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Activists query validity of ‘rape’ investigation

HUMAN Rights Bahamas is calling for a “full and independent investigation” of an allegation of sexual assault by a male officer against a female migrant who was detained at the Department of Immigration’s safe house.

COME AND GET IT: Govt opens up vaccine rollout from today for anyone aged 18 or over

ALL people 18 and older in The Bahamas are eligible, starting today, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee announced yesterday.

Grand Bahama engineer dies

Well-known Grand Bahama engineer and contractor Philip T English died this weekend while in hospital.

PARCEL POST SECTION CLOSED

THE Parcel Post Section of the General Post Office in Town Centre Mall will be closed for two weeks due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19.

Home port webinar

TODAY all hands will be on deck to ensure the Grand Bahama economy benefits from Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s homeporting initiative during scheduled stops to Freeport.

$21m first phase of Rand Memorial Hospital redevelopment officially recommissioned

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and Minister of Health Renward Wells were in Grand Bahama on Friday for the official recommissioning of the $21m-first phase redevelopment of the Rand Memorial Hospital.

$5,000 fines for falsified COVID test results

TWO women who attempted to travel to Eleuthera with falsified COVID-19 test results were each fined $5,000 on Friday.

Date set for sentencing over drug possession

CHIEF Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt is next week set to determine the fate of a 32-year-old man who on Friday confessed to being in possession of $26,000 worth of marijuana and cocaine.

60-year-old charged with indecent assault

A 60-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday with indecent assault.

Taxis and vendors wary of ‘bubble’ proposal

WITH cruise ships set to arrive in June, a proposed exclusive “bubble” arrangement between the vessels and tour operators at Freeport Harbour is not sitting well with local taxicab drivers and straw vendors.

No Canada flights for another 30 days

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar indicated that after speaking to Air Canada’s senior vice president yesterday it appears flights from Canada won’t be resuming at least for another 30 days.

Immigration denies officer raped woman in detention

THE Department of Immigration has asserted that there is “no substance” to an allegation of inappropriate conduct by a male officer against a female migrant who was detained at the department’s safe house.

VIDEO: Waterspouts spotted amid freaky weather

Incredible footage of waterspouts has been doing the rounds on social media after inclement weather around New Providence shortly before noon on Thursday.

Nurses warn it's too early to remove testing for vaccinated travellers

BAHAMAS Nurses Union says it disagrees with plans to remove the COVID-19 testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers believing there is no guarantee people won’t contract or spread the virus even after receiving two doses of the vaccine.

Vaccination move is shot in the arm

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said he thinks allowing fully vaccinated travellers to The Bahamas without a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test will make the country a more attractive destination for visitors.

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