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‘The Promise’ delivers

“THE PROMISE” delivered, but it wasn’t enough to prevent his Arizona Wildcats from being the second ranked team to fall on day one of the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis, presented by Bad Boy Mowers.

COVID-19 infection took mental toll on healthcare worker

A woman working in healthcare, who tested positive for COVID-19, is able to recall the exact moment she was infected with the disease.

Doctors' union fears for juniors and interns

THE Bahamas Doctors Union yesterday raised alarm about the employment status of interns and junior doctors, claiming that over 30 interns and other junior physicians have received letters saying “that their services will no longer be required” as of today.

Whose rights are more important?

I have been closely monitoring the standoff between a local Bahamian entrepreneur and the Free National Movement (FNM) government concerning the leasing of Crown Land on Colonial Beach, Paradise Island.

The last thing we need right now is austerity

Government should be wary of the voices out there that are using the Covid-19 pandemic to promote their own agendas by advocating fiscal austerity as a response to the crisis.

Pair accused of stealing $233,000 from ATM outlets

A 30-year-old security guard was remanded to prison yesterday after denying allegations he used his job to steal $233,000 from multiple ATM machines over the last four months.Travis Seymour denied stealing $233,100 from five First Caribbean Internati

Many shocked at outcome of case

Many, if not most Bahamians, were shocked and disturbed at the outcome of the Shane Gibson case. This included quite a number of PLP supporters. The jury acquitted Gibson on 15 counts after deliberating for a very short period.

Royal Caribbean aims to recruit more Bahamians

Royal Caribbean International yesterday said it has more job fairs planned for 2020 in a bid to increase its Bahamian workforce beyond the more than 300 currently employed. These Bahamians are either working on the cruise line’s ships or at its land

Minister’s plea to private businesses to hire govt job programme workers

STATE Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle has urged private sector employers to consider engaging workers who are part of the government’s 52-week job programme.

EDITORIAL: A glimpse of sunshine at last

WITH every cloud, there comes a silver lining – but what a cloud we’ve been living under.

Portable pensions, redundancy fund under exploration

Portable worker pensions and creating a National Redundancy Fund are among the reforms being eyed by the National Tripartite Committee’s strategic plan, it was revealed yesterday.

EDITORIAL: That's all right then. Not a kidnap. Just doing your 'job'.

THE Immigration department must hate the sight of Fred Smith QC almost as much as they hate the prospect of doing their jobs properly. If they did the latter, they wouldn’t need to see nearly so much of the former.

Family deserving of all our prayers

I met him at the South Beach pools. This is his story.

Govt urged: 'Restore faith of Bahamians'

A leading financial analyst yesterday said the Minnis administration appeared “acutely aware” that it needed to restore Bahamians’ faith and confidence in the Budget and other government institutions.Kenwood Kerr, Providence Advisors’ chief executive

‘Govt must come clean on details of Baha Mar ownership’

UNTIL the government “comes clean” over the inner workings of Baha Mar’s transfer of ownership, Bahamians will continue to see the ill-fated resort as a product of an “inside job” that shut out the $3.5bn project’s original developer Sarkis Izmirlian, according to Free National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday.

PM denounces criticism by FNM leader as ‘idiotic’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said he was “disappointed” that Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis would use Hurricane Matthew as tool to “divide the country politically” instead of acknowledging that the government is “doing a good job” in the aftermath.

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