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Minister says forecasters did exemplary work

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said yesterday she was disappointed that the Department of Meteorology has been drawn into public disrepute after forecasters did an exemplary job as Hurricane Joaquin made its way to the central and southern Bahamas.

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Equality referendum won’t be held this year

THE long promised referendum on gender equality will not take place this year, Constitutional Commission Chairman Sean McWeeney acknowledged yesterday.

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FNM closes in on candidate list for 2017

THE Free National Movement is expected to ratify several of its candidates for the 2017 general election next week, according to a source close to the matter.

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‘My nine years in jail without trial’

Jamaican Matthew Sewell is enjoying freedom at last after nine years in Bahamian custody without trial. He tells Ricardo Wells how he felt forgotten and mistreated.

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Miller expects move to WSC next week

OUTGOING BEC Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday he expects to receive an official letter this week transferring him from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to the Water and Sewerage Corporation.

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BEC restores power to 80% of affected homes

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation has restored supply to “approximately 80 per cent” of customers affected by Hurricane Joaquin, officials said yesterday.

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Mitchell: Get the facts on claims of poor treatment

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday announced that he intends to speak with executives of the Department of Correctional Services in the wake of claims of mistreatment raised by a Jamaican national earlier this week after he was freed from custody.

Clarification: Dr Rodney Smith on COB lecturers

WE HAVE been asked to make clear by the College of The Bahamas that the insertion in parentheses of the phrase “in terms of quality lecturers” in a direct quote from Dr Rodney Smith, the president, in a presentation he gave to the Rotary Club of East Nassau and reported in The Tribune (Poor audit practices “will not stop COB transition to university”, October 1) incorrectly implied that he was saying the college currently did not have quality lecturers.

Laville challenges union to provide proof of claims

WATER and Sewerage Corporation General Manager Glen Laville yesterday hit back at the Bahamas Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union, challenging the union to provide “proof” of its recent allegations against him and take the “legitimate course of action in order to correct it”.

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Schools amalgamated as repair work continues

STUDENTS from Mangrove Bush Primary will be back in class sooner than expected as their school is to be amalgamated with Lower Deadman’s Cay Primary while the extensive repair work following the damage caused by Hurricane Joaquin is finished.

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Man to face third trial after jury again cannot reach a verdict

A MAN faces a third retrial on a murder charge after a jury yesterday returned an 11-1 guilty verdict after less than two hours of deliberation.

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Legal ruling over US man’s murder

A JUDGE is expected to rule today on legal discussions held in the absence of the jury that is hearing evidence in a trial concerning the murder of an American sailor.

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Web shop aims to expand reach to Family Islands

THE operators of web shop chain Chances Games said they plan to expand the business to several Family Islands and increase staff after being granted a conditional gaming house operator license by the Gaming Board.

Police investigate suspected suicide

GRAND Bahama police are investigating an apparent suicide after a 69-year-old Freeport man was found hanged at his residence on Tuesday evening.

Elderly man missing since Saturday

AN elderly man suffering from dementia has been missing on Grand Bahama since Saturday and concerned family members are appealing to the public for assistance in locating him.

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