07 December 2017
A 32-year-old man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for the alleged shooting death of 34-year-old Antoine Pierre. Appearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes, Brisson Jean was formally charged with the September 2, 2016 murder of Pierre. According to l police reports, Pierre who was shot multiple times in the Union Village area on Friday, […]
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07 December 2017
The Bahama has been spared being blacklisted by the European Union, although five Caribbean countries have not been able to avoid the blacklist of tax havens that are not compliant with the EU standards. Countries like Barbados, Grenada, Panama, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago were among those black- listed. However, due to the damage, […]
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07 December 2017
Bain and Grants Town Member of Parliament Travis Robinson yesterday said allegations on social media that he committed extortion are absolutely false. Robinson said he did not commit any such crime and the that there is no merit to those comments. “Those comments are totally fabricated. “I continue to work hard for the people in my […]
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07 December 2017
Three men were remanded to The Bahamas Department of Corrections yesterday on firearm charges, including a Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer. Arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes, on separate charges, the men were charged with one count of possession of an unlicensed firearm and one count of possession of ammunition. […]
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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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