Celebrating Earth Day
IN celebration of Earth Day, US Chargé d’Affaires Usha Pitts formally announced a $10,000 grant competition for local organisations.
Speaker hits out at govt after Parliament COVID-19 case
FOLLOWING confirmation that a House of Assembly staffer tested positive for COVID-19, Speaker Halson Moultrie revealed that his protocol recommendations were ignored by the government.
’Employees rights are protected’
LABOUR Director John Pinder has said employees have the right to file trade disputes in instances where employers deem it mandatory for workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mass parties show guard is slipping
A LOCAL infectious diseases expert is again urging Bahamians to not let their guards down and become relaxed with current health protocols, insisting that the country’s fight with the novel coronavirus is far from over.
WILL BIDEN HELP? Govt asks Washington to give us share of U.S. excess vaccine supplies
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said officials have petitioned the United States to give The Bahamas some of its Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.
21 Cubans repatriated
TWENTY-ONE Cuban migrants were repatriated to Havana yesterday.
HOUSE STAFF UNDER QUARANTINE
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie and the majority of House staffers are under quarantine after Chief Clerk David Forbes tested positive for COVID-19, The Tribune understands.
TOUGH TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN PANDEMIC
A GRAND Bahama Port Authority executive admits efforts to attract new foreign direct investments to Freeport were challenged to some extent due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SHIPPING RELIEF AID TO HELP ST VINCENT
AS a part of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s mission to provide disaster relief assistance, HMBS Lawrence Major left the country on Saturday to assist in delivering relief supplies to St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Siblings attacked neighbour
TWO siblings who attacked their neighbour during an altercation last week were ordered to keep the peace and compensate the woman.
Man ‘paid $150 for fake stamp’ to stay in country
A JAMAICAN man who paid another man $150 for a fake immigration stamp he tried to use to extend his stay in the country was yesterday sentenced to six months behind bars.
Man denies hitting girlfriend
A MAN who denied harming his former girlfriend was yesterday granted $3,000 bail ahead of his trial.
Pair accused of robbery
A WOMAN and a teen were charged with armed robbery in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
831 COVID citations issued so far this year
COVID-19 ambassadors and police officers have issued 831 citations so far this year for breaking COVID-19 emergency rules, a number that corresponds to $551,800 in fines.
