Minister plans to recruit more for key agencies
WHILE noting that his ministry has embarked on an “aggressive” recruitment exercise to beef up manpower in the law enforcement community, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said plans are underway to recruit even more people to several key agencies under his remit.
FNM voices alarm over unregulated communities
THE Free National Movement has urged government to act on the “out of control construction” of a number of unregulated communities throughout the country.
Warning over dangers affecting the Bahamas
IN his address at the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis highlighted such ongoing challenges facing The Bahamas as the impact of climate change, irregular migration and the long-standing problem of gun trafficking to the country.
Prime Minister tells UN General Assembly 'black-governed countries also matter'
IN HIS speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis addressed The Bahamas being placed on the OECD’s blacklist yesterday, saying “The evidence is mounting, that the considerations behind these decisions have less to do with compliance, and more to do with darker issues of pre-judged, discriminatory perceptions. Let me submit, black-governed countries also matter.”
RISE programme to be formally launched next month
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe announced Friday that the RISE programme will be formally launched next month to further strengthen the ministry’s social assistance programme that has a budget of $21m.
Govt will ‘craft response’ as survey shows Bahamians skip meals
SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Minister Obie Wilchcombe says the government will study the data from a recent United Nations Food Survey to craft its response to people’s needs.
PM seeks to cut debt to 50% of GDP this term
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis says his goal is to reduce the country’s debt to gross domestic product ratio from 82 percent to at least 50 percent by the end of this term.
UPDATED: MASK MANDATE LIFTED ON OCT 1...but requirement stays in classrooms, healthcare facilities and care homes
Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis said today that the mask mandate will be lifted, starting on October 1st.
Cooper backs scrapping of COVID tests to enter country
ACTING Prime Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday that he supports government’s decision to soon remove all COVID testing protocols for entry into The Bahamas.
Govt agrees with concerns over Haiti security situation
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the Davis administration agrees with CARICOM’s recent statement expressing concern about the security situation and social circumstances in Haiti.
‘Polluters must pay climate costs’
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis has called on industrialised nations who contribute heavily to climate change to pay for the hardships brought on by the phenomenon.
Sears: We will not tolerate unregulated construction
WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears has advised people who are contemplating building on land that does not belong to them to cease and desist because “we will not tolerate it”.
Concern over ‘optics’ - but ‘needs will be addressed’ of dome residents
AFTER the recent demolition of the domes on Abaco, State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Myles Laroda said only a “small number” of people were still living in them, but he has been assured their needs will be addressed.
FNM: Time for govt to deliver on promises for Grand Bahama
THE Free National Movement said Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper needs to deliver “urgently on his long overdue dual promises” of selling the Grand Lucayan and redeveloping the Grand Bahama International Airport.
Wilchcombe hopes consultations done by early next year
SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Minister Obie Wilchcombe said the government is hoping that consultations on the drafted Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2022, will be completed before early next year.
