08092018 EDITION
Thursday, 9th August, 2018.
DIANE PHILLIPS: We’d better hope it’s not already too late
On the front page of this past Sunday’s New York Times was a photo of a large green area that at first glance could be a grassy knoll.
Search to begin for prison chief
THE Ministry of National Security is preparing to advertise internationally and locally to fill the post of commissioner at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, National Security Minister Marvin Dames told reporters yesterday.Although he
Public takes advantage of 'Meet Minnis' open sessions
SCORES of Bahamians have taken advantage of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ summer break offer to open his doors to questions direct from the public.But the schedule is already “pretty tight” for the next several weeks, said Press Secretary Anthony
Govt recruits lawyers to fight shanty town action
THE government has hired a team of high-powered lawyers to fight the legal action meant to stop the Minnis administration’s eradication of shanty towns, Attorney General Carl Bethel said.The legal team is led by Harvey Tynes, QC, to assume carriage o
Uniforms assistance - ‘put the cash back’
BAIN and Grants Town MP Travis Robinson has said the government should reverse its budget cut for school uniform assistance, the first Free National Movement parliamentarian to criticise the move.
Tougher penalties plan for poachers
THE Fisheries Act is currently being reviewed by an advisory committee which will present recommendations to the government in October over possible stiffer penalties for poachers, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard said yesterday.
‘Protocol flawed for fatal fire officers’
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force’s protocol for officers involved in police-involved killings demonstrates a stunning lapse of judgement, lawyer Christina Galanos said yesterday.
Nationalise GB Port? Not for now
DEPUTY Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest yesterday said the nationalisation of assets was not currently on the agenda as he responded to a recommendation by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham for the government to purchase the Grand Bahama Port Authority instead of the Grand Lucayan hotel.
Taranique - now there’s some hope
THE government is working assiduously to ensure stateless teen Taranique Thurston is able to access life-saving medical treatment in the United States, The Tribune has beens told.
YOUR SAY: Talk but no action on downtown
John Issa, the astute Jamaican hotelier of the Breezes chain, has written his umpteenth column of acute criticism about down town’s dilapidation. While fully accepting the Chinese renovation of the western segment with the completed parking structure
Nation to host two marijuana conferences
THE Ministry of Health has given formal approval for two medical marijuana conferences to be hosted in the country, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed yesterday.The medical marijuana conferences are being organised separately by Dr Lynwood Brow
$1.4m gift from united states to fight corruption
THE Bahamas is set to receive $1.4m from the United States to support law enforcement professionalisation and anti-corruption reform.The aid was finalised with the signing of the eighth amendment to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and La
Attorney seeks to leave drug suspect's case
THE attorney for Dwight Major yesterday submitted a recusal application in his ongoing $280,000 drug case, seeking to have Magistrate Samuel McKinney recuse himself and transfer the matter to another judge.Ian Cargill, Major’s attorney, in his applic
Contracts awaited for repairs on GB justice centre
THE Ministry of Works is awaiting tender documents from local contractors on Grand Bahama for roof repair at the Garnet Levarity Justice Centre which has a severe mould problem.While in Freeport recently, Works Minister Desmond Bannister had indicate
Haitians arrested for immigration breach
FOUR Haitians were recently arrested in Grand Cay for breach of the immigration laws, according to Bahamian authorities.The men were allegedly discovered diving for crawfish in Bahamian waters. Three of the men possessed work permits to be employed a
Work programme to help build skills of youth
ADDRESSING the issue of unemployment among the nation’s youth, Minister of the Public Service and National Insurance Brensil Rolle announced that the government introduced a restructured employment programme this week in which participants will recei
What tests on water pollution?
Since the recent resurgence of conch poisoning I have been observing the government’s response, or lack thereof, to the possibility of sewerage pollution in the harbour.
The BEC shackles
There is no doubt if there is a single economic shackle around all of our necks it has been BEC-BP&L high electricity bills.
Death penalty
We understand the position of the highest Civil Court - the Privy Council…the death penalty can only be considered in the worst of the worst scenarios. The death penalty remains an active item of law.
