28 July 2014
Police arrested an American citizen on Harbour Island for drug possession. According to reports, shortly after 5:00 p.m. Saturday, a 20-year-old man of West Palm Beach, Florida was taken into custody for possession of a quantity of marijuana. The suspect is expected to appear in court early this week to be formally charged. Meanwhile, Drug […]
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28 July 2014
The Public Education Campaign on Value Added Tax (VAT) held a one day workshop last Friday that was focused on what is to come once the tax is implemented early next year. In what he termed a simple information session, Financial Secretary John Rolle said VAT guidelines will be released as early as sometime this […]
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28 July 2014
The process towards buying a new home or car can be overwhelming, for this reason Scotiabank held a Mortgage and Auto Show coupled with educational seminars for members of the public. According to Scotia Bank’s Manager of Sales and Services Coach Cleveland Palacious, the bank saw the need to lend a helping hand. “We are […]
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28 July 2014
Two recent close calls between unmanned aerial vehicles and passenger aircraft on the same day – one incident on the approach into New York’s busy LaGuardia airport, the other in California – drew international attention to the increasingly pressing issue about what to do with growing numbers of remotely-controlled drones in crowded airspace. Now, a […]
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09 July 2014
Consultants from US based company Power Secure are in The Bahamas meeting with a team of experts from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) to get to the root of last week’s island wide blackout in New Providence. According to BEC Chairman Leslie Miller, the two sides have been locked in meetings both Monday and Tuesday. […]
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09 July 2014
More than 25,000 young people have passed through the training grounds of Junior Achievement since the late 1970s, learning how to run a business by operating one in a club while still in school, but for this year’s crop of teen entrepreneurs there was something extraordinary about the exercise. SPARKS, sponsored and mentored by Commonwealth […]
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09 July 2014
The multi-million dollar Baha Mar resort project is scheduled to open on December 8, however Senior Vice President of Government External Affairs Robert Sands admitted Tuesday “technical glitches” have forced the resort to delay any leisure room bookings. Bookings were supposed to begin on July 1 but because of the issue, Mr. Sands this has […]
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09 July 2014
Members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force and Defense Force marched into the eastern gate of Government House on Tuesday Morning in salute to a traditional custom that allowed Sir Arthur Foulkes to conduct a final inspection of the guard before officially demitting office. This final inspection of the guard came after Sir Arthur’s farewell […]
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09 July 2014
It is with great pride and honour that I congratulate Bahamian people everywhere on the occasion of the country’s 41st Independence Anniversary. As we celebrate this milestone in our country’s history, we must reflect on our past journey to appreciate what we have been able to achieve. It is also a time when we must […]
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09 July 2014
Just 41 years ago The Bahamas became an independent nation and with that came the ability for Bahamians to express themselves through music, art, dance and various other forms of art and culture. Of course during the month of July each year, many use this time to show their Bahamian pride and creativity by creating […]
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