Minnis wants Grand Bahama to be ‘renowned’ for duty-free shopping
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday detailed his administration’s tourism strategy, highlighted by plans to introduce several initiatives to re-energise Nassau and rebrand Grand Bahama as a “renowned duty-free shopping centre.”
Sands says malfeasance at health ministry is sickening
AN investigation into “improper behaviour” has been launched at the Ministry of Health, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands who said the alleged malfeasance is “sickening”.
$156m owed in student loan debts
WHILE saying the government’s campaign promise of tuition-free university to Bahamians will come “in time,” Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd warned those owing the Education Loan Authority that they must pay up or face “grief” as he revealed that $156m is owed to the programme.
Man charged with theft of PI booze
A MAN appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of being the suspect behind the theft of more than $600 worth of alcohol from two Paradise Island businesses.
Fault causes island-wide blackout
BAHAMAS Power and Light yesterday blamed Thursday’s island-wide outage on a “cable failure” and reassured customers that the utility provider would find “immediate solutions to this problem and long-term strategies to prevent a recurrence.”
Tenant ‘owed airport’ $3m
A TENANT who operated five stores at the Lynden Pindling International Airport racked up a rental debt over five years of more than $3m under the Christie administration and was allowed to remain delinquent due to “direct intervention by the political directorate,” Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar revealed in the House of Assembly last night.
Sojourner Douglass College ‘was not a rogue agency’
FORMER deans of Sojourner Douglass College (SDC) yesterday insisted that the Nassau campus was not operating as a “rogue agency” but followed the directives of its Maryland-based administration at all times.
Concern over compacting at landfill site
AN environmental activist has raised concerns over the alleged stoppage of the compacting of waste material deposited at the New Providence Landfill, charging that such inaction leaves the site “vulnerable” to yet another massive fire.Heather Carey,
From Italy to Freeport - direct by charter airline
SOME 1,400 European passengers will travel to Grand Bahama this summer with the return of the Italian charter Alpitour, which commenced direct flights from Milan to Freeport on Thursday. The programme will run 12 weeks, bringing between 100 and 120
Young people taking up the Rangers challenge
IT was a celebration of the achievements of brilliant young people as 408 Royal Bahamas Defence Force Rangers, both male and female took the challenge to set the standard of excellence in discipline, dedication and determination.They all were success
Long lines for Flamingo Gardens clinic restroom
AN angry resident has complained that one of the bathrooms at the Flamingo Gardens Clinic has not been in operation for some time, forcing men and women to share one bathroom, leading to long lines and frustration. “My pregnant wife said it’s a line
Organisations call for implementation of Freedom of Information Act in full
A GROUP of civil society organisations (CSOs) and private industry groups is pressing the new administration to highlight the amendment and full enactment of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Unity to be the focus of GB Independence events
MINISTER of State for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson announced plans for this year’s 44th independence celebrations in Grand Bahama, emphasising that the focus of the festivities will be about uniting all Bahamians.The theme this year is: “Toward the Ri
Car salesman denied bail overclaim he stole more than $9,000
AN automotive salesman was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of stealing more than $9,000 from two individuals. Rasheed Sanusi, 41, of Cowpen Road appeared before Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis facing two counts of stealing by reason
$200,000 budgeted for review of national curriculum
THE government has budgeted $200,000 this fiscal year for a comprehensive review of the country’s educational system, Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd announced yesterday, as he painted a grim picture of the state of education, which he said is a “pr
