Mission accomplished! Breef gives marine conservation training to a teacher from every Bahamian school
THE Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) has achieved its goal to provide marine conservation training to a teacher in every school across the archipelago.Each summer since 1995, educators from across the country have had a chance
Legislative tools to be unveiled at Law Ministers Meeting
THE Commonwealth will unveil a package of legislative reform tools to help government’s effectively tackle such modern issues as climate change and cyber crime at its upcoming Law Ministers Meeting.The organisation’s new legislative drafting handbook
PLP ‘diverted $40m to buy last election’
THE Minnis Administration suspects the Christie Administration spent more than $40 million of hurricane relief funds in a failed bid to buy the election, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest said yesterday.
Churches warn ‘no lottery’
BAHAMAS Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander said he was “shocked” that a second government minister has come out in support of the creation of a Bahamian national lottery, adding the council expected the Minnis administration to either tighten the existing legislation or repeal the law.
Postal crisis is crippling business
REDUCED operations at the General Post Office are negatively affecting businesses, Bahamas Chamber of Commerce CEO Edison Sumner said yesterday, adding the chamber sees “no end in sight” to the problem.
Last contact with missing American couple’s plane
THE LAST contact from Forrest Sanco, the American man who vanished with his wife while en route to Rum Cay for their honeymoon last month, was a signal to air traffic controllers that he was nearing his destination.
Gov’t blocks huge Customs shake-up
The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday confirmed he has halted the transfer of more than 250 Customs officers due to the upheaval such a shake-up threatens to cause.
Crash spot claims its third victim
A 28-year-old man died after he was struck by a car attempting to cross Tonique Williams Darling Highway with his girlfriend and their baby late Monday night.
Minister: Only four or five Dominican students expressing interest in offer
IT remains unclear how many Dominican students are expected to temporarily move to the Bahamas, with Education Minister Jeffery Lloyd yesterday suggesting only “about four, maybe five” have expressed an interest in accepting the Minnis administration’s offer to relocate.
RBDF officer held after ammunition found in search
A ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force Officer is in police custody after he and four other men were allegedly found on Monday with a large amount of ammunition.
Trial of five men accused of double murder begins today
THE MURDER trial of five young men accused of the double murder of a couple from Deadman’s Reef opens today in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama.
PM orders establishment of Urban Renewal centres on other islands
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has ordered that Urban Renewal centres be established in a number of islands, Press Secretary Anthony Newbold said yesterday.
Bamsi fire accused ‘offered to pay security guard to keep quiet’
THE man accused of setting fire to a dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) in 2015 offered to pay a security guard at the site nearly $1,000 to keep silent about the crime, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday.
Prime Minister ‘hasn’t indicated regret’ over criticism of Christie administration’s bill
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has given no indication he regrets his criticism of the Christie Administration’s Interception of the Communications Bill despite its likeness to the one his administration tabled in Parliament several weeks ago, according to press secretary Anthony Newbold yesterday.
Praying for an economic breakthrough
SOME concerned residents gathered at the International Bazaar yesterday praying for an economic breakthrough for the once bustling shopping mecca and popular tourist attraction in Freeport.
