Waterspout forms next to Paradise Island Bridge
This video shows the moment a waterspout appeared at the Paradise Island Bridge on Thursday afternoon.
Marijuana legislation ‘by end of summer’
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder says legislation for marijuana legalisation should be concluded by the end of the summer.
Nation ‘must be prepared’ for monkeypox outbreak
THE Bahamas must be on alert and prepared to take rapid action for an inevitable outbreak of monkeypox, according to a Pan American Health Organization official.
$6m allocated for food security initiatives
THE government is allocating over $6m to support its food security initiatives, according to Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Clay Sweeting.
$4.2bn in hurricane damages
THE Bahamas has suffered more than $4.2bn in damages and losses as a result of hurricanes over the last seven years, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis revealed yesterday as he called for more to be done to fight against climate change.
Architect draws up plans for fire-hit stalls
AGRICULTURE, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting said his ministry has contracted an architect to design three stalls for Potter’s Cay Dock vendors who were affected by a fire last year.
Private liabilities ‘settled’ by new financial year
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder says private financial liabilities owed by the government should be settled going into the new fiscal year.
UB president hails graduates at Northern Campus
BAHAMAS University president Dr Rodney Smith commended the 40-plus graduates of the Class of 2022 for surviving these past years to complete their studies at UB North, while enduring the challenges caused by Hurricane Dorian and the COVID pandemic.
Legal aid project launched by Eugene Dupuch Law School
THE Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) has partnered with the Attorney General’s Office, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (the Agency) to launch a Community-Based Legal Aid Project (CLAP).
Pupils stabbed in school fight
TWO students were stabbed during an argument on the AF Adderley Junior High School campus.
Thompson slams govt ‘fiscal irresponsibility’
A FORMER Cabinet minister yesterday accused the Government of “the height of fiscal irresponsibility” with the Budget’s projected deficit forecast to overshoot by some $149m targets set just four months ago.
Davis: $2bn in investments approved by government
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis has revealed his administration has approved over $2bn in investments since assuming office last year.
Sacrilege trial hears testimony from officers
TWO OFFICERS testified in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday at a man’s ongoing sacrilege trial for breaking into a church last year.
Two accused after woman punched
TWO MEN were charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with punching a woman and stealing nearly $1,000 worth of her property.
Counselling for drugs
A MAN was ordered to attend six months of drug counselling yesterday as part of a conditional discharge.
