Straw vendors: ‘Where is the plan for us to open?
STRAW vendors are up in arms about the protracted closure of the Straw Market while accusing the government of having “no plan” for them while pandering to the needs of the country’s major resorts.
Speaking up for women
In observance of the 58th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Right of Women to Vote, and the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development’s Department of Gender and Family Affairs, Zonta Clubs of The Bahamas, and Caribbean Women in Leadership, hosted a special sitting of the House of Assembly for Women in Parliament and presented a resolution to the Speaker.
Charities seeing a drop in donations as economy hurts
A NUMBER OF local charities are seeing a drop in donations compared with last year as people are unable to give due to the country’s economic state.
Wells: The vaccine we choose will be safe
Health Minister Renward Wells has stressed that whichever COVID-19 vaccine the government chooses to implement will be a safe and effective one.
Broadcasting corporation staff walk out over money
STAFF at the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas briefly walked off the job yesterday in what was said to be a protest over money owed to them.
UPDATED – Behind Bars: Nygard in jail after US cops strike
THE United States Department of Justice has charged Peter Nygard with sex trafficking and racketeering offences.
Marijuana teenager told to take drug counselling
A TEENAGER who was found with marijuana was conditionally discharged yesterday on the agreement he would attend drug counselling classes.
Man ‘attacked woman with cutlass’
AN ELEUTHERA man who was accused of assaulting a woman with a cutlass was yesterday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Housebreaking suspect is denied bail
A 30-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday remanded to prison over allegations he broke into a woman’s house last week.
Man accused of sex with 14-year-old girl
A 37-YEAR-OLD man who was accused of having sex with a teenage girl over the course of three months was yesterday denied bail ahead of his trial.
Fake cheque warning
THE Financial Crimes Branch of the Royal Bahamas Police Force is warning the public about fraudulent cheques currently in circulation.
‘We must clear up misinformation about COVID-19’
HEALTH officials have to clear up public “misconceptions and misinformation” about COVID-19 and associated vaccines as the government prepares to have the drug in The Bahamas “as soon as possible”, a top doctor said yesterday.
Atlantis back - but some staff still need help
WHILE the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island reopened to much fanfare last week, some workers who have not yet returned to work are still relying on government assistance.
Groundbreaking for $1m centre
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a $1.8m community centre and hurricane shelter in Central Pines, Abaco, yesterday which he said will be capable of accommodating 800 people during a hurricane.
Rastafarian community hopeful on expunging records
MEMBERS of the Rastafarian community are cautiously optimistic about Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ promise that the government will start expunging the records of people convicted for the possession of small amounts of marijuana next year.
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- Prime Minister Philip Davis predicts his party's return to government in the 2026 general election
- Police car on store premises
- Liquor being sold at a store
- New Providence ahead of the lockdown
- Video of Parliament disruption
- The disruption in Parliament
- Second video of fire at Bimini BPL
- Video of fire at Bimini BPL
- Second video of Bimini BPL blaze
- Video of fire at Bimini BPL
