Tuesday 9th March, 2010
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
BBC CaribbeanMrs Clinton, standing next to President Preval at a news conference in Washington, said holding elections in Haiti as soon as possible was important.
Bus Routes Affected By Road Diversions
Bahama JournalBuses traveling Baillou Hill Road and Market Street will have to find new routes, at least for the next 10 months, as major road works on the two corridors take place.
Bahamas Remains Destination Of Choice
Bahama JournalIt appears The Bahamas has still been able to maintain its competitive edge in the global tourism market despite some unfortunate incidents against tourists and other minor setbacks, according to seni...
Sandals Exuma Thriving Since Acquisition
Bahama JournalSince the Sandals brand took over the Emerald Bay Resort in Exuma this year, the hotel has been doing extremely well, according to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adam Stuart and General Manager Joh...
Major Roads To Be Made One-Way
Bahama JournalAt the end of the month Baillou Hill Road and Market Street will be made into one-way streets in accordance with the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP), which is aimed at improving traffi...
Mother And Son Charged
Bahama JournalA man, his 52-year-old mother and another man were charged in a magistrates’ court yesterday on murder related charges just days after police issued an All Points Bulletin (APB) for one of their arr...
Social Services Gets Additional $2M
Bahama JournalThe increasing demand for social assistance has seemingly left the government with little choice but to allocate an additional $2 million in its 2009/2010 mid-term budget for the Department of Social ...
A Murder Most Foul
Baker HughesAs we went about our usual business this Sunday past, we came across information in media to the effect that, "… A young man in his early 20s who lived in the Fox Hill area became the nation's l...
Humane Society take spray andneuter program to East End
Freeport NewsBy LEDEDRA MARCHESenior FN Reporterlededra@nasguard.com After numerous attempts to take the spay and neuter program to the eastern end of the island, the Humane Society of Grand Bahama (HSGB) was fina...
Our Lucaya's promotion questioned
Freeport NewsBy FRED STURRUPActing Managing Editor Our Lucaya, the hotel conglomerate that is looked to for maximum efforts in propelling the tourist industry of Freeport is in an obvious state of stagnancy. Our L...
Women's Affairs Bureau honours six GB stalwarts
Freeport NewsBy GENEA NOEL Freeport News Reportergenea@nasguard.com Six women from Grand Bahama were honoured on Sunday by The Bureau of Women's Affairs within the Ministry of Labour and Social Development in conj...
Scotiabank celebrating 45 yearsof service with a number of activities
Freeport NewsBy LEDEDRA MARCHESenior FN Reporterlededra@nasguard.com Scotiabank (Bahamas) Ltd. Grand Bahama is marking its 45th anniversary with a week full of celebrations and, according to Senior Manager Dwight ...
Young baseball players gaining exposure
Freeport News"Baseball is the tool we use to impact our youth and provide educational opportunity for them and their family with financial funding through high level training and exposure," said Coach Patrick Know...
Courageous Calixte tells her story of earthquake experience
Freeport NewsBy Nina LaingFreeport News Intern When 10-year-old Weskernisha Calixte travelled to Haiti for the first time, the unplanned visit turned potentially deadly for the young Walter Parker Primary School s...
ROM/YMCA Haiti Relief Family Fun Day a success
Freeport NewsBy BARBARA WALKINSenior FN Reporterbarbara@nasguard.com KARON PINDER-JOHNSON (left), YMCA executive director and Kenny Jr., (right) were are the gate receiving can goods as entrance fee, for Reach Out...
Beck's Eliminators 10, Big G's Stars 1
Freeport News'A' DivisionChances Tigers 8, Pondside Invaders 3The Invaders were behind the eight ball right from the start of this match as they were short of two players and had to forfeit four games. They starte...
'Some' salaries late but all Home Centre employees paid
Freeport NewsBy GENEA NOEL Freeport News Reportergenea@nasguard.com Reports circulated over the weekend that some employees of the Home Centre and Freeport Concrete went unpaid last week. Contacted by The Freeport...
Electricity woes still plague Consumer Affairs employees
Freeport NewsBy GENEA NOEL Freeport News Reportergenea@nasguard.com Staff at local Consumer Affairs Department are complying with the Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) instructions to work half-day until electri...
Amateur Boxing Program climbs
Freeport NewsSports ScopeBy Fred SturrupFPN Acting Managing EditorRather quietly, the Amateur Boxing Federation of The Bahamas' national program is climbing steadily. Today, four boxers are due to return from an i...
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