Rush for Pfizer vaccine as demand on the rise
WITH demand for COVID-19 vaccinations continuing to climb, National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee Chairperson Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis said officials are now facing the challenge of meeting it as she appealed for more Bahamians to volunteer to assist with the country’s vaccination programme.
Workforce industrial action branded ‘illegal’ by BPL
BAHAMAS Power & Light (BPL) has branded yesterday’s industrial action by its workforce as “illegal” while assuring the public a contingency plan is in place to ensure power disruption is minimal.
38,400 doses of J&J vaccine delivered
ABOUT 38,400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in the Bahamas yesterday.
Doctors ‘overwhelmed’ - and distressed at election call
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ announcement of a general election next month has distressed senior doctors who along with other medical workers have shouldered the burden of a COVID-19 induced near collapse of the nation’s healthcare systems.
BEWU head: $58,000 a year ‘flat out lie’
THE Bahamas Electrical Workers Union head said yesterday it is a “flat out lie” that Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) line staff make an average of $58,000 a year
ORG exec: Snap election leaves “several outstanding issues unresolved”
CALLING a snap election has left “several outstanding issues unresolved,” which are “now at risk”, a governance reformer has warned.
South Andros Commerce president: New curfew will bring COVID surge under control
SOUTH Andros Chamber of Commerce president Joe Rahming says he welcomes the new 8pm curfew on the island as it will help bring their COVID-19 surge under control.
14 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed
FOURTEEN additional people have been added to the nation’s COVID-19 death toll, according to data released by the Ministry of Health yesterday.
Unions dangle national strike threat
THREATENING a national strike, union leaders came out in heavy support of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union yesterday as its members walked off the job for the second time in less than two months.
Okay folks, the race is on. There’s one thing to decide . . . WHO DO WE TRUST?
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced an early election yesterday after Governor General Sir C A Smith dissolved Parliament, a step he said is needed to ensure the next administration has the mandate to address the major economic and health challenges ahead.
Anniversary of FNM’s 1992 victory
I consider former Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Ingraham to be the greatest political leader in the annals of modern Bahamian history. If Sir Lynden Pindling is the Black Moses, then Ingraham is the Black Joshua, who led The Bahamas into the land of Canaan, where true democracy along with its attendant freedom of speech and expression, evident in the opening of the airwaves, resides.
Rental assistance
Navigating one's way through the sweltering heat of hardship is no easy undertaking. An unduly harsh economic climate, reduced work hours and the myriad of uncertainty that surrounds and assails the poor and marginalised in this country can be daunting.
Rhema Otabor breaks junior national record in the javelin
Although she produced a junior national record, Rhema Otabor said she was a little disappointed in falling short of getting on the medal podium in the women’s javelin at the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships.
Couple plead guilty to child cruelty charges
A COUPLE accused of child cruelty were arraigned on various serious child-abuse related charges in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Health worker sick-out goes into eighth day
WITH yesterday marking the eighth day of a staff sick out affecting public health services, Health Minister Renward Wells said officials are in discussions with unions.
Accused ‘fired six warning shots’ says police officer
A MAN fired six warning shots after a police officer tried to arrest him for pulling out a gun in a packed nightclub, a court was told.
Man admits unlawful sex with boy aged 15
A 39-YEAR-OLD man who admitted to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old boy was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday by a Grand Bahama magistrate.
20-year sentence upheld for man who shot his victim in head in nightclub
THE COURT of Appeal has affirmed the 20-year prison sentence of a man convicted of fatally shooting another man nearly five years ago.
Officer found marijuana blocks while looking for stolen building supplies
A POLICE officer testified yesterday of finding four packages of marijuana in a man’s home after conducting inquiries for stolen building supplies in his area.
Abaco man accused of murder attempt
AN Abaco man was charged in the Magistrate’s court yesterday with attempted murder.
