$575k awarded to Haitian woman denied citizenship
THE Supreme Court has awarded $575,000 in damages to a 29-year-old woman after the Department of Immigration took six years to address her application for Bahamian citizenship.
GB Power seeks 6.3 percent hike
THE Grand Bahama Power Company’s (GBPC) proposal to increase electricity rates drew quick backlash from the Ministry of Grand Bahama yesterday.
Police searching for guardians of toddler girl
POLICE are asking for the public's help in locating the parents or guardians of a young child found alone near Roosevelt and Jerome Avenue this morning.
‘Four-day workweek would not work in our economy’
BAHAMAS Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) CEO Leo Rolle said the chamber does not believe moving to a four-day work-week system would work for the country’s “heavily service-based economy”.
Former PM Christie in hospital after suffering an ‘acute heart condition’
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie reportedly suffered “an acute heart condition” that prompted a “successful corrective procedure”, according to Latrae Rahming, communications director in the Office of the Prime Minister.
$2m for man beaten and abused in prison
THE Supreme Court has awarded a record $2m in damages to Matthew Sewell, a Jamaican man who endured sexual assault and beatings while being unlawfully detained in prison and the detention centre for nearly a decade, experiences so damaging that he became schizophrenic and developed post-traumatic stress disorder.
Darville: Public health system short 450 nurses, govt recruiting more from Ghana
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said the public health system is short 450 nurses, including more than 170 speciality nurses.
Two Bahamians participate as officials at Paris Olympics
MANCER Roberts Sr, the technical director at Bahamas Aquatics, was one of 26 officiators of the 2024 Paris Olympics swimming competition and the first Bahamian to perform that role at an Olympics.
UPDATED: Former Prime Minister Perry Christie in hospital
Former Prime Minister Perry Christie is in hospital, though his family say he is in "good spirits".
Man granted bail in housebreaking, stealing case
A MAN was granted bail on Friday after he was accused of breaking into a home in Pinewood Gardens and stealing a motorcycle earlier this year.
Four years jail for man who admitted to having loaded gun in home
A MAN was sentenced to four years in prison after he admitted to having a loaded gun in his home on Lincoln Blvd last week.
Crawfish season open - but not without infractions
OFFICIALS have reported several infractions by fishers in North Abaco less than 24 hours since the opening of crawfish season, according to the director of Marine Resources Gregory Bethel.
Albany New Year's Eve sex assault case dismissed
SPENCER CHARRINGTON, son of Albany top executive Peter Charrington, had sexual assault charges dismissed on Friday stemming from an alleged incident at a Moulin Rouge New Year’s Eve party at the resort.
Bahamas National Reparations Committee renews mandate with official relaunch
The Bahamas National Reparations Committee officially relaunched on Friday just days ahead of Emancipation Day and a decade after it was first formed.
Darville defends PM’s ‘personal choice’ for US medical treatment
HEALTH Minister Dr. Michael Darville said Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis' decision to travel to the United States to undergo treatment for sciatica was a “personal choice”.
