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Council to seek consensus over COVID testing
The National Tripartite Council (NTC) will meet today to develop a common position on whether employees should be made to pay for COVID testing amid fears the issue will explode into heated legal battles.
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run
A male pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Abaco earlier this week, police reported yesterday.
BPL’s union members pass new agreement
AFTER months of demonstrations and speaking out against alleged injustices, the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union has finally ratified an industrial agreement proposal from Bahamas Power and Light and is ready to sign off on it.
‘Progress being made’ to rebuild after Dorian
THE chairman of the Disaster Reconstruction Authority says while work is moving slowly, progress is being made to rebuild storm torn communities in Grand Bahama and Abaco.
Securing Abaco’s lifeline must be ‘absolute priority’
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday pleaded with the next administration to make rebuilding its sea port an “absolute priority” as the island closes down today to remember Dorian’s victims.
Prison sentence for voyeurs ‘too harsh’
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the six-month prison sentences imposed on two men who watched a woman have sex through one of the windows of her home.
Death toll soars by 27 as Grand Bahama cases confirmed
MORE than 3,200 COVID-19 cases were recorded in August as a surge in new infections continues to plague the country.
13,000 people vaccinated in The Bahamas last week
MORE than 13,000 people were vaccinated in The Bahamas last week, according to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
PLP: We’ll build a new hospital
THE Progressive Liberal Party has promised to build a new hospital on New Providence through a public private partnership while making improvements to Princess Margaret Hospital.
LW Young and broke candidates
Leon Walter Young, better known to us as L W Young, was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1912, during the governorship of either Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter or Sir William Grey-Wilson. A carpenter and building contractor by profession, Young would serve in Parliament for the Eastern District of New Providence, from the aforementioned 1912 to 1942 – the year of the Burma Road Riots.
People waking up to COVID danger
A LOCAL religious leader on Abaco is urging Bahamians to take COVID-19 seriously after claiming to have lost over a dozen friends and other community members to the virus in the last two weeks.
Olympic champion Gardiner settles for 3rd in the 200m
Steven Gardiner, still celebrating his triumph in the men’s 400 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, dropped down to his first love in the 200m yesterday at the Wanda Diamond League. But the double Bahamian national record holder had to settle for third place.
EDITORIAL: The unknown cost from excess deaths
WHAT is the real price of COVID-19?
Curfew changes to help Abaco vaccine demand
DUE to the high demand for the COVID-19 vaccine on Abaco, special provisions have been made to the daily 8pm to 5am curfew to help ensure that all residents who wish to receive the vaccine will have the opportunity, the Office of the Prime Minister said.
Promises by FNM left unfulfilled
A NUMBER of Free National Movement promises made during the previous general election campaign remained unfulfilled when Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis called an early election last week.
Weather blamed for outage
BAHAMAS Power and Light yesterday blamed severe weather for a power disruption that affected more than two dozen residential areas.
1,500 apply for PM’s housing initiative
ABOUT 1,500 applications have been received for housing lots in the government’s Prospect Ridge community for young professionals.
Bannister: We are still monitoring shanty towns
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister has said his ministry continues to monitor the development of unregulated shanty towns across the country and is ready to act as soon as an opportunity presents itself.
BTC appoints first female Director of Technology Operations
BTC has appointed Shantell Cox-Hutchinson to the position of Director of Technology Operations. Shantell is the first woman to lead this function and brings almost two decades of vast experience in the fields of technology, innovation and finance.
Bahamas placed on Level 4 ‘do not travel’ list by US
THE Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president called it “regrettable” that the US has placed The Bahamas on its Level 4 “do not travel” list.