Residents unhappy with safety risk assessment
THE residents of Pinder’s Point and the surrounding communities in Grand Bahama are not happy with the final draft of a safety risk assessment and e-nose studies that were undertaken by the previous Christie administration.They believe the studies do
New Date For Appeal of Acid Attack Penalty
AN appeal against the punishment imposed on a woman who threw acid on her lover, his wife, and the couple’s son will now be heard in September.The Crown has lodged an appeal against the $8,700 compensation order levied against D’Nika Mackey who plead
Two years and no solution for students of college with no accreditation
NEARLY two years after Sojourner-Douglass College lost its accreditation and closed its doors in Maryland, former students of its satellite campus in Nassau are no closer to resolving outstanding allegations of erroneous transcripts, gross negligence
High quantity of chemical odours detected near Pinder's Point
AN electric nose analysis in the Pinder’s Point area of Grand Bahama earlier this year revealed the presence of chemical odours that were high compared to European standards, Cabinet Press Secretary Anthony “Ace” Newbold said yesterday. Residents of
Bell: Terror-like threats make scrapping NIA a grave mistake
THE Christie administration created the National Intelligence Agency after considering a number of serious, terrorist-like threats that threatened the Bahamas, former State Minister for National Security Keith Bell claimed yesterday, warning the Minnis administration that it is making a “grave mistake” disbanding the agency.
Ex-speaker is surprised at end to appeal
FORMER House Speaker Dr Kendal Major yesterday said he was surprised by the government’s decision to drop its appeal of the Supreme Court ruling on parliamentary privilege rather than allow the matter to be fully aired in the courts.
Bahamas ranks high for tolerance of violence to women and children
THE Bahamas ranked high among countries in the Caribbean that have tolerance or understanding for hitting women or correcting children with physical punishment, according to an Inter-American Development Bank study.
Save the Bays ‘gave nothing to the FNM’
ATTORNEY and Save The Bays director Fred Smith yesterday stated that the environmental group has never made a political donation of any kind as he denied “mischievous” suggestions concerning the organisation’s relationship with the Free National Movement administration.
‘Get serious’ on jet ski rules
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday said the government must “get serious” on its plans to regulate the water sports industry, a day after a jet ski operator was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a Canadian visitor near Paradise Island on Monday.
Money missing in BPL theft rises to $3m
THE amount of missing money from Bahamas Power and Light has ballooned to nearly $3m, The Tribune understands.
Pilot project for unified bus system expected to be launched 'shortly'
THREE companies have responded to a request for proposals to manage the pilot project for a unified busing system in New Providence, with this project expected to commence “shortly,” Transport and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell has said.M
Murder trial to be dropped after suspect is shot dead
A MURDER trial is expected to be vacated after the Supreme Court is supplied with the proof that a man who was awaiting trial for murder was shot dead last month. In a status hearing before Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs yesterday, prosecutor Darnell
Citi Bahamas Celebrates 12thAnnual Global Community Day
CITI Bahamas celebrated its 12th annual Global Community Day on June 10 with approximately 250 Citi volunteers in Nassau joining the efforts of nearly 100,000 of their colleagues, family and friends in 500 cities in 91 countries and territories to en
Galanis backs Davis - and says some ministers should never return
THERE are certain former Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet ministers who should never be allowed to hold an office in the PLP or return to front line politics on the party’s ticket, as these persons were instrumental in the organisation’s crippling d
Winners unveiled as Grand Bahama holds its first Miss Teen pageant
DESPITE the lack of sponsorship, the Miss Teen Grand Bahama pageant franchise pulled off its first pageant event in Freeport and officially unveiled its five beauty queens over the weekend.The event was held at the Grand Lucayan Ballroom on May 21, w
