Members of Parliament agree that abortion issue needs to be discussed
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe said it is wrong to force a raped person to give birth to a child.
COVID-19 cases have increased over last two months but not a cause for alarm
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said COVID-19 cases have increased slightly over the past two months, but are not a cause for alarm.
As dengue fever cases rise officials warn of increased risk to those previously infected
HEALTH officials said people knowingly or unknowingly infected with dengue fever during an outbreak in 2011 are at risk of serious illness if they get infected this year because of the type of virus confirmed to be in New Providence.
Police investigate after woman shot, man stabbed in separate incidents
A 60-year-old woman is in hospital after being shot by her 64-year-old boyfriend on Thursday night.
IDB: $856m strategy for Bahamas ‘too ambitious’
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has admitted its last country strategy for The Bahamas was “overly ambitious and unrealistic” despite approvals for over five times’ the originally-forecast level of financing.
Bran: ‘Let’s get on with’ medical marijuana plan
A former DNA leader, who made medical marijuana and its legalisation a core campaign issue in the 2017 general election, yesterday said Bahamian ownership stipulations “sound reasonable” and urged: “Let’s get on with it.”
Armed guards called amid unrest at BPL
Union leaders yesterday denied that they or their members plan to disrupt Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) electricity services after armed guards were posted to several of the utility’s sites as a precaution against looming industrial unrest.
GBPA threats ‘bad judgment’ by PM
The Opposition’s leader yesterday accused the Prime Minister of “exercising very bad judgment” by appearing to threaten that the Government will “wrest away control of the Grand Bahama Port Authority” (GBPA) from its owners.
Mitchell blasts GBPA’s $64m tax break ‘subsidy’
A Cabinet minister yesterday argued the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) gained a $64m “subsidy” from just one tax break amid private sector warnings that “there’s no other way” but for the two warring parties to collaborate.
Clubs & Societies August 25th, 2023
THE Cancer Society of The Bahamas will hold its next free clinic in Long Island on September 16, 2023, from 9am-2pm at Deadman’s Cay and Simms.
Taxi driver licence suspended after viral video
A WEEK after tourists accused a taxi driver of defrauding them in a viral video, Transport and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said road traffic officials suspended the driver’s licence.
Volunteer Society Act passed into law
After successful readings in the House of Assembly and the Senate, Governor General CA Smith saw the Governor-General’s Volunteer Society Act 2023 codified into law on August 11.
Exuma oil spill settlement ‘confidential’, says Pinder
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said he would not reveal how much the government fined Sun Oil Limited for an oil spill in Exuma last year.
Serial groper falsely blamed of attempting to abduct girl
POLICE took Sidney Cooper, a serial groper whose prison release authorities publicised, into custody for his own protection yesterday after he was wrongfully accused of trying to abduct a 12-year-old girl.
BPL staff on work to rule as issues unresolved
BAHAMAS Power and Light workers have gone on work-to-rule, raising questions about how the company would function in emergencies.
Jean Rony - famed for legal fight to stay in nation - is stabbed to death
JEAN Rony Jean-Charles, the man born in The Bahamas to Haitian parents whose legal case had far-reaching implications for the country’s immigration and citizenship laws, has been murdered.
MARIJUANA LEGAL PLANS REVEALED: Bills would ease restrictions on religion and medicine use - but recreation ‘an offence’
THE Davis administration released a compendium of bills that would transform cannabis use in The Bahamas from a strictly illegal activity to an industry regulated for medical, recreational, religious and scientific research purposes.
North Andros says BPL 'could have given more'
North Andros businesses and residents feel Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) "could have offered more to ease their burden" even though the utility alleged the area's consumers owe it a collective $500,000 in arrears.
Gov't challenged over industrial hemp delay
A marijuana legalisation advocate yesterday challenged the Government’s decision to legalise medicial marijuana but not industrial hemp, arguing: "They are the same thing.”
Industrial hemp legislation to follow medical marijuana
The Attorney General yesterday said the Government is "working on" legislation that will eventually facilitate industrial hemp usage as it makes medical marijuana legalisation its first priority.
