10 April 2014
The British man visiting family members in Grand Bahama who was killed during a home invasion there has been identified as 56-year-old Edgar George Dart of Winnipeg, Canada. Online reports yesterday revealed more details about Dart and noted that he was farmer from and operated a feed business. Police said it was around 7:00 Tuesday […]
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10 April 2014
The government is reportedly proceeding with an unlawful process as it seeks to privatise The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC). Leader of Opposition Business in the Upper Chamber Senator Carl Bethel yesterday charged that the Christie administration is proposing to “sell” BEC, yet it has no legal authority to do so. “How did we get here,” […]
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09 April 2014
Two Bahamian pilots and a Canadian man are expected to appear in court sometime this week after being busted at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) Monday evening in connection with a huge drug seizure. Acting on intelligence, officers from both the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) and the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headed […]
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09 April 2014
Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Bernard Evans said last night that claims of The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) plans to outsource hundreds of jobs are untrue and noted that he had lengthy conversations with BTC executives on Tuesday who have confirmed the same. However, the BCPOU president told The Bahama Journal that […]
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09 April 2014
With the number of smaller web shop enterprises entering the market steadily increasing, there is concern from larger operators about the adverse impact of this apparent saturation, the attorney for several of the leading web shop operators told the Bahama Journal. Wayne Munroe said yesterday that the issue of the number of web shops in […]
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09 April 2014
Member of Parliament for MICAL V. Alfred Gray will attempt to allay the concerns of Acklins residents stemming from the government donating nearly 400 of the island’s cascarilla bark plants to the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) in North Andros when he visits that island tomorrow, the minister said yesterday. The agriculture and […]
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09 April 2014
In light of recent layoffs and even more reports of job outsourcing, Labour Minister Shane Gibson has called for laws to be put in place to ensure that the benefits of employees are always protected. While speaking to reporters yesterday, Minister Gibson said it upsetting to read about companies moving towards, restructuring and laying off […]
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09 April 2014
An early morning home invasion, armed robbery and shooting in Grand Bahama left a Caucasian man dead Tuesday morning. It is reported that the victim is a businessman on that island. Reports are on Tuesday around 9:30 a.m., police received information that a male was fatally shot at a residence in the area. “Around 7:00 […]
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09 April 2014
Even though fire officials have contained the three day bush fire in the Berry Islands, Member of Parliament for that island Dr. Perry Gomez said the flames from those in opposition are still raging from those who are seeking to use the issue to gain political mileage. On Tuesday Dr. Gomez set the record straight […]
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09 April 2014
Executives of Baha Mar, the $3.5 billion integrated destination resort project, met with China’s ambassador to The Bahamas to discuss the potential for increased tourism between The Bahamas and China, which is now ranked as the world’s biggest-spending nation on international travel. Baha Mar’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sarkis Izmirlian, Tom Dunlap, the resort’s […]
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