08 November 2018
The recent spike in fuel surcharge has left the government to revisit its value added tax (VAT) exemption on electricity bills. Initially aimed at assisting Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) consumers whose monthly bills were capped at $100 per month, this figure was soon bumped to $200 to include some 60-plus thousands of BPL’s 90,000 […]
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08 November 2018
Minister of Education Jeffery Lloyd urged teachers of the C H Reeves Junior High School to return to the classroom after more than a week sit out staged by the teachers who decried a litany of environmental health concerns. During his address in the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. Lloyd cautioned the teachers taking part […]
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08 November 2018
Outraged Opposition Leader, Philip Davis, reasoned that while a higher fuel cost is being blamed for BPL’s rate hike, the record shows that the company suffered several fires recently due to a lack of equipment maintenance. He added that if this rate hike is to pay for leased supplemental power generation plants and other connected […]
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07 November 2018
The Clifton Review The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless questionable court […]
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07 November 2018
Three young boys were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson Pratt on Armed Robbery related charges and attempted murder. In the first case 19 year old Alvin Morley was charged with one count of attempted murder. It is alleged that on October 29th while at New Providence Morley did attempt to cause the death of […]
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07 November 2018
Former Trade and Industry Minister, Leslie Miller, says he is waiting to see if environmentalists in the Bahamas would object to a Liquified Natutal Gas (LNG) Power Plant to be constructed at Clifton Pier, near to the prestigious Lyford Cay. Last week officials of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) announced that Shell North America will […]
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07 November 2018
Police have reported two major drug seizures in the capital. The first occurred after 11:00 Monday night. According to reports, a team of Drug Enforcement Unit officers, police marine support officers along with DEA officials intercepted a 21ft vessel a quarter mile south of New Providence. The occupants ran the vessel on a sand bank, […]
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07 November 2018
The meeting the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) hoped to conduct with the Bahamas Nurses Union about concerns surrounding the newly implemented shift changes yesterday didn’t happen on the account of a misunderstanding. President of the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) Amancha Williams told The Journal that she had no knowledge of the follow-up meeting’s deadline and […]
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07 November 2018
Human Rights and Constitutional Lawyer Fred Smith is seeking leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the controversial immigration case of Jean –Rony Jean Charles. Recently,The Court of Appeal found that the Justice Gregory Hilton was not entitled to consider or grant the Jean- Rony’s application for relief pursuant to Article […]
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07 November 2018
The government and the official opposition have agreed to work together to limit reputational damage to The Bahamas in the Financial Services Industry. Attending a meeting on behalf of the government were Attorney General Carl Bethel and Minister of State for Legal Affairs Ellsworth Johnson who met with Opposition Leader Phillip Davis and Deputy Leader […]
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