03 July 2013
RBC Royal Bank recently sponsored the Dance Bahamas School “Masters in Dance Series” program in conjunction with the National Dance Company of The Bahamas. The “Masters in Dance Series” was born out of the realization that there are limited resources locally for dance practitioners and students. The main objective is to enrich the lives of […]
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03 July 2013
Prime Minister Perry Christie said Monday Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis had his facts wrong when he criticised the government last week over its announcement that it plans to pay Baha Mar less than it had previously agreed to for the road works at West Bay Street. The government had initially agreed to pay Baha […]
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03 July 2013
The government is set to roll out new recommendations on how to best to tackle the decades’ long issue of flooding in the Pinewood Gardens area. Prime Minister Perry Christie said Tuesday that his government has been analysing prior reports on how to solve this flooding issue. “I’ve had some consultants recently who analysed Pinewood […]
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03 July 2013
Fire yesterday gutted an administrative complex in Lower Bogue, Eleuthera, forcing its employees to relocate and leaving the government with a hefty reconstruction bill. According to officials, the blaze started just after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday and quickly engulfed the entire one storey complex. North Eleuthera administrator, Jolton Johnson said he was with his office assistant […]
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03 July 2013
The Court of Appeal (COA) yesterday upheld decision made by Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett, forcing the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) to cough up some big bucks in restitution. Earlier this year, the chief justice ruled that the union hold its elections by February 28 and pay ‘significant’ court fees. At […]
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03 July 2013
Days after the prime minister’s wife christened the Superfast VI in the Port of Miami, the 32,000 ton vessel will remained docked as it passed a number of US Coast Guard safety tests. The boat is expected to bring 400,000 visitors to Resorts World Bimini, which opened on Friday. According to reports the crew of […]
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03 July 2013
Save The Bays – the fast-growing organisation that is moving toward what appears to be a national environmental alliance – yesterday announced that it has gained yet another partner in its fight to protect the marine environment of The Bahamas. The Bimini Blue Coalition, formed in January 2013 to lead the fight for the protection […]
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03 July 2013
Bahamian senior attorney and aviation expert Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright was selected as one of eight people from around the world to sit at a virtual round table, updating professionals and discussing legal, commercial and environmental issues related to aviation. The Corporate LiveWire Round table: Aviation Law 2013 took place in real time late June but remains […]
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02 July 2013
It’s unlikely that the government and web shop owners will head to court this year for a legal battle to determine whether or not the web shop operations are legal. Attorney for the several web shops Wayne Munroe explained what’s tying up the case in the Supreme Court. “The issue is that we required a […]
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02 July 2013
Investigators at the Flight Standards Inspectorate said it could be up to four months before a final report on that Sky Bahamas Abaco crash is completed and released. Back on June 13 crash when the airplane skidded off the runway of the Marsh Harbour International Airport upon returning from Fort Lauderdale. The aircraft, which was […]
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