18 June 2019
The leader of the Official Opposition Philip Davis says,”Poverty and inequality in our country are becoming entrenched. A recent Central Bank survey revealed that 50% of working Bahamians surveyed were having difficulties making ends meet.” Mr Davis said that everywhere he goes Bahamians are saying, “I can’t make it on what I’m making”. Even Bahamians […]
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18 June 2019
Four persons were arraigned before Magistrate’s court yesterday afternoon following their arrests in Bimini over the weekend during the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s operation Poseidon Purge. The couple, Vicaro Poitier and Joenisha Poitier, were both arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain with one count of possession of dangerous drugs, namely cocaine, with the intent […]
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18 June 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Leader Phillip Davis yesterday made a strong case why his party has no confidence in the government’s ability to manage the country’s public finances. Wrapping up the Opposition’s contribution to the 2019/2020 budget in the House of Assembly, Mr. Davis charged that the government missed critical fiscal targets for the past two […]
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18 June 2019
It is now official. The Cabinet Office has announced that Mr. Cornelius A. Smith will be appointed as the next Governor General of the Bahamas with effect from 28th June 2019. It was also announced that Her Excellency, the Most Honourable Dame Marguerite Pindling, the current Governor General will be demitting office on 28th June […]
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17 June 2019
Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstrapsto 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 achieve similar successes? That’s what we’ll […]
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17 June 2019
Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Deputy Leader Buscheme Armbrister yesterday defended former party leader Branville Mcartney following his controversial comments published in a local daily this past Friday. Mr. McCartney suggested that children born to foreign parents should be entitled to apply for citizenship at birth. This in an effort to address the vexing issue of […]
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17 June 2019
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Senator Fred Mitchell yesterday expressed concerns regarding the level of trust surrounding government contracts. He said the current administration has been cancelling contracts, refusing to pay, and forcing affected parties to duke it out in court. “The occasional workers, who came on the Empowerment Program, all of them have been […]
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17 June 2019
Police in New Providence are investigating a shooting incident, last Saturday which left an adult male dead. According to reports, shortly before 2:00am a male was asleep in a bedroom in a home on Sister Marie Rahming Drive, Millennium Gardens, when an armed man stood outside the window and opened fire into the bedroom, hitting […]
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17 June 2019
The Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) yesterday announced that major rehabilitation work will begin on runway 09/27, which is soon to be runway 10/28; and taxiway India at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA). In a release, the company added that it has joined forces with local firm Bahamas Hot Mix to complete the capital […]
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14 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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