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Hotel workers say govt ‘not checking’ for them

HOTEL workers are feeling hopeless with mounting bills, little hope and a government, they feel, is “not checking” for them, several of them told The Tribune yesterday.

Test plus insurance for visitors

VISITORS to The Bahamas will not only have to present a negative COVID-19 test, but they will also have to purchase an approved travel health visa and travel insurance, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar announced Saturday.

PLP opposes amalgamated schools on Mayaguana

THE official opposition is calling the government’s decision to amalgamate the public schools on Mayaguana “a regressive education policy”, but the director of education says the decision was made to maximise the government’s resources.Yesterday, PLP

CHEATS ABUSING FOOD HANDOUTS: Families making multiple requests for help at sites to secure extra assistance

NATIONAL Food Distribution Task Force chairman Susan Larson said there have been instances of “abuse” of the system, causing delays at distribution sites as officials try to verify legitimate requests.

Bahamas ends up 5th in 4 x 400m relay final

Team Bahamas was hoping to add at least one more medal to its tally before the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games came to a close in Barranquilla, Colombia.But in the final of the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay on Thursday night, the quartet of Alo

Dangers facing workers on the frontline

ONE local doctor has spoken of the “frightening” reality of being on the COVID-19 frontline.

UPDATED: 30 new cases of COVID-19, two deaths reported on Friday

COVID-19 cases in The Bahamas have now risen to 1,119.

INSIGHT: If black lives really matter, why are we killing each other, abusing our women and selling each other drugs?

In a period of severe racial unrest in the United States, Philadelphia-based pastor Gino Jennings, tells black people to stop giving bigots a reason to stereotype them.

Cay vendors: We are being unfairly targeted

ARAWAK Cay and Potter’s Cay vendors feel they are being unfairly targeted after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis shut the areas down in light of rising COVID-19 cases.

Shelters still open Dorian victims

NEARLY 11 months after Hurricane Dorian, people were still living in a hurricane shelter in New Providence, according to the director of Social Services, Lillian Quant-Forbes – although that shelter was due to close yesterday. Hurricane Dorian chang

Miller-Uibo has support in the stands

WHEN she competes in the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s 17th World Championships in Doha, Qatar, quarter-miler Shaunae Miller-Uibo will have some familiar faces in the stands at the renovated multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium.

McAlpine backs Chipman - but doesn't follow him

PINERIDGE MP Frederick McAlpine supports Reece Chipman’s resignation from the Free National Movement but has no plans to follow suit anytime soon. Mr McAlpine has, along with Mr Chipman and Golden Isles MP Vaughn Miller, been vocal critics of the FN

Laroda optimistic of NIB deal with staff despite stalled talks

STATE Minister Myles Laroda, responsible for the National Insurance Board, says he is optimistic that a new contract between the agency’s board and staff will soon be finalised even though negotiations between the two parties have stalled.

Host of top ministers swept out of office

A MAJOR upset at the polls yesterday has left many Free National Movement Cabinet ministers without a seat in Parliament as The Bahamas ushers in a new Progressive Liberal Party government.

Pintard’s favourite to inherit FNM leadership

MARCO City MP-elect Michael Pintard is seen as the frontrunner to succeed Dr Hubert Minnis as leader of the Free National Movement, party insiders have told The Tribune.

Davis: We have seen damage from rule by just one man

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has revealed that his government will follow a “servant-leadership” concept, saying “we have all seen how the rule by one man has damaged our country”.

INSIGHT: Serious soul searching for the right man to lead

IN the post-mortem of an embarrassing landslide election defeat, the Free National Movement is a party some would say let the trappings of governance go to their heads. Others would put the blame squarely on the shoulders of their leader, former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. Taken altogether, the cocktail which resulted in the loss at the polls on September 16 suggests a party, much like the PLP of 2017, that needs to do some serious internal evaluation.

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