30 May 2016
Police may be one step closer to solving the death of a ZNS broadcaster after a suspect in the tragedy turned herself in. Raquel Johnson, 30, of Plantol Street, turned herself in on Saturday after a wanted bulletin was released for her capture. Last week during the 80th Anniversary of the Broadcasting Corporation of the […]
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30 May 2016
Ex-Baha Mar director Dionisio D’Aguilar says that he believes Baha Mar is only being completed by the Chinese because the government does not want the initial developer to engage in the bidding process. Mr. D’Aguilar says that it is his belief that the bids which were put forward were much lower than that of Sarkis […]
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30 May 2016
Cassandra Butts, 50, who was nominated by United States President Barack Obama in 2014 to serve as Ambassador to The Bahamas was found dead in her Washington, DC, home last week, the US State Department has announced. Butts would have been the first U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas since 2011. According to her family Butts, […]
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30 May 2016
For a second time in less than a week New Providence residents Sunday were left to battle sweltering temperatures as a result of an island-wide black out. Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) said initial investigations reveal that yesterday’s outage was the result of a major cable fault which shut down generation, transmission and distribution networks […]
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27 May 2016
Fort Lauderdale-based airline Silver Airways made its inaugural flight from Tampa, Florida to New Providence yesterday adding 25,000 new seats to The Bahamas. Silver Airways will provide flights from Tampa, Fort Myers, Jacksonville and West Palm Beach, Florida to New Providence. “Today’s activities are significant in that the new routes allow a wide range of […]
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27 May 2016
A step forward has been made in the war on poverty as the first RISE pre-paid cards were distributed yesterday at the Ministry of Social Services headquarters on John F Kennedy Drive. The campaign was designed to not only eradicate poverty in the country but assist with education and health as well. The card distribution […]
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27 May 2016
Free National Movement (FNM) leader Dr. Hubert Minnis Thursday afternoon referred to Prime Minister Perry Christie’s report concerning Baha Mar repetitive, overly optimistic, void of detail and a failure to meet Bahamian’s expectations. “The prime minister’s lack of transparency by hiding the details from the Bahamian people is not shocking because as the election draws […]
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27 May 2016
Prime Minister Perry Christie said that he and the government’s commitment to the access of affordable healthcare and improved quality of health for all Bahamians remains unequivocal. During Wednesday’s reading of the 2016/2017 Budget Communication, Mr. Christie revealed that through a joint effort with various organizations that include, the National Health Insurance (NHI)Bahamas secretariat, the […]
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27 May 2016
The road to cellular liberalisation has entered its final stages as the licencing of a new company will occur in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Perry Christie revealed during his 2016/2017 Budget Communication in the House of Assembly Wednesday. The new company, NewCo., has been formed to hold the cellular licence. The Bahamian public will […]
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27 May 2016
Tragedy struck the Broadcasting Cooperation of the Bahamas (BCB) yesterday amid celebrations of its 80th anniversary. Scott Richards, 48, was found dead of apparent gunshot wounds to the upper body. Officials were prompted to the discovery shortly after 9:35 after a lifeless body was discovered about 100 feet away from a vehicle in the area […]
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