‘We don’t have enough doctors in the system’
THE Bahamas Doctors Union president has said that there are doctor shortages within the public healthcare system while calling on the government to reveal that some 40 recently graduated interns have “been sent home” and a handful of physicians were “terminated.”
COVID hits passport office
FOLLOWING a COVID-19 outbreak at the Passport Office, Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield said officials are now looking at alternative sites to facilitate the collection of passports.
No state of emergency? Then no restrictions
ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe said the Minnis administration cannot implement COVID-19 restrictions of any kind if the state of emergency is allowed to expire.
Wells says constituencies report not being held back
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells denied yesterday that he and Marco City MP Michael Pintard have acted to ensure the Constituencies Commission does not release its report until Parliament is dissolved for an election.
Davis accuses govt of voter suppression
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has accused the government of voter suppression based on claims that Hurricane Dorian victims are expected to file police reports at their home islands as a prerequisite for voter registration.
Airbnbs ‘choke off’ local rental market
Exuma’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday warned that the island’s soaring vacation property success was “choking off” Bahamian access to affordable rental units.
Port chief hits back on ‘chill’ at Lucayan
The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) president yesterday slammed as “disingenuous” the attack on its water provider subsidiary by the Grand Lucayan’s chairman.
Customs assurances ‘win-win’ for everyone
Grand Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president hailed yesterday’s meeting with Customs as “a win-win for everyone” after it pledged not to violate Freeport’s founding treaty or existing court orders.
Super Value fighting price hikes ‘as long as we can’
Super Value’s president yesterday pledged to hold-off food price increases as long as possible, but reiterated that eight to ten percent rises by Christmas “is not a prediction but a fact”.
Policy reforms need for $200m IDB guarantee
The Bahamas must implement several policy reforms to develop its “blue economy” in return for obtaining a $200m guarantee that will underwrite the government’s planned $700m foreign currency bond.
Wynn in new bid to secure property
WITH just under a year to the completion of his Cable Beach development, Paul Wynn is challenging the government to put one of its dilapidated buildings out to tender to remove the eyesore from the area of his investment.
Pinder: I’ll beat copycat Mitchell to Fox Hill seat
JOHN Pinder, the Free National Movement’s candidate for Fox Hill, yesterday officially retired from his post as director of the Department of Labour.
‘DON’T PANIC’: Dames urges would-be voters to stay calm and ignore election guesses
A RUSH of people seeking to register to vote on Monday forced Parliamentary Registration Department centres to extend satellite office hours to accommodate the surge.
‘PM has no choice but to go early’
HOUSE of Assembly Speaker Halson Moultrie believes the Minnis administration is between a rock and a hard place with really no other choice but to call an early election.
Holiday weekend blamed for surge
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said yesterday the recent spike in COVID-19 cases can be attributed to Independence Day festivities.
Farmers, fishermen place hopes on Govt insurance
Farmers yesterday said they are pinning their hopes on government-led insurance schemes to aid the sector’s recovery from future hurricanes because private companies “wouldn’t even entertain” the concept.
HUBERT EDWARDS: A matter of life and debt
In the final of a four-part series, Hubert Edwards says The Bahamas has much to do in developing a growth platform to pay down its debt . . .
Ayton and the Suns miss out as Bucks win championship
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.
Pintard talks with world kitchen
A Bahamian Cabinet minister was among the featured speakers at a seminar that focused on strengthening food and agriculture resilience in the wider Caribbean region.
Shark Week episode to feature New Providence
South-west New Providence will feature heavily in a Shark Week episode set to be screened during the second week in July, reaching potentially up to 88m homes in 224 countries.
