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'Bahamas rising' mass action planned for V-Day

ON VALENTINE’S Day, Bahamian activists are celebrating “One Billion Rising” the global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

Commissioner on custody deaths

The Commissioner of Police is expected to address the media shortly for the first time since the recent incidents where young men have died while in police custody or were shot and killed by members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Bahamas carnival winning name in festival contest

THE Bahamas National Festival Commission announced the student winners of their naming and logo competition at an award’s presentation this week. The competition, which was sponsored by the commission and launched in December 2013, challenged students throughout the Bahamas to come up with a name for the national festival being planned for May 2015.

Chambers conclave branded 'historic'

THE BAHAMAS Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) is getting set to host the first National Conclave of Chambers of Commerce in the Bahamas.

Conference highlights tourism industry

THE Ministry of Tourism has highlighted the need to make the industry thrive as the country hosts a two-day conference.

Owner of club can file action in Bimini row

THE owner of a beach club demolished by the Bimini Bay Resort’s developer has been given permission to apply to commit its principal Gerardo Capo and other executives to Fox Hill prison.

Conference STEP to the future

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Caribbean Conference 2014, the largest trust conference held in the region annually, will convene at Atlantis from May 12-14, under the theme ‘Exploring the Possibilities’.

Freeport may gain a sister in Carolina

THE City of Concord, North Carolina, is interested in establishing a sister city relationship with Freeport, raising the possibility of bringing top level stock car racing to Grand Bahama.

Honouring cultural icons of the Bahamas

A buzz of national pride filtered through Pompey Square on Tuesday night as 41 commemorative portraits of Bahamian cultural icons were unveiled as part of the country's independence celebrations.

Youth choir lends voices to independence party

A SERIES of performances by the Bahamas National Youth Choir were highlights of weekend events planned by the Bahamas Embassy and Consular Annex in Washington DC to celebrate the 41st anniversary of independence.

EDITORIAL: The Chinese future in the Bahamas

LAST WEEK, Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield announced China’s new restrictions on overseas investments. In so doing, he said that these restrictions could possibly affect “new investments” in The Bahamas, but not those already approved. Yet this is contrary to the very pronouncements of the President of China and many of China’s largest companies have started selling their controversial real estate holdings. In fact, last week in London, a Chinese “powerhouse” pulled out of a deal that, like the sale of Baha Mar to CTF, had not closed.

Wells ‘praised by Minnis’ for accepting LOI responsibility

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis is reportedly now praising Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells for “accepting responsibility” over his signing of the $650m letter of intent with Stellar Waste Management without authorisation last year.

East GB will ‘reject’ fresh aragonite mining

East Grand Bahama will likely deliver another “resounding rejection” should the Government seek to revive proposals for sand/aragonite mining at the envrionmentally-sensitive Bursus Cay, the area’s MP said yesterday.

Mitchell hits back at Symonette over Izmirlian comments

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has blasted Former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette for suggesting that his comments about Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian were inappropriate and sent the wrong message to foreign investors.

Gov’ts $100m homes scheme slammed as ‘fiscal schizophrenia’

The Government’s plan to finance the construction of 1,000 new homes through a $100 million Bahamas Mortgage Corporation (BMC) bond issue was yesterday described as “fiscal schizophrenia” by its immediate past chairman.

Minnis: Name the politicians with delinquent Bank of Bahamas debts

THE FNM yesterday demanded that the government reveal the names of all politicians whose delinquent debts may have contributed to the government’s proposed $100 million bail out of the Bank of The Bahamas (BOB), a move the party dubbed as nothing more than continued political cronyism.

McCartney hits out at 'dereliction of duty' by PLP

By NICO SCAVELLA

‘No’ campaign launched over referendum vote

THE Save Our Bahamas Committee - the group that opposed the 2013 gambling referendum - yesterday launched a vote no campaign against the fourth Constitutional Amendment Bill.

Miller: People fixated on concessions

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday he finds it “incredible” that people have become fixated on the concessions contained in the new deal to complete and open the shuttered $3.5bn Baha Mar resort, as he defended the government and castigated Bahamians for “complaining” too much.

650 extra jobs for Bahamians at Albany

THE newly-commenced development of marina residences at Albany, a luxury resort in south-west New Providence, is set to create an extra 650 jobs for Bahamians, bringing the total number of jobs available at the resort to more than 1,000.

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