05 December 2017
The celebrations of Olympian and philanthropist Sir Durward Knowles’ birthday continued yesterday with his alma mater Queens College hosting a celebratory assembly. Sir Durward’s contributions to the school and the nation were commemorated by a newly constructed monument on the school’s property. Also in his honour, the school launched the Sir Durward Knowles centenary […]
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05 December 2017
How does one achieve the desired degree of fiscal adjustment and anchor the credibility of government’s budget policies, so that the gains can be sustained over the medium term? Finance Minister K. Peter Turnquest posed this question to the participants of a seminar held at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel during his opening remarks yesterday […]
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05 December 2017
Centers of Excellence being developed at The University of The Bahamas are going to be critical in nation-building and in the diversification of the Bahamian economy, according to the University’s President, Doctor Rodney Smith. While appearing as a guest on the Love 97/JCN radio and television program “Jones and Company”, Dr. Smith cited “centers of […]
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05 December 2017
Police presence will be increased day, night, weekly and around the clock, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Stephen Dean told the media yesterday. With Christmas only 20 days away, The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) wants to ensure Bahamians they will be prevalent during this Christmas Season as police presence will be increased. In […]
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05 December 2017
Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Attorney General Carl Bethel, has accused the opposition Progressive Liberal Party of intimidating the Bahamian people with their “tired old tactics,” creating irrational fear and scaremongering. “I must observe that the debate in social circles has, in my view, been reduced to an exercise in race baiting, […]
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05 December 2017
It’ s been just one week since the hurricane season closed and yesterday regional entities of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) opened the 10th Caribbean Conference on Disaster Management to discuss how to build more disaster resilient countries. The (CDEMA) conference is focused on what should be done to lessen the impact of […]
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05 December 2017
A chaotic scene developed at the Carmichael Detention Center yesterday morning following a brief standoff between Immigration officers and Rights Bahamas President and Human Rights attorney Fred Smith, that ultimately led to the Queen’s Counsel being forcibly removed from the Center. The incident took place shortly before 11:00am as Mr. Smith came to see his […]
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04 December 2017
The Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) is calling on citizens to respect the closed season and choose an alternative during the spawning period. The annual Nassau grouper closed season began December 1st and runs until February 28, 2018. In a statement the group said it is critically important that the closed season continues from […]
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04 December 2017
The Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has said he is open to constructive criticism admitting that he has made some mistakes in his short tenure as Prime Minister. Dr. Minnis has been under the gun over the past few months mainly due to his immigration ultimatum and most recently the passing of the Commercial Enterprises […]
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04 December 2017
Combatting the recent backlash surrounding the passing of the Commercial Enterprises Brill, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has said diversification will grow the economy. In a statement released yesterday Dr. Minnis said the Commercial Enterprises Bill is designed to attract both local and international investment to The Bahamas in job sectors that do not currently […]
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