Tourism PR deal cost $600,000
THE re-engagement of global public relations firm Weber Shandwick will cost taxpayers $600,000, The Tribune has learned.
Henfield happy on FNM progress
SENATOR Ranard Henfield said on Sunday he has not received a request from any of the sub-groups associated with the We March Bahamas organisation to stage a protest against the Minnis administration for inaction during its first 100 days.
Private sector key to school overhaul
THE Minnis administration plans to build at least one new school in southwest New Providence this term, Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd has revealed.
BPL CEO Pamela Hill fired
BAHAMAS Power & Light CEO Pamela Hill has been terminated, The Tribune has learned.
Triple murder triggers new crackdown
IN the face of rising homicides, National Security Minister Marvin Dames over the weekend presented a number of crime fighting initiatives, highlighting plans to clamp down on persons out on bail, firearm traffickers, drug houses and enhancing senior command at the divisional level of the force on a 24-hour basis.
Alert over China strategy switch
THE CHINESE government’s reported crackdown on “irrational” overseas investments may affect projects in the Bahamas with new restrictions on such projects in property, hotel and entertainment and a ban on gambling investments.
‘It’s time for ethical government - and to let England go’
THE Free National Movement administration was yesterday given a strict charge to overhaul the country’s governance structure and implement an ethics and human rights commission.
No problem, insists Dames - but Greenslade out of sight
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames over the weekend continued to downplay the noticeable absence of Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade amid reports that he has been asked to step down from the post.
Work resumes on seawall after contractor change
THE seawall project at Smith’s Point in Grand Bahama has resumed and work is progressing well following the hiring of a new contractor two weeks ago.
Two held after AK-47, drugs seized
Two men are being held by police after the seizure of a high-powered weapon and dangerous drugs on Saturday.
$72,000 stolen through ATM skimming devices
EIGHTY-SIX people have been victims of fraud involving ATM skimming devices in the last month, Debra Thompson, Assistant Superintendent in charge of the Business & Technology Crime section of the Royal Bahamas Police Force said yesterday.
NEMA director urges caution as weather system moves towards Bahamas
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Capt Stephen Russell yesterday urged residents throughout the country to finalise hurricane preparations as the country enters the peak of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season.
Employee charged with defrauding Ministry of Finance of over $500,000
A Ministry of Finance employee was arraigned in a Magistrate's Court on Friday for allegedly defrauding the ministry of over half a million dollars within a five month periodn.
Frank Smith trial date set for late November
Former Progressive Liberal Party Senator Frank Smith's trial for extortion and bribery charges will commence in late November.
Drug mules jailed after leniency plea
A Surinamese woman yesterday told a judge that she only attempted to smuggle cocaine into the country as a way to secure funding to house her displaced grandmother after their South American home burned down.
