01 August 2019
Almost a year after several poaching vessels were seized because of illegal fishing in Bahamian waters, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard said yesterday that those vessels will be destroyed. “The vessels will be sunk an announcement will be made shortly on the date. The media will have an opportunity as well […]
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01 August 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis said Prime Minister Dr. Hubert “waffled, deflected and buckled” in the situation involving Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) Board Director Bennet Minnis, who made racial and homophobic slurs about members of the PLP. Yesterday, Davis criticized the prime minister for his response to whether Mr. Minnis had resigned after […]
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01 August 2019
A $3 million contract was signed between the Government of The Bahamas and Bahamas Marine Construction Co. Ltd. for the shoreline stabilization of ‘Dune Road’ at Elbow Cay, Abaco, to provide safer passage for residents traversing the area. Yesterday, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis led a delegation from New Providence for the […]
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01 August 2019
Twenty-eight Haitian nationals were apprehended on Wednesday by the Department of Immigration during Operation ‘Rising Sun’. The joint operation commenced at 4 a.m. in the southwestern district of New Providence which led to the arrest of 21 males and seven females, who were subsequently transported to the Carmichael Road Detention Center for further processing. The […]
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01 August 2019
Stiffer penalties for those found breaking the fisheries law and according to Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard, that may come as soon as the end of the year. Mr. Pintard, during the declaration of the opening of the crawfish season, said that the plan is to bring a proposed schedule of penalties […]
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31 July 2019
Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]
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31 July 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs Darren Henfield confirmed on Monday that the government will support the Haitian Commission of Inquiry into the alleged corruption at the Haitian embassy. Henfield was informed by Haiti that a team of three is expected to carry out the probe. “On Friday past, I received a phone call from the Haitian […]
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31 July 2019
Although the Stop Disney online petition garnered more than 33,000 signatures, Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar said the government has made its decision concerning Disney’s development of a cruise port at Lighthouse Point. Minister D’Aguilar minced no words when he stressed that Disney’s multi-million dollar South Eleuthera project at Lighthouse Point will be pushed ahead. […]
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31 July 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell denied claims on Tuesday of an internal conflict within the PLP. In a local daily, former Tall Pines Member of Parliament Leslie Miller accused Mitchell of not looking out for his colleagues who want to run again in the 2022 general election. The chairman said all members are on […]
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31 July 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis warned Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that the vote of no confidence “hangs over his head like the sword of Damocles”. In his response to the prime minister’s encouragement to the PLP to bring on the vote of no confidence, Davis said yesterday that the opposition will move the […]
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