Ministry shifts focus away from Cuba to supply needed teachers
THE Ministry of Education has paused its plan to recruit more than 70 teachers from Cuba, redirecting efforts toward hiring educators from the United States, Canada, and locally retired professionals to fill upcoming vacancies.
Dad donating Kidney to son in Bahamas’ first living donor transplant
A GROUNDBREAKING kidney transplant is set to take place today at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), where a father will donate a kidney to his son, who suffers from end-stage renal disease.
Child dies in house blaze
A MOTHER’S desperate decision to leave her four young children in the care of a relative ended in heartbreak after a fire tore through a room of their Rupert Dean Lane home, leaving one child dead and three others critically injured.
PHA ‘cannot manage’ caseload of 600 patients receiving dialysis care in last three years
THE Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has spent over $15m in the past three years on dialysis care for approximately 600 patients, an unsustainable cost burden as kidney failure cases surge nationwide.
Bell tables legislation to combat urban decay and curb spread of liquor stores
THE government is proposing a slate of legislative changes to combat urban decay, curb the unchecked spread of liquor stores, and ease the country’s ongoing housing crisis.
‘Fat Boy’ guilty of 2021 murder of bike passenger
JAWUAN “Fat Boy” Armbrister was found guilty yesterday of the 2021 murder of Devonte Brown, who was shot while riding as a passenger on a motorcycle on Carmichael Road.
Teenager admits throwing rock at girlfriend
AN 18-year-old man was placed on 18 months probation yesterday after admitting to throwing a rock that injured his girlfriend outside her mother’s home last week.
Man remanded in shooting case
A MAN has been remanded into custody after being accused of the near-fatal shooting of another man inside a vehicle on Melvern Road last week.
Three bailed in housebreaking
THREE men were granted bail yesterday after being accused of breaking into a woman’s home in Maize Court and stealing a car last month.
Food truck festival back in GB
Grand Bahama’s growing reputation as a cultural and culinary hub will once again be on display as the Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation (MOTIA) hosts the second Annual Food Truck Festival on Saturday, from 1pm to 9pm at the beachfront festival grounds.
‘Island-wide manhunt’ after reserve’s murder
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has intensified patrols and launched an island-wide manhunt following the brazen daylight murder of Reserve Inspector Lernex Williams, who was shot dead during an attempted armed robbery while making a bank deposit in Palmdale on Sunday.
Coleby-Davis: Over 60,000 BPL bills under $125
MORE than 63,000 households across The Bahamas received monthly electricity bills under $125 between January and May, thanks to the government’s Equity Rate Adjustment (ERA) Initiative, Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis announced during her budget presentation.
Road Traffic to launch new office in East Nassau
THE Road Traffic Department will open a new office in eastern New Providence before year’s end, Transport and Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis announced in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Mom still ‘frozen in the moment’ after three sons died in car crash
LOVAN Christie wishes she could say just one more thing to her sons: “Don’t leave mummy.”
First kidney transplant in Bahamas coming this week
THE Bahamas is set to launch its first-ever kidney transplant programme this week, while simultaneously advancing two hospital projects and finalising the acquisition of a fully equipped private hospital on East Bay Street.
