‘Thought we were saving money, PM?’
THE Progressive Liberal Party has criticised Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis for appointing Golden Gates MP Michael Foulkes as parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, a ministry that saw cuts in the last budgeting exercise.
Prisoner reform key to end jail crisis
TO solve the issue of overcrowding at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, National Security Minister Marvin Dames said his ministry is primarily focused on reducing the number of inmates, rather than building additional cells.
‘My friend sobbed as he told of sex attack’
THE best friend of a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 45-year-old man told the Supreme Court the teenager cried after confiding to her about the assault.
One-day initiative to promote heart health launched
THE Bahamas Heart Centre is kicking off heart health month, recognised annually in February, with an event tomorrow that encourages members of the general public to get moving and donate to a worthy cause.
I never received one single cent, insists Grimes
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Trustee Valentine S Grimes said he never received “one single cent” from any ministry relating to work Priton Bahamas Limited did in a subdivision on Carmichael Road and insisted his role in this regard was minimal.
Woman dies in boating incident
ABACO police are investigating a boating incident that left a woman dead.
Car firm ordered to increase accident payout
THE Privy Council has ordered a local car rental company and a dead man’s estate to pay another man over $600,000 in damages for future loss as a result of a car accident that killed the deceased on a Family Island some six years ago.
Senate agrees plan to win approval over Fox Hill land
THE Senate passed a resolution yesterday which sought Parliament’s approval for the conveyance of 1.2 acres of land in Fox Hill for development as serviced lots.
Missing Yolande found safe
YOLANDE Mercidieu, the 12-year-old girl who was missing for seven weeks, was found Thursday in good health and is currently in the care of the Department of Social Services, The Tribune was told.
Nygard appealing against order for ‘immediate arrest’
LYFORD Cay resident Peter Nygard is appealing a judge’s decision to order his “immediate arrest” for failing to appear on three occasions to be sentenced for breaching a court order prohibiting him from engaging in any illegal dredging near his home.
Eight women face jail after strip club swoop
EIGHT women, five of whom are Colombian, were committed to prison yesterday after failing to pay their collective $24,000 in fines for admitting to working as strippers in local nightclubs without a permit to do so.
House agrees to borrow $100m for emergencies
THE House of Assembly approved a resolution yesterday to borrow $100m from the Inter-American Development Bank as a contingency against natural disaster emergencies.
DEREK’S BILLIONS - IT’S A FAIRYTALE: Turnquest speaks out to rubbish 20-year-old ‘stolen fortune’ myth
FINANCE Minister K Peter Turnquest told Parliament allegations the government and a local bank thwarted Derek Rolle Kelly’s purported inheritance have no basis and are entirely untrue.
Junkanoo challenge gives win to Knights
AFTER appeals were lodged against Grand Bahama’s New Year’s Day Junkanoo results, the Platinum Knights group has now been declared the official winner.
‘Contractor over-billed by $1.8m’
A COMPANY contracted to do work in a Carmichael Road subdivision had its bill heavily reduced after Ministry of Public Works officials were unable to prove it had completed work it claimed to have done.
