18 August 2014
Bahamas Consul General Randy Rolle is urging Bahamians residing in and visiting Missouri to heed cautions and avoid the city of Ferguson during on-going unrest, in the wake of a shooting death of an American teen. Consul General Rolle confirmed that his staff has been put on alert to prioritise calls from Ferguson, Missouri following […]
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18 August 2014
Two boats returning from The Bahamas and entering Martin County, West Palm Beach have been confiscated by Florida police after 120 illegal lobster tails and 14 queen conch were found on board, according to international reports. According to WPTV, while on a routine boat patrol Thursday night, Marine Unit Deputy Michael Joseph stopped two boats […]
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18 August 2014
REVOICE telephone services offered by Cable Bahamas have performed “extremely well,” according to the company’s head of marketing David Burrows who told Journal Business recently that so far the phone service has already has 27,000 customers with the numbers increasing daily. “Those 27,000 subscribers represent nearly 27 per cent of the market which if we […]
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18 August 2014
Three years after the first revival of Bahamas Speed Week re-awakened the nation’s appetite for vintage auto racing, the government announced plans to build a major motorsports complex to be completed by 2016. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr. Daniel Johnson used the first ever meeting of the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) in […]
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18 August 2014
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is hoping to lower its carbon footprint and looking to resort to alternative sources of energy in the future, this according to BTC’s Chief Executive Officer Leon Williams who announced recently that the company is going green. “BTC at present as part of its cost out and for the environment, […]
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15 August 2014
Three business owners have recently found themselves on the wrong side of the law after police officers discovered that they were in breach of the Business License Act. Upon inspecting businesses, reports indicate that many were found in breach and the owners were reported. Those businesses included service stations, liquor stores, hardware stores and electronic […]
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15 August 2014
A number of Bahamians skipped the sweltering heat and flocked to Dairy Queen (DQ) on Thursday in an effort to fill their cravings for ice cream while saving the lives of thousands of sick children in The Bahamas. Two dollars from every blizzard, the popular ice cream treat, sold went towards helping a sick child […]
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15 August 2014
Two juveniles were yesterday arraigned on armed robbery charges stemming from an incident in Grand Bahama last Saturday. The suspects – ages 17 and 13 years – appeared before the Juvenile Panel in Magistrate Court #2 on the single armed robbery count. They were not required to enter a plea to the armed robbery charge […]
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15 August 2014
Three days after he was brutally attacked at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) by a group of men who burst into the Accident and Emergency Department demanding that doctors save their loved one’s life, an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) on Thursday shared his horror story of how a routine night on the job, turned violent […]
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15 August 2014
Team Restoration has promised to revitalise, rebuild and restore The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) by defeating BPSU President John Pinder and members of the current executive team when elections are held next month, Restoration’s Leader Alexander Burrows said Thursday. During a press conference yesterday, Mr. Burrows attacked Mr. Pinder’s leadership record which he claims […]
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