02 April 2019
Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Michael Maura, sees the impending expansion of the Nassau Cruise Port as an opportunity to expand the Bahamas’ economy, particularly Nassau. As he puts it- one of the underlining components of the port development project in itself must be what economic value will it have to The Bahamas. “What we […]
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01 April 2019
An Request For Proposal (RFP) has been issued by the government for a company to assist in monitoring the country’s airspace. As Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar puts it – “The Bahamas has no institutional knowledge of how to do so.” “The RFP closes at the end of this month and then we will […]
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01 April 2019
Before the law can be amendedto significantly increase the penalty for illegal gun possession, the country has to first tackle the demand for such weapons; National Security Marvin Dames told reporters last Thursday. The Minister was responding to a group of five local bishops, calling him to “lead the war on guns by leading […]
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01 April 2019
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has indicated that the Crown in the Michelle Reckley fraud case has filed an appeal of the presiding Magistrate’s decision based on, an erroneous application of the law. The statement from that office noted that the Prosecutors are also requesting that The Court of Appeal hear the […]
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01 April 2019
Bahamas Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard yesterday told The Journal that he is still awaiting the Prime Minister’s response to a letter he sent outlining the union’s concerns over Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) deal with Finland-based power generation company Wartsila. The company is set to build a new 132 megawatt power plant […]
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01 April 2019
The following are remarks by the Hon. George A. Smith at the 65thanniversary celebration of the Progressive Liberal Party at the Dundas Centre For The Performing Arts Mackey Street last Friday: “Anniversaries are a wonderful thing. Everyone and everything that ever was has had anniversaries. Some of these things have been very good and some have […]
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01 April 2019
Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) yesterday confirmed that their Chief Operating Officer (COO) Christina Alston has resigned with immediate effect. The company remained extremely tight-lipped about the reason behind the former COO’s resignation, but sources close to Ms. Alston said she became frustrated in the position. The former Grand Bahama Power executive was first […]
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01 April 2019
The government yesterday announced that a delegation will be attending the 4th Meeting Of The Working Party on The Bahamas’ accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) this coming Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. In a release, it indicated that the delegation will be led by the by Financial Services Minister Brent Symonette, accompanied by Mr. […]
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29 March 2019
The much anticipated Shot Spotter Technology has been through testing and is ready to go live. This comes after the government signed a contract with Shot Spotter for gunshot detection in January this year. Chief Superintendent Zhivago Dames gave a breakdown of how the system works. He said,“once a signal is received […]
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29 March 2019
The Water and Sewage Management Union yesterday requested the police to sweep Water and Sewage Corporation offices for illegal listening devices. This came from union president Ednel Rolle, who in a release, said that the union wants the firm to sweep offices on the islands of Abaco, Eleuthera, and the capital due to complaints […]
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