31 July 2017
Class isn’t in session as yet for the new school year, but some students have already learned a lesson or two at their on-the-job training apprenticeship programme and their big test was showing off their work at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture summer trade on Friday. The youngsters, ages 15-19, spent four weeks […]
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31 July 2017
The search continues for two male suspects responsible for a shooting incident that has left a teenage male dead on Saturday. According to reports, shortly after 9 a.m., a male was walking through a road off Peardale Manor, when two male occupants of a silver Honda Accord car armed with handguns, approached and shot him […]
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31 July 2017
Officers from the Police Traffic Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly woman who was struck by a truck. Preliminary reports are that shortly after 11 a.m., the woman was attempting to cross the southern thoroughfare of the Tonique Williams-Darling Highway, when a Mack Truck traveling west being driven by a […]
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31 July 2017
The General Post Office employees, fed up with stifling heat and poor working conditions sat out another day, and Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) Executive Vice President Kingsley Ferguson said the union is prepared to sit out with their members until there is some resolve. Speaking with The Bahama Journal on Friday Mr. Ferguson said […]
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31 July 2017
Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd promised that great economic stimulation is on the way as domestic and foreign investors are anxious to participate in the Bahamian economy. Lloyd, who was a guest on Love 97’s radio talk show Jones and Company yesterday, shared great news concerning the recovery of the country’s economy, which include potential […]
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28 July 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 a political party, and the attacks on the Government of The […]
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28 July 2017
A tourist visiting from Switzerland was attacked by a shark on Rose Island yesterday. According to police, shortly after 12 p.m. a woman was on a private snorkeling trip in waters near Rose Island when she was attacked by a shark. The woman was transported to shore and taken to hospital where she is detained […]
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28 July 2017
“It’s not the government’s intention to inflict pain,” rather the goal is to take proactive measures to address the country’s fiscal challenges and according to Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest, one way may be a government review that may result in added service fees for Bahamians. Mr. Turnquest said yesterday following a Rotary Club meeting […]
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27 July 2017
Minister of Transport and Local Government Frankie Campbell delivered grave statistics on the high traffic fatalities in The Bahamas in the last year. During the National Road Safety Committee meeting yesterday, Campbell said the 2016 statistics on road fatalities in The Bahamas are disturbing as Latin America and the Caribbean have the world’s highest per […]
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27 July 2017
Garden Hills Member of Parliament (MP) Brensil Rolle has been promoted to Minister of Public Service and National Insurance, the position he was formerly state minister for. According to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, the decision was made so that personal focus could be placed in other necessary areas. “That will give me more time […]
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