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Ministry to empower youths to make positive choices
FOR the second consecutive year, Sports World Ministry is bringing its Go Positive Tour to the Bahamas.
Two held after $1 drugs find
TWO men are in custody after police caught them yesterday with more than 1,000lbs of marijuana worth an estimated street value of $1m.
Auditor says hospital is trying to discredit him
ACCOUNTANT John Bain yesterday dismissed the Public Hospital Authority and Bahamas National Drug Agency’s attempts to “discredit” his firm’s forensic audit of PHA’s supply of pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies, accusing officials of raising a red herring and “attacking the messenger.”
A parent's guide to chiropractic health
By THE BAHAMAS ASSOCIATION OF CHIROPRACTIC
Man awaiting work permit in court on gun charge
By LAMECH JOHNSON
Public Hospitals authority officials hit back at auditors
PUBLIC Hospitals Authority (PHA) officials have blasted external auditors for failing to investigate whether recommendations raised in the six-year-old internal audit report used to substantiate their findings had already been implemented.
Fraud claims denied
THE Bahamas National Drug Agency has refuted allegations contained in a forensic audit into the Public Hospitals Authority that raises concerns that an official at the drug agency allegedly had ties to a “shell company” established hurriedly only to do business with the PHA.
Report blasted by managers
MANAGEMENT at the Public Hospitals Authority claim that the forensic audit conducted on its supply of pharmaceutical drugs and supplies did not follow best practice industry standards and exposed the agency to civil litigations, according to documents obtained by The Tribune.
Audit under fire: Officials reject claim of $10m missing funds
OFFICIALS at the Public Hospitals Authority have refuted an auditor’s findings that $10m in pharmaceutical inventory went missing last year, blaming the discrepancy on data entry errors that had already been corrected.
Sentence cut for woman who held drugs because she faced hard times
A BIMINITE, who blamed “hard times” for her decision to hold $19,000 worth of marijuana in her possession, had her sentence reduced by one quarter yesterday.
Man who ditched trousers guilty of firearm possession
A MAN whose bank card was found at the scene of a firearms seizure was convicted in Magistrates Court yesterday of a dozen firearms-related charges.
PLP chairman blames Minnis for PHA failings
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday blamed FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis for “systematic failures, irregularities and vulnerabilities” in the Public Hospitals Authority that Mr Roberts said the PLP now has to clean up.
Court of Appeal case delayed
A COURT of Appeal case was delayed to November 20 because of outstanding transcripts yesterday.
Lighting up the darkness
By REV ANGELA PALACIOUS
Suspect held over armed robbery
POLICE have taken into custody a 26–year-old Carmichael Road man in connection with an armed robbery on Monday morning.
Drug convict's bid to extend appeal time rejected
A DRUG possession convict had his hopes for a reduced sentence dashed by the Court of Appeal yesterday.
US man held over suspect cash sum
AN American citizen has been arrested in Grand Bahama accused of having in his possession a large sum of US currency, suspected of being the proceeds of criminal activity.
'Too early’ to act on hospital report completed in March
IT is “too early” to say if anyone will face consequences due to alarming findings in a forensic audit into the Public Hospitals Authority, Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez said yesterday.
Bahamas targeting 'creme de la creme' of investment
Government ministers are this week promoting pharmaceutical manufacturing opportunities in Grand Bahama to the world’s largest investment conference, as they seek to generate “tremendous interest in doing business in the Bahamas”.
DNA says hospital audit shows blatant mismanagement
A FORENSIC audit into the Public Hospitals Authority has renewed concerns about “blatant mismanagement of the country’s resources”, the DNA charged while calling for public health officials to answer the tough questions on the allegations of corruption.