12 March 2015
Porters and ramp workers at the Lynden Pindling International Airport are now wearing smart new uniforms sporting the distinctive Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) brand logo and tag, ‘BTC Everyday.’ BTC provided the uniforms to Nassau Flight Services and an Alacatel Pop C2 cell phone along with $50 phone cards for each of the 125 employees. […]
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12 March 2015
Cries from residents rang out yesterday morning in the Whites Addition area, off Kemp Road after a woman’s body was found inside a home that had been set ablaze. Chief Superintendent of Police Paul Rolle said the woman’s body was found “burnt beyond recognition”. “Sometime around 7:20 a.m. this morning, an adult male went to […]
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12 March 2015
The office of the attorney general has sought international opinion on the opposing views that have been thrown against the gender equality bills, in particular, bill number four that seeks to end discrimination based on sex. Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson told The Bahama Journal that this opinion from an international attorney only proves that […]
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11 March 2015
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture yesterday unveiled plans to commemorate the first National Culture Month which will be celebrated throughout the month of March. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr. Daniel Johnson made the announcement at a press conference yesterday. He said the purpose of this month is to recognize and celebrate […]
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11 March 2015
A labour of love drove Mariam Ferguson Jones to share her late sister’s passion for home gardening with her fellow Bahamians at the recent Agribusiness Expo. Mrs. Jones said she took the time this weekend to remember her sister by displaying the jarred fruits and pickled vegetables to give something back to her sister. “I’m […]
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10 March 2015
Member of Parliament for Pinewood Khaalis Rolle announced in the House of Assembly yesterday the ongoing plans for a new storm water management system in Pinewood that will cost significantly less than the initial million dollar drainage system proposed last year. Mr. Rolle confirmed that the Ministry of Works and Urban Development, and consultants who […]
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10 March 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell lamented over what he described as a shrinkage of the financial sector in the country during his contribution to debate on the Banks and Trust Companies Amendment Regulation Bill in the House of Assembly on Monday. Given that the Caribbean has been labeled by the international community as a […]
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10 March 2015
The first monthly filing deadline for large businesses was on March 2, and the Ministry of Finance and VAT Department are pleased with the results and positive outcomes of the filing process. Nearly, 95 per cent of businesses with revenues of $5 million or greater successfully completed the filing process for the January tax period. […]
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10 March 2015
Police in Grand Bahama reported that 20-year-old Trevor Noah Rolle of 39 Clarke Avenue and a 17-year-old juvenile of Tripp Circle, Freeport, were arraigned on Monday in the Magistrate Courts. Rolle was charged before Magistrate Debbye Ferguson on four counts of armed robbery that took place between the January 21 and February 20. The 17 […]
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10 March 2015
Member of Parliament for Montagu Richard Lightbourne demanded that the government presents its proof that The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute’s (BAMSI) male dormitory building was insured. While addressing what he described as a lack of transparency over the issue in the House of Assembly on Monday, he said Bahamians ought to be concerned […]
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