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Mitchell says cruise rules relaxation ‘discriminatory’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell has called the government’s relaxation of travel visa requirements for cruise passengers out of Florida “discriminatory.”

Lewis to meet artists over Independence row

AFTER concerns were raised by several Bahamian performers about this year’s Independence Day celebration, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Iram Lewis said he plans to meet with local artists to address their issues.

Why aren’t more health workers taking vaccine?

A PUBLIC Hospitals Authority official has lamented vaccine hesitancy as an ongoing challenge for the healthcare sector, telling The Tribune more healthcare workers should want the jab having witnessed the effects of COVID-19.

New Providence man is latest COVID victim

A 43-YEAR-OLD New Providence man has become the country’s latest victim of COVID-19.

Govt ‘in talks’ with Caribbean country for 20k doses

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said yesterday the government is currently engaged in talks with another Caribbean country to secure additional 20,000 vaccines to shore up its vaccine supplies, as officials await shipment for the remaining doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX Facility.

Nurses chief: Why do PMH issues take so long to resolve?

THE president of the Bahamas Nurses Union has chided public health officials for the length of time it takes to address issues within Princess Margaret Hospital.

4,000 approved for funding from DRA

NEARLY 4,000 approved homeowners on Grand Bahama and Abaco have been assessed and funded through the Disaster Reconstruction Authority’s Small Home Repair Programme.

Home construction to start in Central Pines

WITHIN the next few days, the Disaster Reconstruction Authority will start construction of five homes in Central Pines, Abaco, one of the island’s popular housing subdivisions.

Police force goes cashless in Grand Bahama

AFTER going cashless in New Providence, the Royal Bahamas Police Force has extended the initiative to Grand Bahama and will no longer accept cash from citizens.

‘Pay people back and $3k fine’

A 44-year-old businessman who accepted money from two different clients without performing the services he agreed to carry out was yesterday fined $3,000 and ordered to pay back the people he inconvenienced.

Teenager is charged with murder

A TEENAGER was charged with murder and attempted murder in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

PETER YOUNG: Beating the Germans at Wembley, dare we dream of more?

AFTER writing last week about the then upcoming clash between England and Germany at the European football championships, the extraordinary events of recent days demand a return to the subject today.

EDITORIAL: Hesitancy among our health workers

IN yesterday’s Tribune, we reported on the concerns of nurses with a number of workers sick with COVID, and one having recently died. Those are valid concerns indeed – so why is it that in today’s Tribune, we hear that there is a hesitancy within healthcare workers to take the vaccine?

Pastors rent to numbers house boys

Some weeks back I saw a missive penned by a group of pastors that expressed disapproval of the appointment of a web shop gaming mogul by the Free National Movement government to a diplomatic post.

Say no to PLP

Are you aware that many FNM supporters have been ousted from the FNM in the past three decades and counting? We are called FNMs in exile, or FNM-iEx for short. Some among us are in voluntary exile from the party, and others have been forced in to the situation by forces loyal to Pindling’s most illustrious PLP protégé at that time.

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