints from customers complaining of dropped calls, interruptions with text messaging and their [...]
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23 May 2012
Hundreds of Bahamians were up-in-arms Tuesday after reading an online article written by an American journalist, who painted a poverty-stricken picture of the living conditions in The Bahamas. When international freelance journalist Nellie Day produced the article online at www.travels.com, it’s safe to say that she never imagined that it would create such a national [...]
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22 May 2012
Louis Bacon, the Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager – influential financial backer of the Free National Movement and resident at Point House in Lyford Cay and with a residence at Kamaleme Cay off Andros has evaded Bahamian Police on two occasions as they turned up at his Nassau residence to serve criminal and civil summons on [...]
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22 May 2012
When the House of Assembly reconvenes on Wednesday, the Free National Movement (FNM) representatives will be outnumbered by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) 29 to nine, but according to FNM Member of Parliament-elect for Long Island Loretta Butler-Turner, the official Opposition will not be outmatched. While appearing as a guest on Love 97’s daily talk [...]
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22 May 2012
Former State Minister for Social Services in the recently ousted Ingraham administration Loretta Butler-Turner said the former government did its best to keep struggling Bahamians afloat despite widespread criticisms that the party ignored their cries for help. On Monday, Mrs. Butler-Turner said the FNM Government understood that many Bahamians were hurting and that there were [...]
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