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Post Office Box Rental Reminder
The Postmaster General wishes to remind the public that rental fees for private post office boxes are due and should be paid on or before January 31, 2010.
Persons who rent post office boxes are advised that during the period February 1 to March 31, 2010, they may be allowed to retain their boxes only after payment of a penalty charge of $10.00 in addition to the rental fee.
P.O. Box rental fees now due
NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Postmaster General wishes to remind the public that rental fees for private post office boxes are due and should be paid on or before 31st January, 2012.
Persons who rent Post Office boxes are advised that during the period 1st February to 31st March, 2012, they may be allowed to retain their boxes only after payment of a penalty charge of $10.00 in addition to the rental fee.
Failure to comply within the specified period, will result in the closure of the Post Office box which will immediately be assigned to other applicants due to the limited availability of Post Office boxes.
The annual rental fees for Post Office boxes are as follows: Small Box -- $30.00, Medium Box -- $50.00, and Large Box -- $80.00.
All box rental fees with the exception of Grants Town Post Office should be paid at the office where the box is located.
Grants Town Post Office box rental should be paid at the General Post Office - East Hill Street.
BPSU recount ends abruptly
The recount of the election ballots for the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) ended abruptly yesterday, leaving the 5,000 members in the dark as to who will lead the union, according to BPSU president John Pinder.
The re-count became necessary after it was suggested that the elections, which were held last Friday, were marred for various reasons.
"[Officials from the Department of Labour] started the recount," Pinder said. "The recount finished on the assistant secretary general and that count remained the same. And while we were counting the ballots for the trustee, members of team "United to Transform" got up and walked out of the room, at which point the re-count ended."
While Pinder said it is not necessary for the team to be present for the recount to go on, he added that Director of Labour Harcourt Brown decided to call a meeting at 3 p.m. today in an effort to clear up all of the outstanding issues.
"He will address that team's concerns. Then he will make a decision on whether there should be a recount or to certify the elections as is," Pinder added.
The Nassau Guardian was unable to reach the director.
Members of the United to Transform Team (UTT), led by presidential candidate Katrina Marche, alleged that 601 election ballots were duplicated and 50 were missing.
Crystal Bain-Rolle, a member of UTT, said one of the problems with the elections was that Pinder handled the ballot boxes during the elections.
She claimed that on the day of the elections (last Friday) persons outside of the elections committee took the ballot boxes to the East Street, south polling station and that Pinder had the keys for the boxes.
"Ballot boxes were not sealed and he has the key," Bain-Rolle said. "When the ballot boxes were not sealed, anything could have happened."
However, Pinder told The Guardian on Monday that he only involved himself because on the morning of the election, the sister of Watson-Marche, who was responsible for opening one of the polling stations, was running an hour late.
He said he took control of the situation to ensure the polling station would be open, by taking a union member with him to deliver the box personally.
"The ballots in the boxes were to be counted by the presiding officer," he said.
"No ballot was valid at that time until the presiding officer stamped the ballot and put a signature to it, and so this cry about ballots being transported to the East Street, south poll by me is just crying wolf. They just need to accept their defeat."
Bain-Rolle claimed that individuals not eligible to vote may have also voted in the elections and that individuals may have voted more than once.
BPSU ballots to be recounted today
The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) election ballots will be recounted today, according to reelected BPSU President John Pinder, after it was suggested that the elections were marred for various reasons.
Crystal Bain-Rolle of the team "United to Transform", said one of the problems with the elections was that incumbent president, Pinder, handled the ballot boxes during the elections.
She claimed that on the day of the elections, which were held last Friday, persons outside of the elections committee took the ballot boxes to the East Street South polling station and that Pinder had the keys for the boxes.
"Ballot boxes were not sealed and he has the key," Bain-Rolle said. "When the ballot boxes were not sealed, anything could have happened."
However, Pinder explained that on the morning of the election the sister of presidential hopeful Katrina Watson-Marche, who is the leader of the "United to Transform" team, was responsible for opening one of the polling stations, but was running an hour late.
He said he took control of the situation to ensure the polling station would be open, by taking a union member with him to deliver the box personally.
"The ballots in the boxes were to be counted by the presiding officer," he said.
"No ballot was valid at that time until the presiding officer stamped the ballot and put a signature to it, and so this cry about ballots being transported to the East Street South poll by me is just crying wolf. They just need to accept their defeat."
Bain-Rolle added that individuals not eligible to vote may have also voted in the elections and that individuals may have voted more than once. She said that up to yesterday no one knew how many people voted and how many votes each candidate received.
Watson-Marche insisted that the election was not fair and said that she and her team would be willing to take the matter to court if it is not handled by the Department of Labour and the registrar of trade unions to their satisfaction.
"If we are not satisfied here, then we will have to do whatever is necessary," she said.
"It is necessary for democracy. We will not sit idly by and watch anarchy set up in the BPSU."
Watson-Marche insisted that the Department of Labour should have readied itself for the possibility of a recount and should have counted the ballots yesterday.
"It should have been anticipated that a recount would be necessary," she said. "I'm sure it's nothing new to [the department]."
P.O. boxes rent now due
NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Postmaster General wishes to remind the public that rental fees for private post office boxes are due and should be paid on or before January 31, 2013.
Persons who are renting boxes are advised that during the period of February 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013, they may be allowed to retain their boxes only after a payment of a penalty charge of $10.00 in addition to the rental fee.
Failure to comply with the specified period, will result in the closure of the box which may be assigned immediately to others due to the limited availability of boxes.
Bahamas Postmaster General: P.O. Box Rent Due
The Postmaster General
wishes to remind the public that rental fees for private post office boxes are
due and should be paid on or before January 31, 2013.
Persons who are renting
boxes are advised that during the period of February 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013,
they may be allowed to retain their boxes only after a payment of a penalty
charge of $10.00 in addition to the rental fee...
Private Post Offices Boxes Past Due
Nassau, Bahamas - Acting
Postmaster General Leslie Cartwright wishes to remind the public that
rental fees for Private Post Offices Boxes are past due and should have
been paid on or before 31st January, 2011.
Persons who rent post office boxes
are advised that during the period 1st February, 2011 to 31st March,
2011, they may be allowed to retain their box(es) only after payment of
a penalty charge of $10.00 in addition to the rental fees...
Private Post Offices Boxes Past Due Notice to Public
BAHAMAS - The Postmaster General wishes to remind the public that rental fees for private post office boxes are due and should be paid on or before 31st January, 2012...
Over US1 mil. found stashed in beer boxes
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Police arrested a male driver Tuesday morning after he was unable to say why there was more than $1 million in American currency in beer boxes in the vehicle.
The cash, police believe, are proceeds derived from criminal conduct.
The discovery was made around 11:30 a.m. by officers on mobile patrol in the Balao and Midshipman Road area when they reportedly observed the driver of a silver 2013 Hyundai Sonata acting suspicious.
Police say the vehicle was travelling east along Midshipman Road when they stopped the driver.
A search of the vehicle and its occupant allegedly turned up three beer boxes containing $1,010,980 in U.S. currency.
Police confiscated the money and the male driver was arrested and taken into police custody.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour, officer in charge of Grand Bahama, explained that officers on mobile patrol would routinely conduct daily vehicle stops on any given day for various traffic-related offenses.
"This is an occasion when the officers would have stopped the vehicle because of course they weren't satisfied with the way the driver was acting and so they pulled the vehicle over," he said.
The discovery and arrest, the Grand Bahama police chief said, is extremely significant for the district.
"We're happy to make a dent in criminal activities here in Grand Bahama by confiscating such a significant amount of money," he said.
"We know that the person or persons involved may have been up to criminal mischief. So, of course, this is a strike against them and we're happy that in some way it will definitely prevent them from further advancing their criminal activities here in the district or, by extension, in The Bahamas."
Police say they are continuing their investigation into this matter and additional arrests could be made.
"Wherever the investigation leads, if that means that we have to arrest additional people as well, of course we're going to do that. The matter hasn't been closed."
In the meantime, the driver is expected to be arraigned in a New Providence court sometime today.
Juice boxes donated to children's home
FREEPORT - International Baccalaureate students of the Lucaya International School donated 500 juice boxes to the Grand Bahama Children's Home yesterday.
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