Govt ‘will stick to law’ on severance packages
WHEN the state of emergency ends next month, the Davis administration will not continue suspending the provision of the Employment Act that demands employers give severance packages to furloughed workers.
Warning issued about onions over salmonella risk
A LOCAL food safety official is urging restaurant owners and food service providers to discard any red, yellow or white onions that were sourced from ProSource Inc in Chihuahua, Mexico and distributed through the United States due to a Salmonella outbreak.
Sears recuses himself from BPL board dissolution
WORKS Minister Alfred Sears said he has recused himself from matters relating to the dissolution of Bahamas Power and Light’s previous board.
Face-to-face in Family Islands ‘soon’
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said Family Island schools have the capacity to resume face-to-face learning or a hybrid model soon.
BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 22nd October: Nassau
STARTS: 10/22/2021 4:10 PM EDT EXPIRES: 10/22/2021 5:15 PM EDT
Govt urged to keep promise on P.I. land
SAVE the Bays has urged the Davis administration to keep a pre-election promise to cancel any agreement that would result in Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines leasing Crown land on Paradise Island.
BPL consultant accused of ‘act of fraud’ in audit
AN internal audit by Bahamas Power & Light concluded that a consultant who provided makeup services to former BPL chair Darnell Osborne “demonstrated a significant lack of integrity while engaged by BPL” and evidently “committed an act of fraud” against the company, according to the report from the external probe former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis ordered into BPL’s affairs.
Cartwright considering FNM role bid
ST BARNABAS MP Shanendon Cartwright said he is considering running for a leadership role in the Free National Movement, emphasising that such a role goes beyond leader and includes deputy leader or party chairman.
DOSES ARE HERE - GO GET YOUR JAB: Darville says shipment will allow increase in COVID vaccinations
THE Bahamas received 57,330 doses of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday, the country’s fourth batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s COVAX Facility.
State-recognised service for Farrington
A STATE-RECOGNISED memorial service will be held on Saturday for the late senator and veteran hotelier J Barrie Farrington.
Minister tours GB works projects
WORKS Minister Alfred Sears viewed a number of infrastructural projects underway in East Grand Bahama yesterday during his first official visit to Grand Bahama this term.
Still no answers on butler plane
STILL not confirming that his plane, reported stolen, was in fact the one that crashed in Venezuela, Captain Randy Butler has alluded to someone at the Department of Civil Aviation signing a letter of approval for the missing plane to leave the airport.
Two more are charged over $250k drugs
TWO more men were charged yesterday with conspiring to possess dangerous drugs in connection with the seizure of $250,000 worth of marijuana from a Stapledon Gardens home last month.
Tourists with drugs must pay $450 or be locked up
TWO American tourists who were caught with $320 worth of marijuana must pay $450 to avoid spending a month locked up abroad.
Murder trial adjourned over accused’s illness
A SUPREME Court judge yesterday adjourned the murder trial of a woman who was accused of fatally shooting a man over five years ago, after she indicated that she was not feeling well.
