‘Growing list’ for director of prosecutions
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel said yesterday there is a “growing list” before the director of public prosecutions of allegations of misconduct, misfeasance and misappropriation concerning situations that occurred under the former Christie administration.
Cancer treatment centre is planned for Grand Bahama
MINISTER of Health Dr Duane Sands has revealed that a cancer treatment centre will be created in Grand Bahama so patients can receive chemotherapy on the island instead of having to go to New Providence.He indicated that cancer services should be ava
Nearly 15,000 cast votes in local elections
FORTY-NINE persons were elected to serve as local government councilors on Grand Bahama for the next three years. During this year’s election, over 14,700 votes were polled on the island on June 22. In the City of Freeport District, a total of 8,530
Greenslade concerned at 'recycling' of offenders
THE country is “recycling” prolific offenders due to less than firm punishments, according to Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade. Addressing the press shortly after he launched the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s (RBPF) 24th annual Youth Summer Cam
Henfield: Minnis support shows activists' success
WE March leader Ranard Henfield, in his first speech as a senator yesterday, said the support Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has expressed for some of his organisation’s demands is proof that the new administration is delivering what activists wante
Man's body is found in Freeport
A PARTIALLY decomposed body was discovered in the Freeport area early Monday morning, but foul play is not suspected, police reported. Inspector Terecita Pinder reported that police are investigating the sudden death of a man who was discovered some
Ministry employees are charged with fraud
TWO employees of the Ministry of Education were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly defrauding the ministry of nearly $7,000 in salaries over a five-month span about two years ago.Paulette Wilson, 59, of Coral Harbour and Andrew
Mitchell dismisses Izmirlian as ‘spoil sport’
OPPOSITION Senator Fred Mitchell yesterday dismissed former Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian’s call for a moratorium on the mega-resort’s sale as the behaviour of a “spoil sport”.
BPL building shut down in theft probe
THE administration building at Bahamas Power and Light’s Big Pond office was shut down to staff and customers over the weekend, while a forensic audit was being carried out on the utility provider’s finances, The Tribune understands.
PLP told ‘seek redemption, not justification’
THE Office of the Prime Minister has urged the Progressive Liberal Party to seek redemption from the Bahamian people, rather than attempt to explain away or justify “years of mismanaging the country”.
Nottage being treated in Florida
FORMER Bain and Grants Town MP Dr Bernard Nottage was said to be receiving treatment at a hospital in Florida yesterday.
UPDATED: Two-year-old girl killed in car crash
A two-year-old girl is dead after she was thrown in a traffic accident from the car her mother was driving Saturday afternoon.
Davis says FNM 'climb down' shows deceit in campaign
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has accused the Minnis administration of a “breathtaking climb down” over its seemingly reversed position on Baha Mar, which he said was part of the Free National Movement’s election campaign of “deceit”.
Gibson ordered ministry of works to halt payments for hurricane clean-up
FORMER Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson ordered that payments to contractors hired by the Ministry of Works to clean-up New Providence after Hurricane Matthew be halted last November because he was concerned that their work was not properly accounted for, emails seen by The Tribune show.
Sarkis: Halt the Baha Mar sale
FORMER Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian yesterday called for a moratorium on the mega-resort’s sale to Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Ltd and a full investigation into the deal struck by the former government citing “unusual, one-sided” concessions and openly accusing the Christie administration of “self-dealing” and “state-sponsored discrimination”.
