30 October 2017
The Progressive Liberal Party is concerned about reports circulating in the fly fishing community that the Government plans to revoke the regulations which protect the fly fishing industry for Bahamians. In a statement yesterday the Party said, “We advise the Government not to do so.” In January of this year, the PLP government […]
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27 October 2017
The body of a male was founding floating in waters on Potters Cay Dock, yesterday. According to police reports, some time before 3pm police received a report of a body of a male submerged in the water at the eastern end of the Potters Cay Dock. When police arrived on the scene, they met the […]
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27 October 2017
Those five Dominican students interested in attending school here after Hurricane Maria ripped their island home last month, should be in the Bahamas as soon as next week. Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson revealed this information yesterday morning. “They are not coming to New Providence, but they are coming to a female […]
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27 October 2017
Education officials say they are awaiting the findings of an internal investigation to determine what future course of action should be taken in relation to a video that made the rounds on social media Wednesday. The video showed what appeared to be students dancing inappropriately in the courtyard of a public school campus. Many on […]
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27 October 2017
New Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell said the party is recommitted coming out of their convention and has started to rebuild. After an eventful three-day convention Senator Mitchell said plans are in the works to revisit communities that they would have been to during their campaign and try to concretize what will be the […]
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27 October 2017
Miami is out of sand. However after Hurricane Irma, many Floridians are looking to the Bahamas for sand for beach replenishment purposes. It is reported that there has been significant erosion of beaches that occurred during Hurricane Irma near 53rd Street in Miami, where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed an $11.5million widening of […]
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27 October 2017
A war of words has erupted between the Progressive Liberal Party’s new chairman, Fred Mitchell and the new Free National Movement’s chairman Carl Culmer after Culmer criticized the PLP’s convention as just smoke and mirrors. Mitchell said the FNM’s press release in response to the PLP’s convention was filled with silly and childish criticism. “Their […]
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26 October 2017
Akiva Mosquito Repellent Wipes brings relief to the mosquito epidemic in the Bahamian southern islands. During a press conference held at The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday, NEMA’s deputy permanent secretary Crystal Glinton, accepted donations of mosquito repellant wipes from company, Akiva. “This will bring some relief. I’m sure persons are quite aware in […]
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26 October 2017
Aliv has signed a three year contract with Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend; Susan G Komen “Race for the Cure”, helping to raise funds to assist in finding a cure for breast cancer. Aliv indicated that this sponsorship will assist them with their branding and imaging throughout the country. Continuing to highlight the awareness of Cancer, […]
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26 October 2017
Former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Member of Parliament for Exuma, Philip Smith, chastising the party he once represented, stating that the party needs to be re-democratized. “We need to restructure our branches, we need to re-democratize the entire organization, reconnect on a personal basis with those many thousands of people who still want what we […]
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