30 July 2015
Acting on intelligence seven Cuban males aboard a makeshift vessel were intercepted by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Patrol craft P-128 approximately one mile west of West End, Grand Bahama shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Around 8 a.m., the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Base was alerted on a sighting of suspected migrants aboard a […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Prime Minister Perry Christie accompanied by National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage officially reopened the Eight Mile Rock Fire Sub-Station on Tuesday. The opening took place just prior to the historic Cabinet meeting in Grand Bahama. Addressing the gathering attending the opening Mr. Christie said, “Grand Bahama and the people of this area who would […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
In keeping with its goal to build disaster resilient communities thoughout the country, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) programme in the Pinewood Gardens area. CERT was held on July 20 to 24, 2015 and invovled about 31 participants who were taught basic survival skills in the event […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Police has launched an intense island-wide search for two armed suspects responsible for the shooting death of a man that occurred on Tuesday. According to reports, around 5 p.m., a man was walking on Podoleo Street with another man, when two males armed with handguns approached and fired several shots at them before fleeing on […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Former Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash is calling for Prime Minister Perry Christie to stand up and fix matters concerning Baha Mar, as he said it is becoming ‘a legacy of failure.’ Mr. Cash compared Prime Minister Christie to former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and compared their unique ways of handling national issues. […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
More than two months following the inaugural Junkanoo Carnival Festival, members of the Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) presented a report on the economic breakdown of the event on Tuesday. The 2015 BNFC report revealed that in total, the government’s investment of $11.3 million generated $19 million in direct economic activity, with an estimated $13.5 […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Prime Minister Perry Christie and his entire Cabinet (with the exception of Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson) for the first time held their Cabinet meeting in Freeport, Grand Bahama on Tuesday. The prime minister and his team of government ministers began the day by participating in the official reopening of the Eight Mile Rock Fire Sub-Station […]
Posted in Featured, National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Talks in China ended with Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian making a proposal for the Bahamian government to provide the Export-Import Bank of China with a “sovereign guarantee” of up to $175 million. According to a statement released by the government yesterday, while progress was made on the commercial terms of an agreement between Baha […]
Posted in Featured, National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Rhonda Knowles, 25, of Winton Estates appeared before Justice Bernard Turner on Tuesday to change the plea on three counts concerning a series of events that left a man dead and one critically injured six years ago. Knowles, who was arraigned before Justice Turner last Friday, pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and the conspiracy […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
29 July 2015
Nine hundred and seventy-eight residents of Eight Mile Rock and Freeport were the first recipients of the newly-launched Department of Social Services pre-paid debit card on Monday. During the official launch at the Eight Mile Rock High School Gymnasium, Minister of Social Services and Community Development Melanie Griffin congratulated the residents on being the first […]
Posted in National News0 Comments
