VSEP packages at Grand Lucayan could go back several years
VOLUNTARY separation packages for line staff at the Grand Lucayan resort could include monies owed to some hotel employees for several years, according to Labour Minister Dion Foulkes.
Foulkes announces pre-inspection for Japanese cars
THE Bahamas is set to become the second country in the region to embrace pre-shipment inspection of used vehicles for road safety, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes announced yesterday.
Former PLP minister Ervin Knowles dies
OPPOSITION leader Philip “Brave” Davis paid tribute to Ervin Knowles, a former Cabinet minister in the Pindling administration who died over the weekend after a long illness.
I'm a victim of festival fiasco too, says rapper
RAPPER Ja Rule has portrayed himself as a victim after streaming services Netflix and Hulu released their Fyre Festival documentaries last week.
Turnquest confirms Fyre customs duties have been paid
FINANCE Minister K Peter Turnquest yesterday confirmed some $175,000 in customs duties owed by Fyre Festival organisers for imported food and water have been settled.
Buju Banton's legal team unhappy with attacks on activist Greene
BUJU Banton’s legal team has reached out to Erin Greene to distance the artist from attacks she has endured after saying the reggae star’s song “Boom Bye Bye” should not be played at his concert here in March.
Bahamian man and 31 illegal immigrants charged in Freeport
A Bahamian man and 31 illegal immigrants who were picked up in waters off Bimini were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court with breach of the Immigration Act.
AMAZING COURAGE OF EXUMA BOAT BLAST VICTIM: I don’t want to stay like this... I gotta keep trying
FOR 22-year-old American dancer turned double amputee Stefanie Schaffer, the trauma stemming from last summer’s deadly Exuma tour boat explosion has not subsided.
New roles fail to halt jobless rise
THE country’s unemployment rate has increased since November 2018 despite the addition of just over 2,300 jobs to the labour force.
Labour Day driver - eight new charges
A voluntary bill of indictment was served on Travis Lamar Sawyer yesterday, the driver of the truck which mowed into a crowd during last year’s Labour Day parade, with some eight counts of causing harm by negligence being added to his list of charges.
Nygard given final court deadline
A Supreme Court judge has given fashion mogul Peter Nygard one last chance to explain himself in court over his failure to appear on two occasions to be sentenced for breaching a court order prohibiting him from engaging in any illegal dredging near his Lyford Cay home.
DNA calls for expert tests on BCB’s IT system
IN the wake of hackers demanding a ransom from the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is calling for a “comprehensive vulnerability and penetration test” to determine areas of weakness within the BCB’s IT system.
PMH dismisses social media rumours
PRINCESS Margaret Hospital yesterday defended the integrity of its hygienic practices against social media rumours that surgical equipment is being hand washed.
No new date yet for Oban meeting
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday said no new date has been finalised for a meeting with Oban Energies to renegotiate the Heads of Agreement for its controversial $5.5 billion oil refinery and storage terminal on Grand Bahama.
Man charged with using rusty cutlass in robbery attempt
A 29-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations he choked and attempted to kill a woman on whom he used a rusty cutlass to rob of her cellphone last week.
