31 July 2014
Only days after the story surfaced in the international press, Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis on Wednesday responded to accusations that he acted inappropriately as a lawyer in dealing with a $10 million estate, and called the claims inaccurate and misleading. The matter involves the estate of the late Franz Kohlrautz, a German, was […]
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31 July 2014
Parliamentary debate on proposed amendments to the Constitution was delayed yesterday, after Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis requested additional time to review and discuss the matter with his colleagues. “We would still like to have meetings with our constituents so that they would be sufficiently informed. We would do that as quickly as possible,” he […]
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31 July 2014
Monday’s massive power outage was not the result of The Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) inability to meet the demand for electricity, Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday as he broke his silence since the blackout which left thousands of customers in the dark. Mr. Miller said that BEC has more than sufficient capacity to meet its […]
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30 July 2014
Haitian President Michel Martelly (centre) attends bi lateral talks with representatives from the Republic of Haiti and The Bahamas at the Melia Hotel yesterday. (Photo: Peter L. Ramsey BIS).
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30 July 2014
The National Training Agency hosted its second graduation yesterday evening at the Holy Trinity Activity centre in Stapledon Gardens. The Ministry of Labour and National Insurance about a year ago on July 15th officially launched the agency. According to Prime Minister Perry Christie the core responsibility of the national training agency is to provide skills […]
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30 July 2014
President of Haiti Michel Martelly Tuesday paid a courtesy call to the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Hubert Minnis where they pledged their support towards improving relations between Haitians and Bahamians. During his visit Mr. Martelly spoke about improving agriculture between the two countries but also spoke on the illegal immigration problem here in The […]
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30 July 2014
After serving 26 years behind bars, Dwight Henfield was released from Her Majesty’s Prisons following a re-sentencing hearing before Senior Justice Jon Isaacs. It was back on May 26, 1988 that Henfield, Garnet Jones and Derek Rolle were convicted of the murder of Charise Small and subsequently sentenced to death. However, in 2006, the London-based […]
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30 July 2014
Travel writer Noelle Khalila is spreading her message about the joys of Family Island travel in regional and international publications. Last week, Washington, D.C. travel writer Jeff Barger published an extensive interview with Noelle on his travel website “In Our Times”, sharing Noelle’s perspectives on Bahamian culture and the everyday idiosyncrasies of island living. From […]
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30 July 2014
The Department of Marine Resources announced yesterday that the local crawfish season begins on August 1 and runs through March 31, 2015. In a press release issued Tuesday, the department reminded fishermen and the public that harvesting of undersized crawfish is against the law and encouraged persons to cease and desist the practice of illegally […]
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30 July 2014
A hefty fine has been issued on the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA). URCA has found that BTC violated two sections of the Communications Act and therefore fined the company nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The order stemmed from a complaint filed by the Systems […]
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