Sands – We'll make fair offer to doctors
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is negotiating in good faith to present a reasonable and fair offer to public health physicians who have threatened industrial action.
Too much hot air delays Frank Smith hearing
FORMER PLP Senator Frank Smith’s bribery and extortion trial had to be relocated yesterday due to a three-week long air conditioning failure at the Magistrate’s Court complex.
Haitian man accused of illegal landing by boat
A Haitian man who arrived illegally by boat to The Bahamas two weeks ago was charged with being in breach of the Immigration Act in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.St Jude Pierre, 28, of Port de Paix, Haiti, appeared before Magistrate Rengi
Scholarships power trio to high school success
THREE more recipients of scholarships from the Tara Xavier Hepburn Foundation – Dwayna Archer, Danitra Sargent and Deneil Rolle – have successfully completed their high school education at St John’s College.Dwayna and Danitra graduated with distincti
American woman held over drugs
CENTRAL division officers arrested an American woman aboard the Carnival Elation cruise ship, after she was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of suspected marijuana.The woman is expected to be formally arraigned in Magistrate’s Court later
Promised BPL probe has not yet begun
DESPITE announcing nearly three months ago that he ordered a probe into matters of concern at Bahamas Power and Light, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis confirmed yesterday no investigation has begun, but insisted he told the truth in pledging issues a
UPDATED: Fisherman killed in Andros boat explosion
TRAGEDY struck Andros Tuesday morning when a 53-year-old man was killed in a fishing boat explosion off Morgan’s Bluff.
Union fear over BTC downsizing
BTC unions yesterday protested further downsizing at the telecommunications company, namely the outsourcing of its call centre.
Renew CEO Cox ‘had no work permit’
FORMER Renew Bahamas CEO Michael Cox and his uncle Maurice Cox will stand trial at the end of the month on allegations that they were working in The Bahamas last month without government approval.
'WE'RE DOING ALL WE POSSIBLY CAN' – Dames defends search operation for crash pilot
AS the search for missing pilot Byron Ferguson continues, National Security Minister Marvin Dames defended officials against criticism by saying that law enforcement has extended every effort to resolving this matter.
Pratt – I'll fight 'unjust allegations'
FORMER Immigration Director William Pratt said yesterday he was seeking legal redress in response to “loose, untested allegations” in reference to him in an affidavit detailing the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe of an alleged local US visa scam.
'Majority miss out on growth'
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis conceded yesterday that only a small group of Bahamians benefit from economic growth in the country, but assured citizens the government is addressing blockages that stifle job creation and perpetuate poverty.
Minister quizzed over quality of caretaking at centre for girls
SOCIAL Services Minister Frankie Campbell faced an unlikely question about the quality of caretakers at the Willie Mae Pratt School for Girls during a press conference yesterday about the series of events planned this month to celebrate men, women an
Hospital returning to normal after chemical spill
LABORATORY and radiology services have now been restored at the Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama following the suspension of services as a result of a minor chemical spill last Thursday. According to officials, a private Hazmat company, repres
