Robotics and renewables join high school curriculum
The Ministry of Education is adding robotics and sustainable energy as topics to its high school curriculum in a bid to further reduce workforce skills gaps in industries The Bahamas wants to develop.
Morgue overfull at hospital
THE morgue at Princess Margaret Hospital is operating beyond capacity sparking an appeal from officials yesterday for the collection of remains.
Schoolteacher murder appeals are adjourned
THE Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned the substantive hearing of the appeals of three men who are seeking to challenge the convictions and sentences they received after they were tried for the robbery and murder of a schoolteacher in 2015.
Man says he took puppy in tit-for-tat revenge theft
A 34-year-old man who said he took his cousin’s puppy after he allegedly stole his pet dog was yesterday discharged with a warning.
Stay out of trouble for a year - or go to prison
A 21-year-old man who was caught with $20 worth of marijuana must stay out of trouble for a year to avoid spending three months behind bars.
Unvaccinated treated like scapegoats
When the coronavirus began to spread across the world in the first quarter of 2020, we heard the word asymptomatic so frequently that even those who had never known the word before can now comfortably use it in a sentence correctly. That word has fallen into disuse and now unvaccinated is the only word being touted by the media. There is not a news bulletin aired without unvaccinated being mentioned. The unvaccinated are being likened to asymptomatic I presume. The hospitalised are mainly unvaccinated. The dying is unvaccinated.
South Africa
I am deeply disappointed that South African National Congress is failing to tackle the challenges and crises in South Africa. ANC is a political party which is well managed and has strong leadership unlike the Zimbabwean ZANU PF political party. I am urging ANC and its leadership to address the deep issues that is threatening the peace and economic prosperity of South Africa urgently.
Bahamian swimmers eager for Olympic start
WHILE they await the reminder of Team Bahamas’ arrival in Tokyo, Japan, swimmers Joanna Evans and Izaak Bastian are eager to get in the pool and start competing at the 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday.
BFA Women’s National team squad selected
FORMER national team member Chelindria Thompson is excited to lead the revitalisation of the Bahamas Football Association women’s national team programme as the new head coach.
EDITORIAL: Cases rising and workers overwhelmed - what next?
THE surge in COVID-19 cases is hitting our health services hard.
STATESIDE: Two crises in America’s backyard it’ll do very little about
BAHAMIANS pretty much understand the US only seriously engages in the Caribbean once in a while, and usually in a posture reactive to a rapidly deteriorating security situation. Well-known examples of American military intervention over many decades are to be found in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Cuba.
FRONT PORCH: People will die and the pandemic rage on unless people wake up and take the vaccine
Last week Friday, the highly-regarded US Centre for Disease Control Director Dr Rochelle Walensky offered: “There is a clear message that is coming through: This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated”, which is becoming a term of art in the medical field.
Adjournment request in missing Cuban case
THE attorney of the Cuban woman said to have drowned at sea after the boat she was on capsized yesterday requested an adjournment in her habeas corpus application to invoke an Article 28 jurisdiction to supplement the “lack of discovery” in the government’s returns.
Govt bid to stay ruling on citizenship denied
THE Court of Appeal has denied the government’s application to stay the effect of its ruling affirming Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder’s landmark decision on citizenship rights in The Bahamas.
Forbes: Vaccine coverage must be the priority
THE country’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine coverage in the country needs to be prioritised as less than 40,000 Bahamians have been fully vaccinated and COVID-19 cases surge again.
No evidence of delta variant in The Bahamas
A PAN American Health Organization official said there is evidence the Alpha variant of COVID-19 has infected Bahamians, but there is no evidence the highly contagious Delta strain is here.
Munroe: Voter requirements for transfers are unnecessary
THE Progressive Liberal Party yesterday doubled down on its criticism of the voter registration process, saying the new requirements for voters transferring constituencies are unnecessary and counterproductive.
Tributes to Saunders after fatal car crash
TRIBUTES have poured out on social media for Clay Saunders, former chairman of the Free National Movement Freetown constituency association, who died in a car accident earlier this week.
Luxury goods retailer locked in $34m battle
A local luxury goods retailer is locked in a furious $34m legal battle with an overseas supplier who is asserting that the dispute threatens “to ruin the name of The Bahamas” if not resolved.
Fisheries eye post-season cut-off over crawfish sales
The fisheries industry is discussing whether to impose a deadline beyond which crawfish cannot be sold after the March 31 season close, Tribune Business was told last night.
