04 February 2019
The leader of the official Opposition, Philip Davis has renewed his call for Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands and National Security Minister to resign for misconduct. This comes on the heels of the decision made by Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson Pratt in the Frank Smith extortion case. Mr. Davis added that the behavior of […]
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04 February 2019
Former Public Hospitals Authority Chairman, Frank Smith has been acquitted and all charges against him have been dropped. Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson- Pratt in her analysis of the evidence presented in the 14-month long trial said “ there was not a scintilla of evidence to prove that there was a meeting between Frank Smith and […]
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04 February 2019
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) Spokesperson for Good Governance Geoffrey Deleveaux yesterday condemned the conduct of both Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands and National Security Minister Marvin Dames in former PLP Senator Frank Smith’s extortion case. He said, “The DNA had followed this matter since inception, but reserved comment on the same due to the […]
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04 February 2019
Bone chilling temperatures tearing through Midwestern United States, parts of Canada, and other parts of the world, could very well lead to a spike in tourism numbers for warm weather destinations like The Bahamas. Tourism Minister, Dionisio D’Aguilar, said he sure hopes so. “I think that the incredible cold that they’re experiencing in the mid-west […]
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04 February 2019
Twenty-eight fatalities caused by a sunken Haitian vessel on Saturday, prompted an air and sea search by joint Law Enforcement Agencies in Abaco after several bodies were recovered from waters in Marsh Harbour, in the early morning hours. Local residents, on Saturday morning, shortly after 8, discovered the bodies in waters near Man O War […]
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04 February 2019
The process for those voluntary separation packages (VSEPs) for line staff employees of The Grand Lucayan Resort is complete and now it’s time to move on to management, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar, confirmed. “Preparing the final payments, going over the final numbers,” he said. “The union is well aware of what we’re doing, I don’t […]
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04 February 2019
Three men were murdered hours a part, in separate incidents, and now police are searching for the culprits of these homicides. The men were gunned down between Friday night and Saturday morning in New Providence. According to police reports, shortly before 11:00pm, Friday, a male was standing outside a bar on Miami Street, off Cordeaux […]
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01 February 2019
The Bahamas Insurance Association believes that the accession to the World Trade Organization should not put domestic insurers at a disadvantage when compared to their foreign counterparts. Association Chairman Warren Rolle said that the BIA does however support the underlying principles of a free market economy. “Currently general insurance intermediaries are required to be 60 […]
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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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