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Protestors from Ministry of Works demand hazard pay
June 28, 2014
Protestors from Ministry of Works demand hazard pay
Nearly 100 employees from the Ministry of Works demonstrated opposite the Office of the Attorney General on John F. Kennedy Drive yesterday, demanding outstanding hazard pay they claimed was owed to them from 2005.
As the Royal Bahamas Police Force Band serenaded senior government officials and other guests during the renaming of the AG's office to the Paul L. Adderley Building, the angry protesto...
American manslaughter matter delayed
May 20, 2014
American manslaughter matter delayed
Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt expressed "grave concern" yesterday after a representative from the Office of The Attorney General revealed that the Crown needed additional time to prepare the voluntary bill of indictment in the case involving two American men charged with manslaughter.
Ferguson-Pratt noted that the defendants had to travel from the United States in order to appear for a ca...
Bahamas Flag Football League
May 15, 2014
Bahamas Flag Football League
In the seventh week of action in the Bahamas Flag Football League (BFFL), the female division took center stage. The defending champions Bahamas Welding & Fire Pink Foxes lost their second game of the season to the Lady Ravens. Also, the Sands Light Lady Lynx remained in first place overall with a convincing win over the Femme Fatale Predators.
In the men's division, the defending champions Summit...
Teams rise to the forefront in the BFFL
May 07, 2014
Teams rise to the forefront in the BFFL
Last week Sunday, the Bahamas Flag Football League (BFFL) entered its seventh week; there were several marquee match-ups that took place and eventually shook up the standings in both the male and female divisions.
In the men's division, the Summit Academy Ravens showed why they were ranked as the best offensive and defensive team in the league. They destroyed the Bahama Clear Wolfpack, 34-0, impro...
Americans charged with manslaughter
March 19, 2014
Americans charged with manslaughter
Two American tourists accused of killing another visitor at the Bimini Big Game Resort on Bimini were remanded to prison yesterday, despite being granted $35,000 cash bail each.
Tyler Valdes, 19, of Key Largo, Florida, and Robert Francis Schwarz, 62, of Connecticut, were charged with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of Carl Yerger, 45, on March 14.
The men were not required to en...
Bahamas Flag Football League
March 19, 2014
Bahamas Flag Football League
The Bahamas Flag Football League (BFFL) officially opened its 2014 season this past Sunday, with a total of eight games being played at the Winton Rugby Pitch. In the men's division, the returning champions, the Summit Academy Ravens, dominated Team Elite, 24-6, in the featured game. In the women's division, there was a major upset as the defending champions Bahamas Welding & Fire Pink Foxes fell ...
February 12, 2014
Online application process for Lyford Cay Foundation scholarships opens
Lyford Cay Foundation, Inc. and The Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation are now accepting online applications for academic and technical training and vocational scholarships for study at approved institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.All applications must be made through the foundations' website, http://www.lyfordcayfoundation.org.Applicants must be Bahamia...
Parliament dominated by lawyers for too long
January 15, 2014
Parliament dominated by lawyers for too long
Dear Editor,
I read Grand Bahama-based pastor Simeon Outten's letter to the newspaper in which he stated that two people who were charged before the courts last year with his brother's death were granted bail and were subsequently hauled before the courts again, this time for attempted murder.
Seeing that many of these murders seem to be committed by repeat violent offenders, Outten is of the view...
January 14, 2014
Man who escaped hangman's noose says he wants to do good
To meet Stafford Clarke now, you may not believe that the quiet, unassuming man spent 25 years in prison for murder.
Clarke, 58, said he used that time to turn his life around.
As a youth, Clarke admits that he fell in with the wrong crowd.
That wrong path eventually led to a murder conviction in 1985 for the shooting death of Leon Pratt a year earlier in what Clarke claimed was a drug deal gone s...
January 08, 2014
New Year's Address by The Hon. Dr. Huber Minnis, Opposition Leader
My Fellow Bahamians, the Christmas and New Year?s Holiday Season is a period of reflection, introspection and forward planning...
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