Pestco workers unhappy at lack of severance pay
ABOUT ten disgruntled employees at Pestco Maintenance & Supply Co Ltd and Verified Services Bahamas have not received their severance pay more than a year after the establishments closed.
Body found with leg bitten off
POLlCE are investigating an apparent drowning after a man – whose leg appeared to be partially bitten off – was pulled from waters off New Providence.
Update on onion safety alert
THE Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority has issued an update on the ongoing trace back investigation regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella oranienburg infections linked to whole, fresh onions distributed throughout the US.
Christian Science and COVID-19
I was taken aback after learning of two Grand Bahamian women who are adherents of Christian Science (not to be confused with L Ron Hubbard’s Scientology), a cult based in the north eastern region of the United States. Both women are Black.
Swift Athletics track club stages 4th annual Fresh Creek Road Race
IN their continued effort to promote the track and field programme ran by former basketball player turned physical education teacher Felicia Cartwright, Andrew Tynes and his Swift Athletics Track Club returned to Andros to put on the fourth annual Fresh Creek Road Race.
Cost to the Treasury
I read with amazement and listened to the Senior Police officers who have been reinstated, congrats; but as a tax payer I dread what this means to our public treasury.
If you owe, then pay up
It is disturbing that seemingly there was a very relaxed policy in the Minnis Administration concerning the basic collection of taxes. The mention by PM Davis that there is a single person a developer who owes $1.4m sends cold shivers down my back... friends can be friends but bills — tax liabilities have to be paid or Government will have to be forced to raise taxes. Hope the tax collection reinforcement group will sweep and act... zero discounts Minister... you owe, you pay others have.
Man left to die had gunshot wounds to his back and arm
A MAN who was shot and left in the road to die five years ago had gunshot wounds to his back and left forearm, a forensic pathologist testified yesterday.
Child cruelty trial over children’s hostel does not start as scheduled
THE trial of six women charged with child cruelty in connection with the beating of a number of wards at the Children’s Emergency Hostel earlier this year did not start as scheduled yesterday.
Woman ‘tried to delay police officers’
A WOMAN tried to stall police officers when they attempted to search her and her boyfriend’s residence for illegal drugs, a court was told yesterday.
Man denies possession of loaded gun
A MAN who denied being in possession of a loaded gun has been remanded pending a bail hearing.
‘Buddy’ Hield scores 19 in loss to Jazz
NBA star Chavano “Buddy” Hield scored 19 points, jawing with Donovan Mitchell, but it wasn’t enough as the Utah Jazz prevailed with the victory in Salt Lake City, Utah, last night.
In ‘The Lab’ with Marvin Henfield gets good reviews from participants, parents
MARVIN Henfield’s open house for his new shooting “lab” on Saturday at the former Caribbean Bottling Company’s warehouse got a lot of good reviews from both parents and participants of his Caribbean Sports Academy (CSA).
Ole Miss projected no.6 in preseason coaches poll
YOLETT McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels are expected to improve in one of the most keenly contested conferences in all of NCAA Division I.
CEC Sand Dollars, Mariposa Gold Drops are winners in first horse show of year
SEVEN teams competed in the Bahamas Interscholastic Equestrian League (BIEL) show hosted by the LCIS Dragons at Mariposa Stables on Saturday.
PETER YOUNG: With the world watching, will our leaders rise to the challenge?
ITALY and Scotland have been the focus of international diplomacy this past week. Rome hosted the two-day G20 meeting of the world’s wealthiest countries, and this was followed on Sunday by the official opening of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow, with most of the G20 leaders travelling there direct from their Rome meeting.
FACE TO FACE: A tragic price paid for those who won’t take the vaccine
WHEN Erin Bethell-Jones assisted her grandmother, Janey with receiving her vaccine for protection against COVID-19, it was a proud moment. She wanted her to be safe in a pandemic and live as many healthy happy years as she could. However, last month Janey passed away from a non-COVID-related issue. What tore Erin up is that she felt her grandmother would still be alive if an ambulance was able to come for her.
EDITORIAL: Out with the orders, in with the rules
THE move away from emergency orders has begun.
