Millions lost in computer fiasco: PLP’s failed deal to digitise vital patient records
A FURIOUS legal battle is brewing over an $18m Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) contract that a Cabinet minister admitted has “crashed” and delivered zero value for taxpayers and patients alike.
PM gives backing for legal marijuana
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis says he favours decriminalising possession of small amounts of marijuana and making the substance legal for medicinal and/or scientific purposes.
Dorian damages bill soars to $3.4 billion
THE cost of Hurricane Dorian’s impact on the Bahamas is $3.4bn, more than a quarter of the country’s GDP, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.
Fishermen ‘hijacked helping Haitians’
AN Inagua-based fisherman yesterday described the “traumatising” moment that a group of stranded Haitian that he and his two friends were helping allegedly hijacked their boat at knifepoint and forced them to jump overboard to avoid being killed.
Watchdog 'concerned' by repatriation policy
AN international watchdog has expressed concern with the government’s repatriation of Haitian migrants to their home country, as the political situation in Haiti remains “fragile”.
Police probe house fire
POLICE on New Providence are investigating a fire which destroyed a home on Saturday.
Four in custody after man robbed in home
Four men are in police custody after a man was robbed in his Coconut Grove home on Friday night.
Teachers salaries ‘being restored’
WEEKS after the government cut the salaries of 75 teachers at Carlton Francis Primary School and CH Reeves Junior High School, education officials said they have started the process of restoring the salaries of those affected teachers.
RBDF arrests Dominican poachers with huge catch
Dominican poachers who were arrested by Royal Bahamas Defence Force officials and the US Coast Guard this week were carrying some 30,000 pounds of illegally harvested marine products.
Another 113 Haitians flown back home
MORE than 100 convicted Haitian migrants were repatriated to Port-au-Prince yesterday under a deportation order, according to immigration officials.
UPDATED: Absent Nygard sentenced to 90 days, fined $150,000
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 90 days in prison and fined in the Supreme Court on Friday after being found in contempt of court.
Credit card used after Italy deaths
THE father of one of two Bahamian men who died under mysterious circumstances while on a trip to Italy said relatives still have unanswered questions, claiming the credit card of one victim was still in use after his death.
Nygard - ‘jail him for nine months’
A SAVE the Bays lawyer argued yesterday that Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard should spend nine months in prison for his latest contempt of court conviction. Justice Ruth Bowe Darville is expected to rule on that today.
DPP African lawyers can’t work in courts
TWO Africans hired to top positions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions have been denied admission to the Bahamian Bar, preventing them from arguing cases in court.
Smaller countries must work together to combat climate change, says Minnis
VULNERABLE areas in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States must collectively and urgently intensify their response to the climate emergency, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told ACP ambassadors yesterday.
