‘Asylum seekers treated fairly’
IN response to claims that seven asylum seekers who sought to take refuge in The Bahamas after fleeing Cameroon because of persecution fears were illegally detained, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that the government is satisfied that the rights of detainees have not been violated.
‘VACCINES MUST NOT BE RUSHED’: Sands urges caution as U.S. starts rollout for new drugs to combat COVID
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands says The Bahamas should conduct its own independent investigation into new COVID-19 vaccines.
Bank officer is accused of falsifying accounts in fraud
A ROYAL Bank of Canada financial services officer who was accused of falsifying several accounts and defrauding the bank of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ago, was yesterday denied bail ahead of her trial.
Man discharged who ‘thought boat he took was abandoned’
A MAGISTRATE yesterday discharged a fisherman who was accused of stealing a boat after he explained that he thought the vessel had been abandoned.
$300 fine for threat to kill girlfriend
A MAN who threatened to kill his girlfriend during an argument was yesterday fined $300 in the Magistrate’s Court.
D’Aguilar: More than 20,000 bought health visas
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said 20,485 people bought travel health visas to enter the country last month as border restrictions were relaxed to encourage tourism amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
PM hopeful COVID crisis over before election rallies
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he hopes by the time the country gets into election mode, the COVID-19 crisis would have ended to enable mass rallies and other typical campaign events.
Juvenile injured in drive-by shooting
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a Saturday shooting that left a juvenile male in hospital.
UPDATED: Two dead after separate traffic accidents
POLICE are urging members of the public to drive with “extreme caution and care” over Christmas after two separate accidents claimed the lives of two men, one in Abaco, the other in Grand Bahama over the weekend. Speed was said to play a factor in both traffic fatalities.
UPDATED: Newborn boy is abandoned near church
POLICE are still searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy found alive in the back of a local church over the weekend with his umbilical cord still attached.
Cut-price land deal for young buyers
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the government will offer lots of land valued at $150,000 for about $50,000 to young professionals in the western area of New Providence.
PM’S ANTI-OIL STANCE ‘MUSIC TO OUR EARS’: Declaration against drilling delights lobby fighting BPC’s plans
Environmental activists spent the weekend celebrating after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed he is “totally against” oil drilling in Bahamian waters.
26 COVID-19 cases on Friday and Saturday
THE Ministry of Health recorded 26 COVID-19 cases between Friday and Saturday.
PM 'totally against' oil drilling in Bahamian waters
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told reporters on Friday that he is “totally against” oil drilling in Bahamian waters and suggested that the government would have backed out of a controversial oil exploration deal if it could have.
PM urges returning hotel workers to be responsible
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis cautioned hotel workers returning to their jobs this month to have “some degree of responsibility”.
