24 September 2013
Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson said she’s ready to take her disputes to the international arena if Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald does not budge. The union has been at odds with education officials over what they call poor working conditions, which include non-functioning air-condition units as well as rodents. The union president […]
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23 September 2013
Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson has placed all public school teachers from Grand Bahama to Inagua on alert. The union leader made the announcement through a press statement this weekend. The announcement hints that more severe industrial action may be on the way. Last week teachers at Charlton E. Francis Primary staged […]
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23 September 2013
The search for the College of The Bahamas’ (COB) new president has now entered the recruitment phase with a Bahamian successor expected to assume the office during the latter half of 2014. During a news conference Sunday, Chairman of COB’s Council Alfred Sears announced that the recruitment, evaluation and decision processes are expected to extend […]
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23 September 2013
Police arrested two men and seized $1.7 million worth of marijuana near Ragged Island last Wednesday. Two New Providence men – 51 and 48 – are in custody. Authorities in Exuma, the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s (RBPF) Marine Support Unit and United States officials went to Rick Cay in the Ragged Island area, where they […]
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23 September 2013
Even though Cuban protesters in Miami have intensified their demonstrations against The Bahamas a top Cabinet minister says the protests have had no impact on the country and there has been no fallout. Miami-based Cuban exile group, Democracy Movement has been protesting against The Bahamas for months after allegations surfaced that Defence Force officers had […]
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23 September 2013
Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell and a Bahamian delegation are in New York today for the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The delegation left yesterday. Minister Mitchell will head the delegation until Prime Minister Perry Christie arrives in New York on Friday. This year, Mr. Christie will deliver the country’s national statement […]
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23 September 2013
The Ministry of Education will soon conduct two nationwide surveys on thousands of school aged kids to obtain an accurate picture of the state of children’s health and to gauge the prevalence of tobacco use among youngsters in the country. On Friday, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald announced that his ministry had teamed up with the […]
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23 September 2013
Bahamian candidates considered for the position of president of The College of The Bahamas (COB) will be offered remuneration packages competitive to opportunities elsewhere, COB Council Chairman Alfred Sears told The Bahama Journal yesterday. The college’s Advisory Search Committee, appointed to spearhead the recruitment of a new president for the institution, is now in the […]
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23 September 2013
Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller has denied Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Stephano Greene’s claims that its customers will see an increase in outages during daytime hours for maintenance work due to efforts to reduce overtime costs. The union president, in a recent article in a local daily, suggested that a move […]
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18 September 2013
Six aircraft were among the items tossed about as a funnel cloud closely resembling a tornado touched down at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) yesterday. Officials at the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) said that the airport’s tower was forced to shut down temporarily yesterday as a precautionary measure. Meteorologist Clyde Johnson from the […]
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