26 July 2016
Former Attorney General and Free National Movement Member of Parliament for Yamacraw Janet Bostwick on Sunday said there is no clear sense of direction in the country. She asserted that the paradise once had after Majority Rule in 1967, and Independence in 1973, has in a short space of time vanished. Mrs. Bostwick’s comments came […]
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26 July 2016
Forty high school students got the chance to explore the natural environment and ecosystems of the country this summer with the Bahamas National Trust’s (BNT) Eco-Camp. With the support of Sandyport Beaches Resort, who provided the camp with free accommodations for its family-island campers, the annual BNT youth programme expanded attendees horizons under its leadership […]
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26 July 2016
The dream of 57 Bahamian students yesterday became a reality, after being awarded scholarships to tertiary institutions throughout the United States and Canada. The scholarship awards came as a result of a partnership between the Ministry of Education Science and Technology and universities throughout the United States and Canada. During the ceremony held at the […]
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25 July 2016
By P.J. Malone For 29 years Josie Poitier, a Catholic and member of Holy Redeemer Church in Miami, Florida, has trusted God to make a way for her annual Passover/Good Friday brunch—an event for individuals from all religious and ethnic backgrounds to lay aside their differences and come together for at least one day. […]
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25 July 2016
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has officially launched a project to overhaul the laws governing investment funds in order to strengthen regulation of the sector and improve competitiveness in this growth area. The Commission launched the overhaul project on 1 July 2016 with the engagement of Gonsalves Sabola Chambers as the drafting consultant and […]
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25 July 2016
Prime Minister Perry Christie has rejected claims that he is “delusional” following his suggestion that he is the glue holding the governing party together. In fact, Mr. Christie has assured that former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham also believes this to be the case. “It is so good for me to see my former colleague walk […]
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25 July 2016
Some good has come out of the disappearance and subsequent death of an 11-year-old boy nearly five years ago. Loved ones will no longer have to wait 24 hours before authorities begin searching for a missing child. Instead, such a case will be pursued with the “maximum degree of urgency. The new regulation is part […]
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25 July 2016
The country’s labour force grew by 1.7 per cent, leaving fewer people on the unemployment line. Preliminary figures from the Department of Statistics latest Labour Force and Household Income Survey show that since last November, some 7,540 people have found jobs, bringing the total number of working individuals to 215,880. The uptick led to a […]
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25 July 2016
Labour Director Robert Farquharson is convinced that the recent decline in the country’s unemployment figures will continue its downward trend. Mr. Farquharson’s optimism is based on a number of bigwig investment projects in the pipeline. In his wrap-up to the 2016/2017 Budget debate last month, Prime Minister Perry Christie noted the continued impact some $7.8 […]
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25 July 2016
A local human rights activist is calling for provisions to be put in place for individuals named and shamed on a sex offenders registry. According to Erin Greene, while pushing for such a registry is a citizen’s right for his/her own security, by the same token, society must be aware of the ramifications that come […]
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