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Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman, Carl R. Culmer yesterday accused Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Phillip Davis of “lavishly using the people’s money” for himself and his “cronies” during his time as Minister of Works. In a statement issued to the press, Culmer said its laughable for Davis to accuse the FNM of a “witch hunt” when the audit clearly...

EU set to add The Bahamas to list Tuesday Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said yesterday he was "disappointed" that The Bahamas is pegged to be added to the European Union blacklist of tax havens next week. Turnquest said in a statement that the move was "surprising", as  The Bahamas has consistently been engaged with the...

The Bahamas is one step closer to privatization of government-ran entities as the Minnis administration looks to reduce expenditure in the public sector. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest announced in Parliament earlier this week, that government is aiming to transform government corporations into self-sufficient entities. Turnquest noted that funding in the amount of $429 million was...

Final report expected next 90 days The majority of the parts from the mangled aircraft that went down in Andros in January have been recovered, investigators told Eyewitness News Online yesterday. Investigators attached to the Air Accident Investigation Department said, with the help of Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marines, they were able to salvage 90 per cent of the...

A readiness exercise with regional counterparts is expected to help prepare better local disaster management officials in dealing with a tsunami threat, if ever one reaches The Bahamas. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will take part in said exercise. All Family Island administrators were advised, in a memo sent by NEMA, that the exercise dubbed “Caribe Wave...

Hundreds of the country’s premier high school track and field athletes have converged at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium for the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Championships, with more than just school pride on the brain. Unlike the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Championships, the GSSSA nationals focus on individual performances rather than group scores. Athletes...

Iscape Networks has introduced what it calls an innovative product, Push to Talk (PTT) solutions, to the local communications market. The company and its investors said they expect PPT solutions to usher in a new era of technology for small and large-scale businesses, which currently utilize two-way radios to communicate. PTT solutions will allow businesses, that buy into the innovative...

DNA test to make determination An extensive land and sea search that reportedly stretched for miles has turned up a body part, believed to be that of the young tourist who was hurled into the Atlantic Ocean by a treacherous wave that hit Glass Window bridge early Monday morning. Eleuthera Chief Superintendent Stephen Adderley told Eyewitness News Online Friday night,...

The father of Jonathan Brussow, the man who was swept off Glass Window bridge on Monday and is still missing, said he is holding on to hope that he will find his son. CBS Detroit reported this week that Brussow, 19, is a resident of Rockford. The network reported that his father Brad is reportedly in Eleuthera with search teams....

Vehicular traffic, specifically compact to mid-size, has been given the all clear to begin using the Glass Window Bridge in Eleuthera as of 5:00 p.m. today, officials said. Deputy Director and Chief Engineer in the Ministry of Works Robert Moses said, that after an assessment of the structure, the bridge was found to be structurally sound. He cautioned however, that...

Come clean or be kicked out, says FNM chairman   An admission of his law firm's secretary holding shares in the disputed Nassau Island Development (NID) company came from the leader of the opposition yesterday. The coming clean of Philip Brave Davis, also the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), follows a damaging auditor report of the Water &...

Five others still at large The active nation-wide man hunt by the police force for six of the country’s most dangerous men, has led to the arrest of one of the murder suspects, initially identified only as “Conch Man”. Police said Antone Brown was taken into custody yesterday, just three days after being profiled on the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s...

Major crime in the country is down by 14 per cent, according to the national security chief, who released new figures in Parliament yesterday and said the Minnis administration plans to augment the existing crime fighting forces with 100 new recruits. Minister of National Security Marvin Dames in his contribution to the country’s mid-year budget debate in the House of...

A large hole on the side of the hill is all Bahamians have left to show after spending millions for a hospital to be constructed in Palmetto Point, Eleuthera. Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands made the startling revelation during his contribution to the mid-year budget late Thursday evening. “Where this gets to be upsetting is that the American government has been trying...