23 January 2019
People are talking, that’s the one thing that has come out of the fiasco called The Fyre Festival – a high end luxury concert set for the Exumas in Spring 2017 that failed miserably, according to Minister of Tourism Dioniso D’Aguilar. Speaking with reporters outside Tuesday’s weekly cabinet meeting, he said yes, the situation […]
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23 January 2019
The Nassau Airport Developement Company’s (NAD) is moving ahead with plans for and on-site hotel at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. NAD has issued a request for proposals outlining submission guidelines to prospective proponents. According to NAD, the successful proponent will design, finance, construct and operate a three star or more hotel that should meet […]
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22 January 2019
Former Cabinet Minister Fred Mitchell says the latest labour statistics are “indicative of the fact that unemployment in the Bahamas is worse”. Things, he said, are moving in the wrong direction, and this despite the signs and warnings the government continues to double down in what he called its “depressing menu of stop, review, cancel […]
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22 January 2019
A young Bahamian, Mario Deveaux, yesterday afternoon stood before Magistrate, Ambrose Armbrister on a litany of ammunition charges. Deveaux, who was arrested in Rock Sound Eleuthera, was charged on one count each of possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of ammunition, possession of ammunition with the intent to supply and possession of a component part […]
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22 January 2019
Netflix’s documentary on the infamous Fyre Fest Fiasco in the Exumas had a lot of tongues awagging after show producers accused two former public officials and a University president of corruption. Yesterday University of The Bahamas President Dr. Rodney Smith is seeking to clear his name from the discussion. The documentary spoke of festival organizers […]
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22 January 2019
The government of The Bahamas has signed a contract with EAA Company Limited- a Japanese car inspection company in hopes of eliminating the possibility of radioactive cars being imported to The Bahamas. According to the Arawak Port Development, in 2016, more than 11,000 passenger and commercial Japanese used cars were imported to The Bahamas. A […]
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22 January 2019
Twenty-nine year old Darrell Bain, aka “Tallboy” and “Scaredem” of Dean Street yesterday afternoon stood before Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister, accused of several charges stemming from two separate incidents. In the first matter, Bain is alleged to be behind one count each of house breaking, armed robbery and garroting. Reports are that on Wednesday June 27, […]
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22 January 2019
Preliminary results from this year’s statistics, reveal that men still dominate the work force over women. From the Labour Force Report, as of November 2018 more men than women and more young men than young women are employed. In fact, men outnumber women in the work force by almost 10,000. According to the report, “women […]
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22 January 2019
The unemployment rate in the Bahamas has increased from 10 percent to 10.7 percent as of November 2018, a 0.7 percent increase. Senior statisticians in The Department of Statistics say this increase is as a result of more Bahamians being added to the labour force, over 4,000 in total. With more than 10,000 new […]
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22 January 2019
Former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament, Ervin Knowles has passed away on Sunday at the age of 84 years. A building contractor and land developer, Mr. Knowles was first elected to Parliament in 1977 as a member of the Bahamian Democratic Party, but resigned from the party in June 1978. He later became […]
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