IMF: Make all 23,000 civil servants pay for retirement
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging the Government to mandate that all 23,000-plus civil servants contribute to funding their own retirement so as to protect taxpayers from further growth in the $2bn-plus “unfunded” public service pension liabilities.
Services restored after dialysis delays at PMH
Dialysis services at Princess Margaret Hospital were temporarily disrupted early Monday after staff call-outs caused delays for patients scheduled for morning treatment, the Public Hospitals Authority confirmed.
Residents, developers clash over proposed $200m Samson Cay resort
TENSIONS flared in Black Point, Exuma, last week as residents, developers and stakeholders clashed over a proposed $200m resort, with the Town Planning Committee signalling that a decision will be taken only after a second meeting later this month.
Tremors felt in Inagua after 5.8-magnitude Cuba quake
THE earth shook for residents in Inagua early Sunday after light tremors were felt when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Cuba, though officials said there was little damage, no injuries and no tsunami threat to The Bahamas.
China hits back at US criticism over Nassau hospital financing
CHINA pushed back on US criticism of its financing of the Nassau New Hospital on Friday, rejecting claims that the deal undermines The Bahamas’ interests and warning that cooperation between the two countries should not be subjected to outside interference.
Tributes pour in for ‘fearless attorney’ Ramona Farquharson
PROMINENT attorney Ramona Farquharson died yesterday, drawing tributes from across the legal and political community for a career marked by forceful advocacy.
Mystery over couple’s deaths
THE deaths of an elderly couple whose decomposing bodies lay in their home for four days before being discovered by horrified relatives remains a mystery, say police, although foul play is not suspected.
Fox: This election will be my first time voting
FREE National Movement Garden Hills candidate Rick Fox said this year’s general election will be the first time he has ever voted in The Bahamas.
Davis backs Sebas Bastian despite FBI file allegations
PRIME Minister Philip Davis on Friday publicly backed Progressive Liberal Party candidate Sebas Bastian, dismissing unverified allegations appearing in FBI files connected to Jeffrey Epstein and insisting the claims would not damage his party’s election campaign.
Florida man battles ‘flesh-eating’ disease after Bahamas vacation
A FLORIDA man who scraped his ankle while vacationing in The Bahamas over the New Year was later given just a ten percent chance of survival after developing necrotising fasciitis, a rare and fast-moving infection commonly known as flesh-eating disease, according to reports.
INSIGHT: Funding agreement for new hospital - what could possibly go wrong?
ALARM BELLS are ringing over the terms of the loan from China to build the new hospital (after the hospital itself being a bone of contention in the first place.)
BEYOND THE BORDER: What's the real reason The Bahamas was placed on the immigrant visa “pause” list?
THERE'S a difference between a country's performance and the policy labels placed on it.
Father killed in Wulff Road crash years after losing son
NEARLY three years after losing his toddler son to illness, 33-year-old Jarad Miller was killed on Thursday night in a violent multi-vehicle crash on Wulff Road, cutting short a life his family said was only beginning to stabilise.
Woman charged in fatal Carmichael Road crash
A WOMAN accused of causing the death of a 28-year-old man who was fatally injured in a car crash on Carmichael Road last May was granted bail on Friday.
Woman granted bail in year’s first traffic fatality
A WOMAN accused of causing the death of a 64-year-old father who was struck while attempting to cross Bahamas Games Boulevard last month was granted bail on Friday.
Skyline Drive resident granted bail on loaded firearm charges
A MAN accused of having a loaded firearm in his home on Skyline Drive last week was granted bail on Friday.
Teenagers accused of gunpoint carjacking in Sea Breeze remanded
TWO teenage males accused of robbing a woman of her car at gunpoint last month were remanded in custody.
5.5 earthquake near Cuba felt in Inagua
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near eastern Cuba, with tremors felt in parts of The Bahamas this morning.
Former Turks and Caicos premier found guilty over bribery charges
A decade-long corruption trial in the Turks and Caicos Islands ended on Wednesday with guilty verdicts against the territory’s former premier, his brother and a former cabinet minister, closing one of the most consequential legal sagas in the country’s modern political history, according to reporting by the Miami Herald.
Island luck co-founders slam human and gun trafficking allegations in Epstein file
Island Luck’s co-founders yesterday both slammed claims they were involved in human and firearms trafficking as alleged in a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report released in the files on convicted paedophile and sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
