21 January 2014
The College of The Bahamas’ (COB) Advisory Search Committee has narrowed down its candidates from 20 to four. Acting President, Dr. Earla Carey-Baines said the committee officials are pleased with the response to the call for a new president and that in the next few weeks the college community will have the opportunity to meet […]
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21 January 2014
Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson told The Bahama Journal yesterday that expatriate teachers are being forced to get fingerprinted or lose their job. According to Mrs. Wilson, the fingerprinting has been happening for two weeks and was an order passed down by the Ministry of Education and enforced by principals. The BUT […]
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21 January 2014
A coalition of volunteers from the United States Embassy, the Coast Guard and the US Marines along with The Bahamas Methodist Habitat conducted a service project at the Persis Rodgers Home for the Aged yesterday in honour of civil rights icon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Americans observed the MLK holiday named in honour of […]
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21 January 2014
The College of The Bahamas’ (COB) transition to university status is progressing well, according to the college’s acting president, Dr. Earla Carey-Baines. “Last week Friday and Saturday the college council, senior administrators, our union representatives and former members of the University Transition Secretariat met in strategic planning sessions that will lead to a roadmap being […]
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21 January 2014
Atlantis Paradise Island recently completed an upgrade and reactivation exercise of an existing, but obsolete weather station on Paradise Island in an effort to further improve the everyday experience for both guests and staff alike. Located at the PITDA building at the eastern end of the island, the former apparatus, for the most part, only […]
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21 January 2014
As white collar criminals become more creative the Ministry of Financial Services has joined forces with the Bahamas Association of Compliances Officers (BACO) to design a course that would make The Bahamas the first Caribbean jurisdiction to grant 15 scholarships for the certification of financial crime specialists. The move is in conjunction with the Association […]
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16 January 2014
Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) executives and the managers at Melia Beach Resort held a second round of negotiations yesterday as the two sides try to come to a happy medium in their newly formed relationship. According to BHCAWU President Nicole Martin ever since taking over the former Sheraton Resort, the managers […]
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16 January 2014
SkyBahamas has resumed its service to Bimini and will resume flights into Fort Lauderdale beginning January 18. Under the leadership of Captain Randy Butler and the team at SkyBahamas, progress to service high demand travel zones has been on track, in order to bring convenient flight schedules and dependable services. Customers have the option of […]
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16 January 2014
Despite a spike in the number of murders last year over, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade revealed yesterday that the latest statistics show that overall serious crimes were on the decline in 2013. The commissioner’s comments came at a news conference at police headquarters where Mr. Greenslade provided the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s (RBPF) year-end […]
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16 January 2014
Head of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Superintendent Patrick Wright told reporters yesterday that since he took over as the head of the prison, there has been progress, including a drop in the recidivism rate and zero escapes. While he didn’t give a figure, Superintendent Wright said the number of ex-convicts returning to prison after being […]
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