02 May 2017
With May being recognized as Lupus Awareness Month around the world, the local support group known as Lupus 242 is set to host a series of events and activities that is anticipated to raise awareness of the disease that plagues many Bahamians. Being in its fifth year, the group pushes issues associated with lupus […]
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02 May 2017
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate for Carmichael Keith Bell said FNM Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis is “talking fool” in his critical response to the government’s new heads of agreement (HOA) with Baha Mar. Bell made this comment in a statement yesterday, where he explained that Dr. Minnis “is desperately unhappy that something this big […]
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02 May 2017
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie said the government cannot hide from its mismanagement in regards to the recently failed Fyre Festival in Exuma, as he too insisted Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe apologizes publicly for the ordeal. The festival, which was scheduled for last weekend, was internationally marketed as a “once in a […]
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02 May 2017
A day after the “secret” Baha Mar deal was unsealed, Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis charged that the documents contain many “disastrous provisions”. With that sentiment as his premise, the FNM leader in a statement yesterday said this makes it obvious why the government saw fit to conceal the deal in the […]
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02 May 2017
After officially launching in November of last year, the country’s newest telecommunications provider Aliv is up to 60,000 subscribers and growing. Aliv’s CEO Damian Blackburn revealed this information yesterday while appearing as a guest on the Love 97’s daily talk show Issues of the Day. “We’re up to 60,000 customers now. When we […]
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02 May 2017
Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade announced the promotions of 851 senior and junior officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force yesterday. In accordance with Article 119(3) of the constitution, Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, acting on the advice of the Police Service Commission, has approved the promotions of two superintendents to chief superintendents, 76 […]
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02 May 2017
Eight million dollars has been allotted for a Bahamian based training program at the Baha Mar resort. This revelation came in the recently unsealed heads of agreement (HOA) document signed between the Bahamian government and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises. The HOA stated that “more particularly the Project Company will continue the Baha Mar […]
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27 April 2017
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 the Government opposition party (the FNM), and the attacks on the Government of The […]
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27 April 2017
Bahamian music legend Lou Adams Jr. died yesterday at the age of 94. Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts expressed condolences on behalf of the party to Adams’ family. “His family remains in our thoughts and prayers as we are certain that God’s grace is sufficient,” Roberts said in a statement yesterday. […]
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27 April 2017
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) St. Anne’s candidate Dr. Charles Clarke and PLP South Beach candidate Cleola Hamilton both agreed that Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis did nothing to advance National Health Insurance (NHI) when he served as minister of health. During a press conference yesterday, Dr. Clarke and Hamilton said when Dr. Minnis […]
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