30 June 2014
The power has been restored to all the public schools in Grand Bahama which were disconnected from the service last week due to non payment by the government. Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald told the Journal Sunday that the Ministry of Finance paid their light bills in full to the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC). While […]
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30 June 2014
From as early as 8:00 a.m. on Friday people lined Pompey Square, Bay Street to be registered for Scotiabank’s annual HIV Testing Day. Scotiabank has again teamed up with the National HIV/Aids Programme to make the often scary process easy for anyone serious about combatting the deadly epidemic. Statistics from last year’s global summary of […]
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30 June 2014
Angry Ministry of Works employees who held a major protest outside the ministry’s John F Kennedy Drive headquarters on Friday could get the hazard pay they are demanding as early as this week, according to Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) President John Pinder. On Friday the angry workers had to be restrained and blocked off […]
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30 June 2014
Police officers arrested a 25-year-old man outfitted with an electronic monitoring device over the weekend as he is believed to be behind a shooting that landed a 23-year-old in hospital. According to reports, on Saturday, shortly after 5:00 p.m. the victim was repairing a vehicle at Montgomery Avenue off Carmichael Road, when he got into […]
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30 June 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie has revealed that he has sent his recommendation for the country’s next governor general to Queen Elizabeth II, but did not specify who he is eyeing for the post. The only thing the government told reporters last week is that he has “absolutely” sent over a name and that he is […]
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30 June 2014
Two human rights groups in Grand Bahama recently abhorred a move by the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) to disconnect power from all public schools on that island, especially, they said, in light of the major concessions they receive from the government. President of Families for Justice Organisation Rev. Glenroy Bethel joined the Coalition for […]
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30 June 2014
Police officers in Grand Bahama are searching for two suspects who held a man at bay with a pocket knife and robbed him of $35. According to police reports, a male and female approached and robbed the victim on Friday evening around 7:30 p.m. at a beach in the Lucaya area. Both suspects then fled […]
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30 June 2014
Volunteers from the Bahamas Crisis Centre combed the Kemp Road community on Saturday, moving door to door as they handed out information brochures, and offered an open ear to residents willing to share their complaints or concerns on an array of social issues. Director of the Crisis Centre Dr. Sandra Dean Patterson lead the initiative […]
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30 June 2014
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Ministry of Legal Affairs was on Friday renamed in honour of one of the country’s founding fathers; a man many in the legal fraternity consider the quintessential attorney general. The multi-storey edifice on John F Kennedy Drive now bears the name of the country’s longest serving […]
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30 June 2014
The Board of Directors of RBC FINCO last week announced the appointment of Mr. Robert Pantry to the position of Managing Director, RBC FINCO effective today. Mr. Pantry is a 14-year banker with extensive operations and sales experience within the RBC Royal Bank network. RBC officials said Mr. Pantry has a well rounded lending background […]
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