15 May 2013
A contingent of about 15 graduates from Bentley University located in Boston, Massachusetts said their goodbyes to the owners of a local senior citizens home and daycare center yesterday. Despite the recent bombings that have impacted their city, the group are graduating this coming Friday still made the decision to come to New Providence to […]
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15 May 2013
Another police officer found himself standing in the magistrate’s court yesterday facing a charge. Twenty- nine-year-old Police Constable 3082 Lawrence Bastian of the Mobile Division stood before Magistrate Guillimina Archer facing one charge of indecent assault. Court dockets indicate that on Tuesday the February 12th, Officer Bastian committed the indecent assault on an 11-year-old girl. […]
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15 May 2013
Thirty employees from the Hotel Riu Palace Paradise Island were fired Tuesday, a day after staging demonstrations outside the hotel protesting working conditions and demanding higher wages and gratuities. Those former employees are now calling on the government to act on their behalf. Attorney for the workers Glendon Rolle said a meeting was scheduled to […]
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09 May 2013
Prime Minister Perry Christie has declared May 10 World Lupus Day in The Bahamas. The official proclamation came as a result of efforts from local support group Lupus 242 to raise awareness in the country. Tomorrow Bahamians will join others around the world as they recognise the impact the chronic autoimmune disease has on those […]
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09 May 2013
Popular American actor Dennis Haysbert will be starring in “The Black Moses,” a film about the life and times of Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, The Bahamas’ first prime minister. Sir Lynden, regarded as the “Father of the Nation” in The Bahamas, led the country to independence in 1973 and served as prime minister from 1969 […]
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09 May 2013
A forensic audit has found that it was “inconsistent with best practices” for suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill to be involved in tailoring a suspended employee’s apology letter to him. Last November, now fired NIB Chairman Gregory Moss and NIB’s Board wrote a letter to Prime Minister Perry Christie explaining that Mr. […]
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09 May 2013
Seeing the clothes her son had on the last time she saw him alive caused Tryphemia Meadows to break down in floods of tears Wednesday. Trembling and grieving, Ms. Meadows recounted the final moments of her conversation with 11-year-old Marco Archer on September 23, 2011. Khofe Goodman, also known as Edwardo Ferguson, is on trial […]
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09 May 2013
A man’s body was recovered from waters at Long Wharf Beach Wednesday morning after he drowned. The unidentified man is believed to be in his mid to late 50s. According to reports, police were alerted to the incident at around 8:45 a.m. and a team from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) was dispatched to […]
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09 May 2013
United States Chargé d’Affaires John Dinkelman on Wednesday presented $14,000 to four different Bahamian non-governmental organisations who are on the frontlines of the fight against HIV/AIDS. The organisations submitted their winning proposals for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Programme. PEPFAR Small Grants Programme provides US government funding to non-governmental agencies, […]
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09 May 2013
A former cabinet minister in the Pindling administration has called on Prime Minister Perry Christie to ensure that an independent investigation is carried out into the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) affairs to determine what’s really to blame for its poor financial state. Former Minister of Works, Loftus Roker wants the prime minister to appoint an […]
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