04 December 2017
Former Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts has hit out at Minister of Works Desmond Bannister after the sudden resignations of several top Bahamas Power and Light executives over the weekend. In a statement Mr. Roberts said Mr. Bannister knowingly misled the House and the nation and was being neither truthful nor transparent in his […]
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04 December 2017
Four persons were killed in three separate traffic accidents over the weekend. In the first incident, shortly before 9am Saturday, police in Grand Bahama were called to a traffic accident that occurred on Frobisher Drive and Hearne Lane, involving a white 2006 Ford F- 150 truck and a 68year old female pedestrian. The female pedestrian […]
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04 December 2017
Two men were shot and killed over the weekend after allegedly engaging in police officers in gunfire According to Police reports, shortly after 1:00am on Saturday police were in the area of a bar on Tonique Williams Darling Highway when they observed two men standing near a silver vehicle engaged in an altercation with several […]
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04 December 2017
Starting January 2018, The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) will discontinue several of its in-branch services as it undergoes a digital transition, which the bank says will improve the overall efficiency, convenience and security for its customers. In a notice to its customers, RBC advised that as of January 2, deposits and transfers to other […]
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04 December 2017
The credibility of the prosecution’s lead witness has come into question in third day of former Public Hospitals Authority chairman, Frank Smith’s extortion trial. This, according to Counsel for the defense, “would destroy the very foundation of the prosecution’s case.” During the defense’s cross examination, by lead attorney Keith Knight, QC, Barbara Hanna, owner of […]
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30 November 2017
The Clifton Review The Clifton Review is a bi-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires, the links to unsavory characters, the use of the courts for personal agendas, the involvement of the Government opposition party, and the attacks on the Government […]
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30 November 2017
Retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez, is on the side of those who agree the Commercial Enterprise Bill needs to be rethought, a suggestion he hopes the government gives serious consideration. Weighing in on the Commercial Enterprises Bill, while appearing as a guest on Love 97’s evening talk show “On Point”, Archbishop Gomez expressed three […]
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30 November 2017
The woman who is the prosecution’s lead witness in the extortion case against a former Member of Parliament told the Court “I don’t want to be here, I feel like I’m being used.” Mrs. Barbara Hanna, owner of Magic Touch Cleaning Services gave this shocking testimony in the first day of the extortion trial of former […]
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30 November 2017
Through its three-year partnership, ALIV, the newest mobile network revealed its plans during this Christmas season, to donate a blood van to the Friends of the Blood Bank (FOTB), which will allow the foundation ease of access when hosting blood drives. Bianca Bethel-Sawyer, ALIV’s Events, Sponsorship and Community Manager, during a press conference, said that […]
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30 November 2017
Scores of Bahamians, including political leaders, musicians and other community notables attended a memorial service yesterday in honour of musical legend Ronnie Butler. Butler has been described as a pioneer and an excellent musician, but Ronnie Butler Jr said “he was simply dad.” “When I let go of who I thought he should have been and […]
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