Former Renew Bahamas CEO 'was spotted sitting on forklift'
FORMER Renew Bahamas CEO Michael Cox being spotted sitting on a forklift at a local scrapyard without a valid work permit ultimately led to him being charged with a criminal offence, though the immigration officer who spotted him did not say whether he was actually operating the machine.
Pop-Up Farmers Market on Saturday
Michael Foulkes, Executive Chairman, Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation (BAIC) announced that there will be a Pop-Up Farmers Market at Seabreeze Constituency – Saturday, December 1, from 8am to 3:30pm.
Man arrested after drug discovery at home
POLICE have arrested a man after 34-pounds of marijuana and five-grams of cocaine were discovered at his Cowpen Road home.
Power outage causes delays at Road Traffic Department
SCORES of disgruntled customers criticised the Road Traffic Department’s automated cashier system process on Friday after processing times were delayed for nearly five hours due to a power outage.
Govt 'willing to partner with Coral Vita to establish school'
AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Michael Pintard says the government would be willing to partner with the conservation group Coral Vita in establishing a school in Andros, in association with BAMSI.
Grand Bahama hosts Menopause Seminar
TARGETING an issue that affects much older woman, new organisation Diamonds Unleashed - Empowering Women is hosting the first Menopause Seminar in Grand Bahama.
Magistrate calls on police to probe mishandled evidence
A SENIOR magistrate has invited the commissioner of police to investigate the “questionable” investigation conducted by some of his subordinates, whom she said mishandled the physical evidence against a man brought up on criminal charges and never bothered showing up to testify in the criminal trial.
'Tortured' suspect 'attacked' police
A teenager who was allegedly flogged with a cutlass by police officers prior to being arraigned on numerous armed robbery charges has since been charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting lawful arrest.
Senate backs bid to use dormant bank funds
THE government’s bid to utilise $41.3m from dormant bank accounts to set up a disaster relief fund is one step closer to law, after the Senate yesterday voted in favour of both the Bank and Trust Companies Amendment Bill and the Central Bank of the Bahamas Amendment Bill.
DEPORTEE FLOWN BACK TO NASSAU: Govt steps in to bring Foreste home from Haiti
THE government has facilitated the return of a man who was deported in violation of a Supreme Court order, The Tribune has been told.
Minnis to face union presidents
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis will conduct “head to head” talks with union leaders next week in the face of escalating labour issues, according to Labour Minister Dion Foulkes.
'End action or no new negotiation’
A MEETING between senior public doctors and Public Hospitals Authority officials fizzled yesterday after PHA officials refused to negotiate, declaring they won’t do so as long as doctors persist with their industrial action.
School in mourning as principal passes
FACULTY and students were stunned yesterday after the sudden death of Nassau Christian Academy Principal Brentford Isaacs, shortly after a morning meeting with teachers.
‘Acting Surveyor General doesn’t turn up for work’
A TOP consultant in the Office of the Prime Minister has said delays at the Office of the Surveyor General have been “unconscionable,” telling The Tribune the acting Surveyor General Thomas Ferguson “doesn’t show up to work”.
Boy on holiday bitten by shark
AN American boy thought he was going to die after he was bitten by a nurse shark off the Exuma Cays.
