Police probe video of apparent threat by PLP supporter
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle said police are investigating a video that appears to show Progressive Liberal Party supporters threatening violence towards a man.
FNM candidate stands down
THE Free National Movement has replaced its general election candidate for Mangrove Cay, Central and South Andros, Kenneth Smith, with 31-year-old D’Angelo Ferguson.
Schools to reopen but not face-to-face
JUST days ahead of the start of the new school year, the Ministry of Education has announced that all public schools will open with a virtual learning format due to the current resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Sick-outs still affecting healthcare services
AFTER more than a week of staff sick-outs, officials said on Friday that while normal operations resumed at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and at institutions in Grand Bahama, services at Princess Margaret Hospital continued to be affected by delays.
Police suspect illegal landing
POLICE apprehended a group of foreign nationals on Friday in Grand Bahama for suspected illegal landing after a boat chase.
PM urges public to take COVID-19 vaccine
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis once again urged residents to take the COVID-19 vaccine during a national address on Sunday night.
FNM Chairman defends PM's election decision
FREE National Movement Chairman Carl Culmer on Friday defended Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ decision to call an early election as COVID-19 strains the country's healthcare system, saying: “COVID ain' going anywhere.”
Two plead guilty to drug charges
TWO Jamaican men pleaded guilty in a Magistrate’s Court in relation to several drug related charges on Friday.
Man charged in connection with two separate murders, two attempted murders
A MAN was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court in connection with two separate murders and two attempted murders on Friday.
Couple plead guilty to child cruelty
A GRAND Bahama couple was convicted of child cruelty against a 15-year-old minor and fined more than $15,000 on Friday after pleading guilty in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court.
Rush for Pfizer vaccine as demand on the rise
WITH demand for COVID-19 vaccinations continuing to climb, National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee Chairperson Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis said officials are now facing the challenge of meeting it as she appealed for more Bahamians to volunteer to assist with the country’s vaccination programme.
38,400 doses of J&J vaccine delivered
ABOUT 38,400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in the Bahamas yesterday.
Doctors ‘overwhelmed’ - and distressed at election call
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ announcement of a general election next month has distressed senior doctors who along with other medical workers have shouldered the burden of a COVID-19 induced near collapse of the nation’s healthcare systems.
14 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed
FOURTEEN additional people have been added to the nation’s COVID-19 death toll, according to data released by the Ministry of Health yesterday.
Unions dangle national strike threat
THREATENING a national strike, union leaders came out in heavy support of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union yesterday as its members walked off the job for the second time in less than two months.
