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Two feeding programmes launched
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe announced the start of two new feeding programmes that will offer breakfast to students and make available provisions for people to be fed at night.
FRONT PORCH: Events, dear boy, events!
THERE is a rejoinder, allegedly made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan when asked what was among the greatest challenges he faced as a political leader. The alleged response: “Events, dear boy, events,” has never been fully authenticated, though it has been widely reported.
Govt owes $1.7m to BTVI
MORE than $1m is owed to the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) by the Ministry of Education, according to an audit into the institution.
Old Fort Bay ‘torn’ by escalating fight
One of western New Providence’s most upscale communities is being “torn” apart through an escalating dispute triggered by demands that homeowners finance a 50 percent increase in security costs.
Food retailers ‘trying like hell’ for Friday solutions
Bahamian food retailers were yesterday “trying like hell” to meet Friday’s deadline to produce an acceptable alternative to the Government’s “catastrophic” price control expansion.
Bahamas cannot be blacklisting ‘pariah’
The Bahamas will not risk becoming a global “pariah” by rejecting the countries and organisations that continue to ‘blacklist’ its financial services industry, a Cabinet minister asserted yesterday.
BTVI overpaid staff by nearly $100,000
The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) potentially overpaid its 135 staff by almost $100,000 over the ten months to end-July 2020, it was revealed yesterday.
EU blacklist: ‘Square peg in round holes’
The Government and Opposition yesterday continued to trade blows over who was responsible for The Bahamas’ blacklisting by the European Union (EU) amid accusations a key reporting system “did not cut the mustard”.
Ministry ‘aware’ of teacher shortage
CONCERNS have been raised about a teacher shortage at RN Gomez All Age School in Bullocks Harbour, Berry Islands.
‘Govt will phase in liveable wage’
LABOUR Minister Keith Bell said the government remains committed to phasing in a “liveable wage” for Bahamian workers.
Police investigate ‘man with knife’ at school
POLICE have confirmed an investigation is ongoing into a six-year-old girl’s account that she was approached and chased by a man with a knife while at school.
Bell defends govt after complaints of ‘mistreated’ migrants
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell yesterday defended government’s efforts in handling irregular migrants in response to claims that migrants have been “mistreated” by law enforcement during the government’s recent shanty town crackdown.
Watson apology ‘not accepted’
WOMEN United has rejected press secretary Clint Watson’s apology saying that alone it was not enough as it failed to identify the female contributors to the national dialogue who he recklessly marginalised.
Mother upset at wait for Turin files
BLAIR John’s mother is unhappy that more than three years since her son’s death, Bahamian officials have yet to receive files related to the investigation from Italian authorities.
$600,000 on furniture at embassy
AN AUDIT into The Bahamas’ Embassy in Brussels, Belgium found that over $600,000 of taxpayer’s money was spent on furniture purchases for the official residence.
Company chief defends ankle monitor system
THE chief executive officer of the company contracted by the Ministry of National Security to provide ankle monitoring bracelets for people on bail vehemently defended the system, saying there is no fault in the devices he offers.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS: UK's Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority.
BAIN ARRESTED AT PARLIAMENT: Activist and coalition members held after Rawson Square protest
ACTIVIST Lincoln Bain, along with several supporters, were arrested yesterday outside of the House of Assembly after scores of them bombarded Parliament Square demanding that the government tackle what they deemed an “immigration crisis”.
