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LANDMARK $600M AGREEMENT SIGNED TO REVITALIZE GRAND BAHAMA SHIPYARD FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH DEATH OFPHILLIP ADDERLEY
 
The government signed a Heads of Agreement with Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International on Thursday.  This agreement marks the approval of a long-planned project to expand and revitalize the Grand Bahama Shipyard, with a $600 million investment dedicated to the construction of new drydocks and improvements to the facilities in Freeport.  This expansion will position the shipyard to feature the largest floating dock ship repair facility in the Western Hemisphere by 2026, significantly boosting the island's economy.

LANDMARK $600M AGREEMENT SIGNED TO REVITALIZE GRAND BAHAMA SHIPYARD

The government signed a Heads of Agreement with Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International on Thursday.  This agreement marks the approval of a long-planned project to expand and revitalize the Grand Bahama Shipyard, with a $600 million investment dedicated to the construction of new drydocks and improvements to the facilities in Freeport.  This expansion will position […]

Mario Bannister

FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH DEATH OFPHILLIP ADDERLEY

Police Prosecutors charged Mario Bannister, former ManagingDirector of Clifton Heritage National Park this week for acting as an accessory to themurder of 36-year-old Phillip Adderley, by providing a vehicle to the accusedkillers.Twenty-eight year old Christian Napier and 26-year-old Donte Riley werecharged with killing Adderley whose body was found on August 15th, 2024,stabbed to death in […]

Sexual Offender’s Registry Slated For Early 2019

02 January 2019

Minister of National Security Marvin Dames says  The  Sexual  Offender’s registry is on  schedule  for the first quarter of 2019.  He  said  his ministry is  looking at the regulations for the registry and hopes to take this before cabinet in January. The  Minister pledged back in March of last year  that this would be a […]

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MORE ILLEGAL HAITIAN MIGRANTS APPREHENDED

02 January 2019

Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) officers stationed at South Beach  Pools apprehend several Haitian nationals attempting to make it to shore in waters east of the area around 1 a.m. yesterday.   Upon further investigation by RBDF, police, and immigration personnel, discovered a wooden sloop in shallow waters about a quarter-mile off shore.  An expanded search of the coastal […]

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“ Let’s be transparent in 2019 On Oban,” Says Darville.

02 January 2019

The Chairman of Save The Bays, Joseph Darville says, “with much consternation, we are learning that an EIA for the proposed Oban Industries has been completed, but will not at this time be made public for scrutiny.  This, in itself sounds most fishy. Even an idiot, without the least understanding about our marine ecosystems, would […]

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CLERGYMEN ARE PERSONS OF THE YEAR 2018

02 January 2019

The management of Jones Communications Network has  chosen two clergymen as  the recipients  of the annual Person of The Year Award for  2018. The prestigious award goes jointly to two outstanding Bahamian religious leaders who have been elected to international positions, the Reverend Doctor Timothy Stewart and Doctor  Leonard Johnson. Rev. Dr. Stewart has been […]

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Canadian Remanded On Heroin Charges

02 January 2019

A Canadian man traveling to The Bahamas  from London, was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Corrects for alleged drug possession.  Reginald Merritt’s intended stay in the Bahamas was interrupted  after he was arrested  for possession of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport last Thursday. Merritt was charged before the Magistrate’s Court on […]

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RESOLVE TO REDUCE VIOLENCE

02 January 2019

The New Year 2019 started with a shooting incident where a young man was shot in the head.  Mercifully, he  is still alive.   In a matter  of days,  we believe,  we will start counting the  dead bodies again of young people  who are being slaughtered on our streets and in  our heartland communities. Sadly, […]

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Valley Boys, New Year’s Champions

02 January 2019

The  results for the 2019 New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade indicate that The Valley Boys Group   gained  bragging rights for the entire year. The group which is celebrating its 60th anniversary as an organization impressed the  Judges and spectators with the theme, “We Give God Thanks and Total Praise.”  The Valley Boys accumulated a […]

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Murder Accused Alleges Police Brutality

21 December 2018

A 26-year-old resident of Acklins Street told  a Magistrate  yesterday that he was coerced into confessing to the murder of Mario Cartwright, who was killed when he walked in a store on First Street, Coconut Grove as armed robbers were leaving.  Paul Adderley stood before Chief Magistrate, Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt charged with four separate counts, which […]

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Shantytown report released

21 December 2018

The legal status of shantytown residents vary, but for the most part, 41.1 per cent of those who call these unregulated communities home,  hold   work permits  to be in The Bahamas. More specifically,  319 of those surveyed,  73 per cent of whom are males. A  breakdown shows that another 17 per cent  or 130 […]

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Police Commissioner assures the public is safe

21 December 2018

Despite the daily crime reports, Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson is assuring the public that they are safe to go out this Christmas season without fear. This comes  after crime statistics show that the overall  homicide count  is down at 89 so far this year. Commissioner Ferguson said the general public is not a target.  “We […]

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