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‘Some will welcome it - but not everybody’

BAHAMAS Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union President Darrin Woods said Atlantis’ decision to lay off 700 workers was inevitable and will be welcomed by the scores of employees who agitated for severance cheques.

ATLANTIS AXE FALLS ON 700: Resort confirms ‘difficult but necessary’ decision to make staff redundant

SEVEN hundred employees at Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island were laid off yesterday, a decision resort officials say was made due to COVID-19’s impact on travel and other economic uncertainties.

Hazelle top in Grand Bahama

TABERNACLE Baptist Christian Academy’s Hazelle Taylor obtained the highest results in the Bahamas Junior Certification exams in Grand Bahama.

$500 fine over 13 grams of hemp

A 29-year-old man, who was found with marijuana yesterday, was fined $500.

Five deny stealing boat worth $50k

FIVE Harbour Island men who denied stealing a $50,000 boat from another man on the island were each granted bail yesterday before their trial.

U.S. man accused of trafficking

POLICE have arrested a 61-year-old American man suspected of human trafficking.

Man arrested after marijuana find

GRAND Bahama police arrested a man for drug possession on Monday.

$2.4m paid out in rent to support Bahamians

THE government has paid out $2.4m in rental assistance to hurting Bahamians amid the COVID-19 pandemic over the last ten months, acting Social Services Director Kim Sawyer revealed yesterday.

Warning: Be cautious over buying or eating conch

THE Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority’s (BAHFSA) Food Safety and Quality Unit has again advised consumers not to purchase or consume any raw fresh conch or conch that they suspect was not properly handled and/or fully cooked.

Berry Islands mother lost fight against COVID-19

WHILE families were celebrating on Mother’s Day, Marissa Roberts, a mother of an adopted child, lost her life.

‘Demolition left me homeless and cut me off from my family’

A HAITIAN man who survived Hurricane Dorian in 2019 says the demolition of his newly completed home in The Farm, Abaco, over the weekend has left him homeless and separated from his family-of-three, who are all now fearful of their future on the island.

Police offered counselling after officer’s suspected suicide

OFFICERS of the Eight Mile Rock division were provided grief counselling yesterday following the suspected suicide of a fellow officer over the weekend.

Committee to hear Davis’ Deputy Speaker complaint

THE House of Assembly passed a motion yesterday to send to the Committee of Privilege Progressive Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis’ complaint that Deputy Speaker Don Saunders breached his privilege when he ordered the Sergeant at Arms to remove him from the chamber last week.

Owners cool on indoor dining move

RESTRICTIONS banning indoor dining have now been lifted for those who are fully vaccinated, but some restaurants seem sceptical about embracing it.

Judge grants order on ‘missing’ Cuban woman

IMMIGRATION officials have been ordered to prove that they acted lawfully when they allegedly detained a Cuban woman who was placed in their care and custody after the boat she was on capsized in Bahamian waters when she and a group of other people tried to sail from Cuba to the United States two months ago.

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