Upgrade to management system
SOCIAL Services Minister Frankie Campbell said Cabinet has approved funding for a near $700,000 information management system to track all clients and thus reduce waiting time. Before Cabinet yesterday, the minister told the press the government has
Web shops going legal on closure
Several web shops yesterday "lit the candle under" their attorney to file legal action against the Government by tomorrow "at the latest" over their continuing COVID-19 closure.
No decision 'yet' on shedding civil service retirees
The government had made no decision “as yet” on whether it will seek to cut the $670m civil service wage bill by shedding all public sector workers who have reached retirement age. K Peter Turnquest, in brief messaged replies to Tribune Business que
Bahamas urged: Break with fiscal 'false reality'
Bahamians were yesterday urged by a governance reformer to “take off the rose-coloured glasses and get real” over a post-COVID-19 predicament that has pushed the country “over the fiscal edge”.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance
'Stop picking virus winners and losers'
A Bahamian retailer yesterday urged the government to “stop picking winners and losers” in determining which businesses are COVID-19 “essentials” after he was forced to fully terminate 20 staff.Egan Kemp, president of Eunison Company, the Shoe Depot
BISX-listed firms warn on dividends
Several BISX-listed companies have warned shareholders against “undue optimism” that dividend payments will continue given the need to preserve cash and liquidity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both JS Johnson and Family Guardian cautioned investors
Health chief’s answer on why islands stay shut: ‘I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW’
DEPUTY Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen said he does not know why some Family Islands without COVID-19 cases have not been allowed to resume normal commercial activity, saying that is not a Ministry of Health level decision.
Commodore handed new role at ministry
AFTER months of speculation surrounding the future of Commodore Tellis Bethel, Minister of National Security Marvin Dames confirmed yesterday the senior officer will be transferred to the Ministry of National Security, adopting a new role that “will fit right into his skill set”.
Returnees must pay for flight
SANDRA Moss is angry that her son, a college student in Arkansas, has to pay Bahamasair to return to the country this week even though residents who were repatriated here during the first exercise flew on the airline free of charge.
Top javelin thrower Otabor aims for FIU
Rhema Otabor, already established as one of the top junior female javelin throwers in the region, is heading to Florida International University in Miami, Florida, in August.
Lockdown visit to pastor costs man $700
A MAN was fined $700 yesterday after claiming he violated the COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday to visit a pastor in search of food for his family. He was one of five people who appeared before Magistrate Sandradee Gardiner for curfew and lockdown infra
Fined for refusing to give name
A 22-year-old man was fined $100 yesterday after refusing to give his name and address to an officer when he was stopped for a traffic violation last week. Brent Taylor appeared before Magistrate Sandradee Gardiner charged with failing to give his n
Yes, we have been sold down the river
The late E. Dawson Roberts would frequently quote the unattributed maxim that “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom”.
PHA issues protocols for patients
AFTER a doctor got into a row last month with a patient of PMH’s Dialysis Unit who would not remove his shoes, the Public Hospitals Authority has issued a statement laying out new COVID-19 prevention protocols for the area. According to the guidelin
Dickinson State Hall of Fame: Ramon Miller to be inducted
BAHAMIAN quarter-miler turned policeman Ramon Miller heads the list of persons who will be inducted into the Dickinson State University’s Hall of Fame class for 2020.
Foreign firm removes aragonite permit claim
A Mexican company has removed from its website promotional material claiming it has the necessary approvals to dredge for, and export, “aragonite sand” from Sandy Cay in the northwestern Bahamas.Oceanus International’s website, up until April 25, sta
Minister rejects NIB concerns in Bimini
A Cabinet minister yesterday rejected concerns that many Bimini residents had failed to receive their National Insurance Board (NIB) unemployment benefit prior to the island’s two-week lockdown. Brensil Rolle, minister for the public service with re
COVID-19's big economic rebuild - 2020 and beyond
In the first of a new three-part series, Hubert Edwards looks at the scale of the recovery task confronting The Bahamas in the immediate term and further out The Bahamian economy must be rebuilt following this global crisis. We deliberately avoid
Social services in $700k IT system
The Ministry of Social Services has received the go-ahead to acquire a near-$700,000 information management system that will better track benefits recipients and reduce application turnaround times. Frankie Campbell, pictured , minister for social s
BTC aids Freeport hospital patients
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has provided the Rand Memorial Hospital with mobile devices so patients can talk to their relatives during the COVID-19 lockdown.Visitors are not allowed in the hospital due to the pandemic. Garfield “Garr
