A-C grades increase in exams
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd revealed yesterday that the number of BGCSE students receiving A, B and C grades this year increased by more than 10 percent compared with 2019.
Wells asks his aides to forego payment
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said he has asked his driver and personal assistant to return the $1,158.40 the government gave them in honorarium payments as a sickout persisted among some 300 healthcare workers in New Providence and Grand Bahama for a fifth day yesterday.
Governor General struck by COVID-19
GOVERNOR-General Sir Cornelius A Smith has tested positive for COVID-19.
BOYS DEPORTED DESPITE ORDER: Six-year-olds in landmark case were sent to Haiti and now stuck in quake
THE deadly earthquake in Haiti has attorney Wayne Munroe concerned about the well-being of two young boys in a landmark citizenship case who were deported to that island in defiance of a Supreme Court order and not returned to The Bahamas as requested.
Families of health workers who died in first wave given funds
THE families of Nurse Sherrilyn Charlton-Bain and custodian Marion Burrows-McKinney who died during the first wave of COVID-19 were presented with cheques totalling $100,000 yesterday.
No extension for thief’s appeal bid
THE Court of Appeal yesterday refused the extension of time application of a man attempting to appeal the sentence he received for breaking into a humanitarian aid organisation in Abaco to steal building supplies.
Indecent assault charge
A 23-year-old man, who denied indecently assaulting a minor, was yesterday remanded to prison pending a bail hearing.
26-year-old accused of drive-by murder
A 26-year-old was charged in the Magistrate’s court yesterday with murder and attempted murder.
‘Pay up for breaking AC’
A CONTRACTOR who damaged his ex-girlfriend’s AC unit was yesterday ordered to attend anger management classes and pay for the repairs.
Teens accused of robbery
TWO teenagers were remanded to prison accused of robbing a man of $300 worth of jewellery earlier this month.
Bahamas ready to do ‘whatever is necessary’ to assist Haiti
THE Bahamas is ready with CARICOM to do “whatever is necessary” to assist Haiti following the earthquake that shook the country on Saturday, killing more than 700 people.
Hopes that 60,000 can be fully vaccinated over the next six weeks
THE National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee is seeking to fully vaccinate 60,000 Bahamians and residents over the next six weeks, with the addition of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
Fire destroys Church of God Bahamas in Cat Island
A FIRE destroyed the Church of God Bahamas in Orange Creek, Cat Island yesterday morning.
UPDATED: Woman dead, man injured after Saturday morning shooting
A WOMAN is dead and a man is in hospital after a shooting in Victoria Gardens on Saturday.
Assistant Commissioner of police ends tenure in Grand Bahama district
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Ashton Greenslade has ended a successful tenure in the Grand Bahama district during his command as the officer-in-charge of the northern Bahamas district.
