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AT LAST - HELP IS ON THE WAY: Up to 100,000 doses of COVID vaccine to arrive within weeks

THE country is expected to receive up to 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine beginning the second half of this month through the second quarter of 2021, the Office of the Prime Minister has announced.

Is God a moral monster?

Did God send Hurricane Dorian which nearly wiped out Grand Bahama and Abaco? Was God responsible in any way for the casualties that are piling up, and is He guilty of the atrocities perpetrated in Abaco and Grand Bahama?I, too, am a survivor of Doria

Vaccine expected to be available in spring - at a cost

PAN American Health Organisation officials say The Bahamas can have access to COVID-19 vaccines between March and April of 2021, however, delivery will be challenging and costly.

Health experts say put safety first this holiday season

LOCAL and regional health officials are calling on travellers to be responsible this holiday season to prevent a spike in COVID- 19 given that a vaccine will not be available for months.

NO QUICK FIX TO END THE KILLING: Dames concedes efforts to rein back gun violence will need time to succeed

WITH six people already dead just days into the new year, National Security Minister Marvin Dames conceded there will be “occasions like this when you have a spike” in killings.

Vaccine committee working to finalise operational plan

ANYONE who receives a COVID-19 vaccine once they become available in the country will receive a certificate that “may be associated with travel in the future,” which is a “potential requirement being discussed internationally,” the Office of the Prime Minister said last night.

EDITORIAL: The path that leads to crime

SOMETIMES, it is too easy to focus on the statistics.

EDITORIAL: Ellis offers criticism, but no solutions

BISHOP Neil Ellis was the talk of social media yesterday, after he took a break from rendering unto God to loudly condemn Caesar.

Health experts warn of rise in suicide risk during pandemic

THE Pan American Health Organisation has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate suicide risk factors, urging people to speak about the issue in an open and responsible manner, remain connected even during physical distancing, and learn to identify warning signs to prevent it.

Extradition appeal rejected in case that dates back to 2002

THE Court of Appeal has denied a man’s request to appeal his extradition case to the Privy Council, after ruling his matter did not raise an arguable case or highlight a point of law of general public importance.

SUPERGREEN SOLUTIONS: Purifying the landfill smoke

It is amazing what people can get used to. I was speaking with a government official last week who is involved in the restoration work in Jubilee Gardens.

UPDATED: Nassau shootings leave two men dead, five in hospital

A SPATE of shootings in Nassau on Friday night and Saturday has left two men dead, five in hospital and police investigating five separate incidents.

Cleveland Clinic surgeon: 'Weight loss surgery long-term effects most significant in younger to middle age populations'

For anyone who has ever stepped on a scale and wished they hadn’t, the prospect of going under a gentle knife and coming out thinner seems almost too good to be true. And for many, it has made a difference in their lives they say they only dreamed ab

Bahamian-born man ‘denied entry to the country’

A MAN, who was born in the Bahamas to an unwed Bahamian father and foreign mother, claims he is being denied entry to the country after being deemed an “undesirable” by authorities due to prior brushes with the law.

Good plans - and god - beat crime

SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean attributes the recent downward trend in crime to the “grace of God” and the new crime-fighting initiatives of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

US ambassador candidate must be renominated by Trump

THE hotelier who was nominated to be United States ambassador to the Bahamas will have to be re-nominated after the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations sent his submission back to President Donald Trump last week.The re-submission provision come

Mental Health of the Nation: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

“I ain’t crazy” Most of us are not crazy, but before I grant a general absolution, many of us have symptoms of mental illness despite not being “crazy”.

Archbishop calls for end to death penalty

ARCHBISHOP Patrick Pinder, of the Catholic Archdiocese, yesterday called for the government to abolish the death penalty and focus instead on offender rehabilitation.

Michelle Miller Motivationals: Grow with good intentions

ARE YOU are still engaging in unproductive habits and behaviours? Are you still unwilling to cut ties with the lies you are living in?

In the midst of rapid change - do you have a coping strategy?

The one guarantee about life is the constancy of change. Whether we define those changes as good or bad, they consistently flow our way. Still, change it and of itself is not the challenge. The thing that causes most to become overwhelmed is the way

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