Defence Force Marine called to the Bar
ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Tellis Bethel, his executive command team and other members of the RBDF have extended congratulations to Woman Marine Tamika Davis, one of several people who were called to the Bahamas Bar on Friday October 27.
2.2 Million UB, Aliv Partnership Boosts Educational and Athletic Endowments
University of The Bahamas (UB) and Aliv on Monday inked a three-year, $2.2. million agreement which will broaden the nation’s top tertiary institution’s reach in some critical areas, including athletics and online education.
Eight die in NY terror attack
NEW YORK (AP) — A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the mayor called “a particularly cowardly act of terror.”
Abaco man accused of murder after woman’s body found
AN Abaco man was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday with the murder of a woman whose partially decomposed corpse was discovered last Thursday on that island.
Ragged rises from Irma
DESPITE challenges with water supply on Ragged Island, clean up efforts are nearly complete as residents forge ahead in restoring their homes more than a month after Hurricane Irma decimated the small island.
UPDATED: Glenys Hanna Martin steps down as leader of opposition business in the House of Assembly
DAYS after a crushing defeat in the Progressive Liberal Party’s national convention against PLP Leader Philip “Brave” Davis for leadership of the party, Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin confirmed her resignation as leader of opposition business in the House of Assembly.
Sign or sacked - BTC’s jobs threat
THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company has threatened to terminate contracts with 147 workers if they do not sign a new agreement by today, Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union President Bernard Evans said yesterday.
It’s all yours, Commissioner
ANTHONY Ferguson officially became commissioner of police yesterday evening during a transition ceremony full of pomp and pageantry.
Clean up - You missed a bit
MORE than six weeks since Hurricane Irma tore through floating docks at Resorts World Bimini, residents said they are still fishing large chunks of Styrofoam from bays around the island.
‘I was not forced out of police’ insists Greenslade
OUTGOING Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade yesterday shot down claims that he was forced to step down as leader of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
'Time for citizens to get involved in lawmaking process'
THE Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG), a non-partisan, not-for-profit civic foundation aimed at fostering better governance, has called on the public to “get informed and get involved” in the lawmaking process as parliamentarians prepare
Beam breaks in Atlantis tunnel
VEHICULAR traffic at the Paradise Island tunnel had to be diverted yesterday after a service truck struck a “sacrificial beam” causing it to fall and resulting in the driver being taken to hospital.Atlantis, in a press statement yesterday, said the t
Mitchell says PM should be helping nation, not dancing
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell criticised Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday for “touring the country in a victory lap” and “having a good time” while those who voted for him “are suffering from unemployment, hunger and depri
Speedy retrial ordered in murder case
THE COURT of Appeal has ordered a man previously convicted for killing another man during a Junkanoo practice approximately five years ago be retried in the Supreme Court “as speedily as practicable.”Court of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen, along
Turnquest says tax bill will ease business
DEPUTY Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest, the minister of finance, said the passing of the Grand Bahama (Port Area) Extension of Tax Exemptions Bill 2017, will repeal and replace the Grand Bahama (Port Area) Investment Incentives Act 2016, which is co
