NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As the bargaining agent of Bahamas Telecommunication Company (BTC) employees labelled Liberty Latin America Ltd. CEO Balan Nair’s disparaging remarks of the company and its associations as misplaced and “improper”, BTC said yesterday that those comments were “taken out of context”. During a recent Liberty Global town hall meeting in Jamaica, Nair […]
“Nair insulted the prime minister, Bahamian workers and the Bahamian people” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Pakeisha Parker-Edgecombe said last night that she was “disappointed and deeply disturbed” by what she called the “distasteful and insulting” remarks made by Liberty Latin America’s CEO Balan Nair. Liberty is the […]
PLP leader calls on PM to resign At a crowded Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) headquarters last night, PLP Leader Philip Brave Davis told supporters that the worst is behind the party, and it is now on course to capture the hearts of the electorate and win the general election. At the special call meeting, Davis […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man was killed in a house fire in Sunlight Village yesterday morning, according to authorities. According to Fire Services Director Superintendent Walter Evans police received report of the blaze shortly after 11 a.m. Evans said firefighters arrived on scene a short time later to find heavy flames coming from the roof. […]
A young man drowned in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera, yesterday, according to authorities. Police said shortly before 6 p.m., a group of young men were walking along the water’s edge in Hatchet bay when they decided to jump into the water. One of the young men called out for help when he surfaced, but “became submerged […]
14 people were shot on Ethel Street on June 30 NASSAU, BAHAMAS- More than a week after a man accused of wounding more than a dozen people during a mass shooting at a birthday party in Montell Heights was charged in a magistrate’s court, authorities indicated yesterday that they were closing in on an additional […]
Rental chilling units to be installed today to resume non-emergency surgeries at PMH NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said yesterday that if there are recommendations for prosecution related to the sabotage of the hospital’s chillers, prosecution will follow. Sands, who was speaking to reporters outside the Churchill Building, said, “If there […]
A person dies due to suicide every 40 seconds, according to global statistics NASSAU, BAHAMAS — With a reported one million people taking their lives annually and recent reports of suicides in The Bahamas, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said yesterday the prevalence of suicide in the country is in part a result of […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Researchers and healthcare professionals are pushing to eliminate HIV in The Bahamas by 2030, according to Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands yesterday. “We believe with an aggressive approach in diagnosis and treatment in the so called 90-90-90 goal that we should be able to get by HIV elimination by 2030,” Sands said. […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Amein Burrows, 33, who worked as a landscaper for the better part of his adult life never imagine becoming a career farmer, but after more than a year in the sector, sowing seeds and tending to livestock, the owner of Forbes Farm Fresh Organic Fruits and Livestock says he has reaped more […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — An international modeling agent will visit The Bahamas this week in hopes of providing local models with the opportunity of walking in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Pia Rolle, president of PTG Marketing and Modeling Agency, said that international casting director and former model, Sandi Bass, will attend the company’s casting event on Saturday. […]
Summer Festival launches in Harbour Island with positive feedback from festival goers HARBOUR ISLAND, ELEUTHERA — Residents and visitors to Harbour Island got an opportunity to celebrate all things Bahamian at the Ministry of Tourism’s annual Goombay Summer Festival on Friday July 5th-7th, 2019. Working in collaboration with industry partners in Long Island to extend […]
The Bahamas Aquatic Federation named the team that will represent the country at the upcoming FINA Aquatic Championships in South Korea this month. Joanna Evans, Izaak Bastian, Jared Fitzgerald and Margaret Albury-Higgs will compete in Gwanju at the global championships that begin on July 21. The team’s coach is Roric Fink, who currently serves as […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — When an armed conflict erupted in his village in Congo, Blaise Matshieba Nduluyele fled from the carnage. Hundreds of people, including some of his relatives, were slaughtered. Death remained close as his family undertook a grueling journey starting in South America and extending through eight countries to safety in the United […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry as the nation confronted a long history of police brutality. […]
