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Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Saturday morning update

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Friday early evening update

From The Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

NEMA 'ready for hurricane season'

A CABINET minister says the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is ready for hurricane season with $500,000 set aside.

NIB reserves forecast to 'decline sharply'

A Cabinet minister said reserves at the National Insurance Board (NIB) are forecasted to “decline sharply” in the next few years and called for a contribution rate increase of 2 percent.

Govt reverses previous administration's stance on Venezuela's Maduro regime

In light of three countries being excluded from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, Foreign Affairs and Public Service Minister Fred Mitchell has announced that the government is reversing the previous administration's position on Venezuela and is now supporting Nicholas Maduro's regime.

Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Friday afternoon update

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

Eight Mile Rock hosts Randol Fawkes Labour Day March

Despite overcast skies, marchers turned out in force for the Randol Fawkes Labour Day March which started at Seagrape, Eight Mile Rock, at 8am on Friday and concluded at the St Stephen's Anglican Church grounds where various trade union representatives spoke.

Tropical Storm Warning in effect for northwestern Bahamas

The latest from The Bahamas Department of Meteorology on the weather system in the Gulf of Mexico:

18 Bahamians named in Queen's Birthday Honours

Eighteen Bahamians have been named in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

'Daunting task' of removing storm-damaged vehicles from Grand Bahama continues

THE removal of the 30,000 plus storm-damaged vehicles in the City of Freeport and other parts of the island is continuing two years after Dorian, a Grand Bahama Port Authority official said.

Department of Inland Revenue '$100m over revenue target'

THE acting director of the Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) said the agency is $100m over its revenue target for the current fiscal year.

System likely to become tropical depression or storm

On Thursday, The Bahamas Department of Meteorology released the following statement on a weather system near the southeastern Gulf of Mexico:

Waterspout forms next to Paradise Island Bridge

This video shows the moment a waterspout appeared at the Paradise Island Bridge on Thursday afternoon.

Marijuana legislation ‘by end of summer’

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder says legislation for marijuana legalisation should be concluded by the end of the summer.

Nation ‘must be prepared’ for monkeypox outbreak

THE Bahamas must be on alert and prepared to take rapid action for an inevitable outbreak of monkeypox, according to a Pan American Health Organization official.

$6m allocated for food security initiatives

THE government is allocating over $6m to support its food security initiatives, according to Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Clay Sweeting.

$4.2bn in hurricane damages

THE Bahamas has suffered more than $4.2bn in damages and losses as a result of hurricanes over the last seven years, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis revealed yesterday as he called for more to be done to fight against climate change.

Architect draws up plans for fire-hit stalls

AGRICULTURE, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting said his ministry has contracted an architect to design three stalls for Potter’s Cay Dock vendors who were affected by a fire last year.

Private liabilities ‘settled’ by new financial year

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder says private financial liabilities owed by the government should be settled going into the new fiscal year.

UB president hails graduates at Northern Campus

BAHAMAS University president Dr Rodney Smith commended the 40-plus graduates of the Class of 2022 for surviving these past years to complete their studies at UB North, while enduring the challenges caused by Hurricane Dorian and the COVID pandemic.

Legal aid project launched by Eugene Dupuch Law School

THE Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) has partnered with the Attorney General’s Office, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (the Agency) to launch a Community-Based Legal Aid Project (CLAP).

Pupils stabbed in school fight

TWO students were stabbed during an argument on the AF Adderley Junior High School campus.

Thompson slams govt ‘fiscal irresponsibility’

A FORMER Cabinet minister yesterday accused the Government of “the height of fiscal irresponsibility” with the Budget’s projected deficit forecast to overshoot by some $149m targets set just four months ago.

Davis: $2bn in investments approved by government

PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis has revealed his administration has approved over $2bn in investments since assuming office last year.

Sacrilege trial hears testimony from officers

TWO OFFICERS testified in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday at a man’s ongoing sacrilege trial for breaking into a church last year.