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At-risk students see major GPA gains as school violence drops
HUNDREDS of academically at-risk students have significantly improved their performance, with many moving from GPAs below 1.0 to achieving a 3.0, Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said yesterday.
Advocates blast PMH after deaf patient is denied interpreter
A DEAF woman was unable to understand her treatment or communicate with doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital after a car accident, a case advocates say exposes serious gaps in how Deaf patients are treated in the healthcare system more than a decade after the law guaranteed equal access to care and information.
Second fatal shooting by off-duty officer in two days
A SECOND fatal police-involved shooting involving an off-duty officer in two days has left a 48-year-old man dead, intensifying scrutiny of the use of force.
RBPF statements in deadly police encounters slammed
HUMAN Rights Bahamas has decried how the Royal Bahamas Police Force describes fatal police-involved shootings in the immediate aftermath, saying early accounts tend to favour the officer involved, undermining confidence in investigations.
US calls for justice without delay
THE United States Embassy has urged Bahamian authorities to ensure justice “without delay” after an American Pike Corporation worker was shot dead by an off-duty police officer on Saturday, as new details emerged suggesting the victim – who leaves behind a four-months pregnant wife – had only gone to the scene to pick up relatives.
Govt seeks to buy GB Power with $280m in guaranteed loans
THE government is moving to take control of the Grand Bahama Power Company through a state-owned entity, backed by $280 million in guaranteed loans, a plan it says will ease electricity costs.
TUC president launches Lucayan defamation writ
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) president yesterday said he has made good on his threat to sue the Government, and senior labour and investment officials, over assertions that he attended meetings and discussions over the severance packages for Grand Lucayan workers.
