National Organ Transplant Programme to be launched before year’s end
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said the government expects to launch the Bahamas National Organ Transplant Programme before the end of the year.
Draft cannabis bill to be released for consultation next month, Pinder says
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said once the government releases its draft cannabis bills next month, a two-month public consultation phase will follow.
Darville: Detention Centre medical facilities being built in keeping with UN mandates
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said work has started on a new Detention Centre clinic.
$6.6m requested for Unregulated Communities Action Task Force budget
WORKS & Utilities Minister Alfred Sears said the Unregulated Communities Action Task Force has requested $6.6m to fulfil its tasks.
BPL sends help as Sears says weather hit power in Abaco
WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears said Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is sending engines to Abaco to improve the island’s electricity generation capacity after bad weather affected the company’s distribution lines, causing recent outages.
NIB MAY INCREASE EVERY TWO YEARS: Laroda doesn’t confirm size of rise . . . but says it’s small price to pay
MYLES Laroda said the government is considering increasing National Insurance Board’s contribution rate every two years for “a period of time” to stabilise the fund, noting next year’s rate increase will be shared equally between employees and employers.
GB Minister says she will not allow the GBPA to ‘stand in the way’ of Bahamians
THE Davis administration’s criticism of the Grand Bahama Port Authority continued yesterday, with Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey saying business as usual cannot be tolerated in the relationship anymore.
Prostitutes, drug peddlers and thieves not welcome downtown
PROSTITUTES, drug peddlers and thieves are not welcome downtown, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Chester Cooper said yesterday.
‘BPL A DISGRACE’: MP Pinder calls for decentralisation of power company
CENTRAL and South Abaco MP John Pinder lashed out at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) yesterday over the frequent power outages affecting the island, calling it a “disgrace”.
Govt in planning phase to build a performing arts school says Education Minister
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said a performing arts school in The Bahamas would cater to post-high school students and involve three years of study.
44 percent of students need ‘urgent intervention’
A LEARNING loss survey found that 44 per cent of public school students require urgent learning intervention, Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said yesterday.
Davis administration denies Minnis charge UB tax exemptions are being reduced
THE Davis administration has denied Dr Hubert Minnis’ claim it is reducing the taxes the University of The Bahamas is exempt from paying.
Bell on Nassau Cruise Port; Minnis administration ‘executed a bad lease’
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell and former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis clashed over the Nassau Cruise Port yesterday after the Carmichael MP said the Minnis administration executed a bad lease agreement.
Immigration Department collects $80m in revenue ytd; ‘largest in our history’
IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said the immigration department collected nearly $80m in revenue between last July and this March –– the largest in the agency’s history.
‘NO ONE WANTS BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN HAITI’: Prime Minister says there’s no appetite for international force
ALTHOUGH United States Vice President Kamala Harris renewed the Biden administration’s push for a multi-national security force in Haiti during her visit to The Bahamas last week, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said there is still no appetite among CARICOM countries for sending forces to the country.
