25 June 2015
Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe announced plans for the upcoming independence celebrations yesterday, which will be held under the theme “Our Children, Our Future.” Minister Wilchcombe said during a press conference, that the main focus of this year’s independence events revolves around youth, education, sports and community development. “These events are a positive way to […]
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25 June 2015
Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe announced that he is prepared to become the next Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Earlier this week, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts announced that the PLP will be holding its mandated annual convention in October for the first time in six years. Mr. Roberts said […]
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25 June 2015
The murder count is now at 70, following police reports of a shooting on Tuesday night. According to police, shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, two men were walking on Ethel Street, Montell Heights when a vehicle opened fire on them. Assistant Commissioner Stephen Dean said the incident is currently under investigation and the identities […]
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25 June 2015
With a total of 58 votes, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell won a poll to be become the next leader of the Progressive Liberal Party. The unscientific poll was conducted yesterday on Love 97 FM’s radio talk show ‘Issues of the Day,’ where callers were allowed to vote on who they think […]
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25 June 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell responded to comments made by former State Minister for Finance in the Ingraham administration Zhivargo Laing on Wednesday. Minister Mitchell said he would not allow on his watch, the opportunity for any message about deliberate government involvement with stunted immigration policies to reach the world. Two days […]
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25 June 2015
The government should place a monopoly on online gaming licences granted in order to control the industry and prevent it from spiraling out of control, according to FML Group of Companies CEO Craig Flowers. Mr. Flowers said regulating the industry should be seen as an urgent matter and he cautioned that if the government does […]
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25 June 2015
A leading environmentalist has called for a full investigation into a third suspected fuel leak from a Rubis station in New Providence. Ecologist and Attorney Romi Ferreira, a director of Save The Bays (STB), said highly toxic and environmentally destructive substances may have leaked, or may be continuing to leak into the ground at Porky’s […]
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25 June 2015
The Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a 2011 conviction of FML Group of Companies CEO Craig Flowers and ordered that he be returned more than $800,000 seized from his company during a 2009 police raid. Back on April 28, 2009, police conducted a raid of the FML Web Shop on Wulff Road. The officers armed […]
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25 June 2015
A man facing up to life imprisonment for double attempted murder charges, during a late night home invasion, had his sentence delayed for a week on Wednesday. Quincy Johnson, 35, appeared before Justice Vera Watkins to be sentenced after he was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of possession of a firearm […]
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24 June 2015
Minister of Financial Services Hope Strachan urged the St. John’s College High School graduating class on Tuesday to make the right choices. Minister Strachan, who is also a former graduate of St. John’s College, told the graduates that it is very disappointing that the nation’s youth must be subjected to a steady diet of crime; […]
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