30 May 2017
As an active hurricane season approaches, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis urged the officials at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to use all media tools to disseminate information about the upcoming hurricanes. Dr. Minnis made this comment while touring NEMA’s headquarters yesterday. “Make use of all media tools to disseminate information in preparation of […]
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29 May 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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29 May 2017
Sir Lynden O. Pindling envisioned that one day the College of The Bahamas would become the University of The Bahamas (UB), a dream realized with UB’s charter on November 10, 2016. At its historic inaugural commencement held on May 25, 2017, the University posthumously conferred upon Sir Lynden its first honorary degree. Acting on […]
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29 May 2017
Two Bahamian women and a Bahamian man were taken into custody after they were found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) on Friday. According to reports, shortly before 8 a.m., two Bahamian women and a Bahamian man were traveling to the United States, when United States […]
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29 May 2017
Bahamian taxi drivers said they are more than ecstatic about the Free National Movement’s (FNM) promise to allow provisions for more taxi drivers to own their own licence plates. According to the Speech from the Throne, read last Wednesday, the Minnis led administration has pledged that during its five year term in office it will […]
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29 May 2017
Progressive Liberal Party National Chairman Bradley Roberts has denounced Speech from the Throne and said the government is standing on a foundation of broken promises and electoral deceit. In a statement released yesterday, Mr. Roberts said the new administration has deceived the public seeming to renege on key campaign promises, which is “fake news” to […]
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29 May 2017
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is bracing for another hurricane season, focusing on the watchwords, “Maintaining Disaster Resilience Throughout the Communities.” June 11 – June 18, 2017 is ‘National Disaster Preparedness Week,’ and the public is urged to do their part in preparing for any disaster, natural or manmade this season. However, the public […]
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29 May 2017
Senator Michael Darville has called the impending hurricane relief audit in his former ministry a “witch hunt.” His comments come after recently sworn in State Minister for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson gave a preliminary assessment of how hurricane relief funds were spent on the island of Grand Bahama, submitting that the manner in which those […]
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29 May 2017
Bahamas Power Light (BPL) released a statement yesterday refuting information that began to spread on social media concerning alleged planned power outages. “BPL wishes to advise its customers in New Providence that the erroneous message being circulated via social media about planned outages beginning at 5 p.m. today is untrue and was not issued by […]
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29 May 2017
Former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson said the social media rumor claiming that she had an employment service for court reporters is false. Maynard-Gibson refuted the rumor in a statement yesterday, where she explained that the rumor is an “outrageous lie and continuation of fake news circulating in the social media” and emanates from someone named […]
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