13 March 2017
Police in the capital are investigating two separate incidents that left two men dead and two women in hospital over the weekend. In the first incident, officials in Bimini were called to a shooting incident on Saturday that left a 21-year-old man dead. According to reports, shortly before noon, officers responded to a South Bimini […]
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09 March 2017
Refuting claims that provisions made at the Kendal Isaacs gym were not conducive for residents of Jubilee Gardens, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin says all of the individuals taken in since Sunday evening have been adequately taken care of. The comments came following a public lashing by Leader of Opposition Business Loretta Butler Turner. “They […]
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09 March 2017
With people around the world celebrating International Women’s Day in various forms of orchestrated strikes to raise an awareness of the importance of women, locally the day was touted as a major success as the Department of Gender and Family Affairs celebrated the day with the signing of a mural outside of the House of […]
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09 March 2017
DNA Leader Branville McCartney calling his former Cabinet colleague a “Liar”, after the Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis claimed that Mr. McCartney requested 16 seats in a proposed effort of a mass opposition alliance. “I didn’t ask for 16 seats. I don’t know where Dr. Minnis got that from,” Mr. McCartney said […]
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09 March 2017
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts is challenging Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis to investigate “the apparent waste” of $33.5 million which was earmarked for a solid waste disposal project in New Providence during his term in government. “The FNM borrowed $23.5 million from the Inter-American Bank and used $10 million […]
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09 March 2017
An expired agreement with The National Insurance Board (NIB) and Public Managers Union (PMU) was renewed yesterday at NIB Headquarters. While the cost of a Performance Management System geared at enhancing employees’ productivity and performance could not be disclosed, NIB Chairman Felix Stubbs says the system will form the basis of employees’ annual appraisals. “This […]
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08 March 2017
A report is to be expected in the near future on the feed that may have killed more than half a dozen famous swimming pigs in Exuma. Initial reports placed the blame on the inability for the pigs to digest sand, according to Agriculture Minister V. Alfred Gray. However, farmers, he said, have brought about […]
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08 March 2017
Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson reiterated the government’s position regarding claims by the US State Department regarding the state of human rights in the country as she called the report inaccurate. Her comments came while speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet yesterday. “The government objects to the numerous inaccuracies in that report, there are many untruths […]
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08 March 2017
In the midst of critics creating the notion that Baha Mar will not meet the projected opening date this April, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson yesterday sought to dispel that idea. One such critic is the resort’s Former Developer Sarkis Izmirlian, who in a release accused the government of making the multi-billion dollar property seem […]
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08 March 2017
The world’s second largest cruise line operator Royal Caribbean Cruises is expected to undertake a $150 million, three-phase port expansion project on Coco Cay (Little Stirrup Cay) scheduled for completion by the end of winter 2017. The announcement was made yesterday during a Heads of Agreement Signing between the government and officials from Royal Caribbean […]
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