30 June 2014
Executives of Sun ‘N Fun met with Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe in Grand Bahama recently in hopes of partnering with the Government of The Bahamas to find new ways to increase the number of private pilots flying to The Bahamas. During a press briefing before the meeting, Director of Bahamas Sports Development Marketing Greg […]
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30 June 2014
– In 2013, the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company revealed a strategy to the government to expand their operations but due to the possibility of increased taxes, those plans were put on hold. However, during a recent press conference at the Ministry of Grand Bahama, Owner and CEO James ‘Jimmy’ Sands proudly announced that in […]
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27 June 2014
Two 18-year-old men were on Friday arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court for two separate murder that occurred recently in the capital. Holiday Drive, East Street resident Richard Hepburn and Jason Simmons of Thompson Lane were both arraigned yesterday at the Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt in Court Number Nine. Police are convinced that […]
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27 June 2014
More than 4,000 youngsters are expected to participate in this year’s Royal Bahamas Police Force Summer Camp which gets underway on Monday, Superintendent of Police Stephen Dean announced yesterday. The camp, now into its 21st year, will provide various activities aimed at moulding the participants into productive citizens. “This is one of our crime prevention […]
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27 June 2014
Prime Minister Christie is speaking up against death threats issued to several key Free National Movement (FNM) members, and claimed that just two days ago one of his own relatives were threatened. The prime minister said as much while speaking to the media on Thursday on Thursday in Rawson’s Square. “Last night a member of […]
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27 June 2014
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) continued its Disaster Preparedness Week yesterday with an erected in Rawson Square yesterday, under the theme “Comprehensive Disaster Management for a More Resilient Development of the Bahamas a Good Investment.” The exhibition not only focused on hurricane preparedness but disaster preparedness in general for those in the capital and […]
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27 June 2014
A 51-year-old man of Lightbourne Avenue is in custody after he was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs and assault with a deadly weapon on Wednesday, police have said. According to reports, shortly before 6:00 p.m., mobile division officers were on patrol on Graham Drive off Yellow Elder Way, when they stopped the suspect in […]
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27 June 2014
The death of a 25-year-old Grand Bahama man back in March is said to have been caused by blunt force trauma from falling. According to police officials on that island a Coroner’s Inquest earlier this month made a ruling in the death of Delano Dorva on the grounds of Casa Bahama. Dorva’s lifeless body was […]
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27 June 2014
The government is said to still be in consultations with officials of the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) to avoid the country being blacklisted as it seeks to regulate the web shop industry. Prime Minister Perry Christie told reporters Thursday that that he will not attempt to regularise the web shop industry unless he is certain […]
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27 June 2014
Officials at The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) said the company will soon embark on a major system upgrade that is expected to cause glitches across the system. In a press statement issued Thursday, BTC officials said they are set to soon begin a cell optimisation exercise for improved network stabilisation in late July. “During this […]
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