12 June 2019
National Security Minister Marvin Dames fired back at The Opposition’s scathing criticisms of the 2019/2020 budget this afternoon accusing them of appealing to the elite in the country and taxing the poor people. In his address last week Opposition Spokesman on Finance Chester Cooper noted as much adding that this is a budget of special […]
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12 June 2019
The delay in the construction of the Ministry of National Security’s new headquarters on John F. Kennedy Drive is said to illustrate the lethargic, convoluting and mysterious manner in which the former administration awarded and executed contracts, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames. Mr. Dames said that upon coming to office, an assessment of […]
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12 June 2019
A nineteen-year old male was yesterday charged before the courts for murder. Javano Hall stood before Chief Magistrate Joy Ann Ferguson-Pratt for the May 30th killing of Shaquille Rolle which took place on Shady Tree Street, Culmersville. He was not required to enter a plea and was remanded to the Bahamas Deparment of Corrections until […]
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12 June 2019
Minister of National Security Marvin Dames yesterday boasted in crime taking a dive during his tenure in office during his contribution to the budget debate in the House of Assembly. He said for the first quarter of 2019 overall crime was down by seven per cent compared to how the numbers stacked up last year […]
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11 June 2019
Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]
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11 June 2019
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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11 June 2019
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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11 June 2019
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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11 June 2019
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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11 June 2019
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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