13 August 2014
In light of nearly 24 hours of carnage in the capital where five people were killed due to gun violence, Prime Minister Perry Christie on Tuesday said the country is facing “handicapping social challenges” as criminals continue to run rampant on the streets. Mr. Christie briefly touched on the recent crime spate in the country […]
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13 August 2014
Despite a push from the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organisations (CANTO) to it member states to reduce tariffs on smart phones, Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) CEO Leon Williams recently said that this reduction is unlikely to happen here in The Bahamas until there is a major tax reform. The reason, Mr. Williams said, is […]
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13 August 2014
Phase one of the Melia Nassau Beach property’s $19 million renovation plan has begun with the expectation that everything will be complete by November. According to officials, renovations throughout the entire Cable Beach resort should be finished by early 2016. “The resort will remain open throughout the redesign with minimal interruptions to the guest experience,” […]
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12 August 2014
After having to rush to the scenes of four murders in 13 hours, police officials were also called to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Sunday night to investigate “a violent disturbance” in the Accident and Emergency Department involving a doctor, hospital staff and a group of angry visitors. It is reported that Emergency Medical Services […]
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12 August 2014
The man police believe is responsible for last month’s murder of 33-year-old Jermaine Russell alias ‘Timer’ was arraigned yesterday in the Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-seven-year-old Mark Augustine appeared in Court Number 11 before Magistrate Sabu Swain to answer to the murder charge. Russell was shot several times shortly after 3:00 a.m. on July 27 through Apple […]
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12 August 2014
Staff from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism offices around the world underwent three weeks of intense training to complete a Sales and Marketing Certificate Programme designed especially for the ministry in conjunction with Nova Southeastern University. The programme was created to achieve Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe’s vision for tourism employees; to be prepared to […]
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12 August 2014
Only months after the government regained two per cent of its shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) from Cable and Wireless (CWC), Prime Minister Perry Christie announced that the government was able to secure an additional two per cent worth in shares from CWC. Prime Minister Perry Christie briefly made the announcement during the […]
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12 August 2014
Homicide detectives found themselves scrambling from one bloody scene to the next after a spree of shootings between Sunday night and Monday morning claimed the lives four people within a matter of hours, prompting authorities to again urge Bahamians to stop taking matters into their own hands. In the most recent incident, it was around […]
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12 August 2014
Former Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Roston H. Miller passed away on Saturday in the United States, his family has announced. Miller was the first Free PLP candidate to run in an election after the “Dissident Eight” left the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) in 1970 and formed the Free Progressive Liberal Party. He ran unsuccessfully […]
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12 August 2014
President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Obie Ferguson recently foreshadowed the end of his union’s major labour rival – The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) and noted that the once largest labour representative has lost focus of its primary agenda. Mr. Ferguson who appeared Sunday as a guest on Jones and Company, said in […]
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