INSIGHT: The law is the law - and the government should follow it
IMAGINE if you will the following scenario: You’re driving home, and the police pull you over. When you ask what you did wrong, the officer tells you that you were speeding and so you have broken the law. Not to worry, you say, I’ll change that law when I get home, and off you drive, leaving behind the officer shouting after you that you’ve broken the law right now.
WORLD VIEW: Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration?
SO FAR in this attempt to answer the question, “Has CARICOM reached its limits of regional integration”, it has been established that, after almost 50 years, the regional project has failed to deliver the commitments expected from the 1973 Treaty of Chaguaramas and its Revision in 2001.
THE KDK REPORT: One more day
AT 1AM, my patient receives a phone call from the police. There’s been another car accident. He kisses his wife goodbye, puts on his overalls and grabs his work bag in the garage. Within ten minutes, he arrives at the scene, tonight and often times before the ambulance on call. The road is blocked by at least four police cars and the glare from their flashing siren lights pierces his cornea in the darkness of the hour. After almost 40 years in this profession, he’ll never be fully comfortable with the nightmarish feeling that a night like this elicits.
INSIGHT: Acklins gives up its WW2 secrets - in just a few hours
Found them. As extraordinary as it is, it’s really that simple.
Commissioner ‘frustrated’ by court system problems
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander says he’s frustrated by the court system, as he recounted how a man was out on bail within days after his arrest for possession of a weapon on two separate occasions.
EDITORIAL: Focus on crime, Commissioner, not on yourself
THERE is a certain jarring difference between the topics that the Commissioner of Police, Clayton Fernander, is choosing to address and the issues on the street.
FNM deputy calls for govt strategy on bail issue
FREE National Movement deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright has urged the government to come up with a strategy to address the issue of bail as the number of murders in the country continues to climb.
PM: Masks to become voluntary at ‘comfortable’ vaccine level
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis says when the country’s vaccination rate reaches a “comfortable” level, wearing masks will become voluntary.
Darville pleased with Mental Health Bill
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville has discussed plans for the Mental Health Act 2022 and laying the groundwork for catastrophic care in the Davis administration’s latest budget over the weekend.
Jibrilu: Bahamas ‘top of the rebound curve’
THE incoming CEO of the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board says The Bahamas is at the “top of the rebound curve” in terms of tourism led growth.
Exuma eco-resort strives to overcome supply delays
A $100m eco-resort in Exuma is set to start construction in October once their Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is approved.
‘Eleuthera in desperate need for major fixes’
AN Eleuthera businessman says there are “a lot of concerns” on the island and keeping the electricity on is chief among them.
‘Liveable wage will just have to wait’
The business community is waiting on the government to ratify their recommendations on the minimum wage and says that discussions on a liveable wage cannot be had until the minimum wage is “out of the way”.
Relaxed lending rules for domestic credit
THE Central Bank of The Bahamas is relaxing the guidelines for domestic banks and credit unions around the qualification criteria for provision of credit to the private sector. This takes account of the domestic economy’s increased capacity to sustainably absorb more credit expansion, given the potential for credit growth to stimulate greater imports and increase the net use of foreign exchange.
DEREK SMITH: The culture of information security awareness
Cybercriminals enjoyed an excellent year in 2021. According to positive technologies, a cybersecurity leader to many Fortune 100 companies, the “number of attacks on retail more than doubled from 2018–2019 to 2020–2021” with most attacks targeting services and customers. Even with security innovations, this presents a grim picture for businesses and government agencies.
Four acres of marijuana found
FOUR acres of suspected marijuana with an estimated street value of $2.5m have been discovered in North Andros.
Step one on path to clean energy
WITH the completed installation of a $5m micro-renewable solar plant Ragged Island has become the first major island in the country to be 100 percent solar powered.
Schedule drawn up for clinic upgrades
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville says clinics around the country should experience much needed renovations by the end of the year or early next year as he continued his nationwide tour of these facilities.
Officers 'were told to avoid Fernander'
COMMISSIONER of Police Clayton Fernander says if he had not been “disrupted” by a forced leave and secondment in 2019, he would have been in his retirement by now.
