Tag: Eyewitness News Online

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — While Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said last week that he hoped to bring the marijuana bill ...

IOM: Migration dialogue needed with Bahamian public

ADDRESSING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: UN visits Carmichael Road Detention Center

UN delegation to visit Abaco next Conille: We’re pleased with the level of transparency given and level of discussions had ...

COP: Do you want a police state?

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Amid calls from some quarters for increased security measures on school campuses, Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle ...

Smith: Govt. housing programme may be a mistake

“ACHILLES HEEL”: Bahamas on unsustainable path of borrowing, former finance state minister warns

by Natario McKenzie

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A former finance minister yesterday warned that the country is on an “unsustainable” path of borrowing foreign ...

US Members of Congress urge govt to reconsider BPC oil deal

Op-Ed: The Bahamas government can and should put a stop to offshore drilling

By Steve Mashuda For the past year, people in communities from The Bahamas to the US Eastern seaboard have been ...

Govt signs contracts for Marco’s Alert system

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In a bid to further enhance the capacity of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) in tracking ...

Women urged to take action about their health

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Too many women spend their time caring for others but not themselves, said obstetrician and gynecologist Dr ...

CG Atlantic’s backyard garden grows good things

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — CG Atlantic Family of companies, which includes Atlantic Medical Insurance Limited trading as CG Atlantic Medical & ...

Local artist Dyah Neilson lives in her paintings

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“When what the eye sees brings a smile to your face, that’s what matters” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Some artists live ...

“Accelerate Bahamas” budget reveals sizable allocation increases across the board

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Coined the “Accelerate Bahamas” budget, the government’s fiscal plans for the upcoming period will see sizeable increases ...

Two men shot and killed on New Year’s Eve

HIT-AND-RUN: “They did not stop; not even for a second”

by Sloan Smith

Haitian man and woman from Dundas Town in police custody over matter NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Individuals who claimed to have ...

DOUBLE TAXATION: Acting FS defends VAT on imports

PUBLIC SERVICE: Pensions to officials to increase by $10 mil, salary adjustments by $2 mil

May 31, 2021

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Another $43 million added to the budget for the Ministry of Public Service and National Insurance will ...

Govt expects to extend unemployment benefit program to September

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson said yesterday that the government is expected to extend its ...

Bahamas Bar Association commends move to publicly advertise vacant judicial posts

Governor general appoints five new justices and five new magistrates

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Governor General CA Smith recently made 10 new judicial appointments to address staffing shortages, the Judicial and ...

Per diem payments included in health visa private insurance

CALM DOWN: Widening deficit no cause for alarm, says Johnson

by Natario McKenzie

“We have a position and a strategy that we believe are sustainable” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A top finance official said ...

OVERDUE: Income tax avoidance an “untenable” position for The Bahamas in the long-run, says UN

INEVITABLE: Business community concerned taxes will be raised as govt spending increases

by Natario McKenzie