Government denies it will pay teen's bills
THE Cabinet Office announced on Friday that contrary to comments made by the mother of a stateless teen seeking medical treatment in the United States, the government has made no offer or promise to foot the teen’s bills.The teen’s mother, Ginette Ca
Committee to be set up in weeks on cannabis issue
WITHIN the next “week or two,” representatives of a cannabis committee that Cabinet has established will receive their terms of references and begin exploring public opinion on the issue, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said Saturday. The committee
State-recognised funeral for Senator
THE Cabinet Office has announced that a state-recognised funeral will be held for former Senator Telator Strachan on Friday at 10am at Faith United Missionary Baptist Church, Faith United Way, off Baillou Hill Road South.Interment will follow at Wood
Man found hanging in Blue Hill Heights home
Police are investigating the death of a man who was found hanging in a home in Blue Hill Heights off Tonight Williams-Darling Highway on Friday night.
Nurses hopeful after meeting with PM
A FRIDAY meeting with Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has given the Bahamas Nurses Union “high expectation” their concerns will be resolved in their favour, union president Amancha Williams said Friday.
PLP leader slams govt over BPL
IN the face of Bahamas Power and Light’s continued generation instabilities, Opposition Leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis on Friday criticised the Minnis administration’s decision to “go away from all” the plans left by the Progressive Liberal Party.
Justice Stephen Isaacs sworn in as Chief Justice
JUSTICE Stephen Isaacs was officially sworn in as Chief Justice in a ceremony held at Government House on Friday.
Rights Bahamas plans to take shanty town case international
HUMAN rights group Rights Bahamas is planning to take its shanty town case to the International community, attorney Fred Smith, QC, told the Tribune on Friday.
Man killed, woman injured in Bamboo Town shooting
Police are investigating after a man was killed and a woman injured in a shooting incident on Thursday night.
Lights out as island hit by power outages
AS a foreign expert assesses Bahamas Power and Light’s instabilities, residents in several areas of New Providence were plunged into darkness on Wednesday night after an engine at the Clifton Pier power plant malfunctioned, resulting in a load shedding exercise - with a further power outage last night.
UPDATED: 'Gov't not paying Taranique's bills'
10am UPDATE: THE Cabinet Office has announced that contrary to claims made by the mother of a stateless teen seeking medical treatment in the United States and published in The Tribune on Friday, the government has made no offer or promise to foot the teen’s bills.
SHOW US SOME RESPECT, PLEASE: Nurses threaten new action after press blunder
BAHAMAS Nurses Union President Amancha Williams yesterday criticised the Ministry of Labour for its “disrespect” and again threatened industrial action, ratcheting up the fight between the bargaining union and the government over various disputes.
‘I’m guilty’ - jailbreaker gets three more years
ONE of two men arraigned yesterday in a Magistrate’s Court in connection with a thwarted escape plot at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services admitted he used a piece of steel from a prison bathroom to cut a hole in his cell’s ceiling over a two-month period.
'What a waste of money’
HUMAN rights group Rights Bahamas is blasting the government’s intention to pay lawyers outside the Office of the Attorney General for representation in a major judicial review case about shanty towns, calling it a “waste” of money at a time when the government is cutting back on its school uniform budget for the less fortunate.
Lighthouse Point must be saved as national park
THE Bahamas National Trust yesterday confirmed its efforts to secure Lighthouse Point as a national park and a “model for sustainable” development.
