Police investigate as officers present at liquor store
POLICE are investigating after videos circulated on social media showing a police vehicle on the premises of a liquor establishment.
Five charged with violating curfew
FIVE men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday with violating the national curfew and the five-day lockdown recently implemented by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
Body washed ashore on Freeport beach
Grand Bahama Police are investigating an apparent drowning after a body was discovered washed ashore at a popular beach in Freeport on Friday morning.
Claims that unemployment payments not sent to bank accounts
BAHAMIANS outside the National Insurance Board on Friday complained about problems with the service's online portal. They said their unemployment payments had not been sent to their bank accounts.
Man fined $1,000 after Lowes theft
A 54-year-old man convicted of stealing and receiving stolen goods was fined $1,000 on Friday.
Pintard: Purchasers don't foresee scarcity of food in short term
AGRICULTURE Minister Michael Pintard told the Prime Minister that there was no anticipation of a scarcity of food in the short term despite reported fears in the US of a meat shortage – although he did urge Bahamians to look for more locally produced goods.
Lyford Cay Foundation pledges $200,000 to vulnerable communities
LYFORD Cay Foundation, deeply concerned about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world, particularly on the Bahamas, has pledged $200,000 in immediate aid for vulnerable Bahamian communities affected by the lockdown.
COVID-19: One new confirmed case
THE total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 55 after officials confirmed one additional case on Friday.
EDITORIAL: The manmade disaster of BPL
WE have had our share of disasters already in The Bahamas – but a manmade one lies in wait just ahead.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Marijuana coming in handy for rainy day funds
With tons of free time on my hands these days, (thanks Coronavirus pandemic!), it’s given me the opportunity to research a number of things, one being the uses of marijuana taxation, in the various US states that have legalised marijuana.
DIANE PHILLIPS: A sporting icon from an age of real stars
Amid the obsession with lives in peril, saved or lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the passing of a legend who once stood for the finest in extreme sports, performance and glamour in Nassau nearly went unnoticed.
STATESIDE: Who has better long-term prospects - Trump, Biden or Fauci?
Well, it didn’t have quite the resonance it might have enjoyed if we weren’t all in the middle of a global health pandemic, but Bernie Sanders and then Barack Obama formally endorsed Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate in the past several days. With plenty of Democratic primaries still scheduled for May, June or sometime this summer, the field is now clear for Biden.
Bahamas embassy 'unfit' for use
BAHAMIANS living in the Washington DC area are upset about the dilapidated state of the Bahamas Embassy, deeming it unfit for people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There are complaints of mould infestation, broken crown mouldings, exposed pipes and lea
Govt lines up budget cuts amid economic hardship
THE government has given guidelines to ministries and agencies on budget reductions it hopes to see while mulling over its strategy to navigate through economic hardship over the next several months, FInance Minister Peter Turnquest said yesterday.Wh
Left in tears as she pleads for a little help
FOR the past four weeks, senior citizen Linda Brown has been unsuccessful in trying to receive assistance at the Department of Social Services.
Expanded testing to begin
EXPANDED COVID-19 testing will begin this weekend on high-risk populations, as the number of confirmed cases increased by one to 54 yesterday and another death from the disease was recorded.
Govt ‘taking from Peter to pay Paul’
The government is performing a high-wire juggling act with its finances by “robbing Peter to pay Paul” to meet critical liabilities as they become due, the deputy prime minister revealed yesterday.
Tourism has 'no choice' to devise virus safeguards
Bahamian tourism is going to “have to live with” COVID-19 and devise measures to reassure both visitors and industry employees that the sector is safe, a Cabinet minister warned yesterday. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told T
