> MOST Cuban healthcare workers in The
> Bahamas are eager to remain in the
> country under new contracts directly
> with the government, Health and
> Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville
> said, but the administration is still
> waiting for word from the United
> States on whether its proposal meets
> Washington’s approval.

Seriously?????

Every independence celebration needs to be canceled immediately, as it is clear we are not an independent nation.

> Mr Davis was measured discussing his
> hopes for constituency boundaries
> yesterday, telling The Tribune the
> commission is assessing each
> constituency’s geography to determine
> if lines should shift or new districts
> should be created. He said officials
> want voter numbers across New
> Providence constituencies to be as
> equal as possible.

The fact he is even speaking on what should happen clearly shows the boundaries commission is not independent and just a puppet of what the PM wants.

> Dr Michael Darville, minister of
> health and wellness, told Tribune
> Business that using the Department of
> Public Health’s clinics to provide
> laboratory and diagnostics services to
> NHI patients will enable them to
> generate revenue income that will be
> deposited into the Government’s
> consolidated fund.

Could someone please explain how NHI, which is paid by government, will be able to generate revenue from diagnostic services at public clinics using NHI now? Will the clinics now charge the government for every NHI diagnostic done?

Isn't 47% in school a failing grade? Oh I forgot, a Dis trumpeted as a passing grade in this country. See why the AG can boast on 47%

> A total of 17 local employees were
> affected, with approximately $77,000
> owed to workers in Exuma and around
> $30,000 to those in Eleuthera. The
> airline’s collapse has disrupted key
> domestic routes and left lingering
> questions about worker compensation
> and service continuity.

What domestic routes were disrupted by Silver's collapse? As far as I know, Silver flew international routes to The Bahamas, not domestic routes within the country.

If the International Bazaar could not survive without a hotel, and Port Lucaya Marketplace is struggling without one, how will this Afro-Caribbean Marketplace survive with no hotel there?

> THE Ministry of Education has paused
> its plan to recruit more than 70
> teachers from Cuba, redirecting
> efforts toward hiring educators from
> the United States, Canada, and locally
> retired professionals to fill upcoming
> vacancies.

This has to be a joke right? Who leaves the US or Canada with better living and pay accommodations to come to The Bahamas with is high cost of living and low pay? And that is where they are going to recruit. Wow!

Amazing how government could always find tax breaks for foreigners, but then always finding ways to tax the citizens.

Maybe if NIB is not used as the slush fund for the government and all these big contracts not be given to these directors, then we can see the fund not have this deficit.

Ditto.

People have to real lack intelligence to talk about wanting a leader like that.