08 August 2017
Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) dealt with heavy criticism from residents and politicians alike due to challenges with supplying power in several Family Island communities. In a statement on Friday, BPL confirmed that the recent wave of power outages in Abaco were the result of “a series of tests” at BPL’s Wilson City Power Station […]
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08 August 2017
Shadow Minister of Finance Chester Cooper has called on Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest and the Free National Movement administration to clear up “misleading” information presented in the 2017/2018 Budget Communication. In a statement yesterday, the Exuma and Ragged Island MP made a charge, in light of the latest data coming from the Central Bank […]
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08 August 2017
Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said the actions toward his former Cabinet colleague Shane Gibson, as he was hauled before the courts on bribery, extortion and misconduct charges, were inhumane and the Progressive Liberal Party will demonstrate against such actions. With last Thursday’s court appearance involving the third former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet minister […]
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08 August 2017
Non-profit organization Helping Hands Production recently handed over a cheque in the amount of $2,000 to the Bahamas Crisis Center, proceeds it raised as a result of a gospel concert the organization hosted. Director of Helping Hands Sharon Purser-Cooper presented the cheque to Director of Bahamas Crisis Center and volunteer Donna Nicholls noting that it […]
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08 August 2017
The Bahamas has for years been marketed as paradise, but a new article published by one of the world’s most visited travel sites, said it’s anything but. Trip.com in a recently published article entitled “Top 10 Most Dangerous Places for Women Travelers and How to Stay Safe” ranked The Bahamas number six, its reason being […]
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08 August 2017
Retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez has warned that political identities are becoming the controlling force within and the country and this could ultimately prove disastrous for the country. In a sermon given at St. Agnes Parish on Sunday, Archbishop Gomez spoke to the notion of the country being divided along political lines, this in light […]
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08 August 2017
Police have two additional homicide investigations on their hands after a pair of killings over the holiday weekend. In the most recent incident, reports are that shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Monday, a man was involved in an altercation with several other males outside a nightclub on Cowpen Road that led to him being shot. […]
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08 August 2017
Three persons are dead following a traffic accident that occurred in Grand Bahama on Monday. According to police, shortly after 1 p.m., they were called to a traffic accident on East Sunrise Highway and Gedney Drive that involved a 2006 GMC Sierra vehicle and a Silver Nissan Tiida. The occupants in the silver Nissan were […]
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08 August 2017
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts called on Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and the Free National Movement (FNM) to “atone for their sins’ and apologize for introducing political violence to The Bahamas, which can be traced back to 1972. Roberts called for Dr. Minnis and the FMN’s atonement and apology yesterday, which follows […]
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04 August 2017
The government has agreed to allow the special purpose vehicle Bahamas Resolve Ltd. (Resolve) to acquire $166 million in impaired commercial loans from Bank of The Bahamas Limited (BOB), shareholders learned on Wednesday evening at the bank’s annual general meeting held at Breezes Resort on Cable Beach. According to Wayne Aranha, chairman of the bank, […]
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