16 May 2013
Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday summoned RIU General Manager Pedro Cepeda to the Department of Labour a day after the Paradise Island resort fired a group of its workers. Mr. Gibson, while outside parliament yesterday, said he is disappointed in the decision by the executives at the RIU hotel to fire 30 employees. The workers […]
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16 May 2013
For the second year in a row fewer Bahamian students registered to sit the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education examinations (BGCSE). In 2011, there were 9,415 registered candidates. That number dropped to 9,009 in 2012 and dropped yet again this year by nearly 2,000 to 7,138. Family Island students make up 2,483 of those […]
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16 May 2013
Suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill will be fired, according to sources within the government and NIB. The embattled director could also face criminal charges, according to a top cabinet minister. The Bahama Journal understands that NIB’s Board decided yesterday to give Mr. Cargill his walking papers. Board members were locked in a […]
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16 May 2013
If The Bahamas fails a third test by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) the country could be placed on the world blacklist of country’s with the worst aviation standards. Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin on Wednesday tabled the Civil Aviation Safety Amendment Regulations, 2013 in the House of Assembly and noted that in 2009 and […]
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15 May 2013
Tragedy struck workers at the Airport Gateway Project early Wednesday after a worker was killed after being electrocuted. Officials at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) said in a press release that it was around 9:30 a.m. when a dump truck working on the project came into contact with one of BEC’s 11,000 volt overhead lines. […]
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15 May 2013
Officials at the Ministry of Tourism are in damage control mode now after the story of a tourist being murdered in the capital has made headlines at news agencies across the world. Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said workers in his office are keeping a keen eye to what international agencies are saying about the issue […]
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15 May 2013
A second suspect has been taken into custody in connection to an American tourist’s murder. Police have confirmed that they arrested a 19-year-old Abraham Street, Kemp Road man in connection with the shooting death of 34-year-old Kyle Nicholas Bruner, a sailor from Chicago. The West Fletcher Street resident was shot in the neck Sunday on […]
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15 May 2013
After meeting for five hours Wednesday evening, the Board of Directors at the National Insurance Board (NIB) has yet to make a decision on the fate of suspended NIB Director Algernon Cargill. Board members yesterday had their first meeting with Mr. Cargill, who has reportedly shunned them on several occasions. The suspended director has been […]
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15 May 2013
National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson said suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill and his attorneys are “grasping at straws” by filing a judicial review in the Supreme Court to have the findings of a forensic audit tossed. Mr. Cargill has been on administrative leave since last year. In 2012, then NIB Chairman Gregory […]
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15 May 2013
Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe revealed yesterday that there is a lot of criminal activity happening at Festival Place on Prince George Wharf. The minister, who was responding to feedback of the murder of Chicago native, Kyle Bruner, told reporters on Tuesday that he has been notified of drugs and prostitution taking place at the welcome […]
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