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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16 May 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 […]
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16 May 2018
Minister of Transport Frankie Campbell, responsible for the General Post Office and Bahamas Public Services Union President Kimsley Ferguson experienced some friction on yesterday’s decision to allow post office workers short work days. This disagreement followed a power outage at the East Street post office that worsened by the fact that there were no batteries […]
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16 May 2018
Various outbursts and frustration of the prosecution’s key witness Barbara Hanna marked yesterday’s trial in the ongoing bribery and extortion case of former Chairman of the Public Hospitals Authority, Frank Smith. She told the court that the truth will come out at the end of the trial. Defense attorney, Keith Knight QC, insisted during cross-examination […]
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16 May 2018
Very little has been said about CLICO in recent months, but years after the insurance company flopped, thousands of its policyholders are still holding on to hope that there will be some resolution. The Minnis administration has followed the lead of previous governments in trying to make both policy and annuity holders whole. However, liquidators […]
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16 May 2018
Police are investigating a late night traffic accident that left one man dead and another injured in Grand Bahama Monday night. The incident happened shortly before 11pm on the Warren J. Levarity Highway which involved a group of male pedestrians and a grey Plymouth Voyager. Quite a number of accidents occur on the Warren J. […]
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