Six months in prison for former bank supervisor
A FORMER bank supervisor who last week admitted stealing over $35,000 from customer accounts to help pay her own bills was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.
Man denies importing marijuana
A 35-year-old man who denied importing marijuana into the country was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Taxi driver appeals conviction for assault
A TAXI driver who was fined $1,000 for assaulting a road traffic supervisor with her vehicle is appealing her conviction.
PLP promises free testing for anyone concerned about exposure to virus
THE Progressive Liberal Party has pledged to offer free testing to Bahamians concerned they have been exposed to COVID-19 and to reform the government’s food assistance programme if it wins the next general election.
New radar equipment installed at former U.S. missile tracking station
BAHAMAS meteorological office staff were in Mayaguana this weekend with Bahamas Aviation, Climate and Severe Weather Network alongside for the installation of new radar tracking equipment at the island’s former US missile tracking station.
Body found near Arawak Cay parking lot
A MAN’S body was found yesterday near a parking lot at Arawak Cay.
Sea search goes on for five Cubans
A SEARCH is ongoing for five Cubans who are presumed missing after 19 others were picked up, including a deceased male, during a joint law enforcement operation in the southern Bahamas last week.
One dead, five injured in Friday shootings
A MAN was shot dead on Friday, not long after two other shooting incidents left five others, four of whom were women, injured.
PLP aiming to lower VAT and raise minimum wage
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leaders said if successful in the next general election they will reduce value added tax to ten percent for one year as part of an economic plan that involves supporting a minimum wage increase, significantly expanding social assistance in the country and reducing the cost of energy by 30 percent.
ROLLOUT WILL TAKE MONTHS: First vaccines arrive this Wednesday but all doses not here till end of May
THE government’s roll out of its COVID-19 vaccination programme will not proceed as rapidly as previously announced, with only 20,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expected in the country this Wednesday.
Kiwanis Club paints the park
A park in the Nassau Village community got a much needed upgrade, thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Nassau AM (KCNAM).
Two missing after aircraft crashes
TWO Bahamians are still missing after an aircraft crashed near Salina Point, Acklins on Friday.
43-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES FROM COVID-19
THE country’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 182 after the death of a 43-year-old woman was reclassified as coronavirus related on Friday.
PM announces plans for first 20,000 doses of vaccine
In a national address on Sunday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are due to arrive on Wednesday.
