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‘The birth of the changing of Bahamasair’s fleet’

OFFICIALS yesterday commissioned the first of Bahamasair’s five new ATR 72-600 series aircraft to touch down at the Lynden Pindling International Airport worth $20.7m.

Insurance industry ‘in no position to advise’ on NHI

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said the Bahamas Insurance Association’s authority as a stakeholder in the National Health Insurance debate is discredited due to the industry’s high premium rates.

Minister seeks to ease fears over Potter’s Cay redevelopment

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday insisted the proposed $3.1m Potter’s Cay Dock redevelopment initiative would “only look to refocus the nature of activities” presently carried out at the historic site.

11 Cubans detained at Anguilla Cay

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force apprehended 11 Cuban migrants on Anguilla Cay in the Cay Sal Bank area on Monday.

Two charged with murder

TWO Grand Bahama men were arraigned on a murder charge in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Witness says he picked out woman in identity parade

A JURY heard yesterday from an anonymous witness that the female he saw arguing with businessman Kurt McCartney in Gambier Village was picked out by him in an identification parade.

Save The Bays offers Nygard possible solution

SAVE The Bays, the environmental advocacy group, said yesterday that it would consider dropping all court actions involving Nygard Cay provided controversial fashion designer Peter Nygard agrees to obey the law and reverse the substantial environmental damage caused by decades of unauthorised development at his Clifton Bay property.

Women maklng a difference

CLIMATE change is quickly becoming a large problem across the globe and particularly affects the Bahamas as an island chain surrounded by water.

Airport to conduct full-scale emergency drill today

THE Lynden Pindling International Airport will conduct a full-scale emergency drill today from 11am – 2pm.

Christmastide with Bel Canto

THE Bel Canto Singers present their popular traditional “Christmastide” concert this weekend with two performances – at the Old Fort Bay Club on Friday and the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk on Saturday.

UPDATED: Missing cruise ship passenger found safe

A CANADIAN cruise ship passenger who was reported missing by police was found in “good health”, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said Tuesday.

Christie again speaks out on climate change

PRIME Minister Perry Christie has again denounced the use of gross domestic product or gross national income per capita as the main component in “determining the access that The Bahamas and other small island developing states have to financial resources” to counter climate change.

NHI risks ‘up to 1,000 jobs’

A HIGH level stakeholder in the health insurance industry said the jobs of as many as 1,000 people will be in jeopardy if the Christie administration moves ahead with its National Health Insurance scheme without incorporating the Bahamas Insurance Association’s recommendations.

Man charged with murder over death by beating

A MAN appeared in Magistrate’s’ Court yesterday charged in connection with a recent beating death that police have classified as a murder.

Health minister slams Moss ‘foolishness’

HEALTH Minister Dr Perry Gomez yesterday criticised Marco City MP Greg Moss for saying that National Health Insurance makes no sense in The Bahamas, and blasted the former PLP member for not understanding the global significance of the proposed scheme.

The Tribune