17 January 2019
Lucayan Renewal Holdings is not letting up as negotiations drag on in the case of voluntary separation packages for Our Lucaya workers. When asked for an update on the negotiations, President of The Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association Obie Ferguson said, “certainly, I will not be moved by nonsense.” He added that they are still deep […]
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17 January 2019
The Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, Frankie Campbell has apologized for what he said “seemed to be insensitive” as he responded to media personnel. “ I was merely trying to avoid what appeared to be encroaching on another Minister’s portfolio. Mr. Campbell who refused to talk about the issues of rape when approached […]
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17 January 2019
As customary, parliamentarians sought guidance from the divine at their first sitting of the new year. The group headed to Wesley Methodist Church, Grants Town, where Bahamas Christian Council President, Bishop Delton Fernander threw out the challenge to start the year moving from good to great this year. “We’re about to move with God’s help […]
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17 January 2019
Restaurant Bahamas Limited signed a 5-year industrial agreement with the Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association. Restaurant Bahamas Limited is the company responsible for all Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets in The Bahamas. Noting that this is first industrial agreement of 2019, BHMA president Obie Ferguson said he hopes industrial agreements to follow will take similar positions. […]
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16 January 2019
More than two dozen high net worth individuals or advisors are expected to arrive in Nassau tomorrow to preview two luxury waterfront residential properties on Paradise Island slated to be auctioned off later this month. Both residences, valued in the millions, are in a secluded enclave known as Beach House Villas. Situated on the western […]
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16 January 2019
Authorities are out to frustrate air hackers as much as possible in hopes of further cracking down on the illegal practice that could very well end in death. Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dioniso D’Aguilar expressed his views on the matter with reporters yesterday before the weekly cabinet meeting. This problem which has been a […]
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16 January 2019
Prime Minister Doctor Hubert Minnis says his delegation’s meeting with the European Commission yesterday was “very constructive” “This meeting allowed The Bahamas to ensure that the European Commission clearly understood the importance to The Bahamas of its longstanding relationship with member states of the European Union, in particular our trade relationship under the Economic Partnership […]
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16 January 2019
National Security Minister Marvin Dames has confirmed the escape of an Inmate from The Bahamas Department of Corrections yesterday. He also gave the assurance that officers captured and returned the escapee almost immediately and that the public has no reason to be concerned. “The matter is under investigation. It was an incident that was […]
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16 January 2019
The man allegedly behind the Majority Rule late night murder is on remand at The Bahamas Department of Corrections. Accused of the crime is 30-year-old, James Thompson of Pinewood Gardens. Police said it was after 11pm last Thursday that Joel Russell aka Joseph Russell was shot. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. He died on […]
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16 January 2019
Noted Jamaican Defence lawyer K. D. Knight made a “No case to answer submission” in the Frank Smith bribery and extortion case in the Magistrates Court yesterday. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, the Queens Counsel argued that under the Penal code under which Smith is charged, “ a public officer must make the demand […]
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