Residents call for lower energy prices in remote areas
SOME 300 letters of support signed by residents of West and East Grand Bahama were delivered on Friday by the Coalition of Concerned Citizens to the Office of the Prime Minister in Freeport calling for government intervention in lowering the cost of the energy in those outlying areas.
Police investigate series of armed robberies
NEW Providence police are actively searching for the men responsible for a number of armed robberies which occurred over the weekend.
Dialysis patient 'missed several treatments'
A MAN who died after being turned away from the Princess Margaret Hospital’s Dialysis Unit a week ago due to a staff shortage was previously “noncompliant” with his treatment schedule, the Public Hospitals Authority said yesterday.
We're still unhappy, say junior doctors
DAYS after the Bahamas Doctors Union agreed to call off strike action to negotiate over outstanding holiday pay, junior doctors said the Public Hospitals Authority’s offer of $1.80 per hour was not generous but below minimum wage.
Man dies after argument outside Nassau nightclub
A MAN was found unresponsive with injuries to his body near an abandoned building on Hampton Street on Friday night.
Government complex destroyed by fire
SOUTH Andros MP Picewell Forbes yesterday lamented the devastation and significant loss of public records after a local government complex burned to the ground in Fresh Creek, Andros, on Friday.
Oban boss insists: We're going ahead
OFFICIALS from Oban Energies say they have completed an environmental impact assessment and will sit down with the government on January 7 for expected negotiations on a new Heads of Agreement for the company’s proposed oil refinery and storage facility on Grand Bahama.
Poachers set free due to oversight
ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force officers apprehended four more Dominican fishermen in waters near Great Inagua over the weekend - bringing the total number of arrests this month to 18.
Please God, keep the lights on
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union president Paul Maynard yesterday told The Tribune that The Bahamas is “on the graces of God” regarding whether another major power outage will affect the country this holiday season.
Double murders: suspect charged
A 33-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday with the murders of a man and a woman who were shot dead outside an apartment in the Joan’s Heights area last week.
Bahamasair apologises twice over three days
BAHAMASAIR has issued its second apology in three days following yet another series of flight delays and cancellations for both international and domestic flights that have infuriated passengers this holiday season.
Andros government building destroyed by fire
Police on Andros are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire which destroyed a government building on Friday.
Police investigate after man found dead in Stapelton Gardens
Police are investigating after a man was found dead in Hampton Street, Stapelton Gardens on Friday night.
Junior doctors: PHA holiday pay offer was below minimum wage
DAYS after Bahamas Doctors Union agreed to call off strike action to negotiate over outstanding holiday pay, junior doctors said Public Hospitals Authority’s offer of $1.80 per hour was not generous but below minimum wage.
Man charged with murder of couple
A 33-year-old man was charged in a Magistrate's Court yesterday with the murders of a couple who had just pulled up to an apartment in the Joan’s Heights area earlier this week.
