13 March 2017
Accusations of granting thousands of citizenships to persons in order to win the next general election – according to Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell – are false. United Democratic Party (UDP) Leader John Pinder during the grand opening of his party headquarters in Fox Hill said the current government has granted 3,000 […]
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13 March 2017
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Gowan Bowe said recently that the economy continues to experience stunted growth because the national revenue equals the national debt. Recently, the Bahamas Quarterly Statistical Digest revealed the country’s national debt is at a whopping $7 billion as of late last year. The report stated that the debt was […]
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13 March 2017
After much has been made of the Rosewood Hotel’s 2018 delayed opening President of Baha Mar and the Bahamian subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Graeme Davis said the issue is not necessarily the fault of China Construction America (CCA). Mr. Davis’ summarized the delay in what he called “schematic issues” as CTFE had no […]
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13 March 2017
The multibillion dollar Baha Mar Resort has announced the appointment of Alex W. Pariente and John Zaremba to direct the Executive Team at Baha Mar Casino. Mr. Pariente will serve as Executive Vice President of Casino Operations and Marketing and Mr Zaremba as the Vice President Casino Operations. The pair will oversee the 100,000-square-foot casino at Baha Mar, upon opening on April 21, 2017, the […]
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13 March 2017
Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson was present at the groundbreaking of the second phase of the pointe this weekend and took the opportunity to speak to reporters and address comments made by Dame Joan Sawyer last week. The former President of the Court of Appeal, said there is much confusion over how the judgment of […]
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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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