01 February 2019
The Bahamas Department of Corrections is at a point of transformation, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames. Yesterday while addressing senior management in the first of a series of similar exercises, the minister said for far too long prison officers have been known as the “stepchildren of law enforcement,” vowing that the department’s concerns […]
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01 February 2019
The resolution seeking approval for the conveyance of 1.267 acres in the Fox Hill Community was the focus of a debate in the Senate yesterday. The property, which sits on Romer and Armbrister Streets, is to be divided into 10 service lots to be sold to first time homeowners. The price tag is pegged at […]
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01 February 2019
Opposition Senator Fred Mitchell has roundly criticized the appointment of former BAIC Chairman Michael Foulkes as a Parliamentary Secretary. The PLP Chairman reiterated that the Prime Minister complained about government spending and promised to cut back. “We know that the government reduced the budget at the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, cutting back […]
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01 February 2019
National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday announced that the interviewing process for a new commissioner for the Bahamas Department of Corrections is complete and the successful candidate is to be announced shortly. Mr. Dames said, “I can tell you at last report there were about eight persons who would have applied and they were already […]
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01 February 2019
The Bahamas Insurance Association supports the government’s efforts of a sustainable Universal Health Coverage for The Bahamas, but according to Deputy Chairman Tina Cambridge, if the Cabinet accepts the National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) proposal in full, this would result in significant shifts in aspects of the industry. The most recent proposal by the […]
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01 February 2019
A look at the first six months of the current fiscal year indicate a revenue boost of $129.5 million, a 14.7 per cent improvement when compared to how the figures stacked up in fiscal year 2017/2018. Behind the improvement are higher receipts of Value Added Tax (VAT) coupled with an almost three-fold increase in stamp […]
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31 January 2019
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Peter Turnquest has put to rest renewed claims of the government’s alleged role and knowledge of a purported inheritance of up to $79 billion to Derek Rolle. As the decades old story goes, Rolle – now deceased – inherited a fortune from a deceased American couple. However, it […]
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31 January 2019
Members of The Bahamas Taxi Cab Union are in full strike mode in the face of what they say is a complete disregard and disrespect from the government. Yesterday, bleachers in Rawson Square were taken over by 150 taxi drivers, who were eagerly awaited an impromptu meeting the Prime Minister following failed attempts to speak […]
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31 January 2019
Two trade disputes have been filed on behalf of the teachers at C V Bethel Senior High School, President of The Bahamas Union of Teachers, Belinda Wilson confirmed yesterday. Through a lengthy whatsapp message, Mrs. Wilson responded to Education Minister Jefferey Lloyds comments to reporters, on Tuesday, regarding teachers who sat out of the […]
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31 January 2019
The Bahamas dropped in rank in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index this past Monday after dropping by one in the ranking. This list of 179 countries placed the country this time at 29. Executive Director of the Organization for Responsible Governance (ORG), Matt Albury, said that The Bahamas basically has the same score as it […]
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