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PM urges US judge: End pursuit of web shop boss
The Prime Minister has urged a US judge to end the federal authorities’ pursuit of Island Luck’s co-founder, writing: “I strongly advocate termination of proceedings against Mr Adrian Fox.”
National task force chief defends food aid
SUSAN Larson, head of the National Food Distribution Task Force formed under the Minnis administration, has defended the programme after Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe questioned the nearly $800k weekly bill.
MORE THAN 100K NOW VACCINATED . . . but confirmation of 20 more deaths shows COVID fight not over
THE Ministry of Health confirmed 20 additional COVID-19 deaths on the weekend, bringing the total to 557 to date.
Open letter on food aid
LAST Friday, October 1, the work of the Food Assistance Task Force came to a formal end. For seventy weeks without interruption, and all the while in the face of the global Covid-19 pandemic, food security for tens of thousands of Bahamian households was assured.
Bringing home the silver
MEMBERS of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s team to the 2021 COTECC Under-12 Tournament said they were pleased with their performance in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, last week.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Mr PM — You are so right, we are not in this alone, but the future will be built on what we alone do
ON September 25, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis addressed the General Debate of the 76th Plenary Session of the United Nations. Still in the victory lap of his party’s win at the polls and assumption of the reins of governing a country with more needs than money to meet them, he spoke for 16 minutes and some seconds with real conviction, delivering a message that should not be lost on the Bahamian people.
Repatriations delayed by issues at Haiti airport
LABOUR and Immigration Minister Keith Bell said the government will begin repatriations of some 1,000 Haitian migrants between today and tomorrow after the process was halted yesterday due to technical issues at the Port-de-Paix airport in Haiti.
Ships’ waste processor in $15m Freeport facility
A Freeport-based processor of ships’ liquid waste is planning to invest $15m in constructing a plant capable of treating 150,000 metric tonnes per year, it has been revealed.
Davis Gov’t told: ‘Take leap over Freeport’s Holy Grail’
An outspoken QC yesterday urged the newly-elected Davis administration to “take the leap” its predecessor did not and “open the floodgates” to realising Freeport’s “holy grail” as The Bahamas’ economic saviour.
Companies urged: ‘Follow law’ on COVID-19 testing
The Chamber of Commerce’s labour specialist yesterday urged all Bahamian employers to “follow the law” and not force unvaccinated workers to pay for their weekly COVID tests until the matter was resolved.
RBC: $20 ATM halt part of digital drive
A senior Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) executive yesterday confirmed it has stopped issuing $20 notes through its automated teller machines (ATMs) as part of efforts to drive Bahamians towards digital banking.
Cooper’s dismay at Lucayan cost
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper is “disheartened” after learning specific details of the deal for the sale of the Grand Lucayan property in Grand Bahama.
Two more deaths and 130 cases confirmed
THE Ministry of Health has recorded two more COVID-19 deaths and 130 new cases.
Dominican poachers arrested after ‘ram’ attempt
FIVE Dominican poachers who allegedly attempted to “ram” a Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessel to evade capture were arrested in Bahamian waters.
Celebrations for birthday of 106-year-old
GOVERNOR General Sir Corneilus Smith and Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville joined staff and officials at Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre yesterday in celebrating the birthday of 106-year-old patient Francis Dean.
Team Bahamas suffers first loss
ALTHOUGH they suffered their first loss in the 2021 COTECC Under-12 Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, coach Marion Bain said the Bahamas’ three-member team will still have a chance to advance to the finals in November.
STATESIDE: The wheel turns again confronting us with a problem for which we struggle to find a solution
MOST of us would agree that a generation is about the time it takes for us to grow up, get married, have children and begin the process of passing the torch to those children – the next generation. So a generation becomes a measure of time. About 27 years, perhaps.
Water union president critical of WSC promotions
THE president of the Water and Sewerage Management Union has agreed with the union representing line staff over recent promotions and is calling on the Water and Sewerage Corporation’s general manager to publicly address the matter.
PAHO: Haiti needs vaccines
WITH droves of Haitians showing up in the southern Bahamas, the Pan American Health Organization has revealed that fewer than one percent of that country’s citizens have been inoculated against COVID-19.
Gov’t intervention sought on Atlantis COVID testing
The hotel union last night said it has referred Atlantis’ plan to make all unvaccinated staff pay for weekly COVID-19 tests from tomorrow to the Department of Labour as it seeks the Government’s intervention.