28 February 2018
With over $200 million awarded in contracts during the Progressive Liberal Party’s administration, Minister of Works Desmond Bannister said that the Free National Movement’s administration is working on changing the process for negotiating, bidding, and awarding contracts. “Under the former administration they had over $200 million in negotiated contracts that were just negotiated out. “There […]
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28 February 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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27 February 2018
Accident investigators have shipped the recovered failed Aztec plane wreckage to the United States for further investigations. On Sunday the aircraft was recovered from waters adjacent to the previous search location by a salvage team with assistance from specialist divers of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Chief Accident Investigator in the Air Accident Department Delvin […]
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27 February 2018
Anglican Archdeacon James Palacious is the new Management Council Chairman for the Governor General Youth Award (GGYA). The body is responsible the day-to-day operations of the program . The chairmanship was announced yesterday during a press conference held at the Anglican Diocesan Office. Father Palacious spoke to the importance of GGYA in the community […]
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27 February 2018
Making history as the first youth organization in The Bahamas to launch its very own mobile app, the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) will now make communicating with the public more accessible. The announcement was made yesterday during a press conference YEP held at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. YEP’s Director Mark Palmer said, “we are […]
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27 February 2018
Two men have been formally charged for their alleged involvement in two recent homicides. In the first case, 18-year-old Deante Pinder appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson Pratt yesterday on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The particulars are that on February 16th , Pinder concerned with others caused the deaths […]
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27 February 2018
A man was killed in a traffic accident yesterday after a female attempted to avoid a hit and run incident in the area of East Street and Malcom Road. According to Chief Superintendent of Police, Craig Stubbs, shortly before 1pm a female driver attempted to evade a Ford van she had struck on Winder’s Terrace […]
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27 February 2018
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is back from his four day trip to Haiti for the 29th inter-sessional CARICOM meeting. Regional leaders discussed how to build climate resilient communities, considering the millions of dollars of damage the region has sustained from natural disasters. During his stay, the Prime Minister spoke to the Haitian President on […]
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27 February 2018
The Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Senator Fred Mitchell says, “It appears that the Free National Movement and the Prime Minister who leads their party, has finally caught on to the need for there to be international contact and exposure. “ They came to office with shocking ignorance of the ways the world, but […]
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27 February 2018
The prosecution in the high-profile Frank Smith extortion trial has added London based Queen’s Counsel Edward Jenkins to take the lead in the case. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt, the former prosecutor, Anthony Delaney attempted to make an application for submission and suggested the “housekeeping” matters that arose warranted a private hearing. However, […]
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