Nurses could add to industrial action problems
LOOMING industrial action from the Bahamas Nurses Union could further cripple the country’s public healthcare system, with labour officials yesterday urging the government to immediately meet demands.
Minnis: We're taking unions seriously
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has stressed the government takes the concerns of unions seriously after high-ranking officials held “frank” discussions on Saturday with the labour movement on the state of the country’s finances and the need to reduc
Celebrating 84 years with Sir Sol
Staff at the Four Seasons Ocean Club on Paradise Island turned out on Friday night to welcome legendary hotelier Sir Sol Kerzner who was celebrating his 84th birthday.
INSIGHT: ‘Yes’ to a higher minimum wage - but it’s all about timing
WHILE the nation’s power crisis has weighed heavily on the Bahamian people over the past nearly three months, we have somehow been able to shift our focus to another subject - increasing the minimum wage. It is four years since the last increase of the national minimum wage to $210 per week or $11,500 per annum – and since then the government raised value added tax from 7.5 percent to 12 percent.
INSIGHT: Shining a light on why we’re so slow switching on to solar
The Bahamas is one of the “solar capitals” of the world with more solar irradiation falling on our land than most other countries. In spite of this, the Bahamas has the least amount of solar integration compared with almost any country.
Grandson’s death was senseless
“SENSELESS” is how Sheralyn Anderson described the murder of her grandson, Dimetri Dormeus, who was shot and killed with his best friend, Dion Adderley, one week ago today.
Disney unveils cultural theme central to Lighthouse Point project
DISNEY Cruise Line said yesterday that work at Lighthouse Point will begin only after an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan are reviewed and accepted by the Government of The Bahamas and public consultation has oc
Senior medics beg Sands 'end it now'
SENIOR doctors pleaded with Health Minister Dr Duane Sands during a hastily arranged meeting last night to quickly resolve its dispute with junior doctors because of what the group’s leader called an “unprecedented crisis” at public healthcare facilities.
Strike wishlist: Doctors' demands include duty-free car and no property tax
JUNIOR doctors have asked for real property tax exemptions, Crown land for the construction of an office, duty-free exemptions on car imports or the construction of a paid parking lot at Princess Margaret Hospital with the proceeds to be split between the government and the Bahamas Doctors Union.
Jean Rony files suit - next Privy Council
BAHAMAS-born deportee Jean Rony Jean-Charles has filed his appeal to the Privy Council, arguing to the country’s top court that his constitutional rights were breached notwithstanding purported procedural issues.
Two dead in 'out of control' violence
TWO men are dead following gun violence on two Family Islands this weekend.
Fingers crossed we'll be okay
NEWLY formed Tropical Storm Dorian is projected to have no significant impact on The Bahamas, according to forecasters.
Debunked ideology killing us
I have been frequenting Lyford Cay since the 1970s.
Billboard to step up bid to Stop Disney project
THE Stop Disney - Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign took its crusade a bit further, bringing a mobile billboard to The Walt Disney Company’s D23 event on the weekend in Anaheim, CA. The billboard was meant to draw attention to the “growing g
New agreements this week to boost economy
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is touting new agreements to spur the economy that will be unveiled this week. These agreements, he believes, will provide more opportunities for Bahamian businesses and workers as well as spark the “turnaround” of Gr
Dean move a blow to the FNM
The 19th century French diplomat Alexis de Tocqueville said that the power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.
Clouds on the horizon but Turnquest insists: we're on the right track
GOVERNMENT must continue to stay the course in the management of this nation’s fiscal affairs, according to Finance Minister K Peter Turnquest who insists: “We are making tremendous progress”.In an interview with Tribune Business Mr Turnquest said:
WORLD VIEW: How long with Venezuela remain a pawn in the game of global chess?
MICHELLE Bachelet is a torture survivor. She was arrested in 1975 by the late dictator Augusto Pinochet’s political police and detained in the notorious Villa Grimaldi torture centre. So, she knows much about the suffering of people.
Minnis wants more women to become MPs
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday vowed to assist with more women being elected to office by working with organisations such as the Free National Movement’s Women’s Association.Dr Minnis added more women need to run for the House of Assembly
$10,000 heroin seized
DRUG Enforcement Unit officers seized more than $10,000 worth of suspected heroin hidden in bushes in Grand Bahama on Friday.According to a police report, shortly after 4pm on Friday, DEU officers, acting on intelligence, went to a dirt road in Lewis
