17 July 2015
Harbour Island, Bahamas was voted “Best Island in the Caribbean” by Travel + Leisure’s most discerning travellers, taking one of the top honours in the publication’s World’s Best Awards 2015. The award was based on travellers’ ratings of their experiences in the annual World’s Best Awards 2015 readers’ survey. This is the second time that […]
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17 July 2015
Prime Minister Perry Christie announced last night that the government has decided to bring the Baha Mar project under the control of the Bahamas Supreme Court. During his address to the nation, the prime minister said on the advice of the country’s lawyers in The Bahamas, the United Kingdom and the United States, Attorney General […]
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17 July 2015
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) announced yesterday that after ratification on Wednesday by its membership, the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) has agreed to a new Industrial Agreement. As a result, the company is now in a position to release details of its business restructuring plan. According to BTC CEO Leon Williams, […]
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16 July 2015
The Passport Office advised yesterday that the statements and assertions made by Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney on the fee for emergency passports are “misleading and untrue.” A statement released by the Passport Office explained that the emergency fee does not apply to any person who applied for a passport before July1, 2015. Last […]
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16 July 2015
The Bahamas Educators Managerial Union (BEMU) and the government signed their first industrial agreement together on Wednesday. According to Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald, the day of the signing should be remembered in history for union members and the country. Minister Fitzgerald made this comment in the House of Assembly and made mention that the […]
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16 July 2015
The executive management of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. is pleased to announce that BTC and the BCPMU (The Management Union) has agreed on a new three year industrial agreement which will take immediate effect. The terms of the new agreement, effective April 1, 2014, now affords BTC the opportunity to adjust its operations to […]
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16 July 2015
On Wednesday July 8, 2015, Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean was a guest speaker at the Rotary Club of South East Nassau during its weekly meeting held at East Villa. During his address, ACP Dean gave Rotarians an overview of the crime trends in New Providence and provided several crime prevention tips to those […]
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09 July 2015
Citizenship is the most precious gift a country can give to its people, according to former Progressive Liberal Party MP George Smith, but he says the Bahamian government has been “mean” in its effort to present this gift to some people. As a guest on Love 97’s radio talk show Jones and Co., Smith was […]
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09 July 2015
The Pan American Health Organization yesterday provided an update on the ongoing analysis of the environment health risk associated with the 2012 Rubis Robinson Road fuel leak, highlighting that testing and analysis to date provided reassuring results for the residents of Marathon. “The Rubis Robinson Road situation is an example of the kind of threat […]
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09 July 2015
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $20 million loan to help reduce crime and violence in The Bahamas, targeting at risk youth and strengthening institutional capabilities of the justice system, among other actions. The announcement of this $20 million loan was made by Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage yesterday during the […]
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