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New ministry role for Judy Terrell

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has announced that Judy Terrell, former director of communications at the Public Hospitals Authority, has taken on a new post as the ministry’s director of global health communications.

200 Haitian migrants repatriated

NEARLY 200 Haitian migrants were repatriated to their homeland in two separate charter flights yesterday.

Concern remains on vaccine hesitancy

A PAN American Health Organization official has said The Bahamas has only reached around 39 percent vaccination coverage and that vaccine resistance is a serious issue both here and the region at large.

RCI chose not to bid on Lucayan contract

ROYAL Caribbean International has abandoned plans to acquire the Grand Lucayan resort, with its President and CEO Michael Bayley saying the cruise company did not submit a bid during the recently concluded request for proposals process.

Port Facility security exercise held today

THE Ministry of Transport will be conducting an International Ship and Port Facility Security national exercise from 10am to 1pm today in Abaco, Grand Bahama, North Bimini, New Providence, South Eleuthera and Inagua.

Pentecostal Assemblies hold annual convention

THE Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Council of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World is currently hosting its 73rd annual General Convention under the theme: “Standing on a Firm Foundation”.

Court orders man to repair his own son’s bicycle

A 56-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday ordered to repair his son’s bicycle after admitting damaging it earlier this week.

Accused over slapping mother

A 29-YEAR-OLD man who slapped his child’s mother during a heated argument last month was charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Disturbance in court

A MAN was arrested in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he cursed a senior magistrate and punched a police officer in an unprovoked attack.

Honouring women

THE Office of the Spouse of the Prime Minister held a wreath laying ceremony for the “Bahamian Madonna” statue at Prince George Dock yesterday.

Regattas may return this summer

MARINE Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting says he expects several Family Island regattas and festivals will be held this summer once COVID-19 cases remain low in the country.

Pintard urges caution over COVID

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard has urged caution from the Davis administration as it rolls back COVID-19 restrictions, noting the country does not have the same widespread vaccination coverage as larger nations that are also easing measures.

Track hero Davis tells her tale

TWO-TIME Olympic champion Pauline Davis held a book signing at Goodman’s Bay yesterday for her anticipated memoir, Running Sideways.

123 Haitian migrants detained at Cay Sal Bank

ONE hundred and twenty-three Haitian migrants, including children, who were picked up at sea were brought to Grand Bahama yesterday morning.

FNM: Amend the law on marital rape

THE Free National Movement has called on the Davis administration to amend the law to criminalise marital rape.

Edward Turner, husband of former MP dies

EDWARD Turner, the husband of Loretta Butler-Turner, died yesterday.

PM announces relaxation of some COVID-19 restrictions

Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced the following relaxations to COVID-19 restrictions in the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning.

‘What exactly is our policy on Ukraine?’

FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said he is concerned that Russian vessels that have been denied permission to land in the United States and Canada have gained entry into The Bahamas.

What message are we sending to poachers?

FISHERMEN have been taken aback by the sentences given to four Dominican poachers with some saying the lawbreakers deserved a harsher penalty.

Fares increase ‘on hold’ until summer

TRANSPORT and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis says the government is considering allowing taxi and jitney drivers to increase fares in response to rising fuel prices.

ROLLE - STRONG ARM TACTIC MUST CHANGE: Commissioner says he’s working to end ‘us v them’ culture which blights force

POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle said yesterday he was in the process of writing material for the force’s manual that focuses on training officers in sensitisation and de-escalation methods.

Man cleared of murder

A JURY unanimously acquitted a 27-year-old man of murder on Monday.

Officer testifies in drug trial

AN officer gave testimony yesterday in the ongoing drug trial of two men in the Magistrate’s Court.

Man fined for taking drugs into prison

A MAN was fined yesterday for drug charges and taking contraband into a correctional facility.

Sanctions ‘are already hitting’ Russian business in The Bahamas

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said sanctions from western countries on Russian businesses and oligarchs may already apply to the business interests they have in The Bahamas even though local authorities have implemented no sanctions of their own.