06 November 2013
Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Stephano Greene said Tuesday that even though the union has filed a trade dispute and staff morale is low, Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller is still not taking steps to reinstate the employees’ sick pay benefits. Friday was the last day for BEC employees to receive a […]
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06 November 2013
Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin on Tuesday said the United States’ Transport Security Administration (TSA) did not threaten a shutdown of all American routes to the Marsh Harbour International Airport as “incorrectly” reported in Tuesday’s Tribune newspaper. In a press statement issued yesterday, Mrs. Hanna Martin also refuted claims that the airport faces a […]
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05 November 2013
Just hours before he was scheduled to appear as a witness in a trial, a 29-year-old father was gunned down outside his Pinewood Gardens home yesterday. Lamar Roberts stepped outside his Bamboo Street home yesterday morning, only to meet two men in hooded sweaters waiting to kill him. According to police, the men hopped out […]
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05 November 2013
Two Bahamian men were rescued Sunday afternoon after their plane crashed in the Staniel Cay, Exuma area. The men were rescued by the United States Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notified the agency of the twin-engine crash and they launched a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to locate and recover the men. […]
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05 November 2013
As medical tourism becomes the buzz word in the nation’s number one industry, one innovative attorney is taking steps to stay ahead of the curve. Founding president of the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers, Senator Cheryl Bazard has taken a proactive approach towards compliance in the challenging and, at times, high-risk healthcare world. Last month, […]
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05 November 2013
An 18-year-old man and a 10th grade C I Gibson High School student were on Monday arraigned in a magistrates’ court for the murder of a Haitian man in the Palm Beach Street area two weeks ago. Key West Street residents Bernard Taylor and his 15-year-old male accomplice were both charged in Court #9 before […]
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05 November 2013
The Bahamas Postal Services has released a set of colourful marine-themed commemorative postage stamps to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF). Founded by the late Sir Nicholas Nuttall in 1993, BREEF is a non-profit foundation that addresses ongoing concerns on the changing conditions of the Bahamian marine environment. The […]
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05 November 2013
The Coconut Grove Business League (CGBL) has been given the green light to take its legal fight all the way to the Privy Council. On Monday, the Court of Appeal (COA) gave the group permission to take its appeal before the London-based high court. The CGBL, which is comprised of some 50 businesses in the […]
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05 November 2013
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) on Monday fired back at the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) saying that any suggestion that the company’s behaviour at any time has in some way been anti-competitive is “misplaced at best.” Last week, URCA blamed the phone company for the three-month delay in implementing number portability. The new […]
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05 November 2013
Thousands of Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) customers in New Providence were left in the dark for hours yesterday following an island-wide power outage. Corporation officials have promised a full investigation into the outage and are looking to prevent future supply interruptions. The corporation says the outage, which occurred at 8:30 a.m., impacted its generation, transmission […]
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