Sandilands staff frustrated over delay in payments
A NUMBER of Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre employees gathered outside the facility yesterday in frustration over outstanding honorarium payments, according to Bahamas Public Service Union President Kimsley Ferguson.
Attorney asks eligible Bahamians to consider adoption
A LOCAL attorney is urging eligible Bahamians to consider adoption as a means to positively impact children in need of stability and the support of family.
Campaign finance reform on agenda
THE Davis administration plans to amend the Public Disclosure Act to include campaign finance reform with a view of prosecuting those “who run afoul of the law,” Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said yesterday.
PLP corruption trials cost $1.1m
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder revealed yesterday the Minnis administration paid some $1.1 million on the failed “political” prosecutions of former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson and former PLP Senator Frank Smith.
AG seeks axe for African lawyers
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said he has requested the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to terminate the contracts of two non-Bahamian lawyers who were appointed to senior posts in the Department of Public Prosecutions under the former administration.
Schools restart in early January
ALL schools in the country will reopen for in-person instruction in the second week of January with just a few exceptions, according to Minister of Education and Technical and Vocational Training Glenys Hanna Martin.
PLEASE, GOD NEVER AGAIN – Bella’s death sparks calls for greater child protection measures
PEOPLE living near the major subdivision apartment where four-year-old Bella Walker lived with relatives alleged she was living in a volatile environment, marked by constant fighting between adults in the home.
Accountants told peer oversight ‘here to stay’
Practice monitoring for public accountants is “here to stay”, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president said yesterday.
CARIFTA Games set for Jamaica
After a two-year hiatus, the CARIFTA Games - the region’s top junior track and field competition - will return to Jamaica over the Easter holiday weekend next year for the eighth time since its inception in 1972 to the island that has dominated, winning the overall crown all but five times.
BAARK: Ministers lending their full support to inaugural Potcake Golf Tournament
NEITHER may be able to be competitive on the course, but both Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg and Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Clay Sweeting are lending their full support to the inaugural Potcake Golf Tournament.
AG pledges to ‘enforce’ investor commitments
The Attorney General yesterday pledged to “enforce” Heads of Agreement commitments requiring foreign investors to use Bahamian products, professionals and artisans for their projects.
The ‘third line’ of corporate defence
AS defined by the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in 2004, enterprise risk management (ERM) is a process effected by an entity’s board of directors, management and other personnel. It is applied in a strategy setting across the company, and is designed to identify potential events that may affect the business and manage risk such that it falls within its risk appetite.
Bus drivers: ‘Don’t leave us hanging’
Jitney drivers yesterday urged the Government to either approve a passenger fare increase or subsidise the sector given that they are still restricted to 50 percent seating capacity.
Pedestrian dies after being struck by car
A pedestrian is dead after he was struck by a car on Sunday night in New Providence.
It’s time for us all to wake up
I recently read – and I am sure it was in The Tribune – that despite the danger to our planet – there was still talk of oil in our waters and the possibility of drilling for it.
Salvage what tourism is available
I am the owner of travel agencies in the Rochester and Syracuse area of New York State. Our family are also winter residents of The Bahamas.
Marine tells court her husband ‘threw garbage at her’ and ‘punched her repeatedly’
A FEMALE marine yesterday testified how her spouse threw garbage at her before punching her repeatedly and accusing her of contaminating their marital home.
Man accused of burglary and indecent assault
A 50-year-old man accused of burglary and indecent assault was yesterday denied bail.
Two-and-a-half year sentence is affirmed
THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the two-and-a-half-year sentence of a man who was caught riding in a car with two loaded firearms three years ago.
