‘Four-hour botched surgery left me close to death’
VALERIE Smith’s routine hysterectomy and fibroid removal operation was supposed take an hour and a half, but instead took four hours after a doctor allegedly botched the surgery that left her “butchered and gravely ill” and nearly dead.
Crawfish season closes tomorrow until July 31
THE Department of Marine Resources has advised that the 2017 closed season for the capturing of crawfish starts on April 1 and runs to July 31.
Gibson: More labour reforms ahead under PLP
MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson yesterday called the passage of the labour amendments by Parliament this week “a great place to start”, implying that if re-elected the Christie administration would expand on its labour reform actions.
Accreditation for Cancer Centre
THE Cancer Centre Bahamas has been accredited for a further three years by the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO).
US warning to avoid political protests in election season
THE United States Embassy in Nassau has again warned its staff, citizens and US visitors in the capital and Paradise Island to avoid political demonstrations, advising that The Bahamas’ election season has started.
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Cycling Club Bahamas. - The club would like to support the Kiwanis Club of Nassau on this Saturday’s ride (April 1st). We would like to meet at Harbour Bay at 5:15am and leave at 5:30am to congregate at Goodman’s Bay for a 6am start. We will start at Goodman’s Bay (6am) and complete our regular 40 mile ride and return to Goodman’s Bay to finish. The entry fee is $12. Please bring a completed form.
Two-year delay in feed mill upgrades after dispute
UPGRADES at the Gladstone Road Feed Mill intended to provide uninterrupted power supply and higher quality feed have been halted for nearly two years due to a disagreement between the project’s consultant and the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC), Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray confirmed yesterday.
‘Time is very short’ until the election bell is rung
WHILE much of the country waits in anticipation for Prime Minister Perry Christie to “ring the bell” indicating the date for the 2017 election, yesterday he hinted that “time is very short” until voters head to the polls.
Father of four denies voter fraud
A HARBOUR Island father of four denied committing voter fraud during his arraignment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon.
$35m spent by govt on recovery after hurricane
THE government spent $35m on hurricane-related expenses as of January 31, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
PM: Not a dollar of VAT wasted
AMID lingering questions regarding Value-Added Tax (VAT) collections, Prime Minister Perry Christie was on the defensive yesterday as he explained how his administration handled $1.14bn in VAT revenue accumulated during 2015 and 2016, insisting that not one dollar of the money has been “frittered away” or spent “surreptitiously”.
Making reading vocabulous
THE students and staff at Mt Carmel Preparatory Academy primary division observed the month of February as ‘Vocabulous Expedition’ month.
Dame Joan Sawyer blasts Fitzgerald fuel leak silence
FORMER President of the Court of Appeal Dame Joan Sawyer has lashed out at Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald for his revelation earlier in this Parliamentary term that he kept quiet for more than a year on the contents of a report into an underground fuel leak in his constituency.
Nearly $1.3m in bank account after creation of BTC foundation
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday moved to address lingering concerns over the two per cent shares in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) Ltd that were placed into a foundation after negotiations more than three years ago.
Gibson denies cancellation of armed forces health coverage
MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson hit back at social media rumours that the government was cancelling health coverage for members of the armed forces once National Health Insurance comes on stream.
