06 October 2017
Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said Bahamasair is projected to lose over $22 million this year. In his address to the House of Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. D’Aguilar said this loss is due to a $1.9 million increase in training cost for pilots to learn how to fly the five new ATRS which cost $120 million […]
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06 October 2017
An increase of Bahamian nurses heading north (North America) for jobs continues to pose serious issues for the country’s healthcare system and it is only one piece of the issue, according to Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands. Accepting the reality of this, Dr. Sands on Wednesday told Parliament that the number of registered nurses […]
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06 October 2017
Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament for Cat Island and Rum Cay, Philip Davis, said that the death of American resident, Janice Kesseinger, residing in North Cat Island is “a symptom of a deeply rooted scourge on The Bahamas”. Giving his condolences to Ms. Kessinger’s family, while speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. […]
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06 October 2017
Former Minister of Agriculture and Marine resources, V. Alfred Gray has accused members of the Free National Movement (FNM) of speaking with a duplicitous tongue by allowing Transport and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell to have possession of two passports. After the recent disclosure he made on Darold Miller Live Show earlier this year, Mr. […]
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06 October 2017
Pointing fingers at Finance Minister Peter Turnquest in The House of Assembly yesterday was Opposition Leader Phillip Davis called out the government for hypocrisy, specifically noting Mr. Turnquest’s dismal outlook of the country’s economy during his Budget Communication. Referring to Mr. Turnquest, The Opposition Leader said, “East Grand Bahama knows how buck toe feels. […]
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06 October 2017
Seventy-five per cent of recipients of the government’s education loan programme that has been suspended for the past eight years, have failed to either keep up with payments or make any at all, according to the Chairman of the Education Loan Authority, Michael Foulkes. During his contribution in The House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. Foulkes […]
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06 October 2017
By: LICEC BASTIAN “They ran us into a proverbial ditch”, was the statement made by Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest just after he revealed that the previous administration’s projected deficit of $100 million was false, as the current deficit now stands at $695 million, $195 million more than was projected in […]
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05 October 2017
Some Inmates imprisoned at Fox Hill in New Providence feel that their basic humanity is taken away from them in the environment in which they are kept. This was revealed in a study released by The University of the Bahamas (UB) yesterday. The release of the findings of a 2016 Study of Sentenced Inmates at […]
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05 October 2017
The Minister of Tourism, Dionisio D’Aguliar said yesterday his ministry’s primary goal is to increase the number of stopover passengers. In his address in the House of Assembly D’Aguliar said stopover passengers spend about $1,500 during their stay as opposed to cruise ship passengers who spend only $69. “One might ask, why are […]
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05 October 2017
For years the Financial Services Sector has been on the decline, with hard and fast facts to support this, according to President of The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants, Gowon Bowe, who said that to turn things around calls for innovation. Appearing as a guest on Love 97’s show “On Point”, Mr. Bowe said that […]
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