04 August 2016
Parliamentarians stood in unison yesterday to challenge a judge’s ruling against a Member of Parliament arguing that parliamentarian privilege should be held higher than the Supreme Court. Various parliamentarians spoke out in the Lower Chamber yesterday against a recent injunction placed against MP for Marathon Jerome Fitzgerald for reading private emails of the environmental group […]
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04 August 2016
It has been nearly a week since women around the country were left in utter shock and disgust after FNM MP Richard Lightbourn stood on the floor of his party’s convention last week and suggested a possible deterrent to the country’s economic woes could be unwed single mothers getting their tubes tied. In round two […]
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04 August 2016
Though the Hawksbill Agreement has now expired, the Government of The Bahamas is looking to enter into a new agreement with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) that will grant further tax concessions to the GBPA and its licensees for the next 20 years. Prime Minister Perry Christie made the announcement in the House of […]
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04 August 2016
A new political party has emerged on the scene as promised; the Gatekeepers are heading into the 2017 general elections with a full slate. The party’s “coach” Rev Jeremiah Duncombe is adamant that the party will emerge as the next government. “Today we the Gatekeepers officially launch our campaign, for the next general election and […]
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04 August 2016
Director of Labour Robert Farquharson has said that reports of the Royal Sandals Bahamian Resort & Spa closing are only alleged reports. Yesterday, during an interview with the Bahama Journal, he said that the department has initiated a full investigation. “Under the provisions of code of industrial practice, employers are required to advise the Government […]
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03 August 2016
By P.J. Malone Bill Bourland of Arizona (from the last Clifton Review article) is convinced that God was the reason he was able to be cured of a deadly disease using Adult stem cells. After running into one dead end after another, Bill and his wife Mary had lost hope of finding a treatment that […]
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03 August 2016
Sandals Royal Bahamian & Spa Resort and Offshore Island will close their doors this month after they were slapped with a summons to appear in court for failing to recognize for failing to recognize the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) as the resort workers’ union representatives. In a letter sent to customers, […]
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03 August 2016
A 24-year-old man was charged with murder yesterday. Charlton Williamson was arraigned before Magistrate Constance Delancey for the April 6th murder of Paul Butler. The incident took place in the area of Yellow Elder. Police alleged that Butler, who was a proprietor at a local convenience store on Melvern Road, was approached by a lone […]
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03 August 2016
Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald may have to pay a hefty fine of $150,000 after being found in breach of constitutional rights of environmental group Save The Bays (STB). The Cabinet minister has made it clear however that he will be pushing for an appeal, which was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles. The […]
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03 August 2016
After a quiet July, police in Grand Bahama recorded a homicide yesterday. Officials say the victim is a 46-year-old man of Drake Avenue. Authorities say police were called to an apartment complex on Drake Avenue around 3:00 a.m. There, they found the victim with multiple stab wounds to the body. Police say a 45-year-old male […]
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