NIB paid out $263m benefits
THE National Insurance Board paid out $263.6m in employment benefit and assistance between August 25, 2019 to May 18, 2021, according to Public Service Minister with responsibility for NIB Brensil Rolle.
Family insist Adriana is here
DESPITE a belief from immigration officials that a missing Cuban woman drowned at sea after the boat she was on capsized, a relative of the migrant says the family has reason to believe she is still alive and being held at a local immigration facility.
‘Emergency only’ at overcrowded Humane Society shelter
BAHAMAS Humane Society is pleading with the public not to surrender animals this month unless it is an “emergency situation” as the shelter is overwhelmed with animals and has no more space available.
Cut public sector? Actually we hired 2,400
THE Minnis administration, which came to power promising to right-size the civil service after the Christie administration hired scores of people, has made at least 2,402 people permanent members of the civil service and has promoted more than 1,600 people throughout government since taking office.
‘HOUSING PLAN JUST ISN’T FAIR’: Turnquest’s challenge to PM’s pet project on affordable homes
FORMER Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest has criticised Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ housing programme for western New Providence, calling the legislation to facilitate it “inherently discriminatory” and open to a court challenge.
Smith: Bannister comments on court are ‘scandalous’
ATTORNEY and activist Fred Smith has come out hard against a Cabinet minister’s criticism of a Supreme Court’s ban on demolishing shanty towns in Abaco pending the outcome of a judicial review, saying the remarks were “scandalous”.
COVID rule fines bring in $1m
VIOLATORS of COVID-19 rules have paid the government $1,020,550 in fines, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames.
Less than three million vaccinated across Caribbean
AS BAHAMIAN officials urge vaccination to push the country towards herd immunity, a Pan American Health Organization official revealed that less than three million of the Caribbean’s population has been vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 virus.
Two more virus deaths
TWO more people have died from COVID-19, pushing the nation’s death count to 234.
‘We’re emerging from third wave’
AMID a decline of positive COVID-19 cases in the country, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says it appears the nation is “starting to come out” of its third wave of COVID-19, adding he hopes virus numbers continue to trend downward.
Criminal records of 28 expunged - with 85 pending
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said the Bahamas Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has expunged the criminal records of 28 people to date, with 85 applications pending.
Murders up by 52%
MURDERS and armed robberies jumped by 52 percent and 42 percent this year compared to the same period last year, National Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday.
Sexist to Lanisha? Not by us
DIRECTOR of Sports Tim Munnings has denied any suggestion of sexism towards former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle from sports officials, saying it is not a practice at that ministry.
‘Adriana was never here - she drowned’
IMMIGRATION officials have denied detaining a Cuban woman after the boat she was on capsized in Bahamian waters three months ago, believing her to have died onboard the vessel along with several others.
FACTS ON DEBT: Sands warns painful tax reforms can no longer be avoided
ELIZABETH MP Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the country will have to adopt serious changes in the years ahead in response to the nation’s worsening debt crisis, noting an income tax system may even have to be implemented.
