29 July 2019
The financial sector, particularly the banking industry, is being urged by the Central Bank of The Bahamas to take more aggressive steps to reduce the delinquency rate. Central Bank Governor John Rolle explained in the bank’s latest quarterly report, that commercial banks must make its balance sheets stronger and faster before another recession happens. “The […]
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29 July 2019
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis should fact-check himself first before advising the media about fake news, Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis said as he believes the prime minister owes the country an apology for making fake news and fake deals. “The prime minister should be very familiar with fake news. He ran a campaign […]
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29 July 2019
Urban Renewal’s month long summer camp was a success and ended with a closing ceremony on Friday. Campers, who attended the camp either in Bain and Grants Town, Centreville, Fort Charlotte, Englerston, Flamingo Gardens, Free Town, Nassau Village and Pinewood, gathered at the Loyola Hall to showcase the work they completed over several weeks. According to […]
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26 July 2019
Twenty-seven-year-old Samuel Kemp was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with six counts of money laundering and six counts of stealing. Kemp is alleged to have stolen nearly $9,000 from Scotiabank between June 19 – 21 and $80,000 from Commonwealth Bank between July 2 – 4. The Davis Street resident pleaded not guilty to all […]
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26 July 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the United States released a preliminary report on Wednesday into the recent helicopter crash near Big Grand Cay, Abaco. The report provides more details about what happened on July 4 when the helicopter crashed killing seven American passengers, including billionaire Chris Cline. According to the report, at the […]
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26 July 2019
Former Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe has followed through with his plans and has been officially nominated to run against incumbent Senator Fred Mitchell for the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) chairman position during the party’s convention. Ahead of being nominated, Mr. Wilchcombe reportedly asked PLP Leader Philip Davis about running. Mr. Davis said he told […]
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26 July 2019
The unopposed Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper called for a 30-year plan, he labeled ‘B-Vision 2050’ to develop The Bahamas, while insisting that country moves toward a digital economy with urgency. Cooper expressed the need for a 30-year plan during his keynote address at the PLP’s 54th General Convention at Melia Nassau […]
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26 July 2019
Outspoken clergyman Bishop Simeon Hall touted the medical benefits of marijuana and although he is not trying to rush the consultation process, he said proper decriminalization and proper regularization must take place. Bishop Hall’s comments came as he spoke to a group of pastors recently in Grand Bahama. “If this herb can help us, then […]
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26 July 2019
In her explanation of modern progressivism, Englerston Member of Parliament Glenys Hanna-Martin said it is time for the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) to “sweep off the cobwebs” and revitalize The Bahamas. “Modern progressivism looks with objective eyes and speaks with honest tongue about the traumas we have endured as a people of majority African descent, […]
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26 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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