THREE HAITIAN MEN APPREHENDED FROM VESSEL
NASSAU, Bahamas — Three Haitian men, including a boat captain, were apprehended off the west coast of Great Inagua when Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers boarded a 45ft Haitian sail …
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GOVERNMENT TO SWING THE AXE AGAIN
NASSAU, Bahamas – The 10 per cent reduction in spending ordered last year may be set to increase in the 2018-2019 budget cycle, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette revealed yesterday, according …
Read MoreCARELESS DRIVER FINED $5,000 FOR CRASH THAT KILLED MAN
NASSAU, Bahamas – A 59-year-old woman was yesterday (May 3) ordered to pay a $5,000 fine or face two years in prison for killing a man after crashing into his …
Read MoreBCA QUESTIONS LABOUR REPORT
NASSAU, Bahamas – President of the Bahamas Contractors’ Association (BCA) Leonard Sands is calling on the Department of Labour to provide an explanation over its claim that the stage of …
Read MoreBPC ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL OIL FIRM
NASSAU, Bahamas – Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) may be closer to finding a farm-in partner for the exploration of oil within The Bahamas after it announced yesterday (May 4) that it …
Read MoreEMBASSY OF THE BAHAMAS OPEN HOUSE MAY 5TH 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — My wife Elisabeth Ann Brown was one of the artisans who showcased their work today at The Bahamas Embassy, 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., during PASSPORT DC, an …
Read MoreSONIA BODDIE-THOMPSON APPOINTED CLERK OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The former deputy clerk of the St. Christopher and Nevis National Assembly, Sonia Boddie-Thompson, 33, has been promoted to the post of clerk of the National Assembly …
Read MoreGOVERNMENT CONSIDERS LIFE LIVE STREAMING SELECT COURT CASES
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is contemplating live streaming select criminal and civil court cases to the public, in what it says is a bid to make the judicial system …
Read MorePRESENTATION TO HIGH COMMISSIONER
KINGSTON — Laurie Peters (right), Canadian high commissioner to Jamaica, accepts a photograph featuring the Jamaican Hummingbird done by University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts …
Read MoreCHARLES TO PUSH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH AT ECLAC MEETING IN CUBA
KINGSTON — Senator Pearnel Charles Jr., the recently appointed state minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is to push for sustainable growth and development in the region …
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