16 June 2017
Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said the country’s HIV/AIDS and obesity statistics are startling, taking center stage with the highest levels ever recorded. Equally alarming is the fact that The Americas is the heaviest region in the world and The Bahamas is the heaviest country in that region. “The percentage of population who was […]
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16 June 2017
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis during his remarks at the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) board of directors and membership meeting yesterday, sparked conversation on diversity in the growth of the economy, when he address the gathering at the British Colonial Hilton. Speaking to members of various sectors of the tourism industry, Dr. Minnis […]
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16 June 2017
Minister of Education Jeff Lloyd questioned the details surrounding a $30 million investment in education made by the previous Christie administration. During his contribution to the 2017/2018 Budget Communication debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. Lloyd charged that the former government had invested about $30 million in upgrading schools on land he said […]
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16 June 2017
One of the nation’s largest ministries has been earmarked a budget of some $280 million, 60 per cent of which will go to personal emoluments and according to Minister of Education Jeff Lloyd, like many other ministries, a cleanup must be done as a number of recent hires seemed to have happened not long before […]
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16 June 2017
Halted traffic and malfunctioning traffic lights described the streets of the New Providence yesterday afternoon as a result of an island-wide outage. Bahamas Power and Light Company (BPL) began restorations just before 3 p.m. The power company in a statement reported that initial observations indicated that a cable fault was responsible for the system failure. […]
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15 June 2017
Bain and Grants Town Member of Parliament (MP) Travis Robinson bashed the former Christie administration for “dropping the ball” in tourism, especially for its handling of Baha Mar. Alluding to the whole Baha Mar debacle, the 22-year-old MP charged that the former government, instead of successfully assisting in resolving the issue, looked out for its […]
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15 June 2017
The World Bank’s latest rating puts The Bahamas at 121 among 190 economies when it comes to the ease of doing business and according to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that leaves The Bahamas with a lot of work to do to catchup. Nations like Jamaica ranked 67, Saint Lucia, 86, Trinidad and Tobago, 96 […]
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15 June 2017
Corruption has had a heavy hand in negatively impacting the ease of business and cost of doing business in The Bahamas by millions of dollars, according to Prime Minster Dr. Hubert Minnis. Prime Minister Minnis’ comments came during his keynote address at the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation’s (BCCEC) fourth annual National Conclave at […]
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15 June 2017
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis during his tour of the Department of Lands and Survey yesterday told the department that his government is not conducting business as usual anymore and not to expect instant results as his administration works to correct government agencies. Speaking to the employees at Lands and Survey, Dr. Minnis also told […]
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15 June 2017
Forty-six-year-old Steven Resnick of Delaware was charged with sexual assault of an American female tourist and was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on charges related. Appearing before Assistant Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes, Resnick, who appeared perplexed, was read the charges that he stood before the court to answer to. It is alleged that on Sunday […]
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