FNM to ratify candidate for West GB and Bimini by Thursday of this week
THE Free National Movement expects to ratify a candidate for the upcoming West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election by the end of this week after at least one person applied for the party’s nomination: Bishop Ricardo Grant.
Sign of the times for inquiry ahead?
THE government has acquired space in a vacant building on Bernard Road, the entrance to which says the “Commission of Inquiry”.
Michela Barnett-Ellis: Decriminalise abortion in all instances
ALTHOUGH an underground culture of abortion exists in The Bahamas, current and former prosecutors say people have rarely been prosecuted over the years for violating abortion laws.
Cornish sex assault case heading to Supreme Court
NORTH Abaco MP Kirk Cornish received his voluntary bill of indictment in his sexual assault case yesterday, signalling the advancement of his matter to the higher court.
‘Migrant mother didn’t want her children to be deported’
ACTING Immigration Director William Pratt said three children fended for themselves in a shanty town earlier this month when their detained mother failed to reveal their existence because she feared they would be deported to Haiti.
Abaco man held on suspicion of illegal drug possession
POLICE officers in Abaco arrested a 25-year-old man after finding a quantity of illegal drugs and large sums of cash at a residence in Dundas Town.
US Embassy-funded Academy of Women Entrepreneurs programme launches in GB
SOME 50 women entrepreneurs in Grand Bahama will have an opportunity to win grant funding through the US Embassy’s Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) programme.
Exempt app has led to 90 percent increase in revenue at LPIA, says financial secretary
FINANCIAL Secretary Simon Wilson said the Exempt App has led to a 90 per cent increase in customer revenue at the Lynden Pindling International Airport, calling the customs app a “success story” despite complications some travellers have experienced.
Nurses union says arrival of 18 Ghanian nurses wont solve sector’s problems
BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn said the arrival of 18 specialty Ghanaian nurses later this month won’t solve the human resources challenges in the sector.
52 week programme workers not paid - delay issue to be addressed, says Glover-Rolle
SOME 1,400 minimum wage workers in the government’s 52-week Skills Empowerment Programme were expected to be paid yesterday after experiencing delays, according to Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle.
Police investigating three traffic deaths
POLICE are investigating three traffic deaths that brought the number of road fatalities this year to 44.
Two vying to represent the PLP in upcoming by-election
PACO Deal and Robert Grant –– an attorney and a businessman –– said they would apply to be the Progressive Liberal Party's candidates in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini by-election.
Shot dead while out on bail for murder
A MAN who was electronically monitored on bail for murder and drug crimes was shot dead yesterday on Market Street.
Bishop Boyd backs efforts to criminalise marital rape
BISHOP Laish Boyd backed efforts to criminalise marital rape last night during the 120th Session of the Synod of The Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands.
Finance’s procurement list called ‘incomplete’
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said he rejects the Ministry of Finance’s “incomplete” contract procurement report released on Sunday because it fails to satisfy the transparency requirements of the Public Procurement Act.
