19 March 2014
A third school was forced to close its doors and send students home early as plumes of smoke emanating from the still burning dump fire is reportedly posing health and environmental dangers. Officials at St. John’s College were forced to send their students home at noon yesterday. Up to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday many parents who […]
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19 March 2014
Rather than implementing Value Added Tax (VAT), the People’s Foundation Economic Empowerment Organisation (TPFEO) is a calling on the government to tax companies whom they claim gain billions of dollars from mining and exporting the country’s natural resources. President of the TPFEO Pastor Micklyn Seymour said if the government were to tax these companies appropriately […]
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19 March 2014
Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt yesterday granted bail to two American men charged with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of an American man on Bimini last Friday. Tyler Michael Valles, 19, a resident of Key Largo, Florida and Robert Francis Schwarz, 62, of Connecticut, are accused of the stabbing death of Pennsylvania-native Carl Yerger […]
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19 March 2014
Prime Minister Perry Christie is expected to table a resolution in Parliament today that will allow the government to enter into a $232 million loan agreement with Deutsche Bank. The announcement came during a press conference last evening in the Cabinet office at which time Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage explained that the […]
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19 March 2014
A familiar face returns to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). The company’s former CEO Leon Williams has been appointed a special adviser to BTC Chairman and Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless Communications (C&WC) Phil Bentley. As special adviser, Mr. Williams will advise Mr. Bentley on local affairs and telecommunications issues in The Bahamas and […]
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19 March 2014
Okyanos Heart Institute, whose mission it is to bring a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) using adult stem cell therapy has raised $8.9 million in its Series B offering. Passion Group founder Ali Shawkat led the round and is a visionary entrepreneur-investor with […]
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19 March 2014
Officials at the Freeport Harbour Company (FHC) on Tuesday sought to set the record straight about port safety concerns raised by a number of its employees. In a press statement issued yesterday, FHC CEO Godfrey Smith said the port’s safety record is supported on many levels despite the “ill-informed remarks purely on the basis of […]
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19 March 2014
Former Eight Mile Rock high school teacher Andre Birbal was found guilty yesterday on two counts of unnatural sex. The six-woman, three-man jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict on Tuesday afternoon and concluded that the 51-year-old did commit the crimes from January through June 2002 and then again from September 2003 to January 2004. During […]
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18 March 2014
A young woman who authorities said is one of two female victims in the country’s first human trafficking for prostitution trial cried while testifying in the Supreme Court yesterday that she had been forced into prostitution. The woman is the second of two complainants to testify in the ongoing trial where 24-year-old Chevaneese “Sasha” Gaye-Hall […]
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18 March 2014
The recent remarks made by Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller which made light of the issue of domestic violence have prompted an online petition from a coalition of groups seeking an apology from the prime minister over the incident. Three organisations – “Holla Back Bahamas,” “Citizens for a Better Bahamas,” and “Bahamas Against Sexual Violence […]
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