PNP SEEKS TO DELAY NIDS IMPLEMENTATION
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it has filed a motion in the Supreme Court against the Attorney General and the Government, seeking to delay the …
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‘TECH HUB’ PIONEERS SPARKS JOBS FRENZY
NASSAU — The investor aiming to kickstart Grand Bahama’s “technology hub” yesterday pledged to fully “Bahamainise” “sooner rather than later”, having been inundated with 100 job applications per day, Tribune Business …
Read MorePOTTER’S CAY VENDORS WANT MEETING WITH MINISTER WELLS
NASSAU – Potter’s Cay Fish, Fruit, and Vegetable Vendors Association President Orminique Bowe is calling for Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Renward Wells to meet with the group regarding the …
Read MoreUB GROWS CULTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
NASSAU — As it continues to embrace a sustainability paradigm and advance environmental stewardship, the University of The Bahamas (UB) has passed three new policies designed to reduce the institution’s …
Read MoreHEALTH MINISTRY GIVES ITSELF ‘C+’ IN FIRST YEAR
NASSAU — An internal review of the Ministry of Health’s performance for 2017/2018 saw the ministry grade itself the equivalent of a ‘C+’, the Nassau Guardian reported on May 8. …
Read MoreDAMES SAYS POLICE MISCONDUCT SETS FORCE BACK
NASSAU — Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday incidents of police officers caught on social media in conflicts with the public casts a negative shadow on law enforcement, …
Read MoreSG URGES UNITY AT FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN THE BAHAMAS
(From the CARICOM Secretariat. This was published in the St.Kitts & Nevis Observer on May 7, 2018.) GREATER GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean community foreign ministers were this morning urged to …
Read MoreTRAUMA CONCERNS AS GRANGE HILL STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL
JAMAICA — Despite the inclement weather, students in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, who were forced to abandon classes last week as a result of the violence that impacted their community last Tuesday, …
Read MoreWORLD BANK TO DEVELOP LIST OF REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ‘EASE OF DOING BUSINESS’
JAMAICA — As the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) works to improve Jamaica’s business atmosphere, the public-private partnership body has announced that World Bank consultants will deliver reform recommendations to help …
Read More36 WOMEN IN THE RUNNING
BARBADOS — A record 132 people will be going after the 30 seats in Parliament on May 24. This was the unofficial count following Nomination Day (May 7) for the …
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