23 January 2017
The government has opened a Public Defenders Office in the wake of crime reaching a new peak. The new office is to prevent recent issues of the limited amount of defense attorneys, who have scheduling conflicts, which cause delays and adjournments, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to tax payers. […]
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23 January 2017
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a female visitor from Florida that occurred last Friday. Reports are that shortly before noon, two female visitors were snorkeling in waters off Rose Island, when one of them loss consciousness. The female victim was taken onto the shore where she was given first […]
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23 January 2017
Prime Minister Perry Christie in his address to a waiting crowd at the Progressive Liberal Party’s ratification late Thursday night attempted to clarify the government’s involvement in the Baha Mar debacle that saw construction come to a halt at the end of 2015. Mr. Christie made the remarks while wrapping up the party’s ratification of […]
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23 January 2017
Despite mounting criticism from opposition voices, Prime Minister Perry Christie told political pundits to “check the numbers,” saying his government has generated over 30,000 jobs over the past five years. The comments came as Mr. Christie was giving remarks at the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) Prayer Breakfast held yesterday at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort. […]
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23 January 2017
In wake of the Department of Social Services celebrating its fifth annual Motivational Seminar, Minister of Social Services Melanie Griffin is stressing that the department remains focused on tackling one of its major issues – homelessness. Mrs. Griffin, who spoke to the media recently, said while Bahamians should be proud of how far the […]
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23 January 2017
Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean said he is concerned about the fear perpetuated via social media. Mr. Dean on Friday said “some people seem to make a career from creating panic through social media”. These sentiments came after a video and voice notes of a stabbing incident involving three male students of Government High […]
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23 January 2017
Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade has put an end to speculation that the stabbing at Government High School last week was gang related. Mr. Greenslade went as far to call the students involved “wannabees,” noting that the incident was started by two groups shouting gang slogans but assured that persons involved were simply immature and had […]
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23 January 2017
About a week ago an unknown issue at Bahamas Power and Light resulted in the entire island being left without power for hours and for others a little longer than expected then just last Tuesday customers in Western New Providence experienced a partial outage. On Friday, January 13th, 2017 the day the first outage occurred […]
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20 January 2017
By P.J. Malone Fashion mogul Peter Nygard just announced the opening of two new state-of-the-art Breast Cancer Research Units, which reflects his dedication to helping women through breast cancer research. The Nygard International Molecular Biology Breast Cancer Research Unit and Breast Cancer Tumour Bank are located in the Manitoba Breast Cancer research Centre, the only […]
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19 January 2017
Commissioner of Police, Ellison Greenslade called an urgent press conference yesterday afternoon to share his disgrace in the wake of the country’s 11th murder for the New Year. “For the year to date, we have recorded, in The Bahamas, New Providence predominantly, 11 murders, that is a disgrace. Those murders that were recorded were […]
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