02 March 2018
A high level panel set being up to determine what it will take to stop the hemorrhaging throughout the public healthcare system, whereby registered and clinical nurses are leaving by the hundreds. The prevailing complaint is remuneration, benefits and condition of services. Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands accepts that the Bahamas will never be able […]
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02 March 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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28 February 2018
The Minister of Agriculture Renward Wells is defending the large delegation that went to Haiti over the weekend. The progressive Liberal Party in a statement criticised the large delegation, which consisted of fifteen persons for the four day trip. Mr. Wells in defense said,”the Bahamian people have elected us to do their business and at […]
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28 February 2018
Over 85 non-profit organizations yesterday were represented as they joined together for an all day networking event to discuss good governance in the Bahamas during the Civil Society Conclave organized by Org Bahamas. Various entities such as, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), One Eleuthera Foundation and The University of The Bahamas (UB) gathered at Atlantis, […]
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28 February 2018
A 25-year-old Surinam resident will spend the next few years in a Bahamian jail after being caught with a pound of cocaine. Juan Paneway appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain yesterday to answer one count of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, one count of conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs and one […]
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28 February 2018
The Minister of Agriculture Renward Wells is seeking to allay fears after the government’s decision to allow Haitian agricultrural produce to be in local stores. Responding to reports of unhappy Bahamian farmers who says the government doesn’t need to import produce, Mr. Wells, said local farmers have no need to worry. “I want the […]
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28 February 2018
Justice Gregory Hilton ruled that seven persons currently detained by the Bahamas Department of Corrections must be freed as their detentions were unlawful. The persons include Verante Mocombe, Michelot Merillien, Gerna Jean- Tinord and her daughter Gemma Joseph and Kediesha Bent- John and her daughter Chitara John. This came after noted Queen’s Counsel Fred Smith […]
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28 February 2018
Having done away with Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) foreign management team, Power Secure, and installing a Bahamian management team, Minister of Works, Desmond Bannister said BPL still has a long way to go in addressing key areas. Speaking with reporters outside of a Cabinet yesterday morning, Mr. Bannister said that he did not know […]
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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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