02 May 2014
Two alleged murderers were yesterday added to the number of people on remand at Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP). Dominic Moss, 23 of #36 Commonwealth Boulevard was on Thursday arraigned in connection with the April 23 murder of Renaldo Braynen whose alias is Scar. According to police, Braynen was in the area of Dunmore Street after […]
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02 May 2014
Effective today, Baha Mar officials announced that the Wyndham Nassau Resort will cease its operations. In a press statement issued Thursday, officials noted that the closure will not result in layoffs and the operations of the Crystal Palace casino will continue. The Wyndham Nassau Resort will become the Crystal Palace Training Hotel. “Banquet halls, meeting […]
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02 May 2014
Last week, golf legend and course designer Jack Nicklaus made one of the last in a series of scheduled visits to the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Baha Mar before the course and the resort open this coming December. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is the highest tier of design offerings at Nicklaus […]
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02 May 2014
A day after one of the major umbrella unions in the country threatened to completely shut the country down if a number of labour issues are not sorted out, Thursday was celebrated around the world as International Workers Day. In a message to workers in the region sent by the Caribbean Congress of labour, of […]
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01 May 2014
The country may come to a standstill next month as more than 260,000 unionised workers may strike for a minimum of three days, according to Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Obie Ferguson who urged the government to address pending labour industrial agreements before strike action is taken. Mr. Ferguson said that prior to any strike […]
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01 May 2014
Winning a new Kia came as a big surprise to Gabriella Evans even though she had good odds – a one in five chance -as a finalist in BTCs recent “Text2Win”mobile phone contest. But win she did. With crowds packing the Mall at Marathon Centre Court to witness the Finals last Saturday April 26 and […]
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01 May 2014
Reverend Dr. Ranford Patterson has been re-elected the president of the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC). Meanwhile, Anglican Archdeacon Reverend James Palacious and Pastor Gloria Ferguson were elected vice president and second vice president, respectively. Pastor Ferguson is the first woman in the council’s history to hold such a post. The council’s elections were held last […]
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01 May 2014
Police on Wednesday were still trying to determine what caused the death of a 62-year-old man on Eleuthera the day before. The man’s lifeless body was found at his residence in Deep Creek, Eleuthera around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. Officials said the man apparently had a small wound on his back raising suspicion about the circumstances […]
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01 May 2014
Police on Wednesday identified a 17, an 18 and a 23-year-old – all males – as three of the country’s latest murder victims. They man whose burnt body was found behind a church off Cowpen Road Tuesday morning is 23-year-old Rolley Gibson Jr. of Sandilands Village Road. Gibson’s burnt body was found just before 10 […]
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01 May 2014
Months after being convicted of the murder of banker Stephen Sherman, his killer has still shown no remorse or takes any responsibility for his actions, two assessment reports revealed in the Supreme Court yesterday. Janaldo Farrington, 24, was convicted last October of Sherman’s February 17, 2012 murder. Sherman was killed at point-blank range outside his […]
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