‘My win isn’t just for me - it’s for The Bahamas’
LOCAL environment activist Kristal Ambrose has won a 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize for her work, which she credits as a win for The Bahamas and black women of the Caribbean.
Activist anger at litter dump
A LOCAL environmental activist is disgusted by the enormous amount of litter discarded by residents in the area at the waterway at Port of Call Drive, Freeport.
Emergency orders to be eased on Eleuthera
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has announced that COVID-19 restrictions on Eleuthera have been relaxed with immediate effect.
NIB director resigns to take ‘more stable’ role
NATIONAL Insurance Board Minister Brensil Rolle admitted yesterday that he did not take Nicola Virgill-Rolle seriously when she revealed in a conversation last Wednesday that she was considering resigning after more than two years as NIB’s director.
Lyford Cay residents’ fury at Americans’ party
LYFORD Cay residents have been left fuming after an American couple arrived in the gated community last week and hosted a 40-strong party that has led to a number of COVID-19 cases.
Turnquest turns his guns on the punch
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest has fired back at tabloid “attacks” against his reputation and term in office, which he suggests is motivated by the Minnis administration’s dismissal of a private loan agreement.
Bahamian and 11 migrants detained
A BAHAMIAN man and 11 undocumented Haitian migrants were apprehended in waters near Grand Bahama on Sunday.
Jamaican women caught with $10k drugs
TWO Jamaican women who were caught with nearly $10,000 worth of marijuana were each fined $4,000 yesterday.
Man guilty of $350 fraud
A 28-year-old man who defrauded his former employer of $350 was yesterday ordered to pay back the money he stole.
Teenager accused over pistol
A TEENAGER was remanded to prison over allegations he was found with an unlicenced firearm and quantity of illegal ammunition last week.
56-year-old in indecent assault case
A 56-year-old man who denied indecently assaulting a woman was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Fresh crew transfer to cruise ships in Nassau
CARNIVAL Corporation on Saturday completed a routine embarkation of fresh crew on to a number of their vessels in accordance with established COVID-19 protocols, officials said.
Four more ventilators donated
THE Ministry of Health has received four ventilators to help the fight against COVID-19.
Symonette: Turnquest right to resign
EAST Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest was right to resign last week as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, according to St Anne’s MP Brent Symonette.
‘Threat to climate yet we’re okay to drill’
THE Bahamas National Trust has declared it is “categorically opposed to oil exploration in The Bahamas.”
