12 August 2014
The 25-year-old man who police said is the victim of suicide after he was found hanging on Saturday has been identified as Kelvin Strachan of Eden Street. According to reports Strachan’s lifeless body was found around 2:30 a.m. Saturday hanging by a cord tied to a tree at Baldwin Avenue off Farrington Road. Reports indicate […]
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11 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 advised yesterday 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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11 August 2014
The construction industry performed well in the first quarter of 2014, according to the Central Bank’s latest Quarterly Economic Review. “Construction sector activity continued to be dominated by large-scale foreign investment projects in the hotel sector, as the government’s public sector infrastructure programme tapered,” the report said. “Data from domestic banks, insurance companies and the […]
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08 August 2014
A man was left nursing serious wounds after being shot in broad daylight on Wednesday. According to reports, the victim was sitting in front of his Nicholl’s Court, Yellow Elder Gardens Home shortly before 4:00 p.m. Wednesday when the occupants of a white four door Honda Civic pulled up and fired several shots before speeding […]
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08 August 2014
The government will implement two new programmes at the start of the 2014/2015 school year that will seek to increase the number of Bahamian students who actually graduate high school. Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald announced on Wednesday that a student achievement officer programme and an evening institute will be launched. “Each senior high school […]
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08 August 2014
Eight months after terror and carnage erupted in the Fox Hill community due to gun violence which left four dead and seven others wounded, the tight knit community’s remaining residents are once again making steps to ensure that their loved ones’ death were not in vain. Wednesday night, joined by area pastors, family and friends, […]
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08 August 2014
A founding father of the College of The Bahamas (COB) yesterday gave a dismal prediction of the tertiary institution’s future if Dr. Rodney Smith is reappointed its president. Former COB Registrar Roger Brown said COB would be become the laughing stock of the academia community, a move he believes would also besmirch the country’s reputation, […]
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08 August 2014
Bahamians who fear they have been infected with the Chikungunya virus are being advised to not take aspirin in a bid to cure themselves as the popular drug will only make matters worse. According to the Ministry of Health’s International Regulation Focal Point Officer Janelle Pickering who was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club […]
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08 August 2014
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is being positioned to lead the region in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers within the next few years, now that American-based Rocket Fuel “Gives Back” and Millennium Engineering and Integration have joined local pioneers in producing a successful summer camp. The camp was organised by STEMBoard Founder Aisha […]
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08 August 2014
Over the first quarter for 2014, 1.8 million people visited The Bahamas, according to the Central Bank’s latest Quarterly Economic Review. The report explained that there were “modest gains” in the country’s tourism output. “The total number of arrivals firmed marginally by 0.8 per cent to 1.8 million over the first quarter of 2014, a […]
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