STATESIDE: Options on the table - which one will Putin decide to take?
What’s going to happen with Ukraine? The ominous Eastern European crisis has people on edge all over America and especially, throughout Europe. It’s been over 75 years and three generations since Europe has been wracked by a major armed conflict. No one seems to have much of an appetite for what Vladimir Putin is now threatening. Analysts predict if his Russian army (and navy) conduct a full-scale assault on Ukraine, potentially hundreds of thousands of civilians will be killed. There would of course be many other costs as well.
FRONT PORCH: Mixed signals and confusion when bold action is needed
Outlawing marital rape is a clear and easy moral call. It is about upholding the innate dignity and corresponding equality of women, including spouses, mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and colleagues.
EDITORIAL: A rush to criticise, but slow to exonerate
YOU may remember the political row surrounding the health travel visa and the selection of payment processing company Kanoo to handle payments for the visa.
$1.3m a month to support 11,300 people in need
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe said his ministry is spending $1.3m each month on social assistance for 11,300 people and he expects this number to grow.
Ministry considering loosening testing restrictions
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said the Ministry of Health’s Emergency Operations Centre is looking at “loosening” the country’s border testing restrictions.
US delivers 32,000 Pfizer doses
THE United States delivered 32,400 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to The Bahamas yesterday.
Minimum wage proposals ready for parliament ‘very soon’
IMMIGRATION and Labour Minister Keith Bell said officials anticipate that legislation for a new minimum wage will be ready to present to Parliament “very soon”.
MARCO Alert final testing ‘in coming weeks’
THE Ministry of National Security in partnership with Bahamas Telecommunications Company yesterday conducted the final testing of the MARCO Alert system, with full rollout of the platform expected “in the coming weeks”.
BOB defeats ‘irregular’ $6m default judgment
Bank of The Bahamas yesterday emerged victorious in one of its two “highest risk” legal battles after a $6m default judgment against it was found to have been “irregularly” obtained.
Health Travel Visa ‘worked bloody well’
A former tourism minister yesterday asserted that the Auditor General’s findings proved the Health Travel Visa had “worked bloody well”, adding: “There’s not a penny missing.”
BISX-listed insurer in 37% profit jump
A BISX-listed insurance group yesterday unveiled a 36.8 percent year-over-year profit increase for 2021 as its top executive said it was "time to be cautiously optimistic" after two years of COVID.
Retailer: Price rises ‘hurting our hearts’
The Retail Grocers Association’s president yesterday warned that many merchants would be “forced out of business” by any move to impose across-the-board controls on their margins.
Auditor General hails Health Visa’s ‘vision’
The Auditor General’s Office has hailed the Ministry of Tourism’s “vision and implementation” of the Health Travel Visa despite finding multiple concerns over how the scheme was administered.
‘Major win’ for Bahamas on GDP rule change over natural disasters
AFTER Bahamian representatives at COP26 insisted that using gross domestic product was not a realistic means in determining countries’ need for financial assistance following natural disasters, the Global Environment Facility has indicated the decision to move away from using GDP as the primary economic indicator.
‘BAMSI in disrepair’
DESPITE an increase in the budget for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute, certain portions of the facility fell into disrepair, according to Agriculture Minister Clay Sweeting yesterday.
Pledge summit was UN event, not ours’
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says when people mock the 2020 Hurricane Dorian pledge conference, they are in fact knocking the work of the United Nations Development Programme, not his administration.
Travel visa scheme has auditor’s approval
THE Office of the Auditor General commended the Ministry of Tourism for its implementation of the Bahamas Travel Visa Programme, an initiative the Progressive Liberal Party criticised last year.
Davis: We’ll intervene to offset rising costs
IN a meeting with stakeholders yesterday, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis indicated his administration’s “readiness to make critical policy interventions” to offset rising costs brought on by global inflation.
Union puzzled why deal needs Cabinet sign off
THE union representing National Insurance Board employees has renewed calls for the government to finalise its outstanding industrial agreement which it says expired over two years ago.
