03 October 2017
Sunshine Insurance launched the eight annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the ninth annual Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend yesterday with beneficiaries receiving donations. During yesterday’s launch, Sunshine Insurance President Paul McWeeney said the international support of the race has contributed handsomely to the tourism, translating into almost 2,000 room nights and tourist […]
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03 October 2017
It’s been several years, but police officers who were owed money for working 12-hour shifts have finally been paid. Police Staff Association Chairman Sergeant Sonny Miller confirmed yesterday that over 1,700 police officers in New Providence received their second of four payments last Wednesday. Miller said he is pleased that the government kept […]
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03 October 2017
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is standing in solidarity with the United States following a horrendous mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas on Sunday evening. Expressing solidarity to the U.S. through a diplomatic note sent to the government of the United States, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured the U.S. that The Bahamas […]
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03 October 2017
Senator Fred Mitchell accused the Minnis administration of being a “hypocrite” as the leader and a delegation traveled to Dominica yesterday. “This is the same administration that criticized me as far as foreign minister for traveling on behalf of the country and the point I’ve always made is that no one has any issue with […]
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03 October 2017
In the wake of a series of homicides in The Bahamas over the last few weeks, retired Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Province of the West Indies, the Most Reverend Drexel Gomez is calling for the reordering the Bahamian society. Speaking on Love 97 radio show Issues of the Day yesterday, Bishop Gomez said, […]
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03 October 2017
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis visited Dominica yesterday to assess the damage by Hurricane Maria. The prime minister and his delegation toured the ravaged nation by helicopter. Dr. Minnis offered to have some of the medical personnel from The Bahamas sent to Dominica to assist in rebuilding medical facilities and ensuring that the […]
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02 October 2017
Acting Consul General Monique Vanderpool was included on the Atlanta Business League’s 2017 list of “Atlanta’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence.” The award was given during the “Women of Vision” Breakfast, which was held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1994, the Atlanta Business League […]
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02 October 2017
Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) new President Kimsley Ferguson said he plans to ensure transparency, justice and fair pay for every civil servant. Mr. Ferguson plans to collaborate with various government boards and ministries in the labour environment to achieve the implementation of an Industrial Relations Committee, which will satisfy his plans for transparency, justice […]
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02 October 2017
Two men were arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court last Friday on gun related charges. Twenty-six-year-old Elandro Missick, of Kingston Street, and 26-year-old Latario Lockhart, of East Avenue, were charged with one count of possession of an unlicensed firearm and one count of possession of ammunition. They were found in possession of the black […]
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02 October 2017
In his remarks at the Abaco Business Outlook, Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar said The Bahamas has done an absolutely excellent job of attracting cruise ship visitors to our country, but a poor job of getting them to spend more money here. He blames the entrepreneurial class for not “stepping up to the plate” to […]
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