Call for more applications by Bahamian-born people
THE Citizenship Committee has tentatively requested an increase in the number of applications it reviews during its meetings, according to Trade and Immigration Minister Brent Symonette.
Govt happy with Oban project
PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold stressed yesterday the $4.5bn Oban Energies project for East Grand Bahama satisfied government criteria for deals of this magnitude.
Culmer tells PLP not to hold country back
FREE National Movement Chairman Carl Culmer Sr has lashed out at the Progressive Liberal Party, accusing the opposition of campaigning against the country’s progress.
NIB staff anger over payments
IRATE employees of the National Insurance Board gathered in anger outside the entity’s Baillou Hill Road headquarters yesterday after learning they would not receive increments owed to them since January.
DNA breakthrough shows Taino lived on after Columbus
AN international team of scientists, led by Dr Hannes Schroeder and Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen, successfully reconstructed the full genome of a Lucayan-Taino individual from a thousand-year-old tooth discovered at Preacher’s Cave on Eleuthera.
COB clerk guilty of $640k theft
FORMER College of the Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs was unanimously convicted by a Supreme Court jury yesterday for stealing over $600,000 from the college over a seven-year period.
Gunned down as they played cards: Residents deny Pinewood victims linked to drugs
PINEWOOD Gardens residents have been left shocked and in fear following the weekend shooting spree which left two people dead and four injured.
‘Sin tax’ sacrifice needed to fund NHI
HEALTH officials will recommend to Cabinet that a sin tax be imposed to pay for National Health Insurance, possibly impacting the cost of items like alcohol, tobacco, lard and substances containing high-fructose corn syrup, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.
Refinery project good to go
THE multi-billion dollar Oban Energies project for East Grand Bahama has passed the government’s due diligence assessments, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and officials of the oil refinery and storage company said yesterday.
Trump’s Bahamas pick says: I’m sorry
DOUGLAS Manchester, the billionaire and real estate developer who was nominated by US President Donald Trump for the post of Bahamas ambassador, has issued an apology after accusations of having an unsettling management style that allegedly made some female employees uncomfortable.
Passenger suffers broken arm as car and jitney collide
POLICE are investigating the circumstances behind a traffic accident involving a jitney and another car, which left a female passenger of the car with injuries.
Lawyer claims shotgun in court not one in video
THE murder and armed robbery trial of three men – Paul Belizaire, Devaughn Hall, and Kevin Dames - continued on Monday in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama.
Worker cleaning cement mixer dies as it turns on
A MAN died in hospital shortly after being injured during an industrial accident at a hardware store, police said.
Five in hospital after stabbing at Freeport nightclub
A STABBING at a nightclub in Freeport left five men in hospital, police said.
Hunt for armed robbers after series of raids
POLICE are looking for the suspects responsible for three armed robberies which occurred in New Providence over a 24-hour period.
