07 March 2019
Six months after BPL’s Clifton Pier fire, there is still no word on what led to the blaze that destroyed one of the company’s engines. BPL Chief Executive Officer Whitney Heastie on Monday said the board could not give an update as the government had initiated its own investigation. Mr. Heastie also at the time […]
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07 March 2019
An overhaul of the Investment Funds industry brings changes to its outdated regulatory framework; which if left untouched, poses a risk to the country’s reputation as a leading financial services sector. Moving for Investment Fund Bill 2019 in the House of Assembly yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said the more […]
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07 March 2019
Works Minister Desmond Bannister has allayed the fears of Bahamas Electrical Workers Union that once Wartsila comes in to manage the new BPL plants that Bahamian workers will be left behind. Minister Bannister said he does not know if that is true. He said, “we have to be able to put that in place and […]
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07 March 2019
National Security Minister Marvin Dames has disputed the Opposition’s claim that a senior police officer is being victimisized. Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis yesterday charged that a letter from The Office of The Prime Minister has instructed Assistant Commissioner of Police Clarence Reckley to take vacation, after which retirement. In addition to Reckley, Deputy […]
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07 March 2019
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) newly appointed Chairman Omar Smith yesterday urged the government to remove a “blemish” from an FBI probe into potential bribery and corruption with the Bahamas Department of Immigration. In a release issued yesterday, Mr. Smith said that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest expressed shock after the […]
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07 March 2019
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The global call to end the death penalty was made as the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty opened its conference in Brussels, Belgium last Wednesday, with hopes of moving closer to the universal abolition of the death penalty. In his address at the opening ceremony, Together Against the Death Penalty […]
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06 March 2019
The Opposition’s spokesman on National Security Glenys Hanna-Martin has expressed concern over the police’s apparent lag in the reporting of apparent kidnappings. This follows the case reported this past Sunday where a male abducted a child from a home on Wilton Street. The child was found by a passerby a short time later walking in […]
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06 March 2019
The Opposition Progressive Liberal Party is claiming that a senior Police Officer has been victimized by the government. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Clarence Reckley has been instructed to take vacation following which, early retirement. According to Opposition Leader, Philip Davis, the instructions were sent from The Office of The Prime Minister. He said, “I […]
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06 March 2019
News that HIV has been deemed undetectable in a London patient following a stem cell transplant is landmark – after all, it is only the second such case. However as Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said to reporters outside Cabinet yesterday, it is certainly not ready for what he called “ primetime.” “It’s certainly not […]
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06 March 2019
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The World Coalition Against The Death Penalty has embarked on a regional death penalty reform project in the Eastern Caribbean and plans to seek the involvement of The Bahamas. The project is in partnership with organizations such as the Death Penalty Project, Greater Caribbean for Life and the World Coalition. The project […]
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