26 November 2018
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest fired back this on the weekend accusing Exuma and Ragged Island Member of Parliament Chester Cooper of amnesia after the PLP MP said the present government “simply does not know what it’s doing”. In a statement, Mr. Turnquest said, “he persists in his amnesia […]
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26 November 2018
It was a somber night at Nirvana Beach last Friday, as close family and friends and members of the public gathered to hold a candlelight prayer service for missing pilot Byron Ferguson. Just two weeks ago his sex seater Aztec plane went down in waters off this very same beach. Giving words of encouragement was […]
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26 November 2018
Tourism officials said 2018 has been a very good year for the country as air, sea, and stop over visitor arrivals continue to increase. Tourism Minister, Dionosio D’Aguilar, on Friday gave members of the press an update on the state of the tourism industry for the year ending 2018. The Minister acknowledged what he called […]
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26 November 2018
Police in the capital are investigating the country’s 79th homicide and are seeking the public’s assistance in bringing the criminal or criminals to justice. Police say that shortly after 5:00am Sunday, a male was discovered unresponsive, with trauma to his body, through a track road off Eneas Jumper Corner. Paramedics were called to the scene, […]
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26 November 2018
Cases of swine flu have Tourism officials in damage control mode. Tourism Director General, Joy Jibrilu, told reporters last Friday that they are monitoring the situation. “We actively monitor whenever there’s an outbreak,” she said. “If you think about it, it was chikungunya, it was zika, it’s always something that you have to be […]
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26 November 2018
Police officers in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, arrested a 28-year-old male of Eight Mile Rock after he was allegedly caught in the act of stealing copper wire from a business establishment. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Tericita Pinder, the incident occurred shortly after 9am Thursday, when officers acting on information went to […]
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23 November 2018
Two confirmed cases of swine flu and so far one death here in The Bahamas have prompted a renewed call for residents to be vaccinated. The Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said some Bahamians are reluctant to do so, when nearly half of the population should, when we look at individuals such as health care […]
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23 November 2018
A local farmer says there is no need for alarm over the recall of romaine lettuce; that is, once consumers purchase home grown organically produced greens. “The recall refers to the imported lettuce, the lettuce produced in North America and I highly, strongly, encourage all consumers to follow the directions of discarding that product,” said […]
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23 November 2018
Western Air – the largest privately owned local airline in the country, has completed the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority’s certificate process and is now adding 50 seater jets to its services. These new jets are powered by Rolls Royce advanced high efficiency engines and have the ability to fly to international destinations up to 1500 […]
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23 November 2018
National Security Minister Marvin Dames has responded to an online petition which called for his resignation in the wake of what some believe was negligence on the part of Police and Defence Force personnel. The criticism of the Minister arose as a result of the initial search and rescue efforts for missing pilot Byron Ferguson. […]
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