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Sands called on to back up claims
FORMER Minister of Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville has called on Health Minister Dr Duane Sands to substantiate his allegations that the Christie administration awarded $90m worth of healthcare contracts shortly before the general election, calling the claims “untrue.”
More than 50 arrests in friday night police operation
POLICE arrested more than 50 people during an operation on Friday night. Among the arrests, one man was picked up for murder, another for operating a brothel, 14 Jamaican and Bahamian women were taken into custody for prostitution and 34 people were
22 arrested in special police operation
ROYAL Bahamas Police Force Officers arrested 22 persons Wednesday night for serious offences, including murder, during a special operation.
Sands: $25m in unpaid bills
THE former Christie administration left more than $25m in unpaid bills for medical equipment, rent, drugs and salaries at the Ministry of Health and the Public Hospital’s Authority, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands claimed yesterday.
Challenge of revitalising Downtown
The Hon Minister of Tourism, Dinisio D’Aguliar (FNM-Free Town), and the Minnis Administration have their collective work cut out for them when it comes to the revitilisation of the downtown environment and The Festival Place at Prince George Dock. With the relocation of many traditional businesses and merchants from Bay Street, decades ago, to the inner city and suburbs, that main strip, from East Street up to the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge, has become an eye sore of no small order. In fact, Bay Street as we used to know it has become a ghost town and an area where Bahamians pimp out themselves and sell illegal drugs, according to the police.
Man shot dead as he leaves club
POLICE are investigating another murder after a man was shot dead Saturday morning.
INSIGHT: A financial lesson from Jamaica
The Bahamas can learn some lessons from Jamaica when it comes to the capital markets. Richard Coulson looks at the activity on the Jamaican Stock Exchange and compares it to the Bahamas International Stock Exchange.
31 arrests after overnight police operation
A major overnight police operation throughout New Providence led to 31 arrests and the seizure of a handgun, ammunition and drugs.
Police pledge 'zero tolerance' approach towards crime
SENIOR police on Friday warned the country's criminal element that there was a "short time" to turn themselves into police custody, as they pledged to immediately take a "zero tolerance approach" towards crime and its perpetrators.
HEALTH OF THE NATION: More awareness neededon bipolar disorder
THERE is great concern that in the Arctic, polar bears are becoming an endangered species. I wish the same were true of bipolar disorder, but far from vanishing it is either increasing or the recognition of the illness is improving as we become more
The conversation Bahamian parents fear
Autonomy in adolescence: Too soon or not soon enough?
Adolescence expert Dr Laurence Steinberg asks two very pertinent questions of family dynamics, firstly: “How can we best characterise normative family relationships during adolescence and is adolescence a time of parent/child conflict?” Secondly, “How do variations in parent/child relationships affect the developing adolescent?”
Mental Health of the Nation: How chemical imbalances in the brain cause depression
A terrible name for a terrible illness.
Visa perk of travel to the US
IN THE Bahamas, we enjoy luxuries countries could only dream of.
Blaming the boys
Why are these boys behaving so badly? What’s wrong with our boys? What is the problem with the young men in our community? What happen to these boys?Over the last few days especially, these are questions that have been raised on the radio and televis
Minister: $126m NHI funding ‘doesn’t exist’
National Health Insurance’s (NHI) purported $126 million financing “does not exist”, with the new Government yesterday said to have inherited “the challenge to identify a source of funds” for the scheme.
ADOPTIVE FATHER OF TEN JAILED FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING
A MAN who has adopted 10 children was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after he admitted to trafficking $36,000 worth of cocaine out of the country.Sergio Demeritte, 33, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes with Shermaine
Drugs seized in Eleuthera
POLICE in Eleuthera took two men into custody following the seizure of a number of marijuana plants on Saturday.
Police search for suspects after two separate armed robberies
POLICE are seeking the public’s help in finding two male suspects responsible for two separate armed robberies that occurred on Sunday.
Three Bahamians arrested for drug possession at airport
Three Bahamians were taken into custody after they were found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) on Friday.
Woman jailed after smuggling cocaine in her weave
A GUYANESE woman was sentenced to 28 months in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to two counts of drug possession.Linda Reynolds, 23, was charged before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supp