Cutlass-wielding man shot by police
POLICE shot a man who “charged” towards officers while wielding a cutlass.
37 new COVID cases, two more deaths
THE Ministry of Health recorded 37 new cases and two more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, pushing the nation’s overall tally to 11,930.
Police: No permission for Labour Day motorcades
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has advised that it has not given permission for Labour Day motorcades on Friday.
95 migrants repatriated
NEARLY 100 Haitian migrants were repatriated on Thursday.
PLP Deputy: Budget is 'badly flawed'
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Deputy Leader Chester Cooper has slammed the Minnis administration’s proposed 2021/2022 budget for the upcoming fiscal year, branding it as one that’s “badly flawed” and “far removed from reality.”
Budget 'a step in the right direction' for Grand Bahama
MORE Grand Bahama businesspersons and residents are weighing in on the plans and benefits announced in the budget communication delivered last week by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
Prosecutors allege Rudolph King defrauded Post Office of more than $650,000
RUDOLPH King was re-arraigned on fraud charges in the Magistrate’s Court Thursday, with prosecutors increasing the amount of money he allegedly defrauded from the General Post Office to more than $650,000.
EDITORIAL: One man’s struggle, a whole community’s support
IT has been a tough year for many of us – but few will have had as tough a year as artist Kim Smith.
STATESIDE: Millions remain off-message and yearn to see Trump’s return
IT HAS long been a truism in American politics that life and social, economic and political views are quite different outside the Washington, DC, beltway than within it.
FRONT PORCH: The Speaker has gotten it terribly wrong
IN an interview with the press following Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr Hubert Minnis’s Communication to the House of Assembly on the 2021/2022 National Budget, Speaker House Halson Moultrie publicly criticized the Budget.
$1m drug suspects are released on bail
THREE men who denied being found with nearly $1m worth of marijuana in Exuma last week were yesterday granted bail before their trial.
Moultrie: Shanty demolitions right - let’s do some in Nassau Village
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie has fully endorsed the government’s demolition programme of houses in Abaco shanty towns and called on Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister to assist him with a similar exercise in Nassau Village.
‘$2.5m benefit’ for residents in economic zones
RESIDENTS and businesses in inner-city economic empowerment zones on New Providence accessed about $2.5m in tax concessions up to November 2020, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said during debate on the budget in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Rahming praises $2m for Pinewood flooding
PINEWOOD MP Reuben Rahming yesterday championed the Minnis administration for allocating $2m to address the constituency’s long standing flooding woes.
Haiti to accept vaccine in bid to curb virus spread
THE Haitian government will now be accepting the COVAX-generated Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine with the hope of curbing the fast-spreading COVID-19 virus in that country, Pan American Health Organization officials said yesterday.
Lloyd: $40m spent on school repairs
NEARLY $40m has been spent by the government on school repairs across the country, with a $20m budget for the continuation of repair work for the upcoming fiscal year, according to Education Minister Jeff Lloyd.
Unselected FNM Humes calls for more respect
FORT Charlotte MP Mark Humes interrupted Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ speech in the House of Assembly yesterday to urge the Killarney MP to treat him with more respect, saying he deserves it after he was “unceremoniously” dumped from the Free National Movement’s ticket for the next general election.
PM’s GDP growth targets ‘nothing to write home’ on
The prime minister’s ambitions of achieving a “consistent” five to six percent annual GDP growth rate are “nothing to write home about” when set against COVID-19’s economic devastation, it was argued yesterday.
