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TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM) GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT
 
BAHAMAS INVESTMENT FORUM IN WASHINGTON, DC --  Photographed above are some the participants of the first Bahamas Business and Investment Forum in Washington, DC organized by The Embassy of The Bahamas. From left to right are Senator Barry Griffin; Central Bank Governor John Rolle; Senator Quinton Lightbourn; Senator Michael Halkitis, Minister of Economic Affairs; Barbara Feinstein, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; The  Bahamas Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Wendall Jones; The Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Investments; Ambassador Chet Neymour; Consul General Washington Patrick Adderley; Consul General New York Leroy Major; and Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul Chicago.

TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM)

The Deputy Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, I. Chester Cooper has announced that the government will execute heads of agreements this month for more than $1billion of new investments in major touristic developments. It is understood that these projects are slated for Paradise Island and Cable Beach. Mr. Cooper made the announcement […]

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GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT

Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and AviationChester Cooper visited the island of Eleuthera on Monday to sign a $55 million dollar loanagreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to facilitate updates to North Eleuthera’s airportterminal.The updates to North Eleuthera International Airport have been long […]

When The Competition Has You On The Ropes

10 October 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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Defense Force On Alert

10 October 2018

The government has moved to strengthen  the country’s borders in the wake of Haiti’s earthquake this past weekend that killed at least fifteen people  and injured some 300  in that impoverished island nation.  The police, the  defense force, immigration and all other border patrol agencies are on alert in the event there is an influx […]

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MORE BOYS ESCAPE SIMPSON PENN SCHOOL

10 October 2018

Another escape from the Simpson Penn School for Boys has  left authorities stumped. They are mystified on  how this latest group of juveniles  escaped this past Saturday. Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell said that it was around 8:00 Friday evening when a group of residents were under a pavilion watching TV under the supervision of […]

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Prison Department of Corrections Officer Jailed

10 October 2018

A prison officer is the one behind bars after being arraigned on drug charges. Antonio Harrison Cash, 27, was yesterday arraigned before Deputy Chief Magistrate, Subusola Swain, on one count of possession of dangerous drugs, namely 11 ounces of Indian Hemp. The Doyle Street resident pleaded guilty. The court heard that while in the Bahamas […]

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DAMES ASSURES BAHAMAS’ COMMITMENT TO DEFENSE OF AMERICAS

10 October 2018

The Minister of National Security Marvin Dames has  reaffirmed The Bahamas’ commitment to hemispheric defense and security cooperation. Addressing  the 13th  Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas  in Cancun Mexico on Monday, Mr. Dames noted the recent Trade-Winds 2018 Military Exercise in The Bahamas, in which the Mexican Military and other regional security forces […]

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Another Homicide In Nassau Village

09 October 2018

Nassau Village was the scene of a double shooting that has left one dead and another injured on Friday. Police are  hunting  for three assailants who are alleged to be responsible for this shooting. Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash said ì shortly after midday, three persons emerged from  the rear of  a building and went  to the porch […]

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PLP CHAIRMAN CALLS SANDS “CRUEL”

09 October 2018

Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Senator Fred Mitchell says the government  seems  unable or unwilling to execute the agreements put in place to give the  Consultants Physicians  Staff Association  (CPSA) the benefits negotiated under their contract. He opined  that the CPSA is entitled to take a  strike vote, given the circumstances in the protracted standoff with […]

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Consultant Physicians Vote To Strike

09 October 2018

The  results of Consultant Physician Staff Association’s strike poll indicate that 96  per cent of senior physicians voted to withdraw services following a protracted standoff with health officials. According to CPSA President Dr. Locksley Munroe,  out of the 110 members, 78 of them voted which equals 71 per cent of the entire association. Out of […]

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EARTHQUAKE TREMORS IN INAGUA

09 October 2018

The residents of Inagua are counting their blessings after  two anxious days feeling  tremors of an earthquake  that killed scores of people in northern Haiti. The  first tremor of  the 5.2 magnitude  earthquake was felt on Saturday evening shortly after 8pm and the other occurred on Sunday afternoon around 4pm. Now the residents are relating their experiences. […]

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Preparing To Fight The Competition

05 October 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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