‘Cut jobless payments to $75 a week’
THE Economic Recovery Committee has recommended a reduction to extended National Insurance Board unemployment benefit payments to $75 per week.
PM says he has NOT contracted COVID
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told The Tribune on Thursday he has not tested positive for COVID-19.
PLP oppose extension to state of emergency
THE Progressive Liberal Party says it will not support another extension of the state of emergency to extend “the sole competent authority’s power to control the lives of the Bahamian people” for another month.
Six months jail for joint of marijuana
A 33-year-old man who claimed he smoked marijuana to help him breathe better was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.
Bail granted in road death case
A 25-year-old man who was accused of killing another man last month by driving recklessly was granted $10,000 bail ahead of his trial.
Man denies lying to police officer
A MAN who denied lying to a police officer was granted $1,000 bail ahead of his trial.
DEATH CRASH PROBE
POLICE are continuing investigations into a traffic accident that took the life of a motorcyclist on Tuesday.
PM and Cabinet to quarantine after Bannister tests positive for COVID-19
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and all Cabinet ministers are to quarantine after Minister of Works Desmond Bannister tested positive for COVID-19.
Emergency powers set to continue 'til November 30
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Wednesday announced the government's intention to extend the country’s state of emergency until November 30.
128 COVID-19 cases, three more deaths on Tuesday
ONE hundred and twenty-eight additional COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday along with three more deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.
Residents sue over insurance after destruction of Dorian
GRAND Bahama homeowners whose residential properties were destroyed a year ago during Hurricane Dorian are taking legal action in the Supreme Court against a major bank and insurance companies for allegedly failing to pay premiums on their insurance policies.
‘Coral Harbour needs help to stop this nightmare’
A Coral Harbour resident is seeking help for the area’s long-standing flooding issues, a problem that resurfaced due to New Providence’s recent rainy weather.
‘We need new ways to prevent flooding’
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said major flooding in Pinewood Gardens last week shows new ways of preventing flooding are needed because climate change is rendering traditional mechanisms obsolete.
High school closes doors after positive COVID result
CV Bethel Senior High School shut its doors yesterday, sending home a small number of educators on campus due to one testing positive for COVID-19.
Video
- 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
