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FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday questioned whether the government had considered using revenue from value added tax collections instead of borrowing the millions needed for the recovery and repair of storm-ravaged Family Islands.
COLLEGE of The Bahamas President Dr Rodney Smith has denounced “unethical journalism” intended to create a “scandal” after this newspaper reported the contents of a leaked audit management letter from Baker Tilley and Gomez (BTG) that revealed numerous problems with COB’s internal controls.
A JUDGE yesterday ordered the immediate release of a Jamaican national who was shuffled back and forth between the former Her Majesty’s Prison and the Carmichael Road Detention Centre for more than nine years without trial on sexual assault, housebreaking and murder charges.
ONLY eight web shop operators have been awarded conditional gaming house operator licences, with the “disqualified” applicant ordered to close its business in less than two weeks, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe announced last night.
THE Progressive Liberal Party yesterday donated $50,000 to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to assist with ongoing relief efforts in those central and southern islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin.
IN response to Hurricane Joaquin, the Bahamas Striping Group of Companies initiated its relief efforts with its partners Hi-Lite Global, Seaboard Asphalt, and Trans Ocean Photos Inc to donate over 20,000 bottles of water to The Bahamas Red Cross Society and The Salvation Army in aid of the organisations’ hurricane relief and recovery efforts for the southern islands that were affected.
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday, if elected, the Free National Movement would “seriously consider” establishing a catastrophic fund to ensure the financial burden of a natural disaster “does not solely rest on the government”.
FEARS are mounting on Crooked Island over the quality of the island’s ground water supply after it was discovered that nearly 50,000 gallons of diesel spilled from Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) tanks dislodged by Hurricane Joaquin.
RELIVING the internal financial stress of Over the Hill with a massive charity drive would help the inner city communities to improve on parenting skills, and minimise the educational disparity experienced by the most vulnerable Bahamian citizens, according to a leading figure in the Bahamian Chinese community.
THE National Emergency Management Agency will apply to have the government’s exigency order for hurricane victims extended past its 90-day period if the need arises, according to the agency’s director, Captain Stephen Russell.
THE Chinese Bahamian business community has raised more than $35,000 in response to SOS - Save Our South disaster relief efforts led by the HeadKnowles group for the islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin.
THE Lyford Cay International School in western New Providence wants to increase the number of Bahamian teachers it has on staff and is hoping to recruit more local teachers at a job fair at the Meliá resort next month.
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who reportedly “fell from a cliff” while fishing on Wednesday.
A BAHAMIAN student attending university in the United States is spearheading a drive to collect relief supplies to assist the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin.
CONCERNED citizens, individual and corporate were quick to team up with Asa H Pritchard Ltd (AHP) to send $30,000 worth of relief as Hurricane Joaquin raged through the southern Bahamas islands earlier this month.
DELIGHTED to finally be in The Bahamas, an elated Beres Hammond showed fans much love during a meet-and-greet event yesterday at the Meliá Nassau Beach Resort as he arrived for a concert on Saturday night.
TWO weeks after Hurricane Joaquin ripped through the central and southern Bahamas, residents on impacted islands remain shellshocked by the devastation left in its wake.
FORMER Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet Minister George Smith yesterday renewed calls for the government to move forward with the proposed referendum on gender equality before the end of June 2016.
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday reminded Baha Mar stakeholders that if negotiations over the stalled project are not completed by November 2, the government would move forward with the “chilling prospect” of initiating formal liquidation proceedings.
THE president of the Union of Tertiary Educators of The Bahamas is calling for the removal of The College of The Bahamas’ College Council Chairman Alfred Sears, arguing that COB’s poor financial processes proves that “stronger” leadership is needed as the institution transitions to a university.
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the government cannot declare certain areas in the storm-affected Family Islands as no build zones unless it passes legislation in Parliament to recognise those areas as vulnerable.
WHILE officials continue to visit the Family Islands hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin to glean an accurate picture of the devastation, Prime Minister Perry Christie said the initial assessment has pegged the price tag of damage at well over $60m.
FOR the past 200 days, Scott Kelly has been orbiting the earth taking a series of spectacular photos of the planet from space.
JANNAH Khalfani, President of the Bahamas Nurses Union, last night criticised the government for its lack of action on reconstruction of the islands in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin and urged that it needed to do better. She was concerned that the psychological damage of the devastating storm has yet to be seen.
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that her constituency’s economy – specifically the fishing and farming industries – has been “completely devastated” by the passage of Hurricane Joaquin.