03282018 EDITION
Thursday, 28th March, 2018.
Jamaican dancers and seven other foreigners face court
TEN foreigners were brought before the Freeport Magistrate’s Court for various offences this week including engaging in gainful occupation, overstaying, harbouring illegal persons and illegal landing.Among them were three Jamaican women who were empl
Sebas: We’re trying to protect players
ISLAND Luck CEO Sebas Bastian yesterday said criticisms aimed at web shops, particularly complaints of over saturation, were not backed by empirical data.
Police were on patrol in area at time of murder-suicide
ON the morning of a “tragic” murder suicide in Yellow Elder Gardens where a husband shot his wife to death before killing himself, Royal Bahamas Police Force officers were in the immediate area on patrol.
Christie govt slowed help for US on crime
CO-OPERATION between law enforcement agencies in the Bahamas and the United States “waned” under the Christie administration but has increased under the present administration, a new report from the US State Department says.
Post office finally given new home
MOULD and a broken air-conditioning system could soon be problems of the past for General Post Office workers, with press secretary Anthony Newbold revealing yesterday that Cabinet has decided to relocate the institution to the old Phil’s food store building on Gladstone Road.
Unlawful order led to ‘Bahamian nightmare’
CANADIAN Bruno Rufa has endured a “Bahamian nightmare” since being subjected to an unlawful deportation order, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.
Chipman fury: PM crossed the line
REECE Chipman, the Centerville MP fired as chairman of the Antiquities Monuments & Museum Corporation, said yesterday he is examining the country’s defamation laws and is considering suing Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis for “insinuating” he had engaged in impropriety.
Plane hackers’ days numbered
TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday said he expects regulations that would restrict a pilot’s ability to classify flights as commercial or leisure to be reviewed and legislated within the “next month or two,” as part of a move to crack down on the deadly practice of “hacking”.
Bank manager bailed after appeal over account thefts
A FORMER manager at the Bank of the Bahamas sentenced to three and a half years in prison for stealing $21,000 from the savings accounts of several of the bank’s customers has been granted bail pending the appeal of his sentence.Acting Appellate Just
Foulkes blasts critics of shanty town census plan
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday pushed back at critics who have said a planned census for the 11 shanty towns in New Providence might fail because community leaders were not consulted ahead of the initiative’s launch.The census was slated to b
Dames: Cooper police plea a waste of time
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said he hopes Progressive Liberal Party Deputy Leader Chester Cooper is not wasting the police’s time with his pledge to contact them about comments made by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis this week.
'Imperative’ that man jailed for 20 years given shooting retrial
THE COURT of Appeal has ordered a retrial “as a matter of priority” for a man previously sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for the shooting death of someone he allegedly thought had put a bounty on his head.
Apple aims to school rivals with new iPad, education apps
Apple wants to play a more prominent role in education, but it isn’t willing to cut prices to make the grade.
Audit ongoing into BAMSI - but no date for release
THE forensic audit into the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute is still ongoing, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Renward Wells said yesterday, however it is expected the report will be made public before the House of Assemb
Entrepreneurs urged to bring technological revolution
ASPIRING entrepreneurs were yesterday challenged to present creative indigenous projects with the potential to bring technological advancements to the country for the fourth edition of the OWN Bahamas entrepreneurship initiative. The number of succe
Power Women in the spotlight
EXPOSURE and information are key to ensuring that women have fair and equitable opportunities for engagement and advancement in the workplace, says Audrey Oswell, president and managing director of Atlantis, Paradise Island.
Crawfish season closes April 1
THE Department of Marine Resources has reminded the public of the closed season for harvesting crawfish, which runs April 1 until July 31. During this period, it is an offence for an individual to capture, have in one’s possession, kill or offer for
Beach access may reopen 'within two weeks'
THE collapsed stairway which forced the “temporary closure” of a public access path to Cabbage Beach could reopen within the next two weeks, according to officials at Atlantis who yesterday said repairs are now 75 percent completed. In an update on
Elections and talk of deficits
IT is rather funny but serious that today we hear regularly from the FNM that one of their highest priorities is to eliminate deficit budgets, but they do not explain what it will mean to us… wonder why?
