18 May 2018
A preliminary assessment report of ten shanty towns in New Providence found that a total of 1,410 people reside in these communities. There is also a total of 428 such households scattered across the capital with the largest being in the Carmichael constituency. The report indicates that 44 per cent of the shanty town community […]
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18 May 2018
The Governments of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the United States of America resumed negotiations on 15-16 May 2018 in Nassau, The Bahamas regarding the management of the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas. Since 1952, a portion of the air traffic through the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas has been managed by the Federal […]
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18 May 2018
“Life is a journey” is a quote that many if not all the inmates in the Bahamas Correctional Services could live by. The quote is the theme that the first ever prisoners journey program in the Bahamas was under. Prison Fellowship Bahamas has honoured 73 medium, maximum and female prisoners that completed an eight-week program […]
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17 May 2018
Since threatening a “dark and hot summer” for its tens of thousands of consumers, the line staff and managerial unions of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) have signed an agreement of Voluntary Separation. This became necessary as the Board of BPL has decided to terminate some 233 employees in an effort to right-size the electrical […]
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17 May 2018
According to Pentecostal pastor, Dr. James Davis, more than 90 percent of all religious ministers worldwide have no formal education. Further, tens of thousands drop out of ministry each year. It is this very reason that gave birth to the Billion Souls Network, which after 15 years is making its way to the Bahamas. The […]
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17 May 2018
Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is seeking to do a number of things which in effect will be “fairly costly,” according to Minister of Public Works, Desmond Bannister. During his contribution to the Electricity Amendment (BPL) Bill, in the House of Assembly yesterday, the Minister said “the current BPL legislation, while it provides that BEC […]
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17 May 2018
The government and opposition yesterday put differences aside and spoke with one voice on a critical piece of legislation for the financial services industry. The two sides both agreed to support the passing of a Multi-National Entities Reporting Bill to satisfy another requirement of the European Union’s Code of Conduct Group – the same group […]
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17 May 2018
The Governments of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the United States of America have resumed negotiations over the last two days in Nassau regarding the management of the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas. Since 1952, a portion of the air traffic through the sovereign airspace of The Bahamas has been managed by the Federal […]
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17 May 2018
The Royal Bahamas Police Force Man Power Audit 2018 revealed that the police force is being widely viewed as incompetent when it comes to organizational movement of people for vacant promotional practices. The RBPF’s Manpower Audit 2018 also found that there is a lack of transparency and accountability that led to several junior officers exiting […]
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17 May 2018
The trial of former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Frank Smith continued yesterday with new evidence being introduced and exhibited of telephone records of the former Public Hospitals Authority Chairman. The telephone records were introduced in the extortion and bribery trial, but not before several delays as the prosecution had to wait for the documents and […]
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