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‘National development plan would have softened pain of COVID-19’

A NATIONAL development plan would have softened the blow of COVID-19, contended a noted banker yesterday, adding a recent regional report applies common sense logic to the way forward.

Three deaths, 194 new cases

THE Ministry of Health said there were 194 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed yesterday and three confirmed deaths from the virus.

Day two and pupils still can’t log on to lessons

THE Ministry of Education’s public school virtual learning platform remained down for the second day yesterday, according to the Bahamas Union of Teachers.

‘Curbside only is killing us’

A MANAGER of a local clothing store said curbside restrictions are “killing” the retail sector.

Man accused of threatening to kill his mother denied bail

AN Eleuthera man who was accused of threatening to kill his mother and harm two other people was yesterday denied bail ahead of his trial.

Man charged over marijuana

A 24-year-old man was charged with marijuana possession in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Group accused of failing to keep social distance are discharged

A MAGISTRATE yesterday discharged a group of men who were accused of violating the emergency orders by failing to practice social distancing.

Man charged with attempted murder

A 27-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with attempted murder.

Several accused over drugs after police operation in Grand Bahama

SEVERAL people were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs following a police operation in three drug hotspots on Grand Bahama.

28 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, one additional death

THE Ministry of Health said 28 additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Tuesday while another person died from the disease.

Good Samaritans to bring tent facility to expand patient capacity

THE Samaritan’s Purse organisation - which offered assistance in Abaco and Grand Bahama in the wake of Hurricane Dorian - has partnered with the government to provide a 28-bed COVID-19 isolation and treatment unit.

D’Aguilar - PLP is all criticism, but no plan

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday defended the government’s decision to restart the tourism industry next month against criticisms from the opposition party, saying he has yet to hear a plan from the PLP.

Rising deaths and younger patients - a bleak picture of COVID-19

THE Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation has raised alarm about the country’s COVID-19 crisis, citing an eight-fold rise in deaths since July and a shift towards younger people catching and dying from the disease.

Turnquest criticises ‘misleading’ reports on loans

FINANCE Minister Peter Turnquest yesterday criticised reports accusing the government of acquiring loans from banks caught up in controversy, insisting such claims are “very incorrect” and “misleading”.

Wells: we’re not trying to overwork healthcare staff

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said the Public Hospitals Authority’s controversial shift system is designed to get the maximum amount of work from healthcare workers without overworking them.

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