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Medical wholesalers in NHI patient safety fear

Bahamian pharmaceutical wholesalers have warned that the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme’s “loose approach” to procuring medicines could “severely compromise” patient safety, with “grave ramifications” for the Government.

Private pharmacies seek Gov’t competition block

Private pharmacy owners are demanding that Government-owned clinics cease issuing prescription medicines under the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, and that they receive work permit fee ‘waivers’.

Student raises funds to help out back home

A BAHAMIAN student attending university in the United States is spearheading a drive to collect relief supplies to assist the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin.

YOUR SAY: Change needed in the Bahamian judiciary

Finally, a politician has opened his eyes and spied the 800-pound gorilla that has now taken up most of the room and is sucking out the oxygen. Too bad that the keen-eyed observation had to come from a member of a government that is also complicit in the breakdown of law, order and public safety in The Bahamas.

Breast cancer and the mouth

Breast cancer has affected and continues to affect the lives of many Bahamians. It is a terrible diagnosis and destroys families not only here, but all over the world.

UPDATED: Man shot dead in Old Boat Alley

A 29-year-old man on bail for drug possession was shot multiple times and killed late on Thursday night off Market Street.

Joe Darville named chairman of Save the Bays

EDUCATOR JOSEPH Darville, co-chairman of the Bahamas National Drug Council and environmental and human rights advocate, has been named chairman of Save The Bays, the environmental movement.

Nanny accused of stealing money and using it for Bahamas vacation

A NANNY for a Boston family has been charged with stealing more than $280,000 from her employers and using the money for vacations - including to the Bahamas - and luxury jewellery.

Support given by the US

THE US mission to the Bahamas is working together with the government and the Bahamian people to respond in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin.

Become the healthiest, happiest version of yourself: Positive thinking and medication

According to medicinenet.com, it is “a remarkable phenomenon in which a placebo – a fake treatment, an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution – can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will be helpful. The more a person believes they are going to benefit from a treatment, the more likely it is that they will experience a benefit.”

Foreign shippers ‘snoop around’ Nassau market

Foreign shipping carriers are continuing to “snoop around” and explore whether they want to enter the Nassau freight market, with Maersk facing some potential competition.

Donna Vasyli guilty

DONNA Vasyli gasped in shock and fainted in a courtroom yesterday after hearing that a jury unanimously found her guilty of the stabbing death of her husband, millionaire podiatrist Philip Vasyli, at their home in Old Fort Bay.

Support the police

Advice has been forthcoming from Police Officers and their former colleagues on crime for decades. The politicians from the Pindling era never really considered our suggestions. In the following paragraphs I will provide some advice on measures that should be considered and implemented. I will be brief and I will be open to the public for questions and discussions.

Term limits

I see that Opposition Leader Dr Hubert Minnis is once again talking about term limits for a prime minister. Dr. Minnis is clearly not capable of learning. After three years as FNM Leader, he keeps making the same mistakes and repeating the same old foolishness. He is also a big hypocrite when it comes to term-limits.

Bahamians being kept in dark about government’s NHI plans

IN his budget address in the House of Assembly on May 27 this year, Prime Minister Christie announced that his government planned to introduce its National Health Insurance plan on January 1, 2016.

Nottage: Clearing records of some convicts is not going soft on crime

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday insisted that the government was not going soft on crime as he introduced the Rehabilitation of Offenders Amendment Bill, which seeks to shorten the time for some convicts to have their police records wiped clean.

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