TOURISM CHIEF TARGETS TOP U.S. SAFETY RANKING
NASSAU, Bahamas — A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged to put US crime warnings on “a continued downward trend of severity” that will lead to The Bahamas being rated among the …
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STILL MISS “MY BROTHER” PRESTON STUART JR. TREMENDOUSLY
By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 5 has annually been a debilitatingly sad day for me from 2006. Today would have been the 77th birthday of my boyhood …
Read MoreIACHR CONCERNED AT WORSENING VIOLENCE IN HAITI
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is expressing profound concern about the worsening violence and scarcity in Haiti, the Jamaica Gleaner reported March 4. The human …
Read MoreBAHAMAS HOPES TO RESUME TRADE TALKS WITH HAITI
NASSAU, Bahamas — The Bahamian government hopes to resume trade talks with Haiti as soon as possible, Minister of Foreign Affairs Darren Henfield said yesterday, the Nassau Guardian reported March …
Read MoreSIR MICHAEL BARNETT SWORN IN AS JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
NASSAU, Bahamas — Sir Michael Barnett was sworn in as Justice of the Court of Appeal by Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General of The Bahamas, …
Read MoreDESPITE THE STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING, “IT’S STILL BETTER IN THE BAHAMAS”
OSWALD BROWN WRITES WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2019 — A neighbor sent the U.S. State Department’s travel advisory on The Bahamas to my Facebook inbox and asked if I had …
Read MorePOLICE COMMISSIONER “VERY AWARE” OF U.S. ADVISORY
NASSAU, Bahamas — Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson said police are doing all that they can to ensure that all visitors and Bahamians are safe in The Bahamas, the Nassau …
Read More$255 MILLION FROM GAMING SINCE 2014
NASSAU, Bahamas — Gaming Operators Association CEO Gershan Major said web shops represent probably the third or fourth most significant sector of employers in the Bahamas, and have contributed more …
Read MoreJUSTICE MILTON EVANS SWORN IN AS JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) — Justice Milton Evans was sworn in as Justice of the Court of Appeal by Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling, during a …
Read MoreROSEMARY CLARICE HANNA HAS BECOME A “RESIDENT FACEBOOK HISTORIAN”
By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2019 — There is no shortage of evidence verifying the improper and abusive use of the Internet, and particularly Facebook, but there …
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