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Bahamas Marine Investigation Report: Man Overboard Fatality

(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has released an investigation report on an incident involving a crew member of the Fri Sea who fell overboard and later died while rigging a pilot ladder at night. What happened On the evening …

Time Capsule: So you want to be a reporter?

Mission Valley News, Nov. 21, 1979 Ronan Museum gets first donations The Ronan Museum, long in the planning stage, has finally made a small beginning. Two items have been accepted for the museum. An organ, originally rescued from a house in North Dakota, …

Davis says govt working on ways to reduce gun trafficking

Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that the government is continuing to work on ways to reduce the number of illegal guns trafficked into The Bahamas from the United States. His comments came after a recent report on gun trafficking in the …

PM: 85% of Guns Being Traced Back to the United States Is Alarming

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement NASSAU, BAHAMAS – One day after a United States report on guns revealed 85 percent of guns recovered in The Bahamas were traced to American retailers, Prime Minister Philip Davis says the figures are …

Report: 73% of guns recovered in Caribbean can be traced back to US

A new report is warning that Caribbean people with dual nationality who live in the United States can purchase or facilitate the purchase of firearms and ship them to their home countries given that they have extensive contacts in both the US and the …

LETTER: A Tribute to ASOT MICHAEL

By Lennox Weston I was on the road taking my son to school to university of West Indies where he is reading for a computer science degree reprising my Mr. transporter role I had for my four older daughters. I was jamming Bunny Wailer song, the old dragon, …

Man fighting for his life after stabbing in Richmond

Richmond police are investigating a stabbing that has a man fighting for his life in the hospital.  Units reportedly were called just after 5:30 p.m. on Monday to North 25th Street in the Fairfield area near the intersection with Selden Street. Upon …

MSC Seascape review: A cruise ship as fun as it looks

I dare you not to ogle the minute you step on board MSC Cruises' MSC Seascape. The soaring four-deck atrium practically shouts at you, thanks to the seemingly endless walls of glass, bright colors, shimmering chrome and glittering Swarovski crystal …

The Hidden History of Bermuda Is Reshaping the Way We Think About Colonial America

A sudden roar broke the muggy stillness, making me jump.  A young woman squatting in a shallow trench reassured me. “No worries,” she said, gesturing with a trowel into a nearby thicket. “Our tools here are chainsaws and leaf blowers.” Whisk brooms, dental …

85% of Guns Traced to American Sellers

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A report from the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Department revealed that between 2018 and 2022, 85 percent of recovered guns in The Bahamas were traced to American …

No room for guns nor bribes

IT comes as no surprise that the majority of the guns on our streets have come from the US – the question is, what can be done about it? Our country leads the region in the percentage of guns that come from the US. It’s a category we would have no wish to …

Travel Talk by Jeremy Wayne

Ocean Pool. Photograph by Christian Horan. What’s in a name? Everything, in the case of Paradise Island in the Bahamas, first developed in 1939 by Swedish entrepreneur Axel Wenner-Gren, the founder of Electrolux vacuum cleaners, who in the 1930s was one of …

85% of guns were bought in the US

Some of the guns put on display after being seized by police previously in The Bahamas and (inset) Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis speaking last year at the United Nations on the issue of gun smuggling. By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter …

Report highlights illegal gun problem

A new US report on gun trafficking in the Caribbean found that The Bahamas had the highest percentage of recovered firearms that were sourced in the US and traced to US retail purchasers. The report, prepared by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO …

Philip Morris International (PMI) Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $1.04 Per Share

Philip Morris International (PMI) Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $1.04 Per Share December 7, 2016

Massimo Ferragamo Elected to the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International (PMI)

Massimo Ferragamo Elected to the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International (PMI) December 6, 2016

Philip Morris International (PMI) Announces Filing of Application for Its Electronically Heated Tobacco Product with the ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2016-- Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”) (NYSE / Euronext Paris: PM) on Dec. 5 submitted a Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) application for its electronically heated tobacco product with the U. …

Philip Morris International Inc. Hosts Investor Day; Revises for Currency, and Narrows, 2016 Full-Year Reported Diluted ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 29, 2016-- Regulatory News: Philip Morris International Inc.’s (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) senior management reviews the company’s business outlook and long-term growth strategies at a two-day investor meeting starting …

Philip Morris International Inc. to Host Webcast of 2016 Investor Day

Philip Morris International Inc. to Host Webcast of 2016 Investor Day September 22, 2016

Philip Morris International Welcomes Broad Interest for PMI IMPACT; New Global Initiative to Fight Smuggling and Related ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 15, 2016-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) announced today that the response to PMI IMPACT, its new global funding initiative for third party projects dedicated to fighting …

Philip Morris International Inc. to Host Webcast of 2016 Second-Quarter Results

NEW YORK – July 12, 2016 – Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) will host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss its 2016 second-quarter results, which will be issued …

Philip Morris International Comments on Tribunal’s Decision in Arbitration Between PMI and Uruguay

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 8, 2016-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) today comments on the decision of an ICSID tribunal in the arbitration between PMI and Uruguay regarding two regulations that …

53 billion illegal cigarettes consumed in the European Union last year

New KPMG report for British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International finds that governments lose up to EUR 11.3 billion in revenues Non-EU contraband and counterfeit increased to 88% LONDON--(BUSINESS …

Philip Morris International Comments on English Court’s Plain Packaging Decision

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2016-- Philip Morris International (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) today comments on an English Court’s decision to uphold the UK’s plain packaging regulations. In May 2015, PMI and other companies sought a …

Philip Morris International Inc. to Webcast Presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference

Philip Morris International Inc. to Host Webcast of 2015 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2016-- Regulatory News: Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) will host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss its 2015 Fourth- …

Philip Morris International Inc. Presents at Goldman Sachs Global Staples Forum

Philip Morris International Comments on Court of Justice of the European Union Judgment on the EU Tobacco Products ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2016-- Philip Morris International (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) today comments on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union following its legal review of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive …

Philip Morris International Inc. to webcast presentation at Consumer Analyst Group Of Europe (Cage) Conference

  NEW YORK – March 14, 2016 – Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE/Euronext Paris:PM) will host a live audio webcast of a presentation and question-and-answer session by Jacek Olczak, Chief Financial Officer, at the Consumer Analyst Group of Europe ( …

Philip Morris International signs a new three-year Agreement with Greek government for the purchase of Greek oriental ...

Aspropyrgos, February 24, 2016 - Philip Morris International (PMI) and its affiliate, Papastratos Cigarette Manufacturing Company, announced today a Cooperation Agreement with the Greek Government for the purchase of Greek oriental tobacco for the next …

Philip Morris International (PMI) declares regular quarterly Dividend of $1.02 per share

NEW YORK, March 10, 2016 -- The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE / Euronext Paris: PM) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.02 per common share, payable on April 11, 2016, to shareholders of record as of March …

Philip Morris Asia Limited Comments on Tribunal’s Decision to Decline Jurisdiction in Arbitration Against Commonwealth ...

Ruling Does Not Address Legality of Trademark Ban Under International Law HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2015-- Philip Morris Asia Limited (PMAL), a Hong Kong company that is the parent of Philip Morris Australia, said today that an arbitral tribunal …

PMI Recognized as a Global Leader in Tackling Climate Change

MAKES CDP ‘A LIST’ FOR CLIMATE PERFORMANCE AND SCORES 100% FOR CARBON DISCLOSURE IN THE S&P 500   NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2015-- Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”) (NYSE / Euronext Paris: PM) is recognized as a leading global …

ALTO – Is This The Nicotine Alternative Vapers Have Been Waiting For?

The ALTO brand of e-liquids is a natural, non-toxic, non-addictive stimulatory herbal extract developed specifically for vaping as a nicotine alternative. WORCESTER, WORCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, November 3, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The …