$70 MILLION FOR BPL VSEPs
NASSAU — Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) will pay out $70 million to 314 employees who accepted the corporation’s voluntary separation packages (VSEP), Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister revealed …
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BICA HEAD WANTS BETTER CONSULTATION BY GOVERNMENT WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS
NASSAU, Bahamas — As the time quickly approaches for The Bahamas to implement certain commitments it made to the European Union (EU) to remain off its blacklist, a financial sector …
Read MoreREFLECTIONS: By ELISABETH ANN BROWN
FIGHTERS IN THE FRONT LINE OF THE WAR AGAINST CANCER WASHINGTON, D.C. — A chance meeting in the local grocery store led to me becoming a volunteer with a cancer …
Read MoreMIAMI HERALD’S JACQUELINE CHARLES WINS MARIA MOORS CABOT PRIZE
MIAMI — Jacqueline Charles, who has reported on the Caribbean for the Miami Herald since 2006, has been awarded a 2018 Maria Moors Cabot Prize — the most prestigious award …
Read MoreTHE JANE AND MARCUS BETHEL $100K SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED AT UB
NASSAU, Bahamas — Growing up, “liberty is through education” was the adage that resonated through the home of the late Marcus Bethel, founder of Bethel Brothers Morticians, entrepreneur and patriarch, …
Read More“SEAMLESS” MOVE OUT OF SHANTY TOWNS EXPECTED
NASSAU, Bahamas — As he defended the government’s plan to fully eradicate shanty towns in the country, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said despite a new deadline for evictions in New …
Read MoreFIRMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN USING ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTIC
NASSAU, Bahamas — As the country moves toward a plastics and styrofoam ban in the year 2020, businesses have already begun to replace their old plastic containers and accessories with …
Read MoreFEMALES BREAKING BARRIERS
NASSAU, Bahamas — Two young females are breaking barriers in the vocational arena, having both studied and secured carriers in the construction industry. Lanique Brice and Santana Dean – 2018 …
Read MoreUS EMBASSY CHARGE D’AFFAIRES MAKES COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF LABOUR
NASSAU, Bahamas, July 13, 2018 — The United States Embassy’s Charge D’Affaires, Ms. Stephanie Bowers, recently paid a courtesy call on Senator the Hon. Dion A. Foulkes, Minister of Labour, at his …
Read MoreMEDICAL MARIJUANA BOOM – GANJA-BASED MEDICATION TO TREAT EPILEPSY COULD HIT THE MARKET NEXT MONTH
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Medicanja Limited is preparing to undertake commercial production and get to market by the end of August Epilec-Pro, a new medication produced from ganja that has been …
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