01 July 2016
Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said yesterday that his ministry is well aware of the many recurring problems at the Passport Office and at the United States Embassy and is doing all it can to resolve the issues. As it is the summer time this means many Bahamians will be travelling and […]
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01 July 2016
Hundreds of eager residents turned out for BTC’s Town Hall Meeting on June 22nd to introduce Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), to the Eastern New Providence Community. Fiber-to-the-Home, is now available and residents are able to get up to 1GB of data right to their doorstep. This new, scalable technology ensures that BTC will have the bandwidth to […]
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01 July 2016
The Democratic National Alliance yesterday said based on the government’s “clear negligence” to offer and display transparency, this only “further underscores the need for enactment of a viable Freedom of Information Act”. The DNA charged that both this administration and the previous Free National Movement (FNM) administration allowed “this key piece of legislation to languish […]
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01 July 2016
A day after Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald defended and touted his work in education over the last four years, Free National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said that “grades continue to go down under his (Mr. Fitzgerald) tenure”. On Wednesday, Mr. Fitzgerald in a statement strongly objected to recent comments made by Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert […]
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01 July 2016
Hurricane Joaquin devastated much of the outisland infrastructure and significantly uprooted the lives of many Bahamians but thanks to a local bank relief is on the way. CIBC FirstCaribbean has purchased 25 refrigerators and 25 range stoves and donated them to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Repairs and Reconstruction Unit (NRRU) […]
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30 June 2016
Approximately seven months after she was sentenced, convicted murderer Donna Vasyli yesterday appeared before the Court of Appeal in hopes of having her conviction and sentence being overturned. The Australian native is convicted of the brutal stabbing death of her husband Podiatrist Phillip Vasyli back in March 2015. Vasyli’s legal team led by British QC […]
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30 June 2016
Members of the NHI Secretariat traveled to South Africa in mid-June to observe and evaluate best practices for the implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in The Bahamas. A team consisting of Dr. Delon Brennen, NHI Project Manager; Dr. Kevin Bowe, Deputy Director, National Health Insurance & Special Projects, National Insurance Board and Ms. Damara […]
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30 June 2016
The Prime Minster of The Bahamas, Perry Christie revealed some startling statistics during his opening remarks at the Inter-American Development Bank’s High Level Seminar on National Development at the Superclub Breezes yesterday. Mr. Christie opened the seminar and touched on a variety of issues ranging from government transparency to the ongoing energy crisis but highlighted […]
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30 June 2016
Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said Britain’s exit from the European Union(EU) while very important will impact The Bahamas as well as other parts of the Caribbean however it is still too early to say with any certainty what that impact will be . A decision was made on the June 23rd […]
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30 June 2016
Exactly one year after Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in a U.S. court, Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday said the government continues to produce “empty rhetoric and broken promises and engage in secret deals, yet nothing has gotten Baha Mar open.” Dr. Minnis said the revitalization of the country’s […]
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