Commonwealth Brewery supports International Women’s Day
COMMONWEALTH Brewery Limited joins the world in celebrating International Women’s Day under the theme Break the Bias.
Officials monitor fourth wave
DESPITE a recent decline in COVID-19 cases, local officials say they are still monitoring current health data to determine whether the country’s fourth wave has ended.
Two die in separate shootings
TWO men were shot and killed in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the country’s murder toll for the year to 18, according to this newspaper’s records.
NIB union questions senior staff rehire
THE National Insurance Board has hired an “inordinate number of persons” even while telling staff that the difficult fiscal environment will limit what it can agree to during industrial agreement negotiations, according to Public Managers Union president Cassandra Lewis.
WSC to resume cut offs within weeks
THE Water and Sewerage Corporation will begin mass disconnections on March 28.
Diocese holds mission
THE Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands has started its Anglican Lenten Mission.
Man injured in police-involved shooting
A man is in hospital after a police-involved shooting early on Saturday.
Man dies after being shot outside his home
A man has died after being shot outside his home on Mildred Avenue, west of Golden Isles Road, in the early hours of Saturday.
Bahamian livelihoods could be affected if coral infection left untreated
LOCAL environmentalists on Friday doubled down on warnings about the threat of stony coral tissue loss disease, noting Bahamian livelihoods could be affected if the fast-spreading infection remains left untreated.
Man jailed for 18 months over weapons charges
A NEW father was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday over weapons charges.
Grand Bahama hospital visitation restrictions to be relaxed
GRAND Bahama Health Services has announced that hospital visitation restrictions will be relaxed beginning Monday as a part of its phased return to normal services.
Lawyer argues for no case submission in drug trial
A LAWYER argued for a no case submission in his client’s ongoing drug trial in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Concerned Grand Bahama businesspeople, residents march to GBPA
CONCERNED businesspeople and residents on Grand Bahama participated in a peaceful march to the Grand Bahama Port Authority headquarters on Friday.
Charity’s $12k a month bill on groceries
AS food prices continue to rise, one local charity said it is spending in the region of $12,000 a month to purchase grocery items to feed the poor and needy on Grand Bahama.
Land grab or above board?
THE executive director of the Bahamas Association for Social Health and CEO of Earth Village is sounding the alarm over suspected deforestation in an area of western New Providence.
