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Social Services staff protest

SCORES of Social Services employees demonstrated across the country in a show of frustration yesterday, citing unfair practices, poor working conditions and unresolved workplace grievances.

Nurses’ anger at delay in honorarium payment

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams yesterday voiced her anger at the delay of honorarium payments to COVID healthcare workers, calling it “deceptive and wicked”.

Davis: We’re on brink of catastrophe

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Phillip “Brave” Davis says the country is on the brink of a public health catastrophe.

BPL workers call in sick

A SIGNIFICANT number of Bahamas Power and Light employees called in sick yesterday, prompting executives to assure customers that supply would continue uninterrupted.

17 Rand nurses call in sick

SEVENTEEN Rand Memorial Hospital nurses in Grand Bahama called in sick yesterday affecting wards and inpatient services.

China donates $78,000 worth of medical supplies

THE Bahamas received a donation of $78,000 worth of medical supplies from the Chinese government yesterday, the sixth such batch of donations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ministry aiming to go digital

THE Ministry of Works has launched its Electronic Plan Review and Inspection System designed to digitise the current paper-based permitting and inspection process.

‘Die’ Stubbs murder sentence is slashed

THE Court of Appeal yesterday reduced the 45-year murder sentence of Stephen “Die” Stubbs by ten years.

Man ‘cut ex-girlfriend’s wrist with box cutter’

A MAN cut his former girlfriend on the wrist with a box cutter during a drunken rage, a court was told yesterday.

Former ministry employee withdraws fraud appeal

A FORMER Ministry of Finance employee who was found guilty of defrauding the ministry of more than $250,000 has withdrawn his appeal that sought to challenge his conviction.

Man told to pay $500 marijuana fine

A MAN caught with a quantity of marijuana earlier this month must pay $500 to avoid spending three months behind bars.

PM urges residents to ignore misinformation on vaccines

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis pleaded with residents to ignore misinformation during a national address last night and to recognise that the COVID-19 vaccine is the only way out of a pandemic that continues to disrupt societies around the world.

Another delay in payment for frontline workers

FRONTLINE workers employed in the public sector are in for a disappointment as they will not see the much anticipated COVID-19 honorarium in their pay cheques this month as once again, the government has delayed it.

Dames: Dept has not used whiteout on voter cards

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames has defended the integrity of the voter registration process while denying claims that the Parliamentary Registration Department has used “whiteout” to make changes on Bahamians’ voter cards.

Survey: About one in five thinks country is going right way

ONLY 23 percent of Seabreeze residents and 22 percent of St Barnabas residents believe the country is going in the right direction, according to a new survey that shows the majority of residents in those constituencies are also unsure about who they will support in the next general election.

The Tribune