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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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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