House of Assembly chaplain warns to not ‘sell dreams for votes’ during by-election
THE House of Assembly chaplain warned parliamentarians yesterday not to “sell dreams just for votes” as the by-election in West Grand Bahama and Bimini nears.
UN group to inspect detention facilities at end of November
IMMIGRATION Minister Alfred Sears said a United Nations group will visit The Bahamas to inspect migrant detention facilities.
Small home repairs programme has helped 50 of 200 people so far
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said the Small Homes Repairs Programme has to date repaired about 50 of a targeted 200 homes.
WSC consultant Butler-Turner says freak accident will be ‘comprehensively reviewed’
WATER & Sewerage Corporation consultant Loretta Butler-Turner said a freak accident that caused the death of a WSC employee last month would be comprehensively reviewed and the corporation has cooperated with the victim’s family.
Staniel Cay residents fed up waiting for school to reopen
STANIEL Cay residents are fed up with how long the government is taking to reopen the Staniel Cay Comprehensive School, saying students have been learning in a church for over three years.
Sears: Commission will review checks and balances at immigration dept
IMMIGRATION Minister Alfred Sears said a commission Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis established to review how immigration decisions are made comprises former Education Director Marcellus Taylor, former Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Clifford Scavella and Alexandria Hall.
PLP to discuss marital rape, legalising marijuana for recreational use, transitioning to a republic at convention
THE Progressive Liberal Party will discuss marital rape, legalising marijuana for recreational use and transitioning to a republic during the party’s 55th national convention on November 9 and 10, according to Senator Quinton Lightbourne, the event’s co-chair.
School monitors find boy, aged 12, living in car alone
SCHOOL attendance monitors tasked with getting drop-outs back in school recently found a 12-year-old boy living alone in a car.
LESLIE MILLER GETS CONTRACT FOR ROAD TRAFFIC – Ex-MP: I wish we could get big boys’ rates
LESLIE Miller said the government will move the Road Traffic Department into his Summerwinds Plaza for a rate that is “much better than anywhere else”, adding there is “nothing amiss” and “no favours” involved.
Man charged for sex abuse of mentally ill woman
A 24-year-old man was sent to prison yesterday after allegedly sexually abusing a mentally ill woman twice this summer.
Man and woman accused of stealing $3,000 granted bail
A MAN and woman were granted bail after allegedly stealing over $3,000 from a business earlier this year.
Man and woman accused of stealing $3,000 granted bail
A MAN and woman were granted bail after allegedly stealing over $3,000 from a business earlier this year.
Man accused of attacking police with car gets $2k bail
A MAN was granted $2,000 bail after allegedly attacking a police officer with his car last month.
Man pleads guilty to drug possession fined $1,000
A MAN was fined $1,000 after admitting to having 2oz of marijuana earlier this week.
‘Remediation work has begun’ at a BPL diesel spill in Nicholls Town, Andros
BAHAMAS Power and Light executives said they are addressing a diesel spill that happened at a Nicholls Town, North Andros power station nearly two years ago and has yet to be remediated.
