08 May 2013
A contract for a construction project at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre (SRC) is among the contracts that the National Insurance Board (NIB) Audit Report has found was unfairly awarded because of suspended NIB Director Algernon Cargill. The report prepared by auditors from the firm Grant Thornton shows that Telco Enterprises Limited was paid a total […]
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08 May 2013
A defence attorney on Tuesday accused a witness of lying in court for her sister yesterday as she testified in the Kohfe Goodman murder trial. He also blamed her for causing a man to get arrested. Goodman is accused of murdering 11-year-old Marco Archer in 2011. Geoffrey Farquharson sought to poke holes in Tanzia Humes’ […]
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07 May 2013
A crime scene technician had to explain to the Supreme Court Monday why he indicated on a report that 11-year-old Marco Archer, who went missing nearly two years ago, was murdered. Bruce Chisholm, a police officer of 19 years, was in the hot seat Monday during the Khofe Goodman murder trial. Goodman is accused of […]
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07 May 2013
The National Insurance Board (NIB) Minister Shane Gibson said that he’s not sure who was responsible for leaking the findings of that highly anticipated audit to the media. Several findings of the audit were reported, with one of them being that suspended NIB Director Algernon Cargill and others received bonuses that weren’t approved by the […]
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07 May 2013
The window is slowly closing on the opportunity for the younger, post- independence generation, to engage the persons who fought for The Bahamas’ independence. As the 40th anniversary of independence draws near, an examination of issues that impact national identity and progress remain crucial priorities. The impending Bahamas at 40 Independence Conference, the brainchild of […]
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07 May 2013
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said a lot of the facts surrounding the one year anniversary of the PLP being elected to government have been spun out of context and do not provide the “unadultered facts.” In a press release sent out Monday, Chairman Roberts said the truth is that the new PLP […]
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07 May 2013
Suspended National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill was not the only NIB employee who contributed to a credit card expenditure of over $240,000 in a three-year period, according to the government’s internal audit into the social safety net organisation. According to the audit, which was obtained by The Bahama Journal yesterday, those credit card […]
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07 May 2013
If ever there was a time when the attentive public is desirous of ‘swift” justice that time is surely now as they get both whiff and smell of some of the corruption-tinged allegations now swirling around the head of this or that person previously working for the National Insurance Board. Today we re-new our call […]
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07 May 2013
Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney has called on the Christie administration to abort its campaign promise of reacquiring a majority stake in The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). Mr. McCartney, who delivered a scathing assessment of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Government’s first year in office, said the government needs to recognise that reacquisition […]
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07 May 2013
The trial of the man accused of the 2011 murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer continued Monday in the Supreme Court. Kofhe Goodman is accused of killing the Columbus Primary School student back in September 2011. On Monday afternoon the prosecution called one of Marco’s older sisters, Valkeisha Archer to the witness stand. Ms. Archer told […]
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