19 August 2019
Acknowledging that consistent load shedding throughout New Providence is a ‘crisis,’ Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis toured the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Clifton Pier and Baillou Hills generation plants on Sunday. During the tour, the prime minister was briefed by BPL CEO Whitney Heastie and the Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister on the […]
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19 August 2019
In his announcement of a number of developments across the country, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis provided an update on the Carnival project that would bring some economic relief to Grand Bahama. “This evening, I am pleased to inform residents of Grand Bahama, and the entire Bahamas that the Carnival Port Development is going full […]
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19 August 2019
Following a number of misleading voice notes, the Ministry of Finance clarified information concerning negotiations with the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU). According to the Ministry of Finance in a statement released yesterday, the voice notes that were circulated purports to reflect a meeting held at the Ministry of Finance last Thursday The meeting was […]
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19 August 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell said the Free National Movement should take a good look at itself before lecturing the PLP about governance, as Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis should find a remedy to bring healing to the many unresolved national issues. “Dr. Minnis who purported to have all of the solutions while in […]
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16 August 2019
Former Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Chairman Leslie Miller called for the “lies” on Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) to stop. “This foolishness about these old engines is just one part of BEC. That’s Station A. That had the old engines out of Germany. They were not used often at BEC. They were rarely a part […]
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16 August 2019
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell said it’s “inexplicable” that Cabinet ministers are unable to come to an agreement over whether minimum wage should be increased. “On Tuesday 13 August 2019, the Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes opined that the government had begun a discussion on the raise of the minimum wage. Today, the […]
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16 August 2019
Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd promised the nation’s youth that their future is secured under the Free National Movement (FNM) government which has made progress in providing access to free education and employment opportunities. During his keynote address at the FNM’s Torchbearers Youth Convention at Melia Nassau Beach Resort yesterday, Lloyd reminded young people that […]
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16 August 2019
The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) expressed disappoint in the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) over confidentiality in mutual agreements and denied claims made by the union’s president concerning negotiation meetings. “The Public Hospitals Authority has been made aware of comments attributed to the Bahamas Public Services Union’s President, Mr. Kimsley Ferguson published in a recent […]
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16 August 2019
Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd revealed the government’s plan to tackle the educational challenges in the MICAL constituency, which includes the implementation of a virtual school. During his address at the 2019 Torchbearers Youth Association Convention yesterday, Lloyd said it is challenging to place teachers in the respective islands and schools included in the MICAL […]
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16 August 2019
As visitor arrivals in The Bahamas continue to increase, Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar assured that “tourism is hot” and predicted that more than seven million tourists will visit the country this year. “And, because tourism is so hot, our economy is growing and creating more and more employment opportunities for our young people!” D’Aguilar […]
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