13 August 2018
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has vowed to focus on the wellbeing of Bahamians in Grand Bahama rather than politics in his government’s decision to purchase the Grand Lucayan resort. He was responding to comments of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham last week when he suggested that it was a bad decision to buy the hotel. […]
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13 August 2018
New Providence police need help finding four residents who escaped from the Simpson Penn Center for Boys on Saturday . A total of thirteen escaped the facility. Shortly before 10 pm a supervisor on duty heard noise coming from one of the cottages. While checking on the matter, he discovered an opening in the roof […]
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13 August 2018
After months of acting in the position, newly sworn in Chief Justice Stephen Isaacssays he will be taking action to address the heavy load of civil cases in the system. Following the brief ceremony at Government House, Mr. Isaacs said his plans for the judiciary is to work on efficiency. He said that the number […]
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10 August 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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10 August 2018
Hundreds of High School graduates filled the Performing Arts Centre at the University of The Bahamas yesterday for the new student orientation exercise. Welcoming the new students to the university was UB President Dr. Rodney Smith. He told the students, “ the education you are going to get here at this institution is second to […]
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10 August 2018
Rights Bahamas is the Free National Movement’s decision to hire outside attorneys to argue its case in court on its policy to evict shanty town residents and to demolish their homes shameful. In a press statement late yesterday the organization called the government’s decision to hire a private lawyer “a slap in the face”. “It […]
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10 August 2018
One of the two men allegedly behind a failed plot to break out of prison this past Friday have racked up more time onto their sentence. Appearing before Magistrate Kara Turnquest – Deveaux yesterday afternoon were 36-year-old, Mario Taylor and 45-year-old Fred Lifaite. The two were charged with one count each of attempted escape and […]
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10 August 2018
The Baptist denomination in the Bahamas in celebration mode, as the Pastor of the historic Bethel Baptist Church, the Reverend Doctor Timothy Stewart has been elected to head the prestigious Progressive National Baptist Convention of the United States. Rev. Stewart was elected unopposed on Wednesday in the annual convention of the organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. […]
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10 August 2018
The Economic Empowerment Zone Bill was passed in the Senate yesterday with no amendments. Progressive Liberal Party Senators complained that government Senators refused to agree with three amendments proposed by the PLP in the Committee stage of the Bill. The amendments would have ensured that the Bill will not be used by rich outsiders and […]
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10 August 2018
The Chairman of The Progressive Liberal Party Fred Mitchell is calling on the Minister responsible for BPL to tell the country now what is going on with BPL. He said, “the public had earlier been assured of a sufficient supply of electricity to deal with the demands for power during the summer. Today BPL admitted […]
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