BTVI saw small rise in enrolment in Spring 2023 over the previous Fall registration
ABOUT 2,500 students enrolled at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Training Institute (BTVI) during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
Parliamentary Registrar looking to modernise the voters card registrations system
THE Parliamentary Registration Department plans to streamline the registration process to get a voter’s card - as well as modernising the card itself.
Halkitis: State-owned-enterprises will eventually be added to government procurement system
ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will eventually be incorporated into the central government’s procurement system so that awarded contracts are disclosed to the public.
Disciplinary charges brought against 55 prison officers and 1,036 inmates in 2021
DISCIPLINARY charges were brought against 55 prison officers in 2021, according to a 2021 Bahamas Department of Corrections report tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Report shows cost per inmate at Bahamas Department of Corrections in 2021 is over $17k annually
THE annual cost per inmate at the Bahamas Department of Corrections in 2021 was $17,369.60, according to a 2021 report tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Govt tables bill to enhance independence of judiciary
THE Davis administration tabled legislation in the House of Assembly yesterday to enhance the independence of the judiciary.
Minnis: Wilchcombe should have had bigger ministry
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis believes Obie Wilchcombe, who died unexpectedly last month, should have been given a more “substantive post” in the Davis-led Cabinet before his death.
Flamingo Air is back in the air after mid-flight mishap
FLAMINGO Air has resumed services after being grounded earlier this month when the boarding ladder on an aircraft deployed mid-flight.
‘By-election must happen by November 25’
THE West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election must happen by November 25, according to acting Parliamentary Commissioner Arthur Taylor.
Bahamian man held for crossing US Border
A BAHAMIAN man who was reportedly arrested for not having a visa while trying to cross into the United States from Mexico is “safe and sound,” according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bahamian-born – but at risk for deportation
ACTING Immigration Director William Pratt said the Department of Immigration’s policy is to deport children born in The Bahamas to Haiti with their parents if those guardians lack legal status to be in this country.
Murder count at 80 as Man shot dead on Malcolm Road
THE country’s murder count, according to The Tribune’s records, rose to 80 after a man was fatally shot yesterday.
PM DAVIS ‘ASKED FTX CHIEF’ TO ADVISE SON: Court claim of email request to Bankman-Fried
The Prime Minister allegedly asked Sam Bankman-Fried to provide advice to his son about a digital assets project the latter was working on just two months before FTX collapsed.
‘I still don’t believe it’, says sister of man who died in a traffic accident on Monday
AFTER a crash claimed the lives of a man and a woman, a grieving sister said she is still catching her breath from the shock of losing her brother and his girlfriend.
Bahamian who escaped Israel wants to see peace between the two countries
A BAHAMIAN who was stuck in Israel days after a war erupted there said he visited Palestine during his trip and wants to see peace between the two countries.
