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Groundbreaking to be held for new hospital in Grand Bahama
A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony for a new Grand Bahama hospital will take place next month, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday.
Suspected drowning probed
POLICE are investigating an apparent drowning over the weekend off Arawak Cay.
Man dies after stabbing
FREEPORT – Grand Bahama Police are investigating a murder after a young man with multiple stab wounds died in hospital on Sunday evening.
Burned body found in house thought to be Haitian woman
Burned body found in house thought to be Haitian woman By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Firefighters discovered the charred remains of a body among the debris of a burnt-out wooden house in Eight Mile Rock
Man dies two weeks after being shot
A 39-year-old man died in hospital early Wednesday morning after being shot two weeks ago.
Families delay laying loved ones to rest
MAJOR funeral homes across the country are seeing an increase of families either cancelling or postponing memorial services because of the COVID-19 pandemic, president of the Bahamas Funeral Directors Association Kirsch Ferguson said yesterday.
Tourist dies in apparent drowning in Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama Police are investigating an apparent drowning of a male tourist on Friday afternoon at Deadman’s Reef Beach in West Grand Bahama.
More than 6% of islanders have a disability
MORE than six per cent of the population of Spanish Wells, Long Island, Acklins and Crooked Island has a disability of some kind according to statistics published by the Department of Statistics.
Still no answers in fire death investigation
NEARLY five months after six lives were lost in a fire at a New Providence inner city community, police have very little to say about the results of their investigations.
70-year-old dies from gun injuries
A 70-year-old grandmother died Sunday after she was shot multiple times last month, taking the country’s murder count to 57 for the year.
Bahamas admitted to global Chamber
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) has been accepted into membership of the prestigious International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Act like a developed country
The World Bank classifies The Bahamas as a “high income, developed country”, while the International Monetary Fund places our nominal wealth per capita as slightly higher than that of Japan. We have, in our independent history, never been a “middle income” country or even close.
'Hang in there', union chief tells furloughed employees
A trade union leader yesterday urged frustrated hotel employees and other furloughed workers to "hang in there" and not seek termination packages due to the difficulty many will have finding new jobs.
Bahamas avoids serious consequences after upgrade in trafficking report
“Serious consequences” could have arisen had the Bahamas been again classified as a Tier Two Watch and subsequently downgraded on the United States’ Trafficking in Persons report, National Security Minister Bernard Nottage said.
Five years to accrual accounting for Gov’t
A Cabinet Minister yesterday said it would take five years to fully phase-in accrual accounting to the Government’s financial management, while acknowledging that the current cash-based method has “severe limitations”.
One year on, police no closer to solving murder of Edgar Dart
GRAND Bahama police are no closer to solving the murder of wealthy British citizen Edgar Dart, who was shot and killed a year ago this week in Grand Bahama.
Scabies confirmed at DW Davis Junior High
EDUCATION Director Lionel Sands has confirmed reports about a scabies scare at DW Davis Junior High School.
School hit by scabies shuts for two days
EXTERMINATION efforts are underway at the D W Davis Junior High School after Ministry of Education officials confirmed five cases of scabies.
Probe ordered into cop's death
AN independent investigation has been ordered into the death of police officer Garvin Demeritte at the Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, in June.
BahamasLocal staffer leads way on Internet marketing
A 27-year-old BahamasLocal staff member has become the first Bahamian to earn Internet Marketing Association certification.